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Enlightenment Journal | Spring 2011

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Questions  

Every Person 

Should Ask

Roy Eugene Davis

B

ecause of increasingly influential 

evolutionary forces, our present 

era is one of accelerated 

transformations occurring in human-

kind’s collective consciousness and 

dramatic changes in the world about 

us—and these processes will continue. 

The Dark Ages, the Time-Cycles of 

almost total, abysmal ignorance are 

behind us and new vistas, bright with 

promise, are before us.

If we are to thrive in the 21st century 

and beyond—and we must—height-

ened awareness, expanded knowledge, 

and skills more than equal to the needs 

and opportunities we will confront, are 

obviously necessary. Impractical ideas, 

illusional perceptions and thinking, 

and dysfunctional behaviors will have 

to be renounced and replaced by 

higher understanding, flawless powers 

of perception, and proficiency in the 

performance of duties and chosen 

actions. We can only successfully relate 

to the present and prepare for the 

future by awakening and actualizing 

our innate spiritual consciousness.

Except for the few saints and intel-

lectual geniuses there are among us, 

we have yet to adequately awaken to a 

sufficient degree of realization of our 

essential beingness. Our capacities 

to unfold knowledge and wisely use 

innate abilities are virtually limitless, 

yet we often assume and behave just 

the opposite. The time has come for us 

to accept a new paradigm, a more real-

istic, functional point of view by which 

to relate to the world, and to willingly 

and intentionally awaken to higher 

levels of consciousness and function.

We need to know and live the Truth 

of ourselves: That we are spiritual 

beings with only temporary identifica-

tion with mind and matter, not mere 

human beings with perhaps hopeful 

aspirations for divine status. A radical 

shift of perspective is necessary: from 

unknowing and ineptitude, to aware-

ness of cosmic proportions and the 

unrestricted function and wisdom-

guided expression it will allow.

Philosopher-seers frequently 

remind us that our relationship with 

To make spiritual awakening easier, what is needed is a radical change in 

how we think and feel about ourselves in relationship to the whole: one which 

provides an overview that enables us to have an intimation of what God is,  

and how the reality of God expresses as the cosmos and as souls.