The Great Awakening: How Social Media is Uniting East and West in a Historic Shift Toward Oneness

For years, we have been told a story—a story of division, separation, and fear. A story that says, “They are different from us,” or “They are the enemy.” But now, something extraordinary is happening. Something that defies political narratives, corporate interests, and the controlled flow of information.

Americans, frustrated by the looming ban of TikTok, are not turning to Meta (Facebook, Instagram) as they were expected to. Instead, they are seeking connection elsewhere—across the digital Great Wall. They are joining the Chinese app Xiaohongshu (Red Note) and, in an act of profound unity, they are learning Mandarin to communicate directly with the very people they were conditioned to distrust.

And what are they finding?

Not enemies.
Not threats.
Not some distant people we’ll never understand.

They are finding warmth, kindness, curiosity, and deep humanity.

For the first time, people on both sides are asking each other:
“What have we been lied to about?”
“What do you want us to know?”
“What is the truth?”

And through this simple act of curiosity, conversation, and connection, an ancient truth is being revealed:

This is Yoga. This is Union. This is Oneness. This is Shanti (Peace).

Yoga: The Practice of Union Beyond Borders

In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Avidya (ignorance) is described as the root of suffering. It is the illusion that we are separate—separate from one another, separate from the Divine, separate from truth.

Governments, corporations, and power structures rely on Avidya to control populations. They weave narratives of separation because division breeds control. But what happens when people begin to see clearly? When they remove the veil of illusion and realize that there is no separation, only Oneness?

This is exactly what we are witnessing right now—a collective shift from Avidya (ignorance) to Vidya (wisdom). A shift from separation to union.

When an American teenager picks up a Mandarin phrasebook to communicate with a Chinese student on Red Note, that is Yoga in action.
When Chinese creators share their culture, history, and perspectives with Americans who are eager to listen, that is a breaking of illusion.
When two people who were conditioned to see each other as “enemies” instead share laughter, tears, and understanding, that is Shanti—peace beyond borders.

This is not just a moment. This is a movement.

Why the Global Awakening Cannot Be Stopped

Governments can ban apps.
They can regulate social media.
They can try to control narratives.

But they cannot stop the human soul from seeking connection, truth, and unity.

What is happening right now is a digital Kumbhaka—a collective breath hold before a great shift in consciousness. We are at the moment where the world inhales deeply, pauses, and then releases a breath that will change history.

And as this happens, people—on both sides—are realizing just how small the world truly is.

Chinese users on Red Note are saying that the world suddenly feels smaller, closer, more connected than ever before. That the distance they once felt between themselves and Americans has disappeared in an instant. They are seeing, firsthand, that there is no reason for division, no reason for fear—only human beings, reaching across the digital divide, finding family where they were told there were only strangers.

And once people feel this unity, they cannot be forced back into division.

This is the dissolving of Maya—the illusion of separation.

For so long, governments and media have painted an image of “the other,” reinforcing the idea that we are separate, different, or even opposing forces. But now, that illusion is shattering. People are stepping beyond those narratives, seeing each other clearly for the first time, and realizing that the barriers between them were never real to begin with.

The shift is already here.
The connection is already made.
The energy of unity is already flowing.

And once people experience true Oneness, they do not go back to the illusion of separation.

The Yoga of the Future: A Global Sangha

In yoga, we speak of Sangha, the spiritual community that uplifts and supports one another. What we are witnessing is a global Sangha forming in real-time. Not just through yoga studios, retreats, or spiritual circles, but through the very technology that was meant to divide us.

Instead of resisting, rejecting, or fearing, people are choosing curiosity over control. They are seeing through the illusion and embracing the truth of interconnectedness.

This is not just about TikTok.
This is not just about Red Note.
This is about a return to Oneness.

This is about a world where the walls—physical, digital, and ideological—begin to crumble.

This is the path of Yoga manifesting in the world.

And the great awakening?

It’s already here.

What Can You Do?
1. Engage in Conscious Connection – Seek truth directly from people, not filtered through governments or corporations.
2. Learn Beyond Borders – Explore perspectives from different cultures with an open heart and mind.
3. Practice Digital Ahimsa (Non-Harming) – Spread understanding, peace, and unity rather than divisive rhetoric.
4. See the Oneness in All – Whether through a screen or in daily life, remember: There is no “other.” There is only Us.

The world is waking up.
The veil is lifting.
Yoga is happening, beyond the mat, beyond the body—across the world.

Are you watching?
Are you ready?

Are you breathing in the moment before the shift?