The Stages of a Spiritual Awakening
By Eric Rees Awakened Sanctuary Founder
Namaste Awakened Family!
So you’re about to go through a spiritual awakening or begin down your path of spiritual enlightenment and you want to know what a spiritual awakening looks like. In this next article we’re going to cover what the stages of a spiritual awakening looks like. This may help you get an idea about what’s to come, or gain some clarity if you’re currently going through a spiritual awakening on what you may be experiencing.
Each and every person on the planet possesses their own consciousness which both creates their experience and creates meaning in that experience, so each and every person’s spiritual awakening will differ from person to person. People may experience similar things, but every person will have their own experience with their spiritual awakening. So your spiritual awakening could potentially look like a lot of other spiritually enlightened people, or it could look completely different. But the same principles we outlined earlier will form the fundamental basis for your spiritual enlightenment. The search for knowledge, insight and awareness will form the fundamental basis for your spiritual development, growth and progress.
As your consciousness awakens and expands, you will form or adopt similar beliefs and viewpoints about your spiritual existence as those who are already on a path of spiritual enlightenment. It’s almost as if consciousness follows a universal pattern of spiritual enlightenment for each individual, where each person will spiritually arrive at the same or similar places, it’s only the meaning their consciousness attaches to their experience which will differ from person to person.
One Of The First Stages Of A Spiritual Awakening – A Conscious Shift
As a person discovers spirituality, their consciousness is ready for the process of conscious evolution or to be consciously awakened through a path of spiritual enlightenment. They may discover meditation, or may discover spiritual gurus who may have answers to questions they have been internally seeking answers to. It could be they go through a significant life event, or perhaps a traumatic event. Another reason could also be that their consciousness has progressed and evolved through a number of life cycles and has arrived at the point of a conscious or spiritual awakening. This creates the first conscious shift in a person’s consciousness which may create a deep internal desire, calling or need to begin down a path of spiritual enlightenment.
As a person going through a spiritual awakening learns more about spirituality, feeding their consciousness with more and more information on spirituality and spiritual enlightenment, their consciousness will awaken and expand. A person on a spiritual path may begin to do more things which are spiritual in nature such as meditation, yoga, breath work, spending time in nature, learning about signs and synchronicities, and following their intuition more and more, their consciousness and awareness of self begins to expand. They gain awareness of their inner being or higher self. As they begin to gain more awareness and insight, they begin to gain awareness and understanding of the nature of the universe, as well as an understanding of their place in the universe. They will begin to gain more awareness of their thoughts and feelings and how their thoughts and feelings create both their experience and create meaning in their experience. As their consciousness grows and expands they gain awareness of their actions and how their actions have processional effects or ripple effects which will not only impact them, but impact the universe, the planet and people around them. They begin to become more consciously aware beings. This becomes one of the first stages of a spiritual awakening.
Becoming Consciously Aware
Once on a path of spiritual enlightenment a person becomes more and more conscious or aware of everything. They become more consciously aware of everything in their experience. A person going through a spiritual awakening will become more conscious of their internal thoughts and how their thoughts and beliefs create their reality. As they awaken more they become more conscious of their feelings, and how their feelings are their vibrational energy signature which they receive vibrational reflections matching their vibrational frequency, thereby shaping their experience.
A person on a spiritual path will become more conscious of their choices, decisions and actions. As their awareness grows and expands, they begin to develop insight and awareness of self and the processional effects, ripple effects and impacts their choices, decisions and actions have on the universe, the planet and people around them. They will become more conscious of their health, eating cleaner, exercising or working out. As their awareness grows they become more conscious of the things they do and how they impact the universe, the planet or people around them. They become more conscious of their environment and the planet. Spiritual beings also become more conscious of the well-being of those closest to them as well as the well-being of human kind. As their consciousness grows and expands they begin to go on a deep inward journey of self-reflection and self-discovery. Becoming consciously aware becomes one of the next stages of a spiritual awakening.
A Journey of Deep Internal Self-Reflection and Discovery – Finding Acceptance
Finding acceptance is one of the next stages of a spiritual awakening. A spiritual awakening is an inward journey, which creates an outward expansion. A person going through a spiritual awakening will experience internal shifts as their internal existence begins to change through the expansion of their conscious awareness. A person on a spiritual awakening will begin a journey of deep internal self-reflection, which is a process of incredible transformation. They will find acceptance of their self, accepting themselves as who they truly are. As a person finds self-acceptance, they no longer have the need to live by others beliefs or expectations, but rather begin living as an authentic being true to their authentic selves. They not only gain the acceptance of self but love for self as well. Learning and growing to love and appreciate who they are, for the incredibly unique and special person they are. Their focus becomes about themselves and their journey, what they do and living for their purpose making the world a better place, as opposed to being constantly focused on what other people are doing. They no longer have the need to live by societal constructs, and start being drawn more to things they are truly passionate about.
As a person on a spiritual path travels deeper inward within their consciousness they find acceptance of past events, and are able to let events go which may be negatively impacting them today and are no longer serving them. They learn to appreciate the obstacles and challenges which they faced in life, which made them the person they are today. A person on a spiritual quest is also able to find acceptance of present circumstances, with an understanding of how their past thoughts, feelings, decisions and actions lead them to this very moment. Rather than harboring negative emotions, they are able to find peace an acceptance in knowing they learnt and grew though past events, which they are a stronger being today as a result of the difficult things they had to experience in life. As their self-awareness grows and expands, they are able to let go of bad habits which negatively impact their wellbeing, or hinders their conscious progress in spiritual enlightenment and in fulfilling their purpose. They will begin to develop intrinsic goals of following a path of spiritual enlightenment. As they journey inward they discover a universe within themselves, which they did not know existed. They will begin to develop an insatiable thirst for knowledge and understanding in things related to spirituality and spiritual enlightenment.
