Our Greatest Contribution to Humanity

"Our greatest contribution to humanity is our awakening. It is to literally leave the state of consciousness that the mass of humanity is in and discover the truth of our being, which is the truth of all beings. When we do this, we come back as a gift, a newborn. We are, in a certain sense, reborn.

...Sometimes, through trying to help on the exterior level, we can miss that the greatest help we can offer is our own awakening. This does not mean that we avoid doing what we can on the exterior level—lending help, feeding the hungry, caring for the poor and the sick. This doesn’t mean that any of that is avoided or not useful. But ultimately what we come to realize is that our greatest contribution is to heal the illusory divisions within ourselves. That’s the ultimate gift we can give to humanity; that’s what’s going to change humanity..."

~ Adyashanti The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment