Awakening

 

What Is An Awakening? 

A spiritual awakening is the initiation onto the path of spirituality. It is the first steps in discovering deeper truths about yourself and the world we live in.

It can occur at any time in your life unexpectedly but it's usually triggered after intense traumatic events.

Once embarking on this life-time journey, you'll start to crave for something more in life as you realise true happiness cannot be achieved externally.

You'll start to ask more questions, like 'what is the purpose of life?' 'why are we here?'  and 'what is my purpose?' 

 There are several different stages in the spiritual awakening and there is no strict structure as every persons  has a unique path  so it's important to follow information with an open mind and only take what resonates with you and your belief system.

 

The Signs And Symptoms Of A Spiritual Awakening

You feel completely lost and alone.
You start to see through the 'illusion of society'
You desire more alone time.
You want to quit your job and hobbies.
You may experience great anxiety or depression.
You start to see synchronicities like 11:11 on the clock.
You feel as though life is fake.
Conversations with others start to feel too shallow.
You may withdraw socially.
You gain heightened intuition.
You deeply desire to know more about life. 
You start to realise not everything we have been taught is truth.

     

    Stages Of A Spiritual Awakening 

     

    Stage 1 - Intense Unhappiness, Depression & Feeling So Deeply Lost.

    In the preliminary stages of your awakening, you'll get into something called a Dark night of the soul, which is pretty intense to handle. It is a time of great inner sadness, sometimes feeling like there is no real reason for this sadness. You also may feel as though you're searching for something, but you're not quite sure what it is.

    Stage 2 - The Perspective Shift.

    After the feeling of deep sadness wears, you'll start to see life from a new, clearer lens. You'll start to see through the illusions of reality and you start to become disturbed by the suffering thats around you. 

    Stage 3 - Seeking Deeper Knowledge And Understanding Of Life.

    You'll probably get to the point where you're thinking what actually is the point of all this?  There must be something at the end of this never ending thread we're pulling... right?
    This is the stage where you'll start to search for your soul purpose and your destiny and you'll also start to dip your fingers into various different metaphysical fields for more answers. 

     

    Stage 4 - Great Breakthroughs And Self Revelations!

    At this point you'll have started to form a personalised belief system and connected to some spiritual mentors that resonate with you most. It is a time in which great inner joy can be achieved! You'll also start to have more frequent mystical experiences.

    Stage 5 -  we're lost... again!

    Things were probably going well in terms of your spiritual growth and then suddenly came to a bit of a halt.
    You might be bored of what you've learnt or even start to doubt all the experiences you've had!
    Unfortunately, the sadness might settle in again and it's possible a dark night of the soul will occur. Don't worry though! At this stage you will have all the tools too ride the wave and not get too caught up in the deep emotions that surface. (Tip - The answers always lie within. This time around, you'll be drawn to meditative methods to solve the inner issues you may experience.)

     

    Stage 6 - Diving Into Deeper Inner Work.

    The recent sadness that was experienced draws you into doing more work on yourselves, this is also known as deeper healing. You'll start to disregard the brighter side of spiritual life and want to focus more seriously on meditative methods to deepen your knowledge and ease the pain from the recent dark night of the soul.

    Stage 7 - The Final Integration- Possible Enlightenment Too!

    All the lessons learnt and new way of life created after doing deeper inner work finally integrates into your reality. The changes that take places here really have long lasting effects within.
    The Full realisation of self / enlightenment is never fully guaranteed in this lifetime but the journey is nonetheless joyful and pure. You may even want to start mentoring and sharing your knowledge with others too!
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