There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.
– Rumi
There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled.
You feel it, don’t you?
Welcome dear wanderer.
You’ve come to this page seeking guidance, and that’s what I intend to give you wholeheartedly.
If you’re short on time, scroll down to see the Table of Contents. Otherwise, I promise you that this article is worth reading from start to finish.
Let’s begin with the uncomfortable truth:
Most of us in the modern world have resigned ourselves to a cliched existence, indulging in endless distractions.
We go through life with minimal or pseudo-faith, and avoid grasping the emptiness of our lives. We are endlessly haunted by the shallowness of our relationships, neurotic issues, and inescapable loneliness.
And yet there’s so much more to us as a species than what we really know.
You and I carry the most mysterious and magnificent qualities within us imaginable. Yet, we unknowingly guard and protect the greatest gift that is our Souls from the world.
It’s so easy for us to feel meaningless when we perceive ourselves as mere cogs in society’s machine.
The truth is that we are much more than slaves of 9 to 5 jobs. We are capable of creating deeply meaningful, mystical, and fulfilling lives. We are capable of finding our true calling and personal destiny.
For centuries the indigenous people throughout the world have known that to fully explore the depths of the Soul we must go on a spiritual journey into the unknown lands within ourselves.
In many ancient cultures, they had Elders and Shamans to encourage and oversee these journeys toward a deeper spiritual existence. Sadly, these days in our own culture, we have lost such sacred rites and rituals. Instead, orthodox religion has replaced living spirituality with a theoretical god, dismissing, and outlawing personal experimentation and union with the Divine.
In this article, my aim is to help you start your spiritual journey.
Table of contents
What is the Spiritual Journey?
The spiritual journey is a personal quest we undertake to reconnect with our Souls, find our authentic life purpose, and embody our True Nature. In a nutshell, the spiritual journey is about returning to the Centre of our being: it’s a path traditionally undertaken by mystics, shamans, and sages. But in this day and age where times have changed, and we’re suffering from collective soul loss, the spiritual journey is accessible to all people. Indeed, it’s our deepest longing and highest calling as a species.
12 Signs You’re Called to the Spiritual Journey (the Ancient Hero/ine’s Path)
People have felt a pull toward something greater than themselves since the beginning of time.
Ancient cultures had many stories that served to illustrate the journey to fulfilling one’s destiny and experiencing Wholeness or Enlightenment. These journeys mythologist Joseph Campbell described as the “Calls to Adventure.”
A call to adventure is something we all experience at least once in life. When we embark on this adventure, we begin the process of gaining self-understanding and reclaiming our precious Soul gifts.
The archetype of the hero/heroine discovering their true spiritual nature goes back thousands of years. The Greek’s told the story of Orpheus who descended into the underworld to rescue his bride Eurydice from Hades. The Nordic people had their hero-warrior Beowulf, and the Sumerians wrote of Inanna who battled her sister in the dark world. Throughout history, there have been so many stories of individuals who have struggled through hardship to find themselves. But of what importance are they to our path?
Essentially, these hero/ines symbolize our spiritual journeys: of leaving everything familiar behind, entering the unknown, encountering numerous unconscious monsters, and finally returning back home with a sense of renewed fulfillment and wisdom.
Here are 12 signs you’re being called to walk the spiritual journey of awakening:
- You feel lost in life
- You long for a place that feels like your ‘true home’
- You keep wondering what your meaning or purpose is
- You feel like you have a big destiny to fulfill (which is yet to be revealed)
- You sense that there’s much more to life than meets the eye
- You’re experiencing strange synchronicities, signs, and omens
- You’re shedding your old self and are transforming, but you don’t know who you truly are yet
- There’s a sense of nostalgia and nagging longing for something you can’t pinpoint
- You experience bouts of melancholy, depression, and existential crisis
- You feel extra sensitive and fragile
- A lot of what you once valued seems meaningless and empty
- It feels like the rug has been pulled out from underneath you, and you’re falling
Can you relate to any of the above signs? If you can, you’re most certainly being called to embark on the spiritual journey.
