The Subtle Trap of Waiting for “What’s Coming”

I’ve been sitting with a big realization lately…

Across so many traditions, from Christianity to the New Age and everything in between, there’s often a similar thread: a focus on something external that’s coming to save us, prove we’re on track, or mark us as “chosen.”

Whether it’s the idea of a rapture, a mass awakening, or open contact with beings from other realms, it’s still the same pull outward.

For much of my life, part of me has loved that. I’ve always looked to those who seemed wiser or more evolved, teachers, mentors, guides, and that longing has brought me to incredible souls and deep lessons. But it’s also shown me how the ego loves to keep seeking validation outside of itself.

Because whether it’s waiting for Jesus to return or for the ships to land in 2027, the psychology underneath is often the same:

• Hope mixed with fear

• A subtle sense of being “special” or “chosen”

• And a focus that quietly pulls us away from the still point within

True “ascension,” if we can call it that, isn’t something we wait for. It’s what unfolds inside us.

It’s the softening of self-concern.

It’s humility, surrender, and the dissolving of the ego’s attachments so that something greater can move through us.

When we become clear vessels for the One, Heaven isn’t something that arrives one day, it’s something that moves through us now.

None of the great wayshowers like Jesus, Buddha, Ramana Maharshi, Anandamayi Ma, Yogananda, or Neem Karoli Baba ever told us to wait for an event. Their lives were a living embodiment of inner surrender, the kind that reveals the Kingdom here and now.

Maybe that’s the invitation for our time too…To stop waiting for proof that we’ve arrived, and start living as if Heaven is already here, within us, as us.