Spiritual Awakening Process: Awakening

The caterpillar becomes the butterfly just as we go from sleeping to spiritually awake beings.

Life inside the awakening is a whole other beast. Many people focus on the singular point of awakening, that amazing "Ah-ha!" moment. However, while that is a critical piece of the awakening process, so is the transition from sleep-mode to every moment awakeness. The awakening ushers in a time of transition that is unsettled, unstable, and unique. It is a time of embracing new and amazing parts of you and then trying to crawl right back into bed. It is a time of expansion and contraction as you grow and then shrink back to the core issues still unresolved and holding you back.

These posts are meant to help you navigate that transition. The latest posts are under the "Surviving the Awakening" category on the right-hand side of this blog, and you can find them on this link.

If you have already processed this phase, then let me point you to my post called, "After the Awakening."

Tools for Building a Supportive Foundation During Awakening

How to Build Your Sandcastle?

Healing Desires: The Differences Between Urges and the Need for Fulfillment

Permission and Forgiveness Amidst a Spiritual Awakening

Letting Go of Resistance

Spirituality and Intimacy

Seeking Clear Reflections and Finding Shadows

Common Experiences and Questions

The Process of Healing Pain From Your Energy Body (A must-read!)

Spiritual Awakening Waits for No One

Spiritual Awakening Symptoms, Signs, and Demands

You Are Not Alone

Grief and the Path of Loss

Can a Spiritual Awakening Go Wrong?

Getting Stuck and Incomplete Spiritual Awakening Integrations

Loss of Focus During a Spiritual Awakening

Spiritual Awakening and Pain: The Torment of Internal Resistance

Spiritual Awakening and Timelines

Feeling Lost or Confused?

The Many Endings and New Beginnings of Awakening

Embodying awakening is a time of great shifting, but throughout life, you will continue to shift and grow. Everyone will experience this differently, but predominantly, this spiritual phase is a phase. It's the time of the caterpillar transforming into the butterfly. It should be embraced fully in the moments that it is with us, and then let go with the understanding that we are not working to get to a goal, that each moment is already a goal in and of itself.

Coming to Completion

If you have further questions, you can contact me directly through the contact form. I work with people in private, one-on-one sessions via Skype unless you happen to live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The butterfly picture on this page is a gift from Becky Stiller. You can see more of her work on her Flickr account.