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What is Inner Work? (25 Signs You Need to Practice It)

by Aletheia Luna · Updated: Apr 3, 2025 · 76 Comments

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Inner work is at the very core and foundation of the spiritual wanderer’s journey.

Without it, we’re wasting our time.

There can be no purging, healing, transformation, and balanced awakening without inner work.


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Do you want a meaningful path to follow? Do you want to leave a legacy of light and love?

The most worthy path (in my opinion) is inner work. It complements, empowers, and enriches everything you do in life.

When you commit to inner work, you’re turning your pain into power like a true spiritual alchemist. Naturally, inner work leads to creating authentic, bone-deep change in the world, little by little.

What could be better than healing, evolving, finding true joy and freedom, stepping into your power, living in harmony with others, and sending beautiful ripples of change out into existence?

But here’s the thing. Although inner work is such a worthy path, it is also a path we are deeply internally resistant toward.

This subconscious fear of any form of inner exploration is universal. If you’re a sincere spiritual seeker who wants to do the work, you’ll need to understand it well (and I’ll cover that here today).


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Table of contents

  • What is Inner Work?
  • Inner Work vs. Soul Work – What’s the Difference?
  • 25 Signs You Need to Practice Inner Work
  • Why Most People Are Hugely Resistant to Inner Work
  • What Does it Mean to Practice “Inner Work”?
    • The Unfathomable Power of Inner Work
    • The Importance of Connecting with Your Instinct and Intuition
  • 3 Profound Inner Work Pathways
  • Where to Start?

What is Inner Work?

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Inner work is the psychological practice of identifying and dissolving the contractions and blockages that obscure your soul’s inner light for the purposes of self-awareness, healing, transformation, and expansion.

When we do inner work, we are shining the light of awareness onto our inner landscape, which is composed of the various layers of our mind: the conscious, subconscious, and unconscious realms.

Your inner self consists of your hidden feelings, memories, thoughts, beliefs, prejudices, wounds, shadows, and other mental and emotional conditions that influence your ability to transform and feel Whole at a core level.

By doing inner work, little by little, you’ll be able to move past fears, limitations, addictions, depressions, and the feelings of unwholeness that tend to plague us as human beings.

Inner Work vs. Soul Work – What’s the Difference?

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Inner work and soul work fit together like the yin and yang, both equally enriching our spiritual journeys and working side-by-side harmoniously.

While soul work is about listening to your soul’s calling to surrender to Spirit, inner work is about making the space for that to happen.

In this sense, inner work is the active or yang part of our spiritual path, and soul work is the yin or passive part of our spiritual journeys.

Without the inner space that is created through inner work, it can be extremely difficult to get to a point of receptivity, humility, and openness to deeply resting in Spirit as our True Nature.

Inner work helps to clear out the fog, cobwebs, and blockages that fill our minds, hearts, and bodies, permitting the Light of Consciousness to gradually shine brighter and brighter.

Like weeding an overgrown garden, inner work creates more inner space by helping us to uproot the old conditioned beliefs, stories, dogmas, and wounds that become embedded within us. And like cleaning a dirty mirror, inner work helps us to find more inner clarity, self-love, wholeness, and happiness.

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While inner work still operates within the domain of the ego (unlike soul work, which takes us beyond the separate sense of self), it is an extremely important and crucial part of the spiritual path because it helps to create more psychological balance and harmony.

Without ongoing inner work, we can fall into many traps on the spiritual path, causing lopsided growth that results in issues such as spiritual bypassing, nihilism, spiritual narcissism, spiritual materialism, toxic positivity, and other psychospiritual issues that cause suffering to both ourselves and other people.

25 Signs You Need to Practice Inner Work

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So, do you need inner work?

I’ve got to be frank here: that was a rhetorical question!

If you’re a human being at any place in life’s journey, you’ll certainly need some degree of inner work.

Nevertheless, here are some notorious signs that you need to practice inner work:

  1. You feel lost in life
  2. You don’t know who you are anymore
  3. You feel lonely and like an outsider looking in to the world
  4. You frequently get into fights with others
  5. You’re always people-pleasing
  6. You’re not confident being yourself
  7. You have low self-esteem
  8. Your thoughts are almost constantly negative and self-critical
  9. You feel constantly unmotivated and “flat”
  10. You’re going through a Dark Night of the Soul (or spiritual crisis)
  11. You suffer from chronic health issues
  12. You can’t sleep properly
  13. Life doesn’t feel real
  14. You feel a sense of hopelessness
  15. You feel a sense of emptiness
  16. You have fits of intense anger or sadness
  17. You believe that the world is against you
  18. You struggle to trust others (or yourself)
  19. You keep repeating the same mistakes
  20. You keep attracting the wrong people into your life
  21. You’re self-destructive and self-sabotaging
  22. You have a strong drive toward addiction
  23. You have many strong emotional triggers
  24. You struggle with high levels of anxiety or panic
  25. You want to be alone all the time or around others all the time (to escape yourself)

The more signs you can relate to, the higher the degree of inner work you need to consider doing. We’ll explore some inner work paths below.

