what is spiritual awakening?

"In order to save myself, I must destroy first the me I was told to be."

-The Dreamer.

What is spirituality? Have a think , and put your answer on a piece of paper.

Then ask yourself the same question after reading this post. :)

It may bring to your mind an image of a very devoted person, possibly a monk , that owe nothing and nothing owes him. You may think that it looks like being happy, calm and relaxed all the time. That nothing can affect your mindset , your nervous system and life. Maybe a hippie , with flower in her hand and wind in her hair. You may think that regular person from modern reality could never achieve it, and understand the spiritual journey.

What if I tell you , you should scrap all of the above?

Every person that is walking on this Earth has been gifted with the most incredible miracle - LIFE. Have you ever think about , how amazing it is to be alive? To feel , to speak, to see , hear and sense?

Have you ever experienced the sense of unity with nature around you? The similarity of birth/death/re-birth process?

If we are all the same at the molecular level , we all have the ability to enter the spiritual path , to get to know the true and only self. Inner wisdom.

We are all in a different place in life, our experiences shaped us , our environment made a foundation for the image we present to the world.

But is it our true self?

No. It’s just a societal tag. Successful / failure, rich / poor , good / bad, good looking / ugly, smart / stupid. We are identifying ourselves with those tags.

We are not this. We are not just an opinion of others. We are the gift of life. We are made from energy, vibration. The earth is our body, water our blood, air our breath and fire our spirit.

This what you will realise , when you start the process of spiritual awakening.

You will start to see what is beyond the bubble we hiding ourselves in. That there is more than this existence.

But this journey is not perfect. It won’t transform you “just like that”. You will start seeing the dark side of the moon inside you, where your demons live. You will start get irritated and find yourself avoiding certain things that you enjoyed when you were “tagged”. Some people in your life may start to disappear, and you may feel the emptiness at the bringing.

Your head can be all over the place. You may suffer from headaches, fatigue , anxiety and pain. You may feel completely detached from reality, and start to question the sense of living in material world.

You will start to feel the energy, be intuitive and easily recognise manipulation and lie, which can be painful.

No, this road is really not easy. But when you start to learn to understand your “side effects” and start using them as an opportunity to grow over them , you will see that you can raise over those tags, over hatred, despair, sadness and darkness.

That’s where you start to follow love, hope, joy and light.

Spirituality will become important part of your life, and you will practice more self acceptance and love. This will help you to posses the knowledge, that you can achieve anything. That the energy you surround yourself with, you become. That you can be that candle who can light up a thousand more.

Spread light and be the light.

Where there is hatred, let me bring love.
Where there is offence, let me bring pardon.
Where there is discord, let me bring union.
Where there is error, let me bring truth.
Where there is doubt, let me bring faith.
Where there is despair, let me bring hope.
Where there is darkness, let me bring your light.
Where there is sadness, let me bring joy.

Prayer of St Francis