Awakening, False Awakening, Asleep, Half Asleep—Don’t Matter. You Before Me. for the Win.

Only a fool claims they are awake, half awake, false awkened etc. Only a fool declares others are asleep, trapped in illusion, blind to “the truth.” And only a fool thinks screaming about the world's corruption will somehow shake people awake.

Life is a paradox. The moment you say you’re awake, you’re likely blind to some part of yourself. The moment you say you’re asleep, you’re aware there’s more to uncover. But let’s cut through the noise—what does being awake actually mean?

The Overuse & Misuse of “Awakening”

"Being awake" has become this overplayed, self-congratulatory badge of honor. Some think it means seeing through government lies, corporate greed, or media manipulation. Others think it means recognizing trauma, healing wounds, and transcending old programming. And while, sure, those things can be part of it, they’re not the whole picture.

Awakening isn’t about uncovering conspiracy theories. It’s not about calling out the system. It’s not about throwing around words like “matrix” and “sheeple” to feel superior.

Let me guess—you think you’re different? Swimming upstream while everyone else just follows the crowd? Alright, cool. Now what?

The Most Asleep You Can Be? Thinking You’re the Most Awake.

Irony and hypocrisy go hand in hand, and nowhere is this more obvious than in the “awakened” crowd. The most asleep a person can be is being so awake to the external world that they completely neglect the internal.

If all your awareness is spent dissecting politics, corruption, secret societies, spiritual trends, or global consciousness, while you remain blind to your own patterns, wounds, and behaviors—you’re not awake. You’re in maximum asleep mode, but with a megaphone.

Here’s the deal: if your version of “being awake” makes you feel righteous, bitter, or above others, then congratulations—you’re just as asleep as the people you look down on.

Awakening Is Simple (Which Is Why We Miss It)

Life is awakening. Not some final destination. Not a degree you earn from watching documentaries, reading books, or consuming information. If you’re intellectualizing your way into “awakening,” you’re missing the point.

It’s stupidly simple: Bringing the unconscious to the conscious.

Example: You feel sluggish, irritable, and scattered. You realize (awareness) that you haven’t been drinking water. So, you grab a glass of water and drink it (action). Boom. That’s the process of awakening in real-time.

Now work that one out with everything else in your life. Patterns. Relationships. Triggers. Behaviors. The unconscious parts of you are always running the show. The question is—are you noticing them? And more importantly, are you doing something about it?

False Awakening: The Ego Loves to Think It’s “There”

This loops right back to spiritual ego, savior complex, and the illusion that knowing something is the same as beingsomething. You can be awake to the world’s bullshit and still be asleep to your own. And what good is that? What’s the point of seeing the corruption of the system if you can’t even see the corruption in yourself?

Being awake to the macro while blind to the micro doesn’t make the world better.

The real work? Turning that lens inward. Not just knowing, but applying. Not just seeing, but doing. Because here’s the punchline—if you’re spending all your time trying to “wake people up,” you’re already distracted from the real work.

The world doesn’t need more noise. It needs individuals doing their own inner work so they can be what they think they’re preaching.

You Before Me—For the Win.

So, where does You Before Me fit into this?

Simple. It’s not about being the loudest voice in the room. It’s not about proving anything to anyone. It’s about the mirror.

No audience. No enlightenment badge. No guru outfit. Just you, looking at you. That’s it. That’s the work.

And if that sounds like hogwash, cool. Keep going. Keep intellectualizing, keep screaming about the world’s problems, keep telling yourself you’ve got it figured out. Eventually, when that stops working, the mirror will still be waiting.

And when you’re ready—You Before Me.