The 3 Worlds of the Spiritual Journey (Which Are You Inhabiting?)
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don’t go back to sleep.
– Rumi
At some point in life, we all experience the “call to adventure.” Often our journeys start when we experience a sudden spiritual awakening or dark night of the soul. Often without wanting to, we are cast onto the path of Soul expansion.
Like you, I have wandered these paths and have at times wound up lost and confused. For this reason, I find it useful to map out the spiritual journey in a way that helps the human mind know where it is, and where it will go next.
My Andean ancestry speaks of three worlds that we can experience in life: the Upper World (Hanaq Pacha), the Middle World (Kay Pacha), and the Lower World (Ukhu Pacha).
In many traditions and mythologies, these three worlds correspond to the different realms of Self.
The Upper World is the home of Spirit, the Underworld the home of Souls, and the Middle World is the home of the physical body and human ego.
Different practices and techniques are used in each of the three realms to help us spiritually mature and rediscover joy, peace, and wholeness.
Below I’ll explore each of these three realms with you:
Middle World
Purpose: Personality development
In our everyday lives, we function within the middle world. The middle world is responsible for our ego development, and yet many people on the spiritual path ignore this vital element of inner growth. Without developing a healthy personality, our spiritual growth reaches a dead end.
In life, we all begin within the middle world, or physical realm. As children and teenagers we go through various years of personality change and growth. Finally, as adults, we all have developed unique personalities. Yet many of us fail to continue our self-development, getting lost in corporate jobs and the pursuit of money, status, and fame.
The goal of the middle world path is to develop a healthy personality or ego. Tasks involved in this process include the exploration of core emotional wounds, self-love, and the cultivation of authenticity. A healthy adult ego will be able to love freely, be vulnerable, express creativity, and display empathy towards others.
We cannot develop a healthy personality by using techniques from the Upper or Under World such as meditation or shadow work. Instead, we must use techniques that pertain to ego development and healing such as assertiveness training, non-violent communication techniques, cognitive behavioral therapy, NLP, and other psychological avenues of self-development.
Under World
Purpose: Soul discovery
Our Soul is the vital, mysterious, and wild core of our individual selves. It is the unique essence within each of us that goes deeper than our personalities.
Think of your Soul as a stream that is connected to the ocean of Spirit. Our Souls contain our destiny, purpose, gifts, and the ultimate significance of our individual lives. To access these deep layers and qualities we must descend into the Under World of our unconscious minds.
Unfortunately, for thousands of years, our culture has “protected” us from the hardships and dangers of the descent into the Soul. This has been done through the establishment of comfortable, predictable, and clockwork lives that revolve around material pleasures and shallow values. In fact, thanks to religious thought, the descent into our Under Worlds has been condemned as “evil” and wayward. Only Shamanic cultures and a few Western mystical schools like Hermeticism and Alchemy have dedicated themselves to exploring the Under World.
The descent into the Under World has been so feared and avoided because it is a perilous journey. There is a reason why Christianity referred to this place as “hell.” Within our Under Worlds lie our repressed thoughts, feelings, desires, traumas, and denied gifts. Often when we descend, or inscend, into ourselves, we come across many demons, ghastly creatures, and other parts of our Shadow Selves that we’ve been unconsciously hiding from.
Yet despite the fact that the Under World journey can be such a harrowing and haunting experience, it is ultimately a powerful odyssey. Only by descending into our personal Under Worlds can we truly embrace our true life calling, talents, gifts, and deepest values.
Under World, or soulwork techniques, include practices that allow us to access altered states of consciousness. These may include crafts such as lucid dreaming, drumming, shadow work, shamanic trances, breathwork, vision quests, etc.
Upper World
Purpose: Uniting with Spirit
The Upper World journey, or that of the ascent, is what we often refer to as Self-Realization.
