THE SPIRITUAL AWAKENING PROCESS

So what IS spiritual awakening? (Spiritual Ascension)

This is a personal journey through which you realise that you have a purpose which extends past your material world and ego. You transcend through duality consciousness and into a sense of being connected to everything, with a more meaningful reason for being here. This happens when your soul is at a point when it is ready to evolve and mature...and hence begins your spiritual ascension!

Essential Stages of Spiritual Awakening

• THE AWAKENING: you begin to feel discontent with life and where you sit within it. You may have a strong urge to clear old habits, routines and clutter. You may question your job, friends, family, routine, existence, and beliefs. You yearn for something more and intuitively feel a pull to make changes and explore this 'something more' feeling. You may begin to question everything you have ever known and been taught, and feel a pull to make changes to simplify your life and look for the meaning of it.

• DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL: this is the shifting stage where you will experience a crisis of some sort. It may be emotional/mental or physical. It pushes you to rock bottom where you are forced to rethink your life and make changes for your greater good...for your soul. This is the stage where your soul is purging old wounds, patterns of behaviour (from past lives as well as present life), and even from ancestral lineage. It is soul surgery. Remember you are a spiritual being having a physical experience on Earth. Your soul is eternal and holds within it the memories of all past lives. This is also held in your cellular memory. You may experience these memories as De-Ja-Vu.

• NEW LEARNING/EXPLORING STAGE: this is when you begin to be drawn to new experiences, people, knowledge and learning. You may find yourself attracted to spiritual practices such as meditation, holistic medicine, mindfulness, yoga. You may be drawn to different foods, exercises, and feel a pull to find your 'tribe' of like minded people. Trivial things do not interest you so much any more. You may question the meaning of life and your place in it. You ask yourself why are you really here? What is your purpose and what is the real meaning of life? This is the seeking stage. Your true self at a soul level is beginning to come forward. Some people may say things like 'you've changed'. You don't care so much of what others think of you because you realise they are all on their own journey and at different stages of learning and spiritual growth, so you don't judge as much as you used to.

• YOUR TRUE SELF (SOUL LEVEL) begins to emerge: once you have discovered what feels right for you, you feel more settled, know what you want, need, and what makes you happy within your life. You are more humble, confident in your own skin and know who you are and what makes your heart sing. You yearn to serve and contribute through your passions (things you are naturally good at that don't feel like 'work'). You make the changes needed in your life that nurture your soul. You are drawn more to meaningful connections with people, creating and sharing experiences, wanting to surround yourself with a peaceful environment rather than material 'things' and clutter. You notice the little things in life for they are the big things that really matter such as family and love, and helping others, giving and nurturing.

• YOU BEGIN YOUR SOUL'S WORK: this is the stage where you begin and continue your soul's work, your purpose for being here. This involves setting up a structure/environment/routine to support this stage of your life. This stage can be a long stage (rest of your life) or a shorter one, or continue into your next life time if it is a bigger purpose. In any case it feels right on a soul level. It doesn't feel like work. It makes you happy, and you are contributing to the greater good of others and humanity. The easiest way to navigate through this stage is to follow your intuition. Follow what feels right for you no matter what your head is saying, but use your common sense.

• LETTING GO STAGE: this is the point at which you surrender and let go of what doesn't;t serve you any more, what is no longer needed. This can be material possessions, toxic people in your life, bad habits, addictions and insecurities. It is letting go of the old you and making room for the new. This is surrendering of the ego self, and allowing the true you to come forward. The person you are on a soul level. The real you.

• BEING OF SERVICE/SELF AWARENESS: this is the stage where you begin to really be of service, and are aware that you are connected to the universe, to all things rather than being part of duality existence (separate from all things). You realise that you have an effect on all things merely by your existence but also through thought, beliefs and actions. Challenges don't bother you as much as they used to, because you know that everything has a purpose, in divine timing, and that all is as it should be. You learn to be the observer and to be neutral, to respond rather than react to what life throws your way. You know that you are divinely guided and look for the silver linings in your life and in the lives of others around you. You forgive more, not judge so much (we are human) and have gratitude for your life and all you attract.

• SYNCHRONICITY: you notice synchronicities in your daily life such as numbers, signs, patterns etc. You know they are whispers from your soul. You know they guide you. You are an awakened soul of the universe here to share your wisdom from your experiences to help others on their journey, through your existence, following your heart's passions. This is WHY you are here!