Of course, keep in mind that many of the above points are symptoms of mental illness. By all means, seek out a professional therapist who can help if you suspect something is lopsided in your psyche.

Inner work is not a replacement for any psychiatric/psychological targeted help. However, it is a vital practice that is just as essential as sleeping, exercising, or doing anything that genuinely helps you at a core level.

Why Most People Are Hugely Resistant to Inner Work

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Let’s start off by pointing out the obvious:

The reality is that most people feel repelled by and hugely resistant to inner work on an unconscious level.

Why and how is this the case?

Well, just look at the world:

We’ve explored the solar system and distant galaxies more thoroughly than the depths of our own oceans. We know more about how things mechanically work rather than the life force that animates them. We know more about fighting and strategizing against the “enemies” outside of us than we know about facing the so-called enemies looming within us.

As psychologist Carl Jung once wrote:


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People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.

The reality is that going deep terrifies us. We’ll more readily go to war and annihilate other people than look within ourselves for the source of our own suffering.

We’ll more readily point the finger of blame at others, life, god, or reality and adopt the victim mentality than dare to give ourselves a good honest look in the mirror.

In some cases, we prefer to die in stubborn ignorance than admit we’re wrong, faulty, fooled, or responsible for our suffering and the pain of others.

Our egos are fragile, neurotic, and power-hungry little creatures. Inner work is like kryptonite to this fabricated ego-self we carry around. Is it any wonder that we’re terrified by it deep down?

Of course, many seekers who’ve undergone a spiritual awakening would give a sly smile at this point and say, “Well I am different.”

Well, no … no you’re not. Sorry. But the reality is that you have an ego just like everyone else. And it’s time to face it.

What Does it Mean to Practice “Inner Work”?

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Inner work may superficially look lavish, poetic, and mystical (especially when stylized on places like social media).

But when you get into the heart of it, it’s often a bone-crushing, gut-wrenching journey of blood, sweat, vomit, and tears.

You aren’t playing with crystals and singing cute mantras while doing inner work (although those things can be complementary and help in their own way).

Inner work isn’t Instagram-worthy or something you can wear as an egotistical badge of superiority.

Inner work, in its very essence, is about placing truth and the desire for freedom (Love) above all else.

It’s about allowing yourself to be called out, torn down, burned, and built back up a thousand times over.

Inner work is a process of eternal death and rebirth. It never stops – even after having attained a higher level of consciousness – for when one believes one has “arrived” that is when stagnation occurs. That is when spiritual narcissism thrives and the shadow rears its ugly face.

The Unfathomable Power of Inner Work

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Inner work is cyclical. It’s symbolized by Shiva and Shakti’s dance, the ouroboros snake that eats its tail, the cycle of life and death, the yin and yang, and the primordial void that is both everything and nothing at the same time.

When we give ourselves over to inner work, we’re on a quest to embrace the paradox of existence.

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We’re on a quest to walk in the liminal spaces, to be willing to both die and be reborn at any moment, and to step into all that we can become.

We’re on a journey to face our most gruesome shadows, to open to our most Divine Light, and to experience Wholeness.

To put it simply, it’s a hell of a ride!

And understandably, people fear that.

It’s much easier to live a mediocre existence. It’s much easier to walk the path others have paved before us. It’s much easier to point the finger at others and neglect taking self-responsibility.

Walking the path less traveled is much more difficult, much less comfortable, and much more demanding. And most people are NOT ready or willing to make that choice.

Yes, mediocrity and complacency provide a morsel of comfort, but it’s this comfort that ironically leads to emptiness, soul loss, and the complete deprivation of anything truly real, truly worth living for.

In essence, the path of mediocrity and complacency = death.

The path of challenge = life.

The Importance of Connecting with Your Instinct and Intuition

Now, there are ways of making the tumultuous path that is inner work smoother and more and enjoyable.

