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 spiritual wanderer.
You’ve come to this page seeking guidance, and that’s what we intend to give you wholeheartedly.
Before you begin, we want to honor your self-sovereignty and inner instincts, so:
Please remember to not accept anything as being “true” that I write or anything that anyone on the spiritual journey says/writes/teaches without first checking in with your own inner knowing.
No one is infallible, no matter what degree of awakening they have embodied, so I strongly encourage you to think for yourself, find out for yourself, and always, always trust your intuition. (This advice can save you a lot of pain on your journey!)
With that said:
If you’re short on time, scroll down to see the Table of Contents. Otherwise, I guarantee that this article is worth reading from start to finish (that’s why it’s the ‘Start Here’ page!).
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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 comprehending 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, indigenous people throughout the world have known that to fully explore the depths of the Soul and reunite with Spirit, we must go on a spiritual journey into the unknown lands within ourselves.
Many ancient cultures 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.
On this page, my aim is to help you start navigating your spiritual journey, be a lone wolf, and listen to your soul’s calling to reunite with Spirit.
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Table of contents
What is the Spiritual Journey?
The spiritual journey is a personal quest we undertake to reconnect with our Souls, release attachment to the ego, and rediscover 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 saints, shamans, mystics, and sages.
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But in this day and age where times have changed, and we’re suffering from collective soul loss, the spiritual journey is open and accessible to all people (and no longer just ascetics, monks, and other holy people).
Indeed, listening to our Soul’s calling of reuniting with Spirit is 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 illustrated the journey to fulfilling one’s destiny and experiencing Wholeness or Enlightenment. These journeys are what 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, reclaiming our precious Soul gifts, and dissolving the blockages that obscure our Inner Light.
The archetype of the hero/heroine discovering their true spiritual nature goes back thousands of years.
The Greeks 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, that is, 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 you’re 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 into a void
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, kundalini awakening, or dark night of the soul. Often, without wanting to, we are cast onto the path of inner exploration.
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 nondual 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 because we are more prone to falling into many spiritual traps and pitfalls down the line (such as spiritual narcissism, spiritual materialism, and more).
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 have all 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 – which are vital in every area of life.
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 inner work 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 deeper inner work techniques, include practices that allow us to access altered states of consciousness. These may include practices 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 an equilibrium or inner spaciousness forms, 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 (under world problem), and poor self-esteem (middle world problem).
The practice of inner work is what allows this inner space to emerge because it dissolves the contractions of the ego that hide our True Nature as Divine Consciousness.
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.
It’s at this point of the path that soul work is needed – soul work, in this case, refers to doing the soul’s work of letting go, opening, and merging back into its original home of Spirit.
The experience and realization that the personal identity (or ego) is an illusory thought construct, and who we truly are is Infinite Consciousness, is what has been referred to as Self-Realization, Christ Consciousness, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, or Enlightenment.
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$3This shift of consciousness involves our Infinite, Divine, Eternal, and Absolute Nature awakening from the dream of the separate egoic self.
Techniques used to induce this inner shift of being are often found in the mystical schools of Zen, Kundalini, Taoism, Sufism, and disciplines such as meditation, self-inquiry, 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.
As such, here on lonerwolf, we try to focus on exploring all three realms (the middle, under, and upper world) to create balance.
Inner Work vs. Soul Work
In the previous section, I mentioned inner work and soul work a few times. But what’s the difference? And how do both relate to the spiritual journey?
Within this website and the work of Aletheia and I, inner work refers to the active exploration, illumination, and dissolution of blockages within the psyche.
Inner work is a psychological process that helps us to heal and find inner harmony and wholeness on a human level.
Examples of inner work practices include the practice of self-love, inner child work, shadow work, body work, and anything that involves actively finding and releasing the contractions within the mind.
On the other hand, soul work is the more passive and receptive process of opening, surrendering, and resting within our True Nature (also known as Consciousness, Presence, Nondual Awareness, and Spirit).
Soul work is, quite literally, doing the soul’s work of remembering and returning back to Source as our Ultimate Home and True Nature.
Examples of soul work practices include self-inquiry, prayer, contemplation, meditation, mirror work, and anything that involves cultivating a sense of being.
