6 Spiritual Awakening Stages You Need to Go Through to Get to Your True Self

6 Spiritual Awakening Stages You Need to Go Through to Get to Your True Self

By Janey Davies, B.A. (Hons)

Posted on February 23, 2024

 

 

Have you been wondering about life and your true purpose recently? Do you ask questions like “Who am I?” or “What am I here for?” Perhaps you’ve experienced a traumatic event that’s made you reevaluate your life? Maybe something just feels wrong, or you believe there’s more to life? These feelings suggest you’re experiencing the stages of a spiritual awakening.

There are six spiritual awakening stages, and in this article, I’ll explain each one and tell you how to recognize them.

What Is a Spiritual Awakening?

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”

– Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

A spiritual awakening is a shift in one’s consciousness. Different religions and cultures have their own versions of spiritual awakenings. For example, Buddhists believe by completing the Four Noble Truths we reach the ultimate state of Nirvana. In Japan, the state of Satori represents spiritual enlightenment.

In psychology, Carl Jung said we are all born three times; once from our mother’s womb, second when our ego develops and third when our spiritual consciousness forms.

Jung described the formation of our spiritual consciousness as a spiritual awakening. It begins when we step back from ourselves and see the bigger picture. You begin to look at the world differently.

So, what are the spiritual awakening stages?

• The Six Spiritual Awakening Stages 
• Are:The Wake-Up/Trigger
• Bliss/Synchronicity
• The Dark Night/The Purge
• The Void
• Grounded

Your Purpose

1. The Wake Up/Trigger

Signs of the Wake Up:You wonder about the meaning of life.

You feel something is changing inside you.

You feel detached from life.

The first spiritual awakening stage is the wake-up call. It’s that nagging feeling there must be something more. It’s the moment you ask questions like,

“What’s my purpose?”

“Who am I?”

“What am I here for?”

“Is there anything more to life?”

Trauma, spiritual journeys, deaths, or illnesses can trigger this. It can also happen at a certain age when you ponder your mortality.

For example, actress and singer/songwriter Demi Lovato credits her spiritual awakening to a near fatal overdose in July 2018. In 2020, she told the New York Times:

“This last year provided me so much self-growth and was so beneficial to my spiritual evolution.” Demi Lovato

Actress Julia Roberts led a more spiritual life after filming Eat, Pray, Love in India, saying how Hinduism inspired her.

Whatever triggers your wake-up call, it signifies a new direction. You are awakening to exciting possibilities. The time is right for spiritual expansion. You view the world from a different perspective; one that not only looks outwards, but seeks answers from within.

At this point, you can either respond to the wake-up call or ignore it.

2. Bliss/Synchronicity

Signs of Bliss:

• You’re aware of weird coincidences and patterns.
• You feel at one with nature.
• You’ve become more intuitive.

Those that acknowledge the trigger find themselves in the second spiritual awakening stage of bliss. You understand there is more to life than this 3D realm our human bodies inhabit. This brings comfort and peace.

Now, you connect to the universe, soaking up energy and expanding your mind. For the first time, you sense the world around you. You are at one with it, a part of it, and on a journey to self-discovery.

You know there’s more to life than the 9 to 5, and everything seems brighter, more evocative; waking you up imbued with passion.

You’re no longer alone because now you’re connected and part of the bigger picture, and it’s one that’s enduring and meaningful. You’re confident that with your guide you can find the way to spiritual enlightenment.

3. The Dark Night/The Purge

• Signs of the Dark Night:You feel lost and alone.
• You experience heightened senses.
• You reevaluate your beliefs.

After the bliss stage comes the Dark Night, and this is the hardest of the spiritual awakening stages. Now your soul must cleanse and heal itself. During this stage, you’ll face your darkest fears. Some experts call it a spiritual detox.

“The dark night of the soul is essentially any time when our darkness comes to the forefront. It’s as if we are doing everything we can to stay afloat, and it seems as if the universe, the world, and life is against us.” Anna Yusim, M.D.

Here you face hidden traumas and emotions you’ve buried for lifetimes. It’s like falling into a dark pit of depression and not being able to find your way out.

Carl Jung talked about the Shadow Self; the parts of us that disgust, repel, desire or we repress are all hidden in the dark. Facing your shadow self takes courage and an open mind.

Whilst it’s true, you must hit rock bottom before you can ascend through the later stages of spiritual awakening, this dark time is essential.

Think of it like a purge of all the negative experiences and traumas in your life. You are ditching any excess baggage that’s been holding you back. Letting go of your old life to start afresh can present challenges, but it’s for the best.

4. The Void

Signs of the Void:You’re prone to viruses or illness.

• You experience frequent headaches.
• You feel disconnected from everyone.

Just imagine how you’d feel if you had detoxed all the nasty poisons from your body. You’d feel exhausted by the effort. And so it is with a spiritual detox. Now is the time to rest. Give yourself time to adjust to the new you.

In this stage, you may retreat into yourself and live a solitary, hermit-style existence. Where, at the beginning, you enjoyed a connection with the universe, now you sense a disconnection from the world. Sure, you’re cleansed from everything that’s been holding you back, but it’s left you empty and lost.

Now is the time to look after yourself. Navigating through the Dark Night is exhausting and will leave you depleted or even depressed. Rest yourself, eat healthily, and give yourself time to recharge your batteries.

5. Groundness

Signs of Groundness:You’re drawn to nature.

You have vivid dreams.

You become grateful for what you have.

The fifth spiritual awakening stage is grounding. Imagine you are a tree sapling, freshly sprouted, clean and unpolluted. Now you must ground yourself in the soil and allow your roots to stabilize your upward journey.

In this stage, you reaffirm everything you’ve learnt, through the trigger, bliss, dark night, and void. You are open to whatever the universe has in store for you. Bliss and enlightenment return. That connection you lost during the void is also back.

Just as lightning finds its way to the ground, you must also ground yourself, otherwise, it’s impossible for your spirit to grow. During this stage, you solidify the lessons learned and incorporate them into your daily life.

You understand that the journey you have been on allows you to connect your spirit to your earthly body. Now, your spirit and body are finally becoming one with each other.

Being grounded connects you to the universe, but also allows your spirit to continue its journey. Think of your spirit as a kite. If you don’t tether it to your hand, it would float away and get lost in the vastness of the universe.

6. Purpose

Signs of Purpose:

• You have a newfound curiosity.
• You’re more compassionate and empathic.
• You feel at one with the universe.

The last of the spiritual awakening stages is Purpose. You have purged your spirit from all negativity and rested.

You now see the bigger picture. Your perception has shifted, and things are no longer black and white but many nuances of grey. There is empathy and compassion for others and a need to look beyond a forced narrative.

“You will begin to see through all the illusions in this world and strip off all the masks that you’ve been wearing solely for the validation of society.”

-The Spirit Nomad

You’re confident in yourself. Having set high standards for your behavior, you use your newly found confidence to communicate your insight to others.

During this last stage, you may find you lose certain people along the way. It’s become intolerable for you to put up with those with prejudices or hate-filled hearts. You accept these losses as part of your journey. However, you don’t judge people. You acknowledge their path is different from yours.

This final stage of spiritual awakening takes a long time to reach, and you may slip back to previous stages. This is because the ego is always fighting to regain control.

Final Thoughts

Completing the six spiritual awakening stages doesn’t mean you are at the end of your journey. On the contrary, it’s the beginning of an authentic life unfettered by old ideals. Each stage is one of reflection, discovery, and growth, designed to free you from the human bonds that hold us all back.

References:

• wikihow.com

Janey Davies

 

 

Janey Davies, B.A. (Hons)

Sub-editor & staff writer at Learning Mind

Janey Davies has been published online for over 10 years. She has suffered from a panic disorder for over 30 years, which prompted her to study and receive an Honours degree in Psychology with the Open University. Janey uses the experiences of her own anxiety to offer help and advice to others dealing with mental health issues.

 

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On Death and Dying

On Death and Dying

Me, and message from Ashian

Channel: Jennifer Crokaert

Posted on May 12, 2023

My father transitioned last week. Death creates a space within us, and this space has never been more ripe for exploration than in the throes of the death of the 3D.

The morning after Dad’s passing, in meditation, I saw a rainforest where the upper canopy was removed, creating unprecented growth in all the plants underneath as they suddenly received more sunlight and rain. The symbolism was clear to me; as a generation of early light workers pass on from this realm, their passing creates space for the next generation of light workers to step out and hold their light.