Connecting with your deeper source of power, your inner free spirit, and your wild Wolf essence, is the first way.

When you’re able to follow your instinct and intuition, see clearly, make wise choices, and protect yourself from those who seek to prey on you, the path becomes more clear. You become more spiritually discerning.

Learning to pinpoint where you are on the spiritual wanderer’s journey also helps you to feel more grounded and gain your bearings.

Ultimately, inner work can be joyful and painful at the same time, but remember that no matter how much it may hurt your ego, it is profoundly enriching for your soul. Take comfort in knowing that whatever pain you uncover is a catalyst for deep spiritual transformation.

The very nature of the ego means it will always be against inner work. It is your soul that drives you towards inner work, so listen to the call and let yourself be the phoenix that is burned to ash and then resurrects to a new way of being.

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3 Profound Inner Work Pathways

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There are many inner work pathways in existence right now and I don’t profess to know all of them.

I can only share with you those I’ve tried, as well as those that have legitimately worked for myself and many others.

Here are the top three inner work pathways I recommend on the spiritual awakening journey that can help generate deep and long-lasting change:

1. Self-Love

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Self-love is one of the more gentle and approachable inner work paths. But that doesn’t dilute or negate its importance.

Self-love can lend itself to being shallow or unnecessarily self-indulgent (in the wrong hands), but with the right training, self-love can go bone-deep and genuinely transform you at a core level.

For those starting off on the inner work journey, I always recommend self-love as the best starting place.

Without building a good relationship with yourself, the other forms of inner work listed below may be too intimidating, too difficult, or just plain detrimental to your well-being.

One of my favorite forms of self-love is mirror work. Mirror work quite simply involves using a mirror to clearly see your insecurities and fears. It also connects you with the deeper essence of yourself that is full of unconditional compassion, forgiveness, and acceptance (your soul).

Recommended resources:

  • Self-Love Journal (premium guided journal for in-depth guidance)
  • How to Love Yourself (Ultimate Beginner’s Guide) (article)
  • How to Practice Mirror Work (Six-Step Guide) (article)

2. Inner Child Work

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One level deeper is inner child work, a form of inner work that involves examining your childhood wounds, fears, and beliefs.

To differing degrees, we all carry a wounded inner child. Our job as adults is to reconnect with this childlike part of ourselves, excavate old limiting childhood beliefs/fears, reparent ourselves, and integrate this delicate part of ourselves back into our personality structure.

Your inner child is a source of tremendous creativity, joy, spontaneity, love, and wisdom.

However, at the same time, your inner child can be a source of illogical obsessions, unshakable fears, neurosis, self-sabotaging behaviors, and limiting self-beliefs.

Inner child work can rile up a lot of unfinished business, so do this work slowly and carefully.

If you had an abusive childhood, you may feel a sense of disgust or looming fear towards this work (many do) or even toward your inner child.

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But as one who had a traumatizing childhood and who has done a lot of inner child work, I can tell you it’s absolutely worth all of the pain, tears, and anger. You need to purge that pain and not let it control you!

(Please note that, for some, professional 1:1 guidance is needed when doing inner child work, especially when dealing with severe trauma.)

Recommended resources:

  • Inner Child Work Journal (premium guided journal for in-depth guidance)
  • 25 Signs You Have a Wounded Inner Child (article)
  • Inner Child Work: 5 Healing Techniques (article)

3. Shadow Work

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At the deepest level of the inner work process is shadow work. This form of inner work is the most complex, elusive, and intimidating of all.

With shadow work, we are literally exploring the darkest places of our psyches that we deliberately suppress, deny, and disown each and every day.

We all know what lurks in the shadows. (Yes, the spine-chilling stuff of nightmares, and also the heartbreaking stuff of tragedies.)

Shadow work is the practice of exploring your inner demons. Within your shadow lurks everything that has been outlawed, deemed ‘taboo,’ ‘bad,’ ugly, and unacceptable by your parents and society. Your shadow self contains all that you are secretly ashamed about and disgusted by within yourself.

Before attempting shadow work, it is absolutely imperative that you practice self-love.

You MUST have stable and healthy self-esteem before doing shadow work. Why you may wonder? Shadow work can easily make you feel a thousand times worse about yourself if you already have poor self-worth. For this reason, shadow work is an advanced form of inner work that is not for beginners.

I also recommend doing shadow work with a professional if you carry profound inner trauma, as it can potentially be re-traumatizing if you don’t approach it gently.

If you’ve had some experience with inner work, I recommend approaching shadow work in a slow and gradual way. Don’t overwhelm yourself, and keep your explorations simple, focused, and short.

Oracle and tarot cards are a great way to begin exploring your shadow (as they are mirrors of your psyche) as well as creating therapeutic art, doing mindful journaling, going on guided inner journeys, and practicing mirror work.

Recommended resources:

  • Shadow Work Journal (premium guided journal for in-depth guidance)
  • Shadow Work: The Ultimate Guide (article)
  • Mindful Shadow Work Exercises (full-length book that offers many unique ideas for your shadow work practice)

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Finally, practices such as somatic bodywork, meditation, mindfulness exercises, self-inquiry, art therapy, dream analysis, pathworking, solitude, shamanic journeying, visualization, and introspection will all wonderfully supplement your inner work.


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Where to Start?

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If you’re wondering where to start, try self-love first and read the recommended resources.

If you’ve already attained a certain level of self-love, try inner child work. And if you’ve done both, then move on to shadow work.

Ultimately, all three forms of inner work melt and morph naturally into each other.

Inner child work involves a certain level of shadow work, shadow work is a form of inner child work, and self-love is involved in all forms of inner work.

I hope, however, that these distinctions have made things clear to you.

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About Aletheia Luna

Aletheia Luna is a prolific psychospiritual writer, author, educator, and intuitive guide whose work has touched the lives of millions worldwide. As a survivor of fundamentalist religious abuse, her mission is to help others find love, strength, and inner light in even the darkest places. She is the author of hundreds of popular articles, as well as numerous books and journals on the topics of Self-Love, Spiritual Awakening, and more. [Read More]

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  1. Tam says

    March 26, 2019 at 8:49 am

    Ps That’s just me avoiding inner work. :)

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  2. Tam says

    March 26, 2019 at 8:19 am

    I see the goal as self-love, not just a part of it, then you’re healed, you may be out of balance but you’ve been perfectly made, or you could call it self-trust which would be the goal but the realization that everything is perfect as it is, even your struggles are your path to wholeness, your conflicts are keys, your pain is a gateway, when you feel worry doubt stress just remember everything is perfect as it is, even you a seed still in the ground or pushing it’s way out or blossoming, all of it is beautiful, no one says why is this plant growing? It’s still in the ground therefore it’s a failure, we all know it’s inevitably going toward the sun

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    • Aletheia Luna says

      April 08, 2019 at 10:53 am

      Yes, Tam. It could be said that self-love or rather Love itself is the destination. Self-love is the journey. When we’re in the depth of suffering, remembering that everything is perfect as it is (as you suggested) is not practical or always possible. It’s kind of like telling a lion who has a thorn stuck in its paw not to worry about it. But that lion wants to rip that damn thing out! It’s hurting too much! Only then can it enjoy the beauty of life. The same thing goes for inner work. Inner work extracts the inner thorn so that the joy and ecstasy of existence can be felt. Refusing to remove the thorn and pretending it doesn’t exist will only get us so far (it’s called spiritual bypassing). I hope that makes sense. :)
      Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

      Reply
  3. Corvus says

    March 15, 2019 at 2:33 am

    Thank you!

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    • Aletheia Luna says

      March 16, 2019 at 2:45 pm

      :)

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    • Jessica says

      March 22, 2019 at 11:53 pm

      I want to share this on FB. Is there a way to do that?

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  4. Tina says

    March 13, 2019 at 11:22 pm

    I’ve been journaling since 2017 and I discovered things about myself that I didn’t know was there and learned to take better decisions for my personality type and learned to accept and love my sensitivity and introversion as a result of it ☺

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    • Aletheia Luna says

      March 14, 2019 at 1:13 pm

      That’s great to hear Tina! :)

      Reply
  5. Joakim says

    March 13, 2019 at 7:35 pm

    When I look back upon the road I have walked thus far, I try to see what inner-work has brought me.
    The most striking thing is my relationship with my mother. Through some miracle, I’ve broken the toxic bond and started to transform it into something that is more sensicale and she has started to do the same, so we are healing this wound together.
    IT IS HARD. YES. I had to cast away many of my beliefs about her and about me. And moving forward we also encounter roadblocks. More pain.
    Honestly, one of the hardest things for me starting the path of inner work is realizing that roadblocks will keep appearing, maybe forever.
    Making a mistake, learning from it and then doing the action that acknowledge the mistake, IS HARD. Because for me, doing the action that acknowledge the mistake, means FACING SHAME. Shame for doing something ‘wrong’.