There comes a moment in our journey between the middle world and the underworld in which a fine balance is formed, allowing us to move up into the Upper World. For example, it’s much harder to “Spiritually Awaken” to the Upper World when our unconscious minds are plagued with deep childhood traumas (that stem from the underworld), trust issues (underworld problem), and poor self-esteem (middle world problem).
We enter the path of ascent up into the Upper World when we learn to surrender our ego identification (known as ego death) and Soul identification. Ultimately, we not only intellectually understand that everything is One, but we experience this truth at a core level. At this point, we are free from the illusion of having a separate self. This has also been commonly referred to as the state of complete self-realization or Enlightenment.
This permanent shift of consciousness is about merging with the Infinite, Divine, Eternal, and Absolute. Techniques used to taste this state of being are often found in the mystical schools of Zen, Kundalini, Taoism, Sufism, and disciplines such as meditation and yoga.
Note: Unfortunately many people in the spiritual community believe that spiritual ascension is all that is needed to experience peace and wholeness. As a result, the middle world and under world paths have been cast aside as if they don’t matter. However, only focusing on your “higher chakras,” cultivating positivity and Oneness with Spirit, creates lopsided individuals. When the darker and more down-to-earth elements of self-growth are ignored, the result is imbalanced and unhealthy individuals.
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5 Phases of the Spiritual Journey
Roughly speaking, there are about five phases of the spiritual journey.
I refer to these as ‘phases’ and not stages because the spiritual journey is not a linear process that has a start and end: it is cyclical. It’s like the moon. It’s a spiraling dance of energy that is ever-deepening and changing.
Here are the five phases. We’ve also linked to the various ‘parts’ of each phase that we’ve both uniquely discovered and defined after many years on the path:
1. Soul-searching
This phase is divided into the following two parts (which are also linked to in the menu of this website). Feel free to click on any for further guidance:
Summary: Phase one of the spiritual journey begins with a deep craving and longing for something more than mundane daily life. There may be a sense that life has become a dry, desolate, meaningless, and barren wasteland without some kind of spiritual dimension. This type of existential crisis can arise spontaneously, due to a traumatic situation, mental or physical health issues, or simply due to one’s sensitive temperament. The result is a search for meaning, purpose, and greater spiritual connection – or what is commonly known as soul searching.
2. Awakening & learning
This phase is divided into the following two parts (which are also linked to in the menu of this website). Feel free to click on any for further guidance:
Summary: Awakening and learning is the next phase of the spiritual journey. Once one has listened to the ‘call to adventure’ and has begun searching for answers, the sense of inner deadness and stagnation lifts. The veil is pulled from our eyes. We awaken to fresh possibilities, new horizons, and deep insights. There is renewed hope, ecstatic zest for life, joyful anticipation, and the passion to learn, explore, and grow. It’s as if the sun has finally emerged from its slumber and we’re bathed in the dawning light of spiritual awakening.
3. Death & demons
This phase is divided into the following two parts (which are also linked to in the menu of this website). Feel free to click on any for further guidance:
Summary: As our spiritual journey matures, we eventually face a crossroads. To continue growing, we must enter through the gates of our personal Underworld and face our demons. We learn that the spiritual journey is beautiful, yes. But it’s also demanding. If we’re sincere about authentic spiritual growth, we need to illuminate our inner darkness, explore our shadow selves, and heal our buried traumas. This death of the spiritual ‘high’ of the previous phase can lead to much fear and confusion. The result is often an experience of the Dark Night of the Soul where we step out of the ‘sunshine and rainbows’ world into the moonlit world of ghosts and ghouls.
4. Rebirth & reward
This phase is divided into the following two parts (which are also linked to in the menu of this website). Feel free to click on any for further guidance:
Summary: Eventually, we emerge out of the other side of the Dark Night of the Soul. We have been to hell and back – we’ve had our hearts ripped open and minds excavated. But we arise victorious with Souls blazing bright and newfound inner strength. This rebirth and reward often result in newfound clarity, mystical experiences, moments of Satori (Enlightened awareness), and the development or rediscovery of various spiritual gifts. We go through a new level of awakening, this time at an energetic level via an experience known as the Kundalini awakening. However, this experience is not all love and light. There are many lurking shadows and spiritual traps to be wary of.
