The big milestone moments of our spiritual development journey are without doubt the major shifts in consciousness or spiritual awakenings that we are occasionally blessed with. We go on a retreat, take a workshop or a class, or perhaps work with a healing arts practitioner, and suddenly our whole perspective is different. We are more ourselves – more conscious, more aligned with our purpose, more enlightened. We feel ready to take on the world!
And then we take our new-found shift in consciousness out into the world. All our bliss may quickly evaporate as we try to maintain our new state of awareness in our every day life, amongst our family, and in our workplace. We have trouble sleeping. We feel uncomfortable in our bodies. It is as if life doesn’t really “fit†anymore. Our spouse picks a fight with us. Our boss suddenly becomes unreasonable. Our children throw tantrums. It seems that all of life is conspiring against our growth. We may feel as if we’ve taken one step forward and two steps back.
What’s going on here?
When we undergo a shift in consciousness, we literally embody a different, higher energetic frequency from that moment forward. This feels really, really good initially. It is, in fact, what we are after in our journey of spiritual evolution. There are, however, several side-effects to this phenomenon that can be confounding unless we confront them consciously.
Our own physical body is not accustomed to this higher energetic vibration we now represent. It can go into energetic overload, unable to handle these higher frequencies that are now part of our being. And so we have trouble feeling comfortable or can’t sleep.
Our emotional and mental energy bodies may also be purging feelings and thought patterns that can no longer be maintained within our upgraded energy field. We may feel angry, or burst into tears at the drop of a hat. Old, worn-out beliefs may rise to the surface so that we may release them. Negative thought patterns will come up so that we may discard them. This can create emotional and mental upheaval. It may seem to us like we’re actually taking steps backward in our personal and spiritual development, rather than evolving.
Our shift in consciousness also challenges every single person in our lives to examine their own state of awareness. We attract people that are within a similar state of consciousness as ourselves. But now we have changed our state of being. Where there resonance, there is now dissonance. This is a healthy dissonance – it is how we inspire growth in each other. Our vibration will activate a higher resonance within those around us. But there may also be resistance present to this higher resonance, which may create conflict. And that energetic conflict may express itself as fights, drama, and negative quests for attention.
Finally, our external life circumstances need to shift and change to accommodate our new state of being. What served us even a few days ago may not serve us now. And until our inner changes have manifested themselves outwardly, it feels like our old life does not quite fit us anymore.
In a spiritual sense, we have outgrown our bodies, our emotions and thoughts, our loved ones, and our life circumstances. They must now adjust, or fall away. In the meantime, we must accept and appreciate that our spiritual evolution has created a state of energetic dissonance not only within ourselves, but between ourselves and our environment. Energetic rebalancing must occur. Until then, here are some tips for getting through this difficult period of adjustment:
- Take a bath with a little sea salt and lavender in it. This clears your energy field.
- Do some yoga. The physical practice of yoga is specifically designed to assist your body in holding a higher vibration rate.
- Allow the storm of negative emotions and thoughts to pass without giving them too much importance. Observe them, bless them, and know that they are not who you truly are. Cry, or slam a few doors, without judging yourself.
- Stay grounded by spending time in nature. Hug a tree. Bake some bread or cook a good meal. Get a massage. Drink lots and lots of water. Do some gardening, or arrange some flowers. Be very, very good to yourself.
- Give friends and family plenty of space to have their own reactions to this new energetic quality that is suddenly in their lives. Hold a sacred space of non-judgment, and know that this will assist them in raising their own awareness in their own perfect time. Do not insist that they walk your path. Allow them to adjust in their own way.
- There is no need to rearrange your life. Observe what is working, and what doesn’t seem to fit anymore. You will notice that what no longer matches your resonance falls away on its own. What supports your new state of awareness will magically be drawn into your life. You have already done your part. Allow the Law of Attraction to do its work in your life.
