Spiritual awakening signs: strong feelings and purpose, sometimes after trauma. It feels like Dorothy felt opening her door on the Land of Oz.
A lot of people ask: What are the signs of a spiritual awakening? I’m never sure why this is asked since it seems like it would be obvious if you were having one, and if you weren’t having one, it seems like you wouldn’t be interested. But I’m coming around to the idea that there are clear signs leading up to one, and some people may just be unsure of what they are or whether they’re being pulled in that direction. So, I want to give you some ideas about what to expect from my experience.
Here are four ways to know you’re on this path and the signs of awakening. They may not happen to everyone, and they aren’t necessary to have a spiritual awakening, but they happened to me, and in my conversations with many others, it seems they’re common.
Sooner or later, we all will have one. I truly believe that’s the purpose of all of our lives, and if you don’t get to enlightenment now, you will start that journey again in the next life.
“We are all equally capable of spiritual awakening. It may not seem that way, at times. Some of us are so caught up in the drama of our day-to-day existence that we have lost track of who we really are. But eventually, all of us will make the discovery of our true nature.”
— Victor Shamas
1. You feel like there is some purpose and design behind much of what happens.
You’ve always had a gut feeling that life isn’t meaningless, right? The atheists and materialists that surround you can’t understand anything about this ‘greater purpose’ so you just keep it to yourself and never talk about it.
You look up at the stars and you see endless magical mystery. Everyone else just acts like they are happy to be amateur astronomers.
You feel unseen energy or you think you’ve heard a voice whispering to you. You believe in ghosts. Other people think you’re joking.
You wonder why no one ever seems to want to talk about anything meaningful. They want to complain about neighborhood politics while you’re aching to unearth the answers to life, the universe, and everything.
You see patterns and cycles, sometimes proclaiming, ‘the universe balances itself!’ You are always seeing the big picture. And you’re right to do so. Look deeper.
2. You have a feeling that sometimes you are being watched or helped.
Your logical mind often doesn’t want to admit it — and it certainly doesn’t fit into mainstream modern culture — but you always had the feeling you have a guardian angel. The fairy godmothers in stories weren’t weird to you. Someone of something in spirit form is with you, watching and protecting you.
You just feel it.
And they’re waiting for you to wake up so they can start communicating more clearly with you.
3. You feel like people around you make no sense and you don’t understand humans.
Ever feel like you are an alien on this planet? Like you don’t fit in? You sometimes want to say ‘silly humans,’ and you feel confused that you’re one of them. You don’t understand their self-destructive decisions. Society just doesn’t make sense.
Maybe you’re a Starseed, waking up now with many others. Maybe you are a bodhisattva. Either way, you may have come to this life to help heal and lift other humans to their higher states. It’s hard to imagine you’re here to heal, when people generally annoy you and you feel little in common with humanity.
Once you start to awaken, you’ll see that your special powers of divine connection make you a unique healer for others. The people around you haven’t reached your place in the journey yet. But you’re about to wake up. When you do, your purpose among humans will be clear.
However, it can be a lonely road feeling like you are the only one who understands.
4. You feel totally different as a result of trauma.
Something may have happened to you recently, or it’s about to happen, to totally throw your life into a new beginning. It can be painful. Maybe you lost your livelihood. Maybe your spouse left you. Maybe you almost died. Whatever happened, it deeply hurts.
Only after this state of total trauma can you begin to open your eyes to the realities of life. Turns out, it doesn’t revolve around your job, or money, or your love life. You suddenly see that. The fabric of your existence is re-arranged to give you a glimpse of what’s important. And you just know, deep within, that life will never be the same.
After falling so far, you’ll get up and have a choice between feeling sorry for yourself or looking into the light. When you choose the light, you will learn things you never imagined. Remember Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz opening the door into technicolor for the first time? It will make you realize that nothing you experienced until that moment had very much meaning at all, except to bring you to this moment.
Waking up is the next step
If you’ve experienced these things, it makes sense that you’d wonder, ‘what are the signs of awakening?’ After knowing about spiritual awakening signs, the next step is to do it and wake up. I encourage you to open your mind and allow the universe to teach its ways.
Drop me a comment if you have questions or want to talk about it further.