5. Illumination & sharing
This phase is divided into the following two parts (which are also linked to in the menu of this website). Feel free to click on any for further guidance:
Summary: After the body, heart, and mind undergo this cleansing and purging journey, a deeper level of Illumination is experienced. We begin to integrate all the lessons we’ve learned and gifts we’ve developed, bringing them into our daily lives. This is the moment where we truly start walking the talk. As such, there is a strong desire within us to share our personal ‘elixir’ and hard-earned wisdom with those who need support. We may adopt the role of teacher, guide, or mentor – or otherwise, embrace new ways of helping others. Perhaps the key defining quality of this phase is a strong connection to one’s True Nature. There’s an intimate, inner knowing of the Divine as one’s true face, authentic essence, and ultimate home.
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Again, the above five phases are by no means linear or static. They are cyclical and ever-deepening. This is the nature of life where we gradually discover that we are Life itself.
How to Start Your Spiritual Journey (7 Steps)
Everyone’s spiritual journey is unique, ever-changing, and ongoing.
There is no single point at which we stop this inner transformation. In fact, the whole mistaken idea of reaching a state of “perfection” really only equals death and stagnation. And what happens when things stop growing and flowing? They become lethargic, break down, rot, and disintegrate.
While the demands for constant growth and evolution may be difficult to handle at times, they are necessary for us to find our life purpose and fulfill our destiny on this planet.
If you wish to live a deep, meaningful, rich, rewarding, and loving life that is full of heart and Soul, beginning your spiritual journey is not only important but crucial.
Understandably, you might feel a bit intimidated and lost, not knowing where to start. As someone who has dedicated a large portion of their life to the spiritual journey, as well as guiding others through theirs, here are my tips:
1. Be gentle and go at your own pace
It’s normal to feel overwhelmed and a little inundated by the influx of information when first beginning your spiritual journey. My advice is to go slowly, be gentle, and go at your own pace. You don’t need to know every tiny detail of every field of wisdom ever created. (I know it’s tempting!)
Besides, everything that you’re learning about is already within you. Yes, you have all the answers you need at a Soul level because you are an expression of the Divine at your core. Everyone else is just a mirror of that.
So cut yourself some slack. The key is to go gently but deeply – that is how you will learn and grow the most.
2. Figure out the purpose/aim of your journey
Think carefully about why you want to begin walking the spiritual path. Do you have a specific goal, purpose, or intention in mind? Are you wanting to find something or avoid something? (Or perhaps both.) Perhaps you would like to achieve or experience something?
There are a myriad of reasons why people enter the spiritual journey. For example, some people want to experience enlightenment, connect with their spirit guides, develop their spiritual gifts, find their life’s purpose, taste truth/freedom, be free of an old trauma/addiction, and so on.
Keep in mind that your purpose/aim will likely shift and change as you progress through your spiritual path – this is completely normal. Your path and needs are unique to you, so embrace them.
3. Pay attention to philosophies, tools, or practices that intrigue you
Once you’ve figured out why you want to explore the spiritual path, simply pay attention. Notice what spiritual fields, ideas, philosophies, and practices pique your interest. The spiritual journey doesn’t have to be something dry, monotone, and repetitive (unless you want it to be). This is a quest that ideally involves play, joy, and passion. In fact, you will likely get the most out of your spiritual path if you approach it from this heart-centered place. Neuroscience has proven that we learn the most when we’re having fun – so find your bliss. Walk a path with heart. This is the path you’re meant to be on.
4. Go deep-diving
One of the main issues that often arises on the spiritual path is a certain kind of spiritual materialism or spiritual window-shopping.
