December 26, 2024 • 29 mins
What if the key to unlocking your true potential lies in understanding that you are a soul experiencing life through a human lens? We promise that by tuning into this episode, you'll gain insights into the stages of your soul's evolution, from self-awareness to the transformative leap of spiritual awakening. It's a journey that many are embarking on amid the global "Great Awakening," as traditional norms are questioned, and more profound conversations about purpose and existence take center stage. As a guide, I walk you through the processes of self-discovery and spiritual growth, offering valuable tools and insights to support you in embracing a more authentic and purposeful life.
You'll also learn how to move from mere self-improvement to a holistic understanding of your essence, embracing practices that expand consciousness like chakras, reiki, astrology, and Buddhism. I emphasize the significance of community and self-reflection on this path, as well as the integration of mind, body, and soul through methods such as somatic work and yoga. As the holiday season approaches, it's a perfect time to reflect, connect, and recognize the unique purpose your soul brings to the world. Don't forget to subscribe for more enlightening episodes and share your journey with me on Instagram. Sending you love and light, until next time.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Hi, loves, welcome to the Journey to the Soul podcast
.
I am your host, jacinda Villa,a spiritual life coach and
holistic health coach.
Every week, we will be divingdeep into all things purpose,
wellness, spirituality andcreating the life that you dream
of.
This space is meant to be safeand transformative for you to
(00:26):
dive into the deepest parts ofyourself.
I will share what I havelearned from my journey along
this path years of research andmentors along the way.
Having spent many years livinglife out of alignment and afraid
to go after my dreams, I knowfirsthand what it means to take
the first step down, living alife authentic to you.
(00:47):
We are on this road ofself-discovery together.
It is time for you to live thelife you imagined.
Hello, my loves, welcome tothis week's episode.
I am so excited to be divinginto today's episode with you
(01:10):
all.
I have been wanting to recordit for a couple of weeks now and
I just haven't been able to.
I finally am able to sit downand record it and have this
conversation with you all, tosit down and record it and have
this conversation with you all.
I do want to say that there issome construction going on
(01:30):
across the street from me so youmay hear something in the
background.
I did check the sound before Istarted recording and it didn't
sound too bad, so I hope thatyou can hear me and this sounds
okay.
If not, I will not publish it.
But for the most part, we'regoing to have this conversation
(01:51):
because I have been reallywanting to record this episode.
It's actually been somethingthat has come into my awareness
over the last couple of months.
I feel like, everywhere that Iturn so many conversations that
I am having with people peoplethat I know, people that I don't
(02:15):
know I feel like more and moreof us are awakening to the
bigger depths of our lives, towanting to understand the bigger
meaning of what this all is,why we are on this journey of
life, and if you listen to otherspiritually inclined podcasts
(02:39):
of any sort, if you're intoastrology, numerology, or if you
just tune into other spiritualtexts or things that are going
on in that realm, then you mayhave heard about us going
through something called a greatawakening, and what this is is
(02:59):
that over the last few years,particularly the last four or
five years, more and more of theworld has begun to awaken to
the truth of their life, to thetruth of their existence.
So we're not all just goingthrough the motions of our life
like we always have not askingquestions, not really digging
(03:24):
deep, always have not askingquestions, not really digging
deep, and so many of us justliving the life that everyone
expects us to live.
But we are now asking for adeeper understanding of this
life that we live.
What is all of this for?
Why am I here?
And I think a lot of us couldnotice that between our family
(03:49):
or certain friends, or justrandom people across the streets
, and the way that we can noticethis is how we are now able or
are having conversations for thefirst time that perhaps we
wouldn't have previously, youknow, in our family or with
(04:11):
friends, things that we wouldotherwise not share with others.
We are reaching new depths ofunderstanding with each other,
with each other, and that'sbecause some of us want to reach
for a deeper understanding.
The way that we have alwaysfunctioned in this world of just
(04:33):
scratching at the surface ofthings, having a surface level
understanding of one another,isn't really working for us.
Having a surface levelunderstanding of ourselves, of
our life, that isn't reallyworking for us.
Having a surface levelunderstanding of ourselves of
our life.
That isn't really working forus.
So this is where this greatawakening is coming in is that,
(04:53):
at a collective level, more ofus are awakening to a deeper
meaning of life, and that couldreally be felt in this moment.
So many people are goingthrough their evolution and the
path of awakening is really notan easy path to be on.