Both inner work and soul work are needed on our spiritual journeys to help us both wake up on a spiritual level and grow up on a human level.
To avoid lopsided development and getting possessed by unresolved inner shadows (which can and do arise no matter what level of realization we’ve had), we need to explore both our human psychology and relax into our birthless, deathless True Nature.
Inner work makes the inner space for soul work to take place. Soul work helps to illuminate and sharpen our inner work.
Both go hand-in-hand and are vital allies on our spiritual awakening journeys. As you get familiar with this website and our work, you’ll hear about both inner work and soul work.
5 Phases of the Spiritual Wanderer’s Journey
Roughly speaking, there are about five phases of the spiritual journey (although, of course, there could be many more – but I’m just sharing the phases I’m presently aware of).
I refer to these as ‘phases‘ and not stages because the spiritual wanderer’s 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 – there is no “end,” even after you’ve had an enlightened shift in awareness.
Here’s a visual diagram of the Wanderer’s Journey, which is the spiritual wheel of transformation that we base our work around on this website:
Below, you’ll find the five phases ruled by the Seeker, Apprentice, Warrior, Mystic, and Sage archetypes.
I’ve also linked each phase to the ten different parts of the journey that Aletheia and I have discovered, crystallized, and defined after many years on the path:
1. Soul-searching
(Ruled by the Seeker archetype.)
This phase is divided into the following two parts (also linked to on the Wanderer’s Journey page). 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
(Ruled by the Apprentice archetype.)
This phase is divided into the following two parts (also linked to on the Wanderer’s Journey page). 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 a passion for learning, exploring, and growing. 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
(Ruled by the Warrior archetype.)
This phase is divided into the following two parts (also linked to on the Wanderer’s Journey page). 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, a glimpse of ego death, or even a spiritual emergency where we step out of the ‘sunshine and rainbows’ world into the moonlit world of ghosts and ghouls.
4. Rebirth & reward
(Ruled by the Mystic archetype.)
This phase is divided into the following two parts (also linked to on the Wanderer’s Journey page). Feel free to click on any for further guidance:
Summary: Eventually, we emerge from the other side of the Dark Night of the Soul, existential crisis, or ego death glimpse. We have been to hell and back and we’ve had our hearts ripped open and our minds excavated. But we arise victorious with heart and Soul blazing bright with clarity.
This rebirth and reward phase often results in mystical experiences, moments of Satori (Enlightened awareness), and blissful heart openings.
We may 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
(Ruled by the Sage archetype.)
This phase is divided into the following two parts (also linked to on the Wanderer’s Journey page). 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 may begin to arise within us. We’ll begin to integrate all the lessons we’ve learned, bringing them into our daily lives.
This is the moment where we truly start walking the talk, integrating both the human and Divine aspects of our lived experience. As such, there is a strong desire within us to share what we’ve realized through the grace of Divinity (our True Nature) with those who need support.
We may adopt the role of teacher, guide, creator, or mentor – or otherwise, embrace new ways of helping others through the power of creativity.
Perhaps the key defining quality of this phase is a strong connection to one’s True Nature and sometimes a non-dual shift in awareness. There’s an intimate, inner-lived experience 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. Gradually, we discover that we are Life itself and that what we have longed and searched for has always been right here, right now!
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 grit for the inner pearl to develop.
If you wish to find truth, peace, profound love, deep freedom, and your ultimate home, 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 been on the spiritual journey for a long time and who has devoted their entire life’s work to the inner call, 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. Tune into the deepest yearning of your heart – your holy longing
What is it that you truly, deeply yearn for, above all else? What is the most ancient longing of your heart and Soul?
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There are a myriad of reasons why people enter the spiritual journey, many of them stories created by the mind to build a better-looking ego.
But beneath the desires of the mind, what does your heart want? Your heart is the doorway to your Soul, and your Soul is a unique expression of Spirit. So listen to your heart’s yearnings.
How do you listen to your heart? One of the best ways is to place a soft hand over your heart, let all thoughts go, and drop into a sense of stillness. Then ask yourself, “What is it that I truly, deeply yearn for, above all else?”
Do you long for peace, truth, freedom, love, happiness, healing, or something else? There are no right or wrong answers. The heart wants what it wants.