    It is kind of ridicoulus. Just yesterday I was walking and it was windy and rainy outside, but really those weather conditions was NOTHING compared to the pain and feelings of repulsion I was feeling in response to exploring self-critical thoughts, hateful thoughts.

    At times I wonder, why am I doing this? Because I tell you, I stumble ALOT.
    I am not the A-grade student, nor the B-grade student. Maybe a C-grade.
    At the same time, I just cannot help but imagine how wonderful it would be to be able to express myself more freely, to be able to connect more deeply with life and others. And too share joy. That imagination keeps me going.

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    • Aletheia Luna says

      March 14, 2019 at 1:17 pm

      Joakim, the very fact that you’re willing to do inner work is a testament to your courage – and if that doesn’t make you a Grade A student, I don’t know what does! Shame is very normal to experience on this path. The antidote is, of course, self-love. And I’ve found that includes showing compassion for our inability to show compassion toward ourselves (if that makes sense). There’s a great book: Whatever arises, love that by Matt Kahn which you might like to check out. :)

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      • Joakim says

        March 22, 2019 at 10:11 pm

        Thank you Luna
        Ive started do explore that possibility more, giving love or space/acceptance for the things in me that I rarely ever can. What I found out helps is using the heart when exploring.
        Have the intention of Heart when exploring eases the pain.
        I appreciate your suggestion and what you and Mateo do here.
        Hehe the support is veeeery nice.

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  6. Kathie says

    March 13, 2019 at 6:41 am

    I love this article! Thank you!

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    • Aletheia says

      March 13, 2019 at 4:19 pm

      Thank you Kathie!

      Reply
  7. Ekaterina says

    March 13, 2019 at 12:25 am

    Wonderful article- thank you!
    “Inner work may superficially look lavish, poetic, and mystical. But when you get into the heart of it, it’s a bone-crushing, gut-wrenching journey of blood, sweat, vomit, and tears.
    You aren’t playing with crystals and singing cute mantras while doing inner work (although those things can be complementary and help in their own way). Inner work isn’t Instagram-worthy or something you can wear as an egotistical badge of superiority.”
    The real work indeed is one hell of a messy thing- but in my humble experience it is worth many many times over all the “typical” achievements we so like to glorify in our society..

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    • Aletheia says

      March 13, 2019 at 4:19 pm

      Yes, well said Ekaterina! You’ve pointed out something extremely important. We aren’t given certificates or awards for plumbing the depths of our internal hells. We aren’t given special accolades for dragging ourselves through 1, 5 or even 50 years of inner work. That is perhaps one of the most difficult things to realize and come to terms with. The rewards must come from WITHIN, and rest assured they do – but not with the usual glitch and glamor we expect in our society. Our triumph is quiet, delicate, and deep. The beauty, however, is that we don’t need anyone’s approval, for the reward itself is, in part, freedom from that addiction to other’s approval. Really, there are so many deep rewards that they can’t be spoken or named here. But I hope whoever reading this in this moment recognizes just how worthy this path is, and senses at a deep level the treasures and gifts waiting to be uncovered.

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      • Bix says

        March 15, 2019 at 6:43 am

        I am on this path right now, I felt it coming a long time but as is stated in the article I had so much resistance with even beginning inner work. Now I’m right in the middle and it is painful to say the least. The rewards are worth it all, even if they are not shiny! I’m truly thankful for lonerwolf. I resonate so deeply with what is written here and I am sure you guys are of assistance to countless souls! Keep it up :)

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        • Aletheia Luna says

          March 16, 2019 at 9:34 am

          Thank you, beautiful!

          Reply
  8. Laura W says

    March 13, 2019 at 12:08 am

    A brilliant post! I can count on one hand the spiritual leaders I follow and I am grateful to say Lonerwolf is one. It has truly been an honor to walk this path with you.

