SYMPTOMS OF SPIRITUAL AWAKENING
1. Changing sleep patterns:
Restlessness, hot feet, waking up two or three times a night. Feeling
tired after you wake up and sleepy off and on during the day. There is
something called the Triad Sleep Pattern that occurs for many: you sleep
for about 2-3 hours, wake up, go back to sleep for another couple of
hours, wake again, and go back to sleep again. For others, the sleep
requirements have changed. You can get by on less sleep. Lately I have
been experiencing huge waves of energy running into my body from the
crown. It feels good, but it keeps me awake for a long time, and then
subsides.
Advice: Get used to it. Make peace with it and don't worry
about getting enough sleep (which often causes more insomnia). You will
be able to make it through the day if you hold thoughts of getting just
what you need. You can also request your Higher Power to give you a
break now and then and give you a good, deep night's sleep. If you can't
go back to sleep right away, use the waking moments to meditate, read
poetry, write in your journal or look at the moon. Your body will adjust
to the new pattern.
2. Activity at the crown of the head:
Tingling, itching, prickly, crawling sensations along the scalp and/or
down the spine. A sense of energy vibrating on top of the head, as if
energy is erupting from the head in a shower. Also the sensation of
energy pouring in through the crown, described as "sprinkles". This may
also be experienced as pressure on the crown, as if someone is pushing
his/her finger into the center of your head. As I mentioned in #1, I
have been experiencing huge downloads of energy through the crown. In
the past, I have felt more generalized pressure, as if my head is in a
gentle vise. One man related that his hair stood on end and his body
was covered withgoose bumps.
Advice: This is nothing to be alarmed about. What you are experiencing is an opening of the crown Chakras. The sensations mean
that you are opening up to receive divine energy.
3. Sudden waves of emotion.
Crying at the drop of a hat. Feeling suddenly angry or sad with little
provocation. Or inexplicably depressed. Then very happy. Emotional
roller coaster. There is often a pressure or sense of emotions
congested in the heart chakra (the middle of the chest). This is not to
be confused with the heart, which is located to the left of the heart
Chakras.
Advice: Accept your feelings as they come up and let them go. Go
directly to your heart chakra and feel the emotion. Expand it outward
to your all your fields and breathe deeply from the belly all the way up
to your upper chest. Just feel the feeling and let it evaporate on its
own. Don't direct the emotions at anyone. You are cleaning out your
past. If you want some help with this, say out loud that you intend to
release all these old issues and ask your Higher Power to help you. You
can also ask Grace Elohim to help you release with ease and gentleness.
Be grateful that your body is releasing these emotions and not holding
onto them inside where they can do harm. One source suggests that
depression is linked to letting go of relationships to people, work,
etc. that no longer match our frequencies and us. When we feel guilty
about letting go of these relationships, depression helps us medicate
that pain.
4. Old "stuff" seems to be coming up, as described above, and the
people with whom you need to work it out (or their clones) appear in
your life. Completion issues. Or perhaps you need to work through
issues of self-worth, abundance, creativity, addictions, etc. The
resources or people you need to help you move through these issues
start to appear.
Advice: Same as #3. Additionally, don't get too involved in analyzing
these issues. Examining them too much will simply cycle you back
through them over and over again at deeper and deeper levels. Get
professional help if you need to and walk through it. Do not try to
avoid them or disassociate yourself from them. Embrace whatever comes
up and thank it for helping you move ahead. Thank your Higher Power for
giving you the opportunity to release these issues. Remember, you don't
want these issues to stay stuck in your body.
5. Changes in weight.
The weight gain in the US population is phenomenal. Other people may be
losing weight. We often gain weight because many fears we have
suppressed are now coming up to the surface to be healed. We react by
building up a defense. We also attempt to ground ourselves or provide
bulk against increasing frequencies in our bodies.
Advice: Don't freak out, but just accept it as a symptom of where you
are right now. You will release/gain the weight when all your fears
have been integrated. Release your anxiety about this. Then you might
find it
easier to lose/gain the weight eventually. Exercise. Before eating, try
this: Sit at the table with an attractive place setting. Light a candle.
Enjoy how the food looks. Place your dominant hand over your heart and
bless the food. Tell your body that you are going to use the food to
richly nourish it, but that you are not going to use the food to fulfill
your emotional hungers. Then pass your hand from left to right over the
food and bless it. You may notice that the food feels warm to your hand
even if the food is cold-- I like to think that the food is good for me
when it feels warm and nourishing to my hand. I have also noticed that
when I practice blessing the food, I don't eat as much. It is important
not to let yourself off the hook when you forget to bless the food
before you eat. If I've forgotten and I've nearly finished eating, I
bless the food anyway. That way I don't slip out of the habit. Another
thing you can do is to stay present while eating -- don't watch TV or
read. Heartily enjoy what blessings are before you.