The weeks after a significant shift in consciousness can undoubtedly be challenging. When embraced with gentle awareness, however, we can continue to celebrate our new state of being even as we allow our life and loved ones to meet us on our path.
How do you weather the storm after a spiritual awakening? Leave your comment and share!
Blessings,
Andrea Hess
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Andrea it is funny that this step into power deals with how Shift happens. I am currently reading Quantum Healing by Dr Deepak Chopra and having my consciousness expanded as a result. It has been a mixture of feelings and lessons relearned as well as New things added to it. Any way this last little while I have been not really here at work. Here physically but my mind has been elsewhere. Forgetting and making little mistakes. Yesterday to sum it up I basically just wasn’t at work I was adjusting and digesting quantum healing. I guess to sum it up when I am adjusting I just tune out to a greater or lesser degree ( depending on the amount of growth) and if I fight the growth usually because of fear I do things like start eating comfort foods. And doing things to make myself feel comfortable.
Funny thing is when we just ready for the alignment and feel just a little bit of comfort, shift happens again and again. It leaves us feel as if we are going nowhere. Last night I spent couple of hours contemplate on what happen to these shifts, I can really see they are nothing but the whole bunch of forwards steps, higher and higher. I can really see all of my believes that I left behind. More and more my belief gets thinner and thinner. Sounds very much like the Unlearning in Taoism. I just wish that our body didn’t have to take the beating up like that. Thanks for the advice on how to cope with the beating, I’ve been doing it and they really work. And thank you for your blogs, they are the stepping stones for us – Blessings.
Jeff – isn’t it funny how we sometimes run away from our own expansion? Every once in a while, that fear definitely makes itself known! Although I think we need to be gentle with ourselves because we truly go through a lot during these shifts.
Tuan – I hear you! It seems when I just settle in, off we go to the next step! I’m currently doing a very intense spiritual development course, and every lesson seriously kicks my booty, just when I feel like I’ve finally absorbed the last one. It can definitely feel like we’re getting beat up if we don’t bring lots of consciousness to the process and nurture ourselves. I think this is why people used to go and sit on a mountain top – it’s hard to do life and spiritual awakening at the same time. And the process does accelerate, it seems. One shift after another, after another. I love your imagery – like a staircase we climb, and the “air” of our beliefs gets thinner and more porous and transparent.
Hi Andrea,
This article is really interesting – This is perhaps a topic for our yahoo newsgroup as well.. the side effects that you’ve spoken about in this article, like the physical discomfort and the arguments with partners/bosses/children have been something a few of my practice clients have reported after a realignment! I forwarded your article to one of them and he found it to be so true!
Anna
Thank you, Anna. You’re absolutely right. I think I’ll create a follow-up document for clients (which I’ll pass along to all of my practitioners/students) to assist them with the energetic rebalancing that happens after a Soul Realignment session. Great point! Thank you!
Blessings,
Andrea
Andrea,
This arrived in my inbox a few days ago… and I just read it today. the timing couldn’t be better. I feel like I’m shifting into a higher place as a result of your reading and alignment, plus the work I’ve been doing…
Yet today everything was going ‘wrong’… doors slamming in my face left right and centre…
Plus huge dissonance in my relationship that’s bringing up massive fear and insecurity in me… even though I can observe this and work with it.
It does feel like I’m going backwards fast… yet this email has massively reassured me that it IS just a part of the process and I need to be kind to myself. Water, nature and a bath for example.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
KL
This is all so true, Andrea. I’ve noticed many of the points you made periodically occurring in my life this past year. Another little slant on the same idea – I just returned from visiting a friend at her lake house. We’ve been friends nearly 20 years and see each other a couple of times a year. All weekend I found myself feeling caught off guard and actually quite astounded at her negativity about everything. Every little thing. Then I realized she’s the same as always. What’s changed is me. Negative words and attitudes, reactions and general outlook aren’t mine anymore. It was a real eye opener and quite a demonstration as to how far I’ve come.