(05:15):
So in today's episode, we'regoing to be touching on what a
spiritual awakening is and sometools that can help support you
if you are on this path.
Because if you are listening tothis episode, it's because you
are either in this phase or inthis stage of self-awareness or
(05:40):
self-improvement in your life,or you are going through a
spiritual awakening.
So these are some of the thingsthat I want to share, because
it is a conversation that I amhaving with more and more people
in all walks of life and how Ican best support them as they
(06:01):
are on that journey of life.
Support them as they are onthat journey of life.
So I really wanted to sharethis because it can be truly
helpful to all of us, butparticularly to those of us that
are on this path right now.
So, to begin, we are going totouch on the stages of our
evolution as a soul.
(06:22):
Stages of our evolution as asoul, there are five of them and
we're only going to be touchingon three in this episode I will
cover the last two in anotherepisode to come and they're
called the five stages of DharmaSelf-awareness,
self-improvement, spiritualawakening, dharma development
(06:48):
and dharma embodiment.
And, like I mentioned, we'retouching on the first three
today.
And the word dharma has many,many meanings, but in this
instance it is really yoursoul's path.
It is what your soul is meantto do in this life.
(07:10):
So there are different stagesof evolution as a soul and when
we know this and can understandit and work with each stage that
we're in, it can be superhelpful for us to continue to
(07:32):
move down the path that our soulhas intended for us.
We can learn to honor the paththat we're on, the stage that
we're in.
But before stepping into aspiritual awakening, awareness
comes first.
So this is the first stage ofdharma self-awareness, this is
(07:53):
the first stage to our evolution, and then we shift to the phase
of self-improvement.
The awareness is a moment whenyou start to question that there
is more to life, that somethingin your life needs to change.
Perhaps you are not in a placeof life that you would like to
(08:17):
be.
This is the first level of ourpath and evolution as a soul and
if you are listening to this,you have some form of
self-awareness.
To be here, to be tuning intothis podcast right now, to have
(08:38):
the desire to want to improve,to even know that you need to
improve or to even know thatsomething is missing in your
life or is lacking in some way,that takes a level of
self-awareness and that isreally the first step on your
path.
From self-awareness we evolveinto self-improvement and this
(09:05):
is the stage of your developmentas a soul, where you start
exploring the world of self-helpand self-development.
This is where you want to readall the things, learn about
everything that you couldpossibly learn about.
You crave knowledge to try tounderstand yourself at a deeper
(09:27):
level.
Here you start with your mindand your body, so mind and body
becomes a huge focus during thistime.
This is also where your energystarts to expand, because as you
start raising your vibration,you step into a spiritual
(09:51):
awakening, and I know that Ihave talked in a different
podcast about the koshas andthese are like the energy bodies
.
You might have heard of them ifyou have studied different
branches of yoga but I willeventually make a podcast
(10:11):
episode on this but we reallyare mind, body, soul.
We hear that so much, but it'sbecause our physical body is the
first thing, that comes firstbefore we can touch our mental
body, our emotional body, ourspiritual body.
So in order to even get tothose outer layers, those deeper
(10:34):
layers of self, we need to meetour physical body first.
So when it comes to this stageof self-improvement and
self-development, we really dooften touch on the physical body
and the mental body a lot ofthe times, because we understand
(10:54):
at that stage that these thingsare important to us in order
for us to improve and evolve anddevelop.
So we really do spend a lot oftime working on understanding
how our body works, how oursystem works, how mental
(11:15):
patterns can affect us innegative and positive ways, and
then we move into a differentstage, which is finally a
spiritual awakening.
And this is when you realizethat you are a soul having a
human experience.
You are not your mind or yourbody to improve, but rather a
(11:40):
soul to know.
This is a huge differencebetween the self-development
stage and the spiritualawakening stage.
You are not broken.
You realize that you arealready whole, just as you are,
and your consciousness expandsand you are able to see that you
(12:02):
are simply a part of a muchbigger whole that you could just
never see before.
Because of your consciousnessexpanding, your awareness
expands, your focus shifts fromtrying to fix yourself, like you
would in the previous stage, toreally getting to know yourself
(12:22):
.
And this is a desire to knowyourself in a way that you never
really have before, because inthis stage you realize, oh my
gosh, I've only ever come tounderstand myself in so many
ways, and you come to realizethat there are so many other
ways, so much more depth to you,that you just never knew
(12:48):
existed.
