The Gap Between Distraction and Awakening
- Adelina Emmi
- Jun 25
- 4 min read
If nothing is real, then what’s the point?
Maybe just to be.
To feel the breath.
To experience this moment.
That’s it. And that’s everything.
If the last few weeks have taught me anything, it’s these two things:
Most people are still very afraid of death.
Nothing is real, we are definitely in a simulation, that’s a game.
So, if the latter is true... is there really a need to fear death?
Does it take the understanding, or the belief, that nothing is real to truly dismantle that fear?
Perhaps.
One thing I know is this: I know nothing.None of us do.And when you’re okay with that, life becomes a little more crisp.
You begin to see things more clearly.
You handle things better.
You laugh instead of cry.
You smile instead of frown.
You become whoever you want to be and you stop giving a damn.
Life becomes more joyous because nothing matters… except for the minute you’re in.
If we’re living life from that minute, this exact one, then what’s left to fear? Not even death.We’re just feeling what’s happening. Not the past. Not the future. Not any other merging timeline.
Now, I’m not saying you have to live here every second of every day.
But if you can be here more than not, you’re already doing so much.
It’s not easy though. I have to warn you.
It can feel boring.
Mundane.
Repetitive.
Not because it has to be, but because we’ve become masters at avoiding the present moment.We do almost anything to escape it.
We speak just to fill silence.
We scroll endlessly.
We consume - food, music, work, books, substances.
We distract, distract and distract some more.
Because stillness, the silence, the nothingness, is boring for most.
But not for me. Not lately.
Lately, I’ve been doing whatever I can to find the silence.
The nothingness.
The stillness.
That’s where everything comes together for me.
Where I can finally be in my own energy.
My own thoughts.
My own feelings.
Even if it’s just for one minute.
It’s like a reset for the system.
But for some, this silence is painful.
They reach for the gap and instantly try to fill it.
Because the stillness brings up too much.
I don’t blame them.
It’s crazy in the present moment.
The key is learning how to sit with it.
Two minutes.
Three.
Five.
Twenty.
Sixty.
Without budging.
After a few minutes, the noise lowers.
Peace starts to surface.
Stillness enters your whole being.
And then you know you cannot go back. Not fully, anyway.
Yes, gap-filling is still fun and joyous in its own way.
But stillness has its own flavour of joy.
A joy that must be felt, it cannot be described.
Lately, I’ve noticed myself trying to create the stillness instead of letting it come. Which, ironically, is another form of gap-filling.
Trying to force what must arrive intuitively.
You can’t force the gap.
It arrives when it’s ready, when your body is ready.
Your body will quietly guide you there, if you let it.
But you must be available to receive it, not avoid it with another distraction.
Our body is always trying to bring us back to joy.
Always.
Discomfort, pain, a sudden pull to move or stretch - these are not random.
They’re signals.
If you’ve been going non-stop and finally sit down… and your body sighs in relief, that was a signal.
You waited too long.
You passed your threshold.
This applies to everything:
Too much gym.
Too much talking.
Too many ice baths.
Too much work.
Too many coffees.
When you don’t listen, the body keeps up, until it can’t.
I remember when I was younger, out drinking…
I always knew when my body had hit its limit.
Sometimes I listened. Sometimes I didn’t.
But I always felt it.
I used to wonder, does anyone else feel that?
Do you?
Even now, when I write blogs, I get a cue to stop.
I can feel the wind-up.
If I push past it, nothing I write will land.
But if I stop at that first inner signal, that’s when the words hold weight.
So ask yourself:
Where in your life are you going over the threshold?
Where are you missing the signals?
Where are you avoiding the gap?
Because when we can reach the gap, we begin to see.
We become more aware -
of our surroundings,
of the world at large,
of the simulation we’re in,
of every particle that makes it up.
This, I believe, is the step before the Awakening.
The Awakening is where we understand: Nothing is real.
The Awakening is where we start to realise that the things that aren’t real cannot ever fill the gap.
But this moment, right now, the complete silence, that is real.
And when you really get that, you stop fearing most things, including death.
A full 180.
Are you ready?
Here’s something you can try:
Next time you catch yourself scrolling,
turn your screen off, flip your phone upside down.
Wherever you are, just sit.
Start with one minute. Then two. Then three.
Let whatever arises… arise.
Don’t try to fill the gap.
How do you feel?
Can you stay a little longer?
Can you feel the peace starting to surface?
Have you found the gap between distraction and awakening?
If you feel called to deepen this journey, I offer Oracle guidance to help illuminate your next steps. You can ask one question, or if you're ready to elevate your path, we can map your vision together.
With love,
Adelina xo
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