Navigating the Void Between Illusion and Self-Realization | Suzanne Maresca

By Suzanne Maresca, June 5, 2025

(Golden Age of Gaia)

I’ve been feeling a certain way for quite a while now, and I haven’t really wanted to ‘fess up about it because the implication could potentially be that my work and what I do for the blog falls into the same category. It doesn’t, and the reason why ought to be clear by the time this idea is down on paper, so to speak.

The thing is that I’m certain I’m not alone in feeling this way. I suppose this is what’s been meant when people have spoken of The Pause, but I hadn’t seen that as being something in my experience base. I couldn’t relate to that whole idea until recently, when I came across something by Carl Jung that clicked it into place.

“When you succeed in awakening the Self, the world becomes a dream, a shadow-show, and loses its reality. You are no longer c****t up in it, for you have found something greater: the reality of the Self.”
~ The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, Collected Works 9i, paraphrased for clarity

Jung basically acknowledged there exactly how I feel. Once we catch onto the illusory nature of this world that we once believed to be far different than it actually is…once we see that, interest in engaging in much of anything here drops to historical lows.  I find myself only briefly wondering why I would strive for involvement with anything that feels devoid of actual purpose.

“I began to understand that the goal of psychic development is the Self… The external world became less and less important, and I found myself in a strange new reality, where the old motivations no longer held sway.”
~ Memories, Dreams, Reflections, p. 323

But Jung, in his analytical splendor and wisdom, also pointed out the counterbalance…the rushing in of the Light energy that makes up our true and authentic selves. I’m pretty sure the bad guys wanted to avoid that part of the process for us altogether, but they never had the power to actually stop it, try as they might.

“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

In fact, it seems to me that trying to force us to forget that we’re Divine by nature gave us a collective shove exactly in that direction.  Exposure to witnessing or even reading / hearing about the kind of evil that’s wormed its way into literally every aspect of our society surely does precipitate a seeking out of purpose for our lives.

Ultimately, our post-awakening motivation shifts from matching the 3D outer world over to finding our internal resonance.  The period of integration will be unique to each of us as we witness old structures falling away.  I find myself wondering just how much of the imaginal creations for our lives have already been formed, awaiting our fully conscious arrival in that blessed place.

In closing, I’ll just say that my work here for the GAoG is and always has been an aspect of my own becoming.  I can’t say that I don’t long for the day when the function of this blog has shifted because we’ve all popped up into Happy Land, but until that time, this is my Home, and You All are my Family.