So you want to dive deeper intopractices that allow you to get
to know yourself like you neverhave before.
So, through this process oftrying to understand yourself,
you are going to find the toolsand the practices that work for
(13:08):
you, and it's super crucialduring this time that you allow
yourself to follow yourcuriosity, if you feel about
learning about other religionsor philosophies or alternative
healing modalities, that youallow yourself to just go and
(13:29):
nurture those curiosities, ifyou feel drawn to learn about
the chakras, reiki, tarot,buddhism, hinduism, astrology,
tarot, human Design whatever youfeel inclined or interested to
dive deeper into, this is allsimply leading you further down
(13:53):
your path.
So go learn during this time.
Do what you feel interestedabout learning on.
Go and do what you feelinterested in Take courses, read
books, do workshops.
This is the time to really divedeep.
(14:14):
So many people are on this stageof their spiritual development
right now.
Many are going through aspiritual awakening of some sort
, and this path is not alwayswithout obstacles.
It's actually probably one ofthe hardest things that we could
(14:36):
ever do as a soul, becausethere are many obstacles that
are actually presented to us aswe do this, and the first thing
that we'll probably notice isthat not everyone will
understand what we are goingthrough.
This is a time in your lifewhere you can feel really alone,
like you feel like you aregoing a little bit crazy, like
(15:00):
it's you against the world.
Something that could be superhelpful to realize and recognize
early on is that it reallydoesn't have to be a lonely road
.
It could be super helpful tofind people you connect with and
understand the path that youare walking.
(15:22):
It could make it that mucheasier, could make it that much
easier.
Something else that I havenoticed a lot with people who
are in this stage of theirdevelopment right now is that
they could have a little bit ofa weakened throat chakra.
What I particularly see is thatit's hard for them to speak
(15:47):
their truth and to speak aboutwhat they are experiencing, and
a lot of it again falls back onthat.
Not everyone will understandwhat you are going through, but
even if you are in this phaseright now, it is so important
(16:07):
for you to speak your truth.
Even if you are going through abig life change like this one,
what you have to say matters.
It's very possible you won'tknow exactly what you believe
for some time, as you areredefining essentially what you
(16:30):
believe completely, and there isnothing wrong with that.
I think the sooner that youaccept that you are going to be
in this stage of this unknown,the more peace you will be able
to experience.
It could be years or monthsbefore you know fully, and you
(16:52):
don't need to know.
It will all unfold as youcontinue down your path.
More clarity will come withtime.
There is so much that goes intocreating this incredible
relationship to somethinggreater than yourself, and it's
okay not to know fully.
(17:13):
The biggest thing to keep inmind is that you don't owe
anyone an explanation unless youwant to share about your
journey.
If you feel the deep desire inyou to share about what you are
experiencing and that'ssomething that you feel
(17:33):
comfortable with, then I wouldreally encourage you to do so,
because it is real for you.
What you are experiencing inlife is a very real thing for
you as a person, and goingthrough something like this
affects every single thing inyour life, and it could just
(17:55):
feel like no one in your lifereally knows what you're going
through.
So if you feel like you canshare to some degree what you
are experiencing, you shouldtotally do that.
Some things that could help ifyou are in this stage as well is
spending more time withyourself for you to process this
(18:20):
on your own time way.
Self-reflection will be key inall of this, and in order to
self-reflect in the mosteffective way, you need to give
yourself time to explore andfigure out what your truth is a
(18:45):
capital T.
So giving yourself space andtime to just be with yourself
and really process whatever isshowing up for you in these
moments.
Like I mentioned before, findingpeople who can help you as you
are walking your path, so thatyou don't feel alone.
(19:08):
Finding like-minded people, atribe somewhere.
This can also look like findinghealers, energy readers,
spiritual teachers, someone thatcan help you understand your
path a little bit more deeply.
Connecting with your body morethat is also super helpful.
(19:32):
Like I mentioned, our body isthe first thing that we need to
focus on in order to touch thedeeper depth of ourselves.
We are body, mind, soul, sotuning into our bodies more can
help us understand where we maybe storing things such as
(19:53):
suppressed emotions or traumasthat can help us evolve on our
spiritual path.
Our bodies are really a map ofenergy, and things like somatic
work or yoga can be verybeneficial here, because they
(20:14):
can be a mirror of where we areholding on to energy.
Creating a mindfulness practiceof some sort is also something
that can be super helpful.