Dad was a powerhouse of a man.  He lived through his heart; he was a doctor whose great gift was healing other hearts. Two people told me that his light was so strong you could go into the surgery, discover you had a cancer, and still come out feeling better about yourself. It took enormous strength of character to be a light worker in the darkest times on this planet; it was as exhausting for my Dad’s generation as it is to ours, but for different reasons.

Dad, I salute you, and I honour your gift to humanity.

And now I feel the baton passing, the cyclical rising up of wave after wave across the infinity of a transcendent ocean. Each one of us is a drop containing the infinity of the cosmos within us. Our heart is the portal for accessing the healing of that infinite wisdom, and each generation reinterprets these energies in response to the evolutionary needs of their time.

As I said above, living through a death creates a space, not only of who that person was for us, but who we choose to be moving forward. This brush with our impermanence is an opportunity to reconsider ourselves, our lives, our legacy. I am looking at who I am, where I am aligned to my truth and where I am still living through distortions like ‘what others will think.’

I have had the time and space to feel the loss, and to look at my own reflection, to reconsider everything in my life. Who am I now? If I strip away everything, as death washes away the illusion, who am I now?

I’m not saying that I know who I am, but perhaps I am clearer on who I am not, what I hold true and what I choose to release. I’m sharing this with you, not because you may have any interest in my personal life, but because the 3D is dying, if not already dead; the time has come for all of us to consider what truly matters to us ~ and most of us have done so already, in one way or another.

I’ve discovered that I can go deeper; there is greater clarity available to me. I can refine who I thought I was. Synchronistically, I am writing this as Saturn comes to a stop, astrologically symbolic of a death, a break in time…the moment where we stop breathing for a millisecond between the inhale and the exhale. This is my moment to revisit, rechoose, reveal…

Ashian

Jennifer: Ashian, what say you to all this deep pondering on my part?

Ashian: Greetings and blessings to all who resonate with these words. We are with you, in loving comfort, for as you mention dear Jennifer, Gaia and all humanity are going through a death and rebirth at present, as you prepare for the incoming upliftment of energies that is to occur.

J: … and here was I thinking you’d talk about death!

A: There is so much to come that is to uplift humanity, but evolutionary leaps are intense.  They purge every aspect of … everything. The process of self reflection that you are undergoing is in perfect alignment with these energies.

We invite all of you who are resonating with us to consider what you truly value, where you find meaning and resonance in your life.

What are the courageous truths that you’ve been afraid to express?

What have you been holding back?

Where are you squeezing yourself into your life, knowing deep inside that this box is killing you?

You can die a million times and still live. This is a true reason to mourn.

Is this you?

Death, the final leap from this realm to the non-physical is when you have conquered life, so to speak, not submitted to it. Death is a graduation. You have successfully completed the University of Life. Celebrate!

Celebrate with those who have graduated!

Celebrate, when you realise that you are dying to yourself; when you choose fitting in and conforming to a life path that is completely out of alignment for you.

This path takes courage. When you incarnated, you knew it would take courage. You light workers hold not just the development of your soul, but the evolution of Gaia in your energy field, in your day and night work, in your every breath. You are here on a mission that is the very farthest from easy.

Although it has become a cliche that only the strongest of the strong were chosen to be light workers in this now moment, that does not devalue the truth of your strength.

It is known that you are all tired. If you understood how intensively your non-visible support teams are minding you at present, your hearts would be blown wide open, such is the love being rained down upon each light worker. You are loved; you are treasured beyond words. Allow yourself to tap into that feeling.  Allow yourself to be immersed in the balm of unconditional love that is wrapped around you in every now moment. It is to sustain you.

Go gently with what we share here. Notice where you are in pain. Simply bring your attention to those areas of your life where you are constricted. Love the You that is pain, that is gripped by fear of moving on, of changing your life. Be gentle with You.

And as you do that, set the intention to bring love, light and healing to that corner in your heart where you are in pain. Set the intention to allow that love, light and healing to melt the false ideas that are killing you: set the intention to have the courage to melt, to dissolve, the thoughts that hold you in this straight jacket of pain.

And celebrate! Celebrate everything that works in your life, every aspect of life that brings you joy and peace, because these are the straight jackets of pain you dissolved in previous light-times.

J: Thank you Ashian.  As ever, you bring compassion and wisdom to help us uplift ourselves with the gentleness of a divine touch.

A: It is our pleasure and honour to be of service to you. We are always with you, all you have to do is call upon us.

Jennifer Crokaert

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