    I was guided by 2 dreams and an Oracle card message to quit my job in March 2017. I did this thinking one thing and ended up spending the last 2 years deep in the vortex of shadow work. It has literally been my job. I am walking the Shamans path and the biggest shift came about in the last 6 months. Abuse comes in many forms. I had my whole existence rocked when I realized my father has been a covert narcissist connected to Illuminati for my whole life–all 59 years. In pre Mercury Retro, 2 weeks ago, I made the decision to completely cut off ties with him forever. This decision was both heart wrenching and powerful at the same time. I have The Awakened Empath book and your explanations are spot on. I also had 13 Implants that were entrenched in my energy, lymph, nervous systems, left/right brain (connected to Cabal, 3D mind control and Arkon) removed 4 days before Mercury went full retrograde. I also chose to have them returned to the senders w/out notification. Now in Merc Retro the proverbial shit is starting to hit the fan, with my brothers/family, and manipulation tools (ie shame, guilt etc) are being used. This no longer works on me as I am now outside the 3D grid/Matrix. I refuse to give my power away any more. I stand strong in who I am and know that I have very important work to do here on 5D Gaia. For anyone reading this, find a tool that works for YOU to connect with your Higher Self and unlock the magic inside. It is grueling work and you will be in the depths of hell emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually, but there is Light at the end. Sending you love and light with the utmost respect Luna & Sol. Namaste Sunflower369

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    • Aletheia says

      March 13, 2019 at 4:13 pm

      I really like what you mentioned about finding a tool that works for each of us individually. We all have different frames of reference and we’re all attracted to different spiritual vocabulary/concepts/ideas/practices etc. I do hope this article presents a universally appealing path, but even that I cannot be sure of. I’m glad you’ve found a way to deal with your traumas and stand strong Laura.
      Many blessings

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    • Lucas says

      March 14, 2019 at 12:23 am

      I am sorry Laura, but what you write does not sound like Inner Work, but the symptoms of onsetting paranoid shizophrenia, a very serious mental condition which also needs to be treated to seriously do inner exploration. In that respect I can understand your familys reaction to your accusations and actions. They probably act out of deep concern or bafflement. I have experienced this condition personally so I truly know what crippling tricks it can play on your mind and cognitive abilities. Please get yourself to a doctor. I am not trying to boss you around, but what you wrote – your believes and sensations – rang an alarm bell for me and made me truly concerned.

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  9. Ika says

    March 11, 2019 at 1:46 pm

    I cannot thank you both enough for relentlessly pointing out the real and true path of spirituality.

    “Inner work may superficially look lavish, poetic, and mystical. But when you get into the heart of it, it’s a bone-crushing, gut-wrenching journey of blood, sweat, vomit, and tears.”
    yes, yes, yes… turning pain into power? absolutely!

    it’s been an honor for me to walk along with you and everyone in this journey.

    thank you Luna :)

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    • Aletheia says

      March 13, 2019 at 4:09 pm

      Thank you, Ika. I always appreciate when you comment and share your support. :)

      Reply
  10. Nate says

    March 11, 2019 at 12:12 pm

    I’ve been looking into self hypnosis and reprogramming my subconscious. I’ve noticed over the past 2 years alot of self sabotaging behaviors that I want to get rid of. 95% of people’s behavior is just the subconscious mind on autopilot, with only 5% of our decisions being made by the conscious mind. The subconscious mind is basically what was programmed into us in our first 7 years on planet Earth. I have done some fasting this past year and that has helped me tremendously. It has done wonders for my health, stem cells are no joke as my nervous system, heart, and torn rotator cuff were healed to brand new after years of pain killer addiction. Fasting has also been beneficial spiritually as I have been able to see visions more clearly and become hyper aware of my spirit, resting into heaven is the best way I could describe it. Breaking out of the ego definitely isn’t easy but life is change and stagnation isn’t an option. We are all passing through. The more I accept this the less wind I have to grasp and letting go happens like breathing. Yeah, inner work is a trip, cutting thru your own self created samsara nightmare until you just barely crawl out of hell to grasp at a flicker of light only to find out you still need to get off the hamster wheel and leave the land of the dead.

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    • Aletheia says

      March 13, 2019 at 4:02 pm

      Self-hypnosis is a great tool for inner work – particularly for reprogramming deep core beliefs and self-sabotaging patterns of behavior. Fasting, however, needs to be approached with particular caution. It’s certainly a useful practice, but it all depends on the person and where they’re currently at in the spiritual awakening journey. Those that are going through the desolation that can accompany the Dark Night, for example, would best stay away from fasting as it can cast the psyche into more turmoil. What we need during times of instability is groundedness, and fasting can do the exact opposite, which is why I’ve interjected a ‘caution sign’ here. Otherwise, thanks for sharing here Nate. :)

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    • Siddhant says

      May 13, 2020 at 6:21 pm

      Would You Please share the Self-Hypnosis Resources used by You to Achieve Tangible Benefits in Your Personality, B eliefs And Habits ? These Resources could include Hypnosis Audios, Braiwave Entrainment, Video Programs Or Tutorials Used by You To Achieve Your Goals.

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