Spiritual awakenings can be spontaneous, but for most, they are triggered by major life changes or traumas such as life-threatening illnesses, car accidents, divorces, war, pandemics, quarter-life or midlife crises, mental health crises such as clinical depression or anxiety, or even a near-death experience.
Ultimately, anything that encourages (or forces) you to "look at your life from a more spiritual perspective" can set you on a path toward awakening.
signs and symptoms of a spiritual awakening.
Here are some signs telling you you're going through a spiritual awakening or are about to embark on one:
1. You feel disconnected or detached
At first, the spiritual awakening process can feel overwhelming and confusing. It can feel like everything you thought to be true about your life was a lie, and as such. It feels like your identity is crumbling and you may feel disconnected and detached from the things and people you used to enjoy.
2. You're reevaluating your beliefs
A spiritual awakening will likely cause you to revise your beliefs or adopt significant new ones thanks to an increased awareness and ability of observing deeply engrained thoughts and thought patterns. Additionally you are starting to connect with your deeper being from where you start to question things you've believed about yourself maybe your entire life. As a result of this your priorities are likely different now.
3. Your dreams are more vivid
4. You experience more synchronicities and déja vu's
There can be no doubt: Spiritual awakenings are transformative, and the people in your life won't always be able to appreciate that. You may feel like your loved ones don't understand you anymore because you are changing.
6. You feel spirituality becoming an important part of your life
It will be hard to ignore the call from your heart and soul as you go through this process. The desire to find meaning and fulfillment within your spirituality will likely become one of your biggest priorities.
7. You're more intuitive
Another sign, is having newly heightened intuition. It was always there, buried beneath the layers of your ego, and now that you've awakened, you feel much more in tune with yourself.
8. You can sense inauthenticity and manipulation
In addition to that heightened intuition, you'll be able to sense any inauthentic or manipulative behaviour when someone is deceiving you. Things that are out of integrity are now hard to be around.
9. Your realise everyone is on their own path
As you figure out your own spiritual path you also become more accepting of the idea that everyone else is on their own unique path, too. Things like winning arguments or convincing people of your views don't matter as much anymore.
10. You want to be of service
As you begin realizing that every living thing is inherently worthy and equal, you will feel called to be of service, whether to people, to animals, or to the environment. It's important to you that you have a cause you can get behind to make your life feel purposeful. It may not be about changing your current roles or jobs but just approaching what you're already doing with a deeper sense of service.
11. Your teachers find you
During an awakening, your spiritual teachers may appear everywhere with perfect timing to help you. These don't have to be literal teachers: They might be a kind stranger in the store, a new friend you met by chance, or a literal spiritual or religious figure.
12. You feel alone
Spiritual awakening is oftentimes not an easy process, and while there's hope for experiencing uncovering more peace of mind on the other side, it can feel very lonely. It's isolating to have your whole life flipped upside down, especially if the other people in your life aren't quite on the same wave.
13. You feel more connected to the natural world
While you may feel less connected to your friends at family at first, you will feel more connected and feel the need to be in nature. You sense your interconnectedness with plants and animals and it may be quite moving.
14. Your senses are heightened
Senses will often become heightened during spiritual awakenings, as you become more tuned in to the present moment. This includes sensitivity to physical, emotional, and/or energetic stimuli.
15. You may have more bodily sensations
Along with heightened awareness and senses, you may have other bodily sensations too. Sleep disturbances are not uncommon.
16. You may have physical symptoms
A number of physical symptoms can accompany spiritual awakenings too, like fatigue and brain fog. (Though of course, these symptoms could also be a sign of a medical condition, so don't necessarily write them off as nothing.)
17. There's a sudden change in your habits and routine
As your spiritual life begins to transform, so will your day-to-day life, including habits and routines. Perhaps now you make it a priority to spend time in nature or meditate, or you've naturally ditched old habits that were no longer serving you.
18. Your outlook on the world feels different
Again, spiritual awakenings aren't easy, and the alienation and ego-shattering realizations that occur can make anyone feel like they are living in a new reality. You start to realise that your experiences are created from the inside-out and this changes how you perceive external circumstances.
19. You experience increased empathy.
As you begin feeling more connected to the world around you, you'll also have increased empathy regarding the suffering of others. The prevalence of suffering may feel impossible to ignore, hence why you now feel more called to be of service.
20. You display more compassion.
On top of feeling more empathetic, those going through spiritual awakenings likely feel more compassionate toward others—while still wanting to hold them accountable.
21. You have a newfound curiosity
Now that you've "awakened" to your life, you probably have a childlike wonder and curiosity for the world around you, even when things get tough. Being able to stay curious about your life and the people in it, even when you're feeling emotional is a sign of a spiritual awakening.
22. You have deep self-compassion and self-love
Life has helped you see from within that real love starts with and within yourself. Deep inner work has shown you where parts of yourself were rejected and exiled from your awareness and love. You gained a deep understanding of the all-inclusive quality of love. Everything and every single feeling is truly welcome into this vast, inner space of loving awareness you are experiencing.
AWAKENING AND FREEDOM
Awakening is the discovery of true freedom within us, beyond the limitations of thoughts, beliefs, and perceptions.
We can choose our thoughts and our focus of attention, rather than be subject to the habitual ones. We can question our beliefs and allow them to evolve with new understanding, as our perception widens and clarifies. Our freedom comes from within, from being masters of our awareness rather than slaves to old, conditioned, limiting ways of being.
Bright Blessings
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