Again, this goes back to usbeing mind, body, soul.
This is something that can helpus with our mind, and a
(20:36):
mindfulness practice can looklike so many different things.
It can be meditation, it can bebreath work.
This can also be yoga.
Be breath work this can also beyoga.
It can be stillness.
It can be going on a walk.
It is simply creating momentsof time in your day for you to
(20:58):
really be present in your life,to fully be in all of your
senses, to calm your mind.
Connecting with nature issomething that can help you
ground during this time.
As you ascend, it can be beingoutside by the ocean, going on a
(21:20):
hike anything that makes youfeel more connected to that
Grounding is going to be superhelpful, and this is also tied
to the meditation practice aswell, or the mindfulness
practice.
Both of these things connectingwith nature and having a
(21:40):
mindfulness practice help usstay grounded during this time.
Journaling or having some kindof writing practice to help you
process your thoughts andemotions.
As this is going to be quite abig transition in your life,
this is a wonderful tool forself-reflection.
If you need more guidance onthis, I do have a podcast
(22:06):
episode that I've recorded aboutdifferent writing practices
that you could tune into.
If you don't have one right now, maybe listening to that
episode and seeing what writingpractice stands out to you.
That way you can try it out.
But having some kind of writingpractice is going to be super
(22:27):
nurturing during this time,reading about spiritual texts
that may intrigue you.
Again, you are going to havethis deep desire and curiosity
to learn about so many differentthings.
So if it's about a spiritualphilosophy in particular, if it
(22:48):
is any books written about aspiritual teacher that you find
intriguing, if it's aboutanything that can help you move
through certain blocks in yourlife that you just feel can be
super helpful for where you arein life, you don't have to fully
understand it, just letyourself follow your curiosities
(23:11):
.
But these texts, anything thatyou dive into in this moment, is
really going to help you godown this path even more and
help you gain a deeperunderstanding of what you are
going through.
Any tools to help you open andstrengthen your crown chakra
(23:33):
more and I am going to make apodcast episode on this in
particular in the coming weeks,so stay tuned for that but this
is the chakra that is beingactivated when it comes to a
spiritual awakening, when we areascending.
So anything to help us openthat or strengthen that is going
(23:58):
to be really amazing at thismoment in time, prioritizing
energetic boundaries.
This is a very sensitive timein your life, so say no more.
If you need to Be around peoplethat nurture you, really
discern of what is taking up, bein a supportive energetic place
(24:25):
.
It will make this process thatmuch easier.
So really ask yourself whatfeels good energetically as you
go through this and let yourselfdiscern what you should and
(24:47):
shouldn't be doing energeticallyand allow yourself to just have
more boundaries when it comesto this.
These are just a few tools andpractices that could work for
you as you go through thisprocess.
So try out different things.
See what feels nourishing foryou.
(25:08):
There are so many things thatyou can do if you are in this
season of life right now, if youare experiencing this right now
, if you are experiencing thisright now and most of us are
brought up to believe thatspirituality is black and white,
(25:28):
and it really isn't.
It is a spectrum.
Many religions see theirteachings from these two
extremes, the black and thewhite.
It's their way or no way.
You either are all in or not atall, and that can alienate so
many people who don't fullyresonate with one aspect of it.
(25:49):
I want you to know that thereis no right way that it's meant
to look like.
Spirituality is a relationshipbetween you and source energy
God, allah, the divine.
Whatever you believe in, beingreligious does not make you have
(26:15):
a strong spiritual connectionas a default.
You can be highly spirituallyconnected and not connect to any
one religion, or perhapsdifferent aspects of various
faiths feel resonant to you.
It's not meant to be black andwhite, like so many of us are
(26:36):
taught.
This is a very personalconnection, and only you know
what makes you feel connectedand at peace, because that is
ultimately what a spiritualconnection is supposed to be,
for it's so that we feel, weknow deep in our being, deep in
our soul, that we are part of agreater whole, that there is
(27:00):
something more that we can'talways understand.
You will figure out what isright and true in time for you.
You may take a little bit froma few philosophies and make it
your own.
There is no wrong answer here.
Perhaps there is a religion ora philosophy that you've already
(27:23):
been practicing for most ofyour life, and maybe now is the
time where you regain a strongerconnection to this aspect of
your life, or you are opening adoor to something completely new
that you have never explored.
Follow your curiosity, followyour heart, follow your truth
(27:46):
with a capital T.
There is a