But be aware that the mind may jump in and try to concoct a bunch of ideas, artificial longings, and idealistic stories. What you need to do is listen for the still, small, quiet voice within that responds with gentle clarity (not the loud, anxious, and abrasive voice of the mind).
Finding your holy longing will provide you with the fuel and compass to direct your spiritual search.
Instead of being outwardly led by the egoic self, you’ll be inwardly led by the heart and Soul. You may even find that as you progress through your spiritual journey, your holy longing will evolve and mature. Let it!
3. Pay attention to philosophies, tools, or practices that intrigue you
Once you’ve figured out your holy longing, simply pay attention. Notice what spiritual fields, ideas, philosophies, and practices call to you that relate to your deepest calling.
The spiritual journey doesn’t have to be something dry, monotone, and repetitive (unless you want it to be). This is a quest that can be playful, joyful, and passionate.
In fact, you’ll 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 discover our True Nature.
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Once you’ve done some dabbling here and there (this might involve watching YouTube videos, reading 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 – remember that you can always change routes.
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 that contribute to your awakening.
So go deep-diving and commit to something all the way through to the end. What paths, practices, and teachings speak 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, although it’s generally best to keep your focus simple.)
5. Be aware of sharks
You’ll meet many people on your spiritual path (whether online or in the flesh), and while some of these people will genuinely have your best interests in mind, others won’t.
Yes, there are many ‘spiritual sharks’ out there, aka., there are sleazy, snake-oil salesmen and women who are incentivized 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 that 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. Not only that, but 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. (Learn more about how to journal.)
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There are also other ways of recording what you’ve learned and 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 that 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 integrate and embody what you’ve learned actively.
To integrate means to absorb something into your being and 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 or embodiment – it is the natural product of spiritual ripening and maturation.
There are, however, numerous ways to begin the integration and embodiment part of your journey. Some of these inner work and soul work practices include:
- Meditation
- Mindfulness
- Contemplation
- Breathwork
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- Self-love
- Inner child work
- Self-Inquiry
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
Wisdom tells me I am nothing, love tells me I am everything. Between the two, my life flows.
― Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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 the appropriate guidance, sincerity, and persistence, we can make our way through.
In the end, you’ll find that the spiritual journey is like a mystical marriage between the ego, the Soul, and the Spirit. One cannot exist without the other. The whole experience is a nondual expression of Life living itself.
I truly hope this guide has given you a place to start. This whole website is based on giving free guidance for the spiritual awakening journey, so please feel welcome to poke around and learn some more.
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This was very insightful, right on and powerful. Thank you so much for sharing! One practice that I have found has helped me for over 7 years now is meditation and journaling. I’ve been playing with yoga for years but I feel it is more and more going to be added to the list as I remain consistent. It’s not even about a list but more of ways to physically incorporate my beingness on this planet. It’s just calling it a list is the only means of language and communication lol so I over-stand completely.
I started my journey nearly a year ago after I attempted to take my life, it was a dark time and I am determined not to return to those times. This is why I have chosen this path of self discovery so as to help myself and hopefully help others as I progress.
Nameste
Trying to find the 25 points that if someone has every songle.one or more than 10 then that.pwrspn needs therapy because it’s a mental missus to have multiple on that list. Need them list and can’t find it on the site
Not sure about if it’s for me. Will see though. Glad you have free stuff, like the articles.
I guess that I don’t belong here cuz I already have all the things that you promise.
Thanks so much for the well thought out and displayed info 😁. If I’m totally honest the hardest part of my spiritual journey is other people (all people I don’t really know) thinking they know what is best for me, as they try to push me to what they want. (I’m still in the process of removing the harm done energetically and physically to me and my family by ‘well intentioned’ prayer.) This article plus the other tools on this site have helped me uncovered the path I should be taking. I purchased the Awakened Empath bundle and I’m excited for this journey and look forward to its ups and downs, however long it takes 🥰
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Nice article!
I can really see the benefits of this holistic approach to spirituality. A path I truly have explored myself. To not be limited by one path alone but to be more flexible and find something that fits oneself in the end.
Great article!
I don’t want to read a lot of stuff. Send my a vedio/audio and I can determine from there whether or not this is for me.