Jumping from practice to practice can be useful at the beginning (to become familiar with the territory). But if we get into the addictive habit of finding the “next and best” spiritual practice, tool, workshop, etc. we are doing ourselves a great disservice. We are not only approaching spirituality with a materialistic mindset, but we’re also avoiding the fundamental purpose of the spiritual path: to deeply transform and evolve.
Once you have done some dabbling here and there (this might involve watching youtube videos, readings books, attending workshops, etc.), it’s time to slow down and commit to something. Don’t worry if you discover later down the road that the path you’re on is not for you, you can always change route. What’s important is that you slow down and commit to something, to begin with – this is the only way to extract the nutrients, deep essential truths, and embodied wisdom.
So tune into yourself and figure out what sets your Soul on fire. What speaks to you on a profound level? What has benefited you the most? Begin to circle around that topic, practice, or path and dedicate your full attention to it. (And if there are a handful of paths, that’s okay too, stick with them.)
5. Be aware of sharks
You’ll meet many people on your spiritual path (whether online or in-the-flesh). Some of these people will genuinely have your best interests in mind. But others won’t. Yes, there are many ‘spiritual sharks’ out there, aka. there are sleazy, snake-oil salesmen and women who are intentionally out to use you for personal gain. There are also some people (typically leaders of spiritual communities or certain gurus) who are totally unaware of their unconscious shadow motivations (but are equally as dangerous). So be discerning. Learn to trust your intuition and gut instincts. Tap into your inner lone wolf: that primal wisdom you carry inside which drove you to begin this quest to begin with.
Even if you do fall into the jaws of a shark, know that you can get out. You can actually use the experience as a lesson and fuel to grow even stronger. No one can take away your power from you unless you willingly give it to them. And even if you do, you can get it back.
6. Record what you’ve learned and experienced
We hear a lot of pretty-sounding words and mystical ideas on the spiritual path. But all of them mean little if we don’t actively find ways of absorbing them into our being.
One of the simplest ways of recording what you’ve learned and experienced is simply through the act of journaling. Have a special journal or diary that you dedicate to writing down your thoughts, experiences, ideas, and discoveries. You don’t need to be a good writer (or even good at spelling/grammar) to do this – forget about that! What matters is that you have a solid record that you can refer back to throughout your journey.
There are also other ways of recording what you’ve learned/experienced such as creating pieces of art or composing music. Find whatever creative outlet suits you the most. That might even include creating a vlog where you go into your daily experience (and you can keep this private or share it with others).
Here are a variety of inner work Journals that we’ve created which might help you get started. »
7. Integrate and embody your spirituality
It’s easy to go spiritual window shopping and jump onto whatever new and exciting bandwagon emerges. But it takes much more strength of character, sincerity, and courage to actively integrate and embody what you’ve learned.
To integrate means to absorb something into your being; to make it a living and breathing part of you. To embody means to be an expression of what you have learned: to be the change you’re looking for, to infuse your life with the essence of what you’ve discovered.
There are numerous ways to integrate and embody your spirituality, but remember that this is an organic process that takes time. You cannot rush or force spiritual integration/embodiment – it is the natural product of Soulful maturation and spiritual ripening.
There are, however, numerous ways to begin the integration/embodiment part of your journey. Some of these practices include:
- Meditation
- Mindfulness
- Contemplation
- Breathwork
- Shadow Work
- Self-love
- Inner child work
Anything that helps you to slow down, be introspective, and go inwards while encouraging present moment awareness, will help you to integrate and embody what you experience.
Instead of being a magical sounding idea, you will actively live and express qualities such as lovingkindness, presence, and wisdom. But first, you need to be sincere and dedicated to this path.
Note:
In my honest opinion, no spiritual journey is balanced (or healthy) without some level of psychological healing. We need to focus not just on ascending to the Upper World but also on working with the Middle and Under World. See the following articles for more guidance:
- What is Inner Work? (& Why Most People Are Terrified By it)
- Spiritual Psychology: Why Meditation Isn’t Enough
The Spiritual Journey is a Valley, Not a Mountain
Contrary to popular depiction, the spiritual journey isn’t like climbing a mountain.
