Awakening Is Not an Escape from Life
- Sukhdev Virdee
- Jul 2
- 3 min read
Some seekers come to Truth
with a secret hope:
that it will relieve them
of the weight of being human.
That awakening will erase pain,
cancel suffering,
end relationships,
and dissolve responsibilities.
But this path is not an escape.
It is an invitation—
into deeper intimacy with life.
Not away from the world,
but through it.
Not detachment,
but presence.
Not absence,
but full embodiment.
The Fantasy of a Perfect Life
The mind creates fantasies:
“I’ll awaken and never feel anxiety again.”
“I’ll be beyond anger, beyond heartbreak, beyond struggle.”
“I’ll live in a blissful cave of silence forever.”
But that fantasy is still ego.
Still seeking comfort.
Still resisting life as it is.
The truth?
Awakening won’t make you superhuman.
It will simply show you that you were never the person
trying to be one.
Pain may still arise.
But suffering dissolves.
Because the one who suffers is no longer believed in.
The End of Seeking Is the Beginning of Living
When the seeking ends,
when the fire of becoming burns out,
you don’t float away.
You return.
To dishes.
To children.
To bills.
To broken hearts and early mornings.
But now… you’re here.
Awake.
Present.
The sacred is no longer separate.
God is not in the sky,
but in your breath.
Truth is not on a mountain,
but in the sound of a bird outside your window.
You realize:
Life was never the problem.
Only your resistance to it.
Awakening Makes You More Human, Not Less
Contrary to the myth, awakening doesn’t make you cold.
It makes you more tender.
More vulnerable.
More open to life in all its forms.
You cry more, perhaps.
You love deeper.
You listen with your whole being.
Not because you're trying to be spiritual—
but because there’s no one left to defend.
You stop protecting yourself from life
and begin flowing with it.
The heart no longer needs armor.
Because there is no enemy left to fight.
Yes, You Will Still Face Life
Life doesn’t stop showing up
just because you saw through the self.
People may still misunderstand you.
The body may still fall ill.
Loss may still visit your doorstep.
But something has changed:
You don’t collapse into it anymore.
You remain as the open space
in which all things come and go.
A stillness that holds even the chaos.
You no longer try to fix life.
You let it be.
And in that allowing…
you discover a peace that surpasses understanding.
The Shift Is Internal, Not Circumstantial
Before awakening:
You tried to control everything outside
to feel okay inside.
After awakening:
You see that the inside was never touched
by anything outside.
Circumstances may change.
But your Self remains unmoved.
Still.
Radiant.
Free.
You walk through the world—
not escaping it,
but meeting it fully.
Every moment becomes a temple.
Every face becomes God.
This Is What True Freedom Means
Freedom doesn’t mean escaping life.
It means living it without fear.
It means loving without possession.
Acting without seeking results.
Serving without needing to be seen.
It means being exactly where you are—
without needing it to be different.
When you awaken, you don’t vanish.
You show up more fully than ever before.
Not as someone.
Not as a role.
But as Presence itself.
Alive.
Open.
Here.
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