6. Changes in eating habits: Strange cravings and odd food choices.
Some find they are not as hungry as they used to be. Or hungrier.
Advice: Don't deny what your body tells you it needs. If you are not
sure, you might try muscle testing before you chose a food to see if
it's what your body wants. Also try blessing the food as described in
#5.
7. Food intolerances, allergies you never had before:
As you grow more spiritual, you are more sensitive to everything around
you. Your body will tell you what it can no longer tolerate, as if it,
too, is sloughing off what doesn't serve it anymore. You might be
cleansing yourself of toxins. Some people find they often have a white
residue in their mouth, much like that of runners at the end of a race.
Advice: An acupuncturist told me that this film can be removed by
sloshing 2 tablespoons of cold-pressed olive oil in your mouth for
10-15 minutes (don't swallow, whatever you do), then spitting it out
into the toilet -- not the sink, for you just removed toxins from your
body and don't want them in the sink. Brush your teeth and do the same.
Then clean your brush. (Sorry this is yucky, but it works.)
8. Amplification of the senses. Increased sensitivity.
8a. Sight: Blurry vision, shimmering objects, seeing glittery particles,
auras around people, plants, animals, and objects. Some report seeing
formerly opaque objects as transparent. When you close your eyes, you
no longer see darkness, but redness. You may also see geometric shapes
or brilliant colors and pictures when eyes are closed. Colors appear
more
vivid -- the sky might look teal or the grass an amazing green. Often I
see grids running across the ground. As you become more sensitive, you
may see shapes or outlines in the air, especially when the room is
almost dark. When your eyes are open or closed, you may see white shapes in your peripheral vision (these are your guides).
Advice: Your vision is changing in many ways -- you are experiencing
new ways of seeing. Be patient. Whatever you do, do not be afraid. Hazy
vision maybe relieved by yawning.
8b. Hearing: Increased or decreased hearing.
I once thought I would have to pull off the road because of the
painfully amplified sound of my tires on the freeway. Other symptoms
are hearing white noise in the head, beeps, tones, music or electronic
patterns. Some hear water rushing, bees buzzing, whooshing, roaring or
ringing. Others have what is called audio dyslexia-- you can't always
make out what people are saying, as if you can no longer translate your
own language. Some hear strange voices in their dreams, as if someone
is hovering near them. You can either ask the presence(s) to leave or
ask Archangel Michael to take care of the situation. Again, there is
nothing to fear.
Advice: Surrender to it. Let it come through. Listen. Your ears are adjusting to new frequencies.
8c. Enhanced senses of smell, touch, and/or taste.
I notice I can now smell and taste chemical additives in some foods in a
rather unpleasant manner. Other food may taste absolutely wonderful.
For some people, these enhancements are both delightful and
distracting. You might even smell the fragrance of flowers now and
then. Many of the mystics did. Enjoy it.
9. Skin eruptions: Rashes, bumps, acne, hives, and shingles.
Anger produces outbreaks around the mouth and chin. I had dermatitis on
my extremities for several months that accompanied healing
an episode from my past. When I had worked through most of the issue,
the condition was released.
Advice: You may be sloughing off toxins and bringing emotions to the
surface. When there is an issue to be released and you are trying to
repress it, your skin will express the issue for you until you process
the emotions. Work through your "stuff".
10. Episodes of intense energy which make you want to leap out of bed
and into action. Followed by periods of lethargy and fatigue.
The fatigue usually follows great shifts. This is a time of integration, so give into it.
Advice: Roll with the nature of the energy. Don't fight it. Be gentle
with yourself. Take naps if you are tired. Write your novel if you are
too energized to sleep. Take advantage of the type of energy.
11. Changes in prayer or meditation.
Not feeling the same sensations as before. Not having the same
experience of being in contact with Spirit. Difficulty in focusing.
Advice: You may be in more instant and constant communion with Spirit
now and the sensation may therefore be altered. You will adapt to this
new feeling. You are actually thinking and acting in partnership with
Spirit most of the time now. You may find your meditation periods
shorter.
12. Power surges: All of a sudden you are heated from head to toe.
It is a momentary sensation, but uncomfortable. In contrast, some
people have felt inexplicably cold. I have experienced both. More
recently I experience waves or currents of energy rolling through me.
