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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, 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 with goose bumps. Advice: This is
nothing to be alarmed about. What you are experiencing is an opening of the
crown chakra. 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 unexplicabley
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 beconfused with the heart, which is located to the
left of the heart chakra. 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 yourfields 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 us and our frequencies. 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 helpyou 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 yukky, 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 a 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 some one 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 a 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 -- positive or
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
synchronistically 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 blue light. 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 Christ-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 interest in 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,
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? Hmmm.)
51. A desire to find your soulmate 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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