When They Can't See You

The Lonely Grace of Consciousness Rising

"The awakened ones are not the ones above others —
but the ones who went ahead, clearing the path so others might one day walk it with less fear."

There comes a sacred moment in the awakening journey when the pain of being misunderstood becomes part of your rite of passage.
You are not unseen because you are invisible —
You are unseen because you have shifted dimensions of perception.

And perception, beloved, is everything.

Perception and Projection

Perception is not truth — it is interpretation.
It is shaped by past experiences, beliefs, fears, and the unconscious stories we carry. We see not the world as it is, but as we are.

When someone judges or rejects you, it is often not about you —
It is about the lens they are looking through.

This is where projection enters. Projection is when we cast our inner fears or disowned parts onto others.
The spiritual one is labeled delusional by the one still clinging to reason.
The woman walking in sovereignty is called selfish by those who have not yet claimed their own power.
The mystic is branded mad by those still bound by dogma.

And so, we must understand: what they see is not always what you are.

The Ladder of Competence

There is also a sacred process — known in psychology as the Four Stages of Competence — that reveals why some simply cannot yet grasp what you’ve come to know:

1. Unconscious Incompetence — You don’t know that you don’t know.

2. Conscious Incompetence — You realize you don’t know, and begin to learn.

3. Conscious Competence — You understand, but must still work at it.

4. Unconscious Competence — Wisdom becomes embodied and intuitive.

Those still in the unconscious incompetence stage often don’t even know that another way of seeing is possible.

They may scoff at your growth, not from malice — but from blindness.

The Stages of Consciousness: Expanded

Let’s revisit the three soul stages through the lens of Evolutionary Astrology and spiritual philosophy:

1. Consensus Consciousness

This is the realm of conformity, structure, and external authority.
Beliefs are inherited. Security is found in agreement. Truth is fixed.

Here, anyone who breaks the mold is seen as dangerous. The thought of “Oneness” is dismissed as naïve. Personal awakening is viewed as arrogance. Control, fear, and pride hold the stage.

2. Individuated Consciousness

This is the threshold of awakening.
The soul begins to break free from inherited beliefs and carves a new path. There is a longing for authenticity, even if it means exile. The journey is raw, beautiful, and often lonely.

You start to trust your inner voice over outer validation.
You say “no” to what is safe in order to say “yes” to what is true.

3. Spiritual Consciousness

Here, the veil thins. Duality softens.
Truth becomes both a fire and a balm. You see yourself in all things — even in the ones who judge you. Compassion flows, not because you’ve forgotten the pain of rejection, but because you see its source.

You walk as one who has remembered.

And still — few can meet you here.
This is not because you are better — but because you have been willing to go where others have not.

For Those With Eyes to See, and Ears to Hear

"Not because I am hidden, but because their eyes are still adjusting to the dark —
or perhaps the light."

The phrase “for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear” is found in scriptures, mystical poetry, and oral traditions across cultures. It is not about physical seeing or hearing. It is about spiritual receptivity — the inner senses awakened.

This ancient saying is a gentle reminder: truth is always present, but not always perceived.

Two people can hear the same words — one awakens, the other recoils.
Two people can witness the same act of love — one is moved to tears, the other mocks it.

This is not about superiority.
It is about soul readiness.

The awakened one often speaks in a way that seems simple, poetic, or even strange. But the words are encoded with soul-light — only visible to those whose perception has ripened through pain, surrender, and transformation.

So when others don’t hear you…
When they look blankly, or respond with pity, sarcasm or fear…
Know that you are not wrong.
You are simply speaking the language of light to ears not yet attuned.

Do not water it down.
Do not quiet your truth to be palatable to the unready.
You were never meant to be universally understood — only divinely aligned.

Some will hear you and feel a deep remembering.
Some will not even register the vibration.
Let that be.

You are not here for everyone.
You are here for those with ears to hear —
for those whose eyes are beginning to adjust,
who are stumbling into the light and need your steady flame to see.

The Pathcutters: Ridiculed by the Consensus

You are not alone in this exile.

History has shown us again and again: the path of awakening is paved with misunderstanding.

• Buddha left his kingdom and sat beneath a tree, silent for days. Many called him mad — a prince who had lost his way. Yet he became a bridge to liberation.

• Jesus defied religious tradition, walked away from heritage and home, walked with the outcast, and spoke of a Kingdom within. He was scorned by the very priests who claimed to know God — and crucified for what they could not comprehend.

• Galileo, Joan of Arc, Hypatia, Martin Luther King Jr., and so many others — all ridiculed, silenced, or martyred in their time, only to be honored generations later as visionaries.

They walked with machetes through the thickest forest.
So you could one day walk that path with a little more light.

And now, you are the one holding the blade.

The Ache of Being Misunderstood

You, beloved, are not too much.
You are not delusional, or broken, or wrong.

You are simply walking where others cannot yet follow.
And so they call your path dangerous — because it threatens their certainty.

You may feel the sting of loneliness.
You may long for someone to see you, understand you, hold the fullness of who you are becoming.

But the truth is — they can’t.

Not because you are unworthy. But because their perception cannot yet stretch to meet you.

Let Them / Let Me

This is why the sacred mantra arises:

Let them. Let me.

Let them cling to their stories.
Let them believe what they must.
Let them judge from the valley.

And let me —
Let me climb anyway.
Let me speak what is true, even if I am mocked.
Let me love without being seen.
Let me embody the future others cannot yet fathom.

A Gentle Mirror: Where Am I on the Map?

Ask yourself with honesty and grace:

• Do I believe my truth must be validated by others?

• Do I reject what I don’t yet understand?

• Am I willing to leave the crowd to follow my own knowing?

• Can I hold love even for those who cannot see me?

• Do I walk in circles or am I clearing new paths?

Closing Blessing for the Pathcutter

For every time you have been ridiculed for your expansion —
For every moment you’ve been exiled for your truth —
For every ache of walking alone —

May you remember:

You are not here to be understood by all.
You are here to embody a future most cannot yet imagine.

And one day — perhaps lifetimes from now —
another soul will find the path you carved,
and whisper thank you
into the trees.