Sometimes the energy seems so intense when it first comes into my body
that I feel a little nauseated. But if I think of the energy as divine
and let go of fear, I feel wonderful and enjoy the sensation. If you
are an energy worker, you may have noticed that the heat running
through your hands has increased tremendously. This is good.
Advice: If you are uncomfortable, ask your Higher Power, that if
it be for your best and highest good, to turn down/up the temperature a
bit.
13. A range of physical manifestations: Headaches, backaches, neck
pains, flu-like symptoms (this is called vibrational flu), digestive
problems, muscular spasms or cramps, racing heartbeat, chest pains,
changes in sexual desire, numbness or pain in the limbs, and involuntary
vocalizations or bodily movements. Some of us have even had old
conditions from childhood reappear briefly for healing.
Advice: Remember what I said about seeking medical help if you need it!
If you have determined that this is not a medical condition, relax in
the realization that it is only temporary.
14. Looking younger. Yippee!
As you clear emotional issues and release limiting beliefs and heavy
baggage from the past, you are actually lighter. Your frequency is
higher. You love yourself and life more. You begin to resemble the
perfect you that you really are.
15. Vivid dreams.
Sometimes the dreams are so real that you wake up confused. You may
even have lucid dreams in which you are in control. Many dreams may be
mystical or carry messages for you. And in some dreams, you just know
that you are not "dreaming" -- that what is happening is somehow real.
Advice: You will remember what is important for you to remember. Don't force anything. Above all, stay out of fear.
16. Events that completely alter your life: death, divorce, change in
job status, loss of home, illness, and/or other catastrophes --
sometimes several at once!
Forces that cause you to slow down, simplify, change, re-examine who
you are and what your life means to you. Forces that you cannot ignore.
Forces that cause you release your attachments. Forces that awaken your
sense of love and compassion for all.
17. A desire to break free from restrictive patterns, life-draining
jobs consumptive lifestyles, and toxic people or situations. You feel a
compelling need to "find yourself" and your life purpose -- now! You
want to be creative and free to be who you really are. You might find
yourself drawn to the arts and nature. You want to unclutter yourself
from things and people that no longer serve you.
Advice: Do it!
18. Emotional and mental confusion: A feeling that you
need to get your life straightened out--it feels like a mess. But at the
same time you feel chaotic and unable to focus. See #45.
Advice: Put your ear to your heart and your own discernment will follow.
19. Introspection, solitude and loss of interest in more extraverted
activities: This stage has come as a surprise to many extraverts who
formerly saw themselves as outgoing and involved. They say, "I don't
know why, but I don't like to go out as much as before."
20. Creativity bursts: Receiving images, ideas, music, and other creative inspirations at an often overwhelming rate.
Advice: At least record these inspirations, for Spirit is speaking to
you about how you might fulfill your purpose and contribute to the
healing of the planet.
21. A perception that time is accelerating. It seems that way because
you have had so many changes introduced into your life at an
unprecedented rate. The number of changes seems to be growing.
Advice: Breaking your day up into appointments and time segments
increases the sense of acceleration. You can slow time down by relaxing
into the present moment and paying attention to what's at hand, not
anticipating what's ahead. Slow down and tell yourself that you have
plenty of time. Ask your Higher Power to help you. Keep your focus on
the present. Try to flow from one activity to the next. Stay tuned to
your inner guidance. You can also warp time by asking for it. Next time
you feel rushed, say, "Time warp, please. I need some more time to
-----." Then relax.
22. A sense of impendingness. There is a feeling that something is about to happen. This can create anxiety.
Advice: There is nothing to worry about. Things are definitely
happening, but anxiety only creates more problems for you. All your
thoughts -- positiveor negative-- are prayers. There is nothing to fear.
23. Impatience. You know better, but sometimes you can't help it. You
want to get on with what seems to be coming your way. Uncertainty is
not comfortable.
Advice: Learn to live with the uncertainty, knowing that nothing comes
to you until you are ready. Impatience is really a lack of trust,
especially trust in your Higher Power. When you focus on the present,
you will experience miracles -- yes, even in traffic.
24. A deep yearning for meaning, purpose, spiritual connection, and
revelation. Perhaps an interest in the spiritual for the first time in
your life. "Constant craving", as K.D. Lang says. The material world
cannot fulfill this longing.
Advice: Follow your heart and the way will open up for you.
25. A feeling that you are somehow different. A disquieting sense that
everything in your life feels new and altered, that you have left your
old self behind. You have. You are much greater than you can possibly
imagine. There is more to come.