We rarely start at the bottom and climb to the top. Instead, for most of us the spiritual journey is like hiking through a series of beautiful, but perilous range of valleys.
Our spiritual journeys alternate between periods of descending and ascending. In one period of our lives we may cultivate our connection with Spirit, while in other parts we may descend to the Soul to heal core wounds, or the middle world to develop self-care.
Finally, it is very possible and also quite common to get hung up in these valleys. Many of us become lost, distracted, and even forget why we were trying to get to the top of the mountain in the first place. (See our article on traps of spiritual growth for more guidance.) However, with guidance, willpower, and persistence, we can make our way through.
In the end, you will find that the spiritual journey is like a mystical marriage between the ego, the Soul, and the Spirit. One cannot exist without the other.
I truly hope this article has given you a place to start. This whole website is based on giving free guidance for the spiritual awakening journey, so please feel free to poke around and learn some more. It’s our gift and mission in life to help you with this.
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Hey Michelle,
At the moment we aren’t doing much personal one on one with people due to our time constrictions. I’m happy to recommend some resources depending on the type of consultation you have.
Hi. I am looking forward to exploring everything that I can that you offer for my learning. I believe is very important to living this life. My top interest is to grow. I consider myself a christian. But I don’t believe I am a normal christian. I don’t like religion. In the way of doing things that have to do with going to church every week, or a certain time of praying… I don’t like to think in one kind of believing believing. I know there is so much more than only what you find in the Bible. Though there is a lot to learn from it. And has helped me very much through my life. I think that people tend to stay stuck in the physical. When we need to be more about the spiritual direction of our life and path we travel. I always have believed that what is in the heart is what matters most to God. I prefer to think of Him as my heavenly father. Like my dad. But in a more perfect way then what we experience in the physical life. Anyway I believe that you can help me in a deeper way then I have been able to experience by going to church. It’s important but I feel I need something more than what I can find there. I believe you are all about”the more” I am looking for. Because I when I look at myself from inside, I see myself to be very messed up. But I also know that there’s something inside waiting to come out. Thank you for your time and help that you offer. I can’t wait to discover all that you offer. I need a little time to be able to contribute to helping you back. I need the numbers on the credit card I will be using and I have to go through my husband to do that.
Thank you Tammy for sharing that feeling that I know many of us feel, that there’s some truth deep with most religions that we all know to be there.
Yet due to their size, their fear of ‘giving away their authority’ by honoring the more experiential and mystical elements within their scriptures, they’ve failed to keep up with the times and adapt, and are not providing/spreading the wisdom they’ve set themselves out to.
I hope to be able to explore more of that in our future work, it’ll be reorientation that will require all of us to bring about into this world. For now, I’m happy we can share the work we do to reach those who are sincere in their search.
I just looooooove this website ♡︎ You two are very amazing !! Keep being YOU . I’m here and here to stay for a long while ☻︎♥︎
Thank you Marie, we look forward to seeing you around here :)
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)Dear Mateo,
I found this an outstanding article, a wonderfully structured yet flexible and inspiring description on the why, what and how we are all seeking for – some sooner, some later, some in their next lives ;-) – making me realize that my journey has began already quite some time ago, however taking many breaks once a while ;-) and since a couple of years continuing on my own pace and rhythm …
Thanks so much for this excellent piece of work, words and photos.
Love, peace and happiness to both of you
Siggi
Last night, I believe I was going through an awakening of some sort. I read up on the Kundalini Awakening and it all seemed to fall into perspective. I was feeling so horrible about everything going on. All of a sudden, I felt euphoric. A beautiful, magnificent sensation came to me after I had that rude awakening. I felt everything around me and felt more aware. I want others to feel that euphoria. I feel refreshed and somewhat reborn. Awakened. I had a dream about an apocalypse after that when I managed to fall asleep. The world burned and lava arose. My mom and I were holding onto each other. Ready for the end and what was to come. No fear, but slight sadness. Mainly readiness. I felt secure knowing her and I will be connected for eternity. I’m 19 years old. Female. I kept getting “signs” that led to this article and I’ve never felt so sure in my life. Everything made sense reading all of this. This article has helped me realize many things. I am greatly appreciative of what you have shared here.
