Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn
the Course speaks of the separation as being a dream from which we need to awaken; salvation therefore consists of hearing the Holy Spirit -- the Call to awaken -- in ourselves and in our brothers: thus accepting the oneness with each other that undoes the separation which gave rise to the dream in the beginning
I sometimes use this word as a verb, referring either to the endless process of including more and more of What Is in one's awareness, or to the finite process of dropping into the realization of the Second Birth At other times, I use "awakening" as a noun, as in "the awakening dawns in the depths of The Rot " In many spiritual schools, awakening refers to the realization of transcendental consciousness When I use "awakening" as a noun, I am specifically referring to the realization of Onlyness
Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual
"Spontaneous" awakenings most often start while you are in REM sleep, although you may awaken from NREM sleep, as well When you are awake, your brain waves are of the alpha or beta pattern (see brain wave rhythms), your muscle tone is high and you can move voluntarily
(remembering there is more to living than third dimensional reality)
A realization or inspiration about the connection with an entity or entities beyond the immediate and physical world, of "God" or other intangible, sacred spirit
Religious revival in British North America from 1720 into the 1740s. It was part of a movement, known as Pietism or Quietism on the European continent and evangelicalism in England, that swept Western Europe in the late 17th and early 18th century under the leadership of preachers such as John Wesley. In North America the Great Awakening was a Protestant evangelical reaction against formalism and rationalism in religion, and it had a strong Calvinist element. Revivalist preachers emphasized the need for sinners to fear punishment and to hope for the unearned gift of grace from God. George Whitefield (1714-1770) was one of the most popular, preaching to huge crowds throughout the colonies in 1739-40. Jonathan Edwards also helped inspire the Great Awakening and was its most important theologian. Among its results were missions to the Indians and the founding of colleges (including Princeton Univ.). Another revival known as the Second Great Awakening occurred in New England and Kentucky in the 1790s
When you awaken, or when something or someone awakens you, you wake up. Unfortunately, Grandma always seems to awaken at awkward moments He was snoring when Desmond awakened him. = wake up
To awaken a feeling in a person means to cause them to start having this feeling. The aim of the cruise was to awaken an interest in and an understanding of foreign cultures