26. "Teachers" appear everywhere with perfect timing to help you on
your spiritual journey: people, books, movies, events, Mother
Nature, etc. Teachers may appear to be negative or positive when you
are trapped in polarity thinking, but, from a transcendent perspective,
they are always perfect. Just what you need to learn from and move on.
By the way, we never get more than we are ready to master. Each
challenge presents us with an opportunity to show our mastery in
passing through it.
27. You find a spiritual track that makes sense to you and "speaks to
you" at the most profound levels. Suddenly you are gaining a
perspective that you would never have considered before. You hunger to
know more. You read, share with others, ask questions, and go inside to
discover more about who you are and why you are here
28. You are moving through learning and personal issues at a rapid pace. You sense that you are "getting it" quite readily.
Advice: Keep remembering that things will come to you when they are
ready to be healed. Not sooner. Deal with whatever comes up with
courage and you will move through the issues rapidly.
29. Invisible presences. Here is the woo-woo stuff. Some people report
feeling surrounded by beings at night or having the sensation of being
touched or talked to. Often they will wake with a start. Some also feel
their body orbed vibrate. The vibrations are caused by energetic
changes after emotional clearing has taken place.
Advice: This is a sensitive topic, but you may feel better blessing your
bed and space around it before you sleep. I rest assured that I am
surrounded only by the most magnificent spiritual entities and am always
safe in God's care. Sometimes, however, the fear gets to me, and I call
in Archangel Michael and/or Archangel Uriel. I don't beat myself up for
being afraid sometimes. I forgive myself for not always sovereign at
3:00 a.m.
30. Portents, visions, "illusions", numbers, and symbols:
Seeing things that have spiritual importance for you. Noticing how
numbers appear synchronictically in your awareness. Everything has a
message if you take the time to look. I enjoy the experience of "getting
the messages." What fun!
31. Increased integrity: You realize that it is time for you to seek
and speak your truth. It suddenly seems important for you to become
more authentic, more yourself. You may have to say "no" to people whom
you have tried to please in the past. You may find it intolerable to
stay in a marriage or job or place that doesn't support who you are.
You may also find there is nowhere to hide, no secrets to keep anymore.
Honesty becomes important in all your relationships.
Advice: Listen to your heart. If your guidance tells you not to do
something, speak up and take action. Say "no". Likewise, you must also
say "yes" to that which compels you. You must risk displeasing others
without guilt in order to attain spiritual sovereignty.
32. Harmony with seasons and cycles: You are becoming more tuned to the
seasons, the phases of the moon and natural cycles. More awareness of
your place in the natural world. A stronger connection to the earth.
33. Electrical and mechanical malfunctions: When you are around, light
bulbs flicker, the computer locks up, or the radio goes haywire.
Advice: Call on your angels, guides, or Grace Elohim to fix it or put up
a field of protection of light around the machine. Surround your car
with bluelight. Laugh.
34. Increased synchronicity and many small miracles.
Look for more of these.
Advice: Synchronistic events tell you if you are heading in the right
direction or making the correct choices. Honor these clues and you
cannot go astray. Spirit uses synchronicity to communicate to you.
That's when you begin to experience daily miracles. See #30.
35. Increased intuitive abilities and altered states of consciousness:
Thinking of someone and immediately hearing from them. More
synchronicities. Having sudden insights about patterns or events from
the past. Clairvoyance, out-of-body experiences, and other psychic
phenomena. Intensified sensitivity and knowing. Awareness of one's
essence and that of others. Channeling angelic and higher consciousness
energies.
36. Communication with Spirit. Contact with angels, spirit guides, and
other divine entities. Channeling. More and more people seem
to be given this opportunity. Feeling inspiration and downloading
information that takes form as writing, painting, ideas, communications,
dance, etc.
37. A sense of Oneness with all. A direct experience of this Wholeness.
Transcendent awareness. Being flooded with compassion and love for all
life. Compassionate detachment or unconditional love for all is what
lifts us up to higher levels of consciousness and joy.
38. Moments of joy and bliss. A deep abiding sense of peace and knowing
that you are never alone.
39. Integration: You become emotionally, psychologically, physically,
and spiritually stronger and clearer. You feel as if you are in
alignment with your Higher Self.
40. Living your purpose: You know you are finally doing what you came
to earth for. New skills and gifts are emerging, especially healing
ones. Your life/work experiences are now converging and starting to
make sense. You are finally going to use them all.
Advice: Listen to your heart. Your passion leads you to where you must
go. Go within and ask your Higher Power, "What is it you would have me
do?" Watch for synchronicities. Listen.
41. Feeling closer to animals and plants.
To some people, animals now seem to be more "human" in their behavior.