Thank you for sharing your dreams Dakota, those are the type of apocalyptic dreams that herald great Initiations in our psyche. I look forward to hearing how you go as you explore further this path :)
I have my hand, legs, eyes, ears etc. Who is telling this? “I have”. I have my hands, I am not hand. This is my body. I am not body. We need to understand this small thing that Who am I?
It’s the ultimate ‘Koan’ haha :)
I’m 19, I have been lost for 6 years and I’ve been soul searching for the the last six years . When my uncle killed his self I thought I was gonna kill myself and almost did. So the last six years has been rough. But I keep fighting threw it. I started writing my own music and went to Nashville and played to coop. Then I started feeling numb like I was immune to pain. I still have suicidal thoughts sometimes. But I found myself being Gypsy. And lonerwolf has helped me. I started to have addiction. Then I went to rehab. I started to love nature. And letting the wind make my path. I go out into the rain, snow, sleet, just to go to the forest. I feel like something is calling me there. I’m just a free bird in this life. Can y’all help me?
I’m sorry to hear for your loss Gypsy, those type of life events have a ‘rude’ way of awakening people. The important focus with these types of situations is finding a balanced and grounded path to stick too, especially when things feel very chaotic. We have an article on here called “Spiritual Emergency” you can lookup, also a few on How to ground yourself.
The “ups” feel very high and the downs very low, it’s often useful to find a stable source of support and guidance. Spiritual counselors locally, or psychotherapist who are spiritually informed, often you’ll find those who do ‘somatic experiencing’ are quite tactful in navigating these waters.
I wish you the best.
Thank you sol you have helped me so much and Luna to thank you
I have felt from a very young age that there was a different place than where I was. I have seen pain, alcoholism, drug addiction and depression in my family life. I attended church but only found an emotional lift. Now, in my 40s, I have struggle with alcoholism, depression, and physical issues. I have cried my in the last month than at anytime in my adult life. Thanks to websites and instruction like this, I know that I am in a spiritual awakening. It’s really heavy, but I believe the process will change my life for the better.
Thank you Jason for sharing your struggle. It’s a shame our culture doesn’t have ways of initiating people when they’re younger, it can help us avoid many pitfalls along the way. Yet it’s that turmoil that casts the strongest characters, the more we start experiencing spirit in all aspects of our lives (and not just compartmentalized to certain days or spaces like churches provide), we’ll find ourselves more and more at home everywhere we are.
Warm hugs brother,
I’m 19, I have been lost for 6 years and I’ve been soul searching for the the last six years . When my uncle killed his self I thought I was gonna kill myself and almost did. So the last six years has been rough. But I keep fighting threw it. I started writing my own music and went to Nashville and played to coop. Then I started feeling numb like I was immune to pain. I still have suicidal thoughts sometimes. But I found myself being Gypsy. And lonerwolf has helped me. I started to have addiction. Then I went to rehab. I started to love nature. And letting the wind make my path. I go out into the rain, snow, sleet, just to go to the forest. I feel like something is calling me there. I’m just a free bird in this life.please help me I don’t know what to do anymore.
This was very helpful. I’ve been doing yoga, using essential oils, and crystals as well reading about Reiki. I feel I’ve overwhelmed myself but your book and articles bring me back to where I need to be. Thank you so much! I don’t have any mentors or guides except my spirit guides but I’m fearful sometimes it’s not them talking to me but my ego. There have been times I thought I was going crazy bc of things I saw while bathing or during meditation but I think it’s my soul or spirit guides trying to communicate or maybe something else. Idk I just know I feel better about after reading a lot of your articles and book. I feel it’s just part of the process but I need to slow down and find what works best for me.
