The Climb: The Path You Cannot Unsee
- Cory J Riggs

- Apr 11
- 3 min read
There is a moment when something shifts…
not outside of you—
but within you.
And once you see it,
you cannot go back.
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I. THE CALL
All things have an end; there is a gift in everything. Today I learned how I connect with people, including myself. Slow down, listen to them. Attach to their ego, allow my ego to connect with theirs. We know the universal language of the ego. Allow my heart to be present. Speak from my heart through my ego. Build trust. Show compassion. Allow grace. If you force, if you challenge, their ego will wall up. Take your time. Breathe. You will meet the part speaking to you. You are a medium to the ego; you speak it fluently. It is within you. This is your gift. This is your true self. Your Love Song. Sing from your soul, connect to life.
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II. THE FRACTURE
I have seen my past, not the life I have lived, the life before. Can I live it? Can I follow what has created me? It will be the bravest thing I have done in this life. I either follow it or die while living, so I will follow. I do not know what this looks like. I do not know how. This cannot be erased from my soul. My ego wants to see judgment. It will try. It will fight. It knows the war is not winnable. I must seek deeper. In this I am. In this I belong. I am him. I am me.
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III. THE FORGE
Build the warrior within. You must prove your strength. You must be battle-tested. Can you stand in front and take the bullets? Can you walk through hell? No rewards. No praise. Even those that need you most will fight. Take the blunt force with grace. You are built through pain, built through sacrifice, built through courage. Their ego will challenge you. You will be tested. Trust must be felt. Absorb their pain. Then you can teach. Then you can lead. Become bulletproof. Find peace in the fury. Heal yourself. The world will follow.
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IV. THE COLLAPSE
All love lives inside you. There’s a place inside of you where only love exists. No pain, no fear, no suffering, no ego, no thoughts—nothing. You are love. You have no form. Your body dissolves. I do not have the vocabulary to explain. This feeling is unexplainable. The only way to share is through experience. They will feel it. I must live in this place. This cannot be unseen. My entire existence was love. I am love. Now I must walk in love. Live in this love. See through this love. Exist as love.
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V. THE RETURN
I have slowed myself. No music. No noise. Just the stillness. My heart is leading; my mind is not forcing. I am okay with sitting in silence, being. I saw myself again as an ancient leader. It is not just an embodiment; it is me. This is who I am. I have seen him and been him at the same time. He is calm. He is patient. He is powerful. He is everything. I must learn that I am him and walk in his calm.
I have seen the world through new eyes. I have been shown my new face. Not how I see myself, not how people see me, but how I am in God’s eyes. No ego. No stories. Complete silence within. Witnessing the universe. Not greater than, not less than. Simply existing. There was only beauty. No pain. No suffering. No fear. I am a predator of life. I do not know the path where it leads. But I have seen my existence.
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VI. THE WALK
There is a calm you receive from knowing who you are to be, what your purpose is, and how you are to walk this Earth. It is a feeling of deep peace. It feels safe to understand that you are this. The path may be hard. You will stumble, get back up, stumble again. There is no fear of failing. No fear of judgment. All you must do is surrender, follow, walk in faith. Follow even when you do not see a step. Put your foot down even when you do not see the landing. If you fall, get up and believe again. You will never walk alone. You are held. You are safe. Not easy. Not without struggle. But in safety.
All you must do is follow.



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