Note: This article is taken from the blog post by Angel Chernoff, in which she talks about the importance of making a change.
Picture yourself sitting - as you do every day - and catching fish when all of a sudden, your body experiences a powerful jolt of energy. Your stomach has butterflies, your fingertips are tingling, and your heart is racing. Yet, you know that what you are experiencing is not anxiety or a heart attack because you feel comfortable and satisfied.
You put the fishing rod aside, sit at the edge, and sprinkle some of the cold water on your face. In this quiet moment, a revelation comes to you. While you can't explain how or why this revelation came to you now - you didn't do anything unusual - its has a clear message:
The earth is not flat, but round. You can imagine it revolving around the sun in a predictable orbital pattern. These visualizations also reveal that Earth is a part of a solar system with eight planets that is separate from other stars in the night sky, that these other stars move in similar, predictable patterns, and that there is an undiscovered world that no one knows about.
After you realize the greatness of this revelation, you begin to sweat from stress. Although there is peace in the small coastal village where you reside, strange theories and ideas are not well accepted there. If you want to tell others about it, the nobles and leaders might interpret it as a direct threat to the cultural stability of the community, and the rest of the villagers would likely think you are crazy.
Then, you decide to handle it normally and leave the profound manifestations and visions to the witch doctors and warlocks who reside in the nearby suburb's woods. These people have come to the conclusion that the society in which they were raised does not provide the solutions they seek, and they are the ones who must spread these strange ideas to the rest of humanity because they have nothing to lose, or at least not as much as you do. So, you decide not to tell anyone about your revelation.
As the days and months go by, you convince yourself that keeping it a secret has made you better off, but you soon come to realize that doing so has had a negative impact on your life. You have become more isolated from others, your sleep has been significantly reduced, and you are unable to stop thinking.
Wise Words
One night, after hours of not being able to sleep, you finally fall asleep and start dreaming. You dream that you are sitting at a round table in a dimly lit room. There is a woman sitting on the other side of the table.
Her face is barely visible, but you can make out her wrinkled skin and white hair. She seems to be an old wise lady who can see right inside you. However, you are at ease because there is nothing to conceal from her, as she already knows everything.
Suddenly this woman asks you in a low, calm voice: “Do you know why you are sitting here with me?”
You answer: “No, I don't, but I guess I'm here because there's no one else I can talk to.”
She smiles and says: "You are here because you have something to say, that you know is of great importance. It is something that will change the world when you say it, but you are afraid to say it because you think people are not ready to hear it."
For a while, you remain still while gazing into her eyes. Her heart's energy seems to gently calm yours while relieving your tension. Your fears start to slowly vanish because you feel as though you are in a secure environment that is free from criticism.
You take a deep breath and say: “I am here because I had a revelation. I clearly saw that the Earth is not flat, but a ball that revolves around the sun as part of the solar system that consists of 8 planets. There are other stars as well, perhaps in other solar systems or in what appears to be a vast, unknown universe.”
You pause for a moment, take two deep breaths, and continue: “I don’t know where this revelation came from or why it came to me, but I have since carried out some primary tests, and the results have demonstrated the accuracy of this revelation.
At this point, I am certain that it's actually accurate, and I'm also confident that people aren't prepared for that. Just for knowing what I know now after having this revelation, I've already been punished. I don't want to face punishment once more for sharing my knowledge with others."
As the woman smiles again, you feel more comfortable than you did before the revelation came to you. She says: “You never know when the world will be ready for anything in life; you only know when you are ready because you will act and deal with the problem. When you complete something, you will be aware when there is more to do because you will do more.”
Her wise words are so clear and simple, but the real world is much more twisted and complex. In the real world, there are cultures and customs that have existed for generations to deal with.
She continues: “The most important thing to keep in mind is that you are not at the mercy of the world, even when you feel so, because the world around you is just a reflection of what is within you, that is, a reflection of your thoughts. What appears to you as a complete, unready world is not the world at all; it's just you. When you change, you'll notice that the outside world has also changed."
I Have Changed
You slowly open your eyes after that. You sit in silence in bed as you think about your dream. You get up and go outside to get some fresh air after a short while. As you stand and observe the village's sunrise, you notice something different. The whole village seems brighter and more vibrant than you remember. You wonder whether the village or the people have changed. Or is it just you who has changed? You are not certain.
What you are certain of is that you have to do what you do every day, and that you have something important to say. Although you don't even know how you're going to say it, you're getting more and more confident that you will know soon. By the time you figure out how to say it, you'll already be saying what you want to say and, as a result of your own change, the world will be changing around you.
In Conclusion
You might be wondering why I'm sharing this with you. Doing so helps remind me of an important message, and I know you need a reminder sometimes, too. We all need to be reminded from time to time how our inaction and silence can lead to self-abuse.
You have to admit that you have spent a lot of your life trying to avoid talking about a particular topic, trying to appear more calm, less sensitive, and less crazy, and trying to hide who you really were in order to not exhaust people and to make a good impression. You desired ease of life and the ability to blend in and be liked by everyone.
Therefore, to avoid acting inappropriately, you had to sacrifice a part of yourself - a part of your truth - for a long period of your life. During that time, you hurt yourself by your silence and inaction. However, aren't you sick and tired of living this way? I'm tired, too. So, let's make a change today, together.
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