You have really helped me lonerwolf. Sometimes you describe my situation far better than my best attempt would. How do you know so much of very deep spiritual matters?? I am walking the path less travelled, though I didn’t start by choice, now I am at a stage I feel hopeful and energetic. But it has been very painful and dark, more than anything imaginable. Thank you Lonerwolf, God bless you
Thank you Jonathan, I don’t think many start the journey by choice; we sort of end up here, it’s amazing that in this day and age though we can share these experiences with each other even from a far.
I can’t explain how badly I want and need this there is something deep down inside of me that doesn’t go away and I don’t understand it and I can’t explain I know it is something that is apart of me that I need to know and I just want to be free and I want to know everything and anything I won’t ever give up until I reach it
That’s how you know your sincere in listening to that Calling, for some it becomes an unscratchable itch that can’t be ignored.
I found this page because I needed to research about a topic to my english class and this caught my attention suddenly ’cause I’m on my spiritual journey and right now, I’m very thankful and shocked because I’ve learned TOO MUCH in only one day. THANKS THANKS THANKS to Sol and Luna, and to the Universe. I’m a truly believer of the CAUSALITY and this one has been one of the most beautiful I had. ♥️
What if you’re on a spiritual journey but because you prefer the journey to the goal. I learn so much on the journey.
Thank you Sherryl. The further we go into the journey the more we realize there is no goal, the destination is the journey itself. It’s the shifts that happen along the way that makes the journey worthwhile, but it must keep flowing until our last breath.
When I first awoken back in 2017, I visited your Lonerwolf site.
Most of it was over my head, but now I get it (just re-read some of your site).
Now, I’m ready for deeper work and am back… I Lonerwolf!
Thank you for being here for us ‘wanderers’. :)
My Lucid Dream — I became aware of sitting at a long desk in a class room. I was in a relaxed mood, completing some visual artwork plus to other projects at the same time. A teacher then approached me indicating he was going to change the study from Visual Art to Science. So I stopped what I was doing to prepare for the change.
Next I saw the black board covered with chalked out science equations and symbols, being completed by the teacher and his assistant. The whole board was then covered with newsprint paper printed and carefully taped down. Hiding the symbols and Science quotations. Noticing this take over and change made me feel pressured, out of sorts out of place. So I left the room and borrowed some cash from my wife before leaving the School.
While leaving, an aboriginal person in company of others approached me, asking if I could phone the police. So I agreed to use my mobile to get help. But I felt humbled and a little stupid as my phone could not get good reception. Being in a country town area, I tried many times to use the phone. The man repeated that a certain lady needed the police and could I make the call and connect her with the police.
So I went to find this lady, driving and parking near here dwelling on vacant dusty block near her house. I parked the car, then seemed to carry a cardboard box around with me with a mud flap from the car in it. ( No idea why I needed the box).
The lady answered the door and said she wanted the police because she wanted.. “Them gone.” Meaning she wanted the aboriginal people to leave Town. So once again I tried to use my phone, but found the connection poor.
So I headed back to the car. However the car was gone, replaced by an old fashioned car park, with chains and pullies on elevators to store vehicles under ground. So out of complete frustration I called out for an attendant/cashier behind a grill to find my car. As they were not overly eager to help, by expressing country style small talk, I took a chance to dive into my wallet for some small change in gold coins. As I had not been away very long, and perceived the toll/fee would be low. As I scrounged, I remembered the notes borrowed before leaving and was about to free my car and self from any more frustration when I woke up.. Feeling drunk on heavy dreaming!
Conclusion- What was this dream telling me???
Clearance of fears, frustrations and negative connections that had built up in the Shadow side of my subconscious. As it was a dream of changes, delays, frustrations, fears of losing car and funds, fears of rapid involvement in things out of my control. Tolerance and patience coming into play, with old and new time overlaps involved. Making me stronger to cope with these types of life events with out blowing my top!