Wild animals are less afraid. Plants respond to your love and attention
more than ever. Some may even have messages for you.
42. Seeing beings of other dimensions. The veil between dimensions is
thinner, so it is not surprising. Just stay in your sovereignty. You
are more powerful than you can ever imagine, so do not entertain fear.
Ask your guides for help if you slip into fear.
43. Seeing a person's true form or seeing loved ones with a different face -- past life or parallel life.
44. Physically manifesting thoughts and desires more quickly and efficiently.
Advice: Monitor your thoughts. All thoughts are prayers. Be careful what you ask for.
45. Left-brain fogginess.
Your psychic abilities, your intuitive knowing, your feeling and
compassion, your ability to experience your body, your visioning, your
expressiveness all emanate from the right brain. In order for this side
of the brain to develop more fully, the left brain must shut down a
little bit. Normally the left-hemisphere's capacity for order,
organization, structure, linear sequencing, analysis, evaluation,
precision, focus, problem-solving, and mathematics dominate our often
less-valued right brain. What results are memory lapses, placing words
in the wrong sequence, inability or no desire to read for very long,
inability to focus; forgetting what you are just about to say;
impatience with linear forms of communication (audio or written
formats); a feeling of spaciness, being scattered; losing interesting
research or complex information; feeling bombarded with words and talk
and information; and a reluctance to write. Sometimes you feel dull and
have no interest in analysis, lively intellectual discussion, or
investigation. On the other hand, you might find yourself drawn to the
sensate: videos, magazines with photos, beautiful artwork, movies,
music, sculpting, painting, being with people, dancing, gardening,
walking, and other kinesthetic forms of expression. You may search for
spiritual content, even science fiction.
Advice: You may discover that if you allow your heart and your right
brain to lead you, the left will then be activated appropriately to
support you. And someday we will be well balanced, using both
hemispheres with mastery.
46. Dizziness.
This occurs when you are ungrounded. Perhaps you have just cleared a
big emotional issue and your body is adjusting to your "lighter" state.
Advice: Ground yourself by eating protein. Sometimes "comfort food"
feels right. Don't make any food right or wrong for you. Use your
guidance to know what you need at any given moment. Take your
shoes off and put your feet in the grass for a couple of minutes.
47. Falling, having accidents, breaking bones. Your body is not
grounded or perhaps your life is out of balance. Or your body may be
telling you to
slow down, examine certain aspects of your life, or heal certain issues.
There is always a message. When I recently broke my ankle, I understand
that my ankle was taking on what I myself refused to deal with. And that
was all of the above.
Advice: Stay grounded by taking your shoes off and putting your feet in
the grass; even better, lie down on the grass without a blanket under
you. Feel the earth beneath you. Get out in nature. Slow down and pay
attention. Be mindful about what you are doing. Feel your feelings when
they come up. Stay in the present. Surround yourself with blue light
when you are feeling shaky.
49. Heart palpitations.
A racing heart usually accompanies a heart opening. It only lasts for a
few moments and means that the heart is re-balancing itself after an
emotional release. I had one episode that terrified me:
I woke up in the middle of the night, my heart pounding. I thought it
was going to come right out of my chest. It only happened once and was,
I understand, a huge heart chakra opening. But I did check it out. There
is nothing wrong with my heart.
Advice: Remember what I said about getting medical attention when
needed. Consult your doctor about any conditions you are not
comfortable with.
50. Faster hair and nail growth.
More protein is being used in the body. Too bad we can't tell the body
where to grow the hair and where not to grow it. (Or can we?
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51. A desire to find your soul mate or twin flame. More than ever
before, the idea that we can have a relationship that matches who we
are seems more desirable.
Advice: The truth is, we have to be the kind of person we want to attract. We have to love ourselves and where we are right now
before we can attract a more "perfect" mate. The work begins at home.
Here is how I think it works: Hold the desire for this person in your
heart, but without attachment. Expect that someday you will meet
someone who is more suited to you, but let go of any expectations as to
who this will be and how it will happen. Focus instead on cleaning up
your own life and being the kind of person you want to be. Be happy
now. Enjoy your life. Then you may see.....
52. Memories surface.
Body memories, suppressed memories, images of past lives and/or
parallel lives. We are healing and integrating all our "selves", so
expect to have some of these experiences.
Advice. Keep in mind that it is best to recall what only what comes to
mind, leave the rest alone, don't analyze everything to death (because
you will be stuck in the tape loop of infinite issues to process), and
feel your feelings as they come up. Ask for help from your guides.
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