Are You Awakening?
As you awaken, many aspects of your life may begin to crumble. Activities you once enjoyed, no longer give you pleasure. You may suddenly feel as if you can not longer “connect” with your friends and/or family members as you once did. You might even have a sense that there’s something inside of you that longs to be expressed but it just isn’t clear in which direction you should go! These are just a few of the symptoms (see more symptoms) one might experience as one begins to Awaken. Although each person’s awakening experience will be unique, I’d share a very brief account of my own process.
This integration between human and divine will free you from all of your limited
belief systems and allow your own unique expression to emerge and express. Your unique
expression is known as your KNOWINGNESS. Knowingness far exceeds intuition for it
is not based upon thought or feeling. It is that part of your divine expression that
has no bounds or limitations. To integrate the divine with the human, you will
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You’re awakening when…
Spiritual Symptoms
You begin to question things that you’ve never before questioned, such as, "What is the meaning of life?" or "What is the point of being human" or " What should I be doing with my life?"
You have a sense there’s more to life -
You feel that there is something far more significant beyond that which you've been taught to believe. This feeling creates a desire to break free and experience a whole new level of living and understanding but aren’t quite sure how to do so.
You feel as if there is something within you that longs to emerge. This creates a strong desire for inner reflection instead of seeking validation from some external source because you are preparing to birth a new you.
You call out to God, but aren't even sure what you believe in anymore, not even your old concept of God.
You no longer seem to resonate with any of your old beliefs, friends, and family members. It's as if you just don't seem to "fit in" or have become "invisible" to others.
Your previous dreams or goals or the desires of the human self, no longer matter. You may feel overwhelmed by fear because you don’t know what matters anymore.
Physical & Emotional
Symptoms
1. Have you experienced
unexplained body aches,
especially in the neck,
shoulders or back?
2. Do you feel a deep inner sadness or seem to cry for no apparent reason?
3. Do you feel the need to change your current job or career but either aren't sure what you'd really like to do or have no desire to work?
4. Have a desire to withdraw from your friends and/or family members?
5. Have you experienced unusual sleep patterns, such as waking up several times a night, especially between 2 and 4 am?
6. Do you sometimes feel very disoriented, as if you are floating outside of your body?
7. Do you find that you talk to your Self more often?
8. Do you often feel a sense of loneliness, even while in the company of others?
9. Have you experienced of loss of passion or desire to do anything?
10. Do you have a strong desire to return Home?
YES... IT REALLY IS WORTH IT!
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As a young child and into my early adulthood, I often felt like a marionette. Peoples thoughts and opinions of me constantly manipulated my strings and thus, I came to believe that I must say, feel, and act in ways they expected so that I would be accepted. As such, not only did my identity became defined by what other people thought of me but I also learned to trust in others thoughts and opinions of me more than I trusted in my own. Being a marionette and unable to stand on my own, I became very dependent on others to fulfill my needs and “take care of me”. I believed that in order to be accepted or feel “good enough”, I must adhere to what was deemed acceptable action and/or beliefs. Therefore, I strove to live up to those standards and the many rules and expectations placed on me not only my Catholic faith, but by society, and of course, my family. However, over time, I felt more trapped. Like a butterfly that’s trapped in a jar and longs to escape and be free, I too longed to escape and be free to express my true feelings and beliefs.
Then, about 15 years ago, a major shift began to occur within me. I could no longer
accept being manipulated and controlled by what everyone else thought. I was tired
of feeling guilty just for being me and for never feeling “good enough” simply
because I did not “conform to the norm”. That's when I said, "I've had enough!”
I jumped off my “cliff of familiarity” (the old) and left behind many old friends,
my job, my title, my income, and even my faith, but MOST importantly, my old identity.
I was emerging -
Although Opening the 7 Seals and the awakening process may be an often lonely and confusing experience, think of it as being similar to clearing out a room in your house. In order to bring in anything “new”, you must first let go of the “old”. Often times, you might experience a sense of sadness as you throw out or give away things that are familiar to you. However, once you replace the old with the new, then those experiences of sadness will be replaced with a new sense of JOY. In terms of the integrating process, you must break free from your old identity so that you can integrate the totality of who you really are as the full expression of Limitless Consciousness.
