UNDERSTANDING THE PACE OF AWAKENING

With the current awakening taking place on Earth, one trend seems to be growing rather than fading: the tendency to label others as ‘stupid’ or ‘sheep for not yet seeing what we see. Perhaps this is because people now feel freer to express frustration, or because ego enjoys feeling clever for having “woken up” early to the hidden layers of life. Yet, while judgment has long been a habit of the human ego, many of us had hoped that expanding awareness would bring greater compassion and tolerance, replacing the limited thinking that divides us. Over the past few years especially, the word ‘stupid’ seems to have become a common way of dismissing those who simply view reality differently.

It is easy to assume others should understand what comes naturally to us. Yet, how rarely do we pause to consider the differences in people’s backgrounds, upbringing, education, culture, gender roles, fears, or even medical conditions that shape how they perceive and process the world. We forget that life gives each of us different lessons, different timing, and different capacities. Much of the knowledge many now take for granted has only recently become available.

There are endless reasons why people see the world as they do. A person who sweeps the streets with joy and greets everyone who passes is living a profound wisdom that has nothing to do with intellect. The ego, however, may miss that entirely, considering such a life ‘small’ or ‘unimportant’.

Even something as simple as colour blindness can be misjudged as stupidity. Imagine struggling at school because charts and diagrams look confusing, or being told you’re careless when you choose mismatched clothes, drive through a red light you thought was green, or serve undercooked food because you can’t see that it’s raw. These are not signs of ignorance, but examples of how easily we misunderstand the challenges others live with daily.

We are not all meant to learn or excel in every area. Each soul has a unique role and pathway in this life. Some lessons call us toward the intellect; others toward empathy, care, or creativity. What may look like a lack of skill could actually be divine design. The person who struggles with logic or technology might be here to hold a steady vibration of love, unburdened by analytical distraction. Likewise, those immersed in the physical, family, or financial demands of life may simply have little space or energy left to explore broader spiritual concepts.

Before judging others as ‘asleep’, it helps to remember what their days might really hold. The parent juggling work, bills, school runs, sick children, and endless repairs is navigating a mountain of responsibility each day. That doesn’t leave much room for meditation or researching hidden truths. Awakening, for them, might come not through study, but through quiet moments of kindness, endurance, or love.

Everyone awakens in their own time and in their own way. We each see through the window we have polished clean. Some windows clear early, some much later. But in truth, no one is stupid; we are simply standing at different points along the same unfolding path.

With love,

Sandy Stevenson

4th November 2025