As a person on a spiritual awakening finds acceptance of themself, they will find acceptance of others, of all cultures, races and religions. Developing a deep empathetic nature and attitude towards others. Rather than placing judgement, they will begin to be able to place themselves in another’s position in order to understand their circumstances. Seeking to help them wherever they can. Its a deeply profound and radical shift. Finding acceptance of oneself and of others becomes on of the next stages of a spiritual awakening.
The Search for Understanding and Meaning
Once on a path of spiritual enlightenment, one of the next stages of a spiritual awakening is a person will begin to search for understanding and meaning. They may begin to question everything, their old way of life, their old belief systems, their current life, and the way in which the world functions, as they begin integrating new beliefs and belief systems driven by their spiritual awakening, consciousness, higher self or higher purpose. As their awareness and consciousness grows and expands, they will begin to make conscious shifts by adopting new beliefs and a new outlook on life, the universe, as well as their place in the universe. They become scholars of spirituality, absorbing information from an abundance of resources, but in an intrinsic and passionate way.
As their consciousness grows and expands they find a need to find understanding and meaning to their new inner existence and being. They begin on a path of deep self-discovery, questioning everything. As they question everything, and fill their consciousness with more information, they gain knowledge, insight, awareness and information which helps their consciousness grow and expand, creating a unified state of being. Thus unifying their higher self or eternal self with their physical being, creating a spiritual being. They develop not only a thirst for knowledge, but a deep intrinsic desire for conscious and spiritual development and enlightenment.
Develop a Meaningful Connection to the universe
A person going through a spiritual awakening will begin to develop a deep and meaningful connection with the universe, developing an understanding for the interconnectedness of all things in the universe, and how everything in the universe is intricately linked. They will also develop a connection with the greater consciousness network. As their consciousness grows and their connection to the universe grows, they will begin to feel the energy they possess within themselves, as well as the energy flowing and radiating from the universe. They will begin to feel the universe living, existing and flowing through them, as though they are part of a tapestry of life, being woven by consciousness. As a person becomes more spiritually enlightened, they develop a deep appreciation for all the miracles and wonders of life and universe. Developing a deep and meaningful connection with the universe becomes one of the next stages of a spiritual awakening.
Finding their Purpose
Each and every one of us all has a special and unique purpose on the planet, something we were meant to do. Some call it destiny and some call it their true purpose. Our purposes on the planet will differ from person to person, but for each person fulfilling their purpose will be to make a positive impact in helping people in some way shape or form, whether its one or two people or thousands, in a deeply and intrinsically passionate way. It’s something which will both inspire you and create incredible drive to achieve what you want. We all have a feeling or inner knowledge we were meant to do something, that feels like its woven into your life plan.
One of the purposes of spiritual enlightenment is to raise the greater consciousness network, thereby creating a better future, world and environment for everyone experience. You could call it a peaceful utopia, where everyone exists for the betterment of each other as well as the planet. This is done by people becoming spiritually enlightened, fulfilling their true purposes, and helping others on their paths of spiritual enlightenment. As a person going through a spiritual awakening journeys further into spiritual enlightenment, they find will find a deep calling, being drawn to their higher purpose, or their true purpose, and will begin to do things which are more aligned with their passions than things which are more society driven. A person may be a pilot, but their true passion is spiritual enlightenment, or perhaps meditation or yoga, so they may decide to pursue their passions more actively and teach yoga or meditation, focusing on making their intrinsic goals come to fruition as opposed to spending another 10 or 20 years working as a pilot.
Seeing the Bigger Picture
As a person going through a spiritual awakening integrates the conscious awakening into their being, and focuses more and more spirituality, they begin to develop insight, awareness and wisdom. A spiritually enlightened person will beign to see the bigger picture, seeing things for as they are. They are able to begin analyzing all the information available to them, and decide on the best possible course of action, which would result in the best possible outcome without effecting anyone else’s experience or existence in a negative or harmful way. A spiritually enlightened person will develop the ability to view things objectively rather than viewing things with a clouded judgement, clouded by circumstances or emotions. They are able to make decisions from a place of insight, wisdom and awareness, rather than a place of fear, or being caught up in situations or events. This helps them to make decisions which would yield the best possible outcome for them as well as everyone involved.
If you’ve ever spoken to a spiritually enlightened person, once of the first things you’ll notice is their ability to provide an objective view on any situation, considering all available information as well as every possible angle. They have a deep inner wisdom and immense conscious awareness, which they draw upon to make conscious decisions.
Actualizing the Self
One of the purposes of spiritual enlightenment is to give selflessly without wanting or needing anything in return. When a person becomes spiritually enlightened they develop a conscious awareness for the well-being of all people, all creatures and animals, nature and the planet. They find purpose and deep inspiration from being able to help others as well as make a positive impact on the planet, contributing to the expanse of the greater consciousness network. This becomes one of the pinnacles of spiritual enlightenment, where a spiritually enlightened person develops a purpose to serve and help others without wanting or needing anything in return. This becomes the actualization of a spiritual awakening.
Understanding there is no Finite Ending Point
A journey of spiritual enlightenment is a journey which has no finite ending point, there will always be more conscious expansion or evolution which can take place. But it is an incredible journey which will change your life in the most amazing and incredible ways. It is one of the most life transformative and rewarding paths you can take. You will discover a universe within yourself which you did not know existed.
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