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
"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