A lot of us feel, "I'm not ready yet." But if we stand back a little, we see that this is actually a ludicrous position to take, because life is already happening and we're already in the middle of it. So we are claiming to not be ready for something that is already happening! The ego or separate self sense is very good at creating this illusion that "not being ready yet" somehow makes sense. But it doesn't really make sense at all. It's actually a willful choice we make just to avoid having to deal with reality, because reality can be quite overwhelming. And that's just the way it is. Life is big, it's intense, and the more courage you have to look into what it's really all about, the bigger and more intense it beomes. But when you awaken to the Authentic Self and begin to experience a passionate sense of care about the evolution of consciousness and culture, you become less concerned with how your ego feels and more concerned with engaging with reality in the fullest way possible. Indeed, it becomes imperative that you find a way to bear the intensity of your own life, while always being ready now to shoulder the ever-more-overwhelming burden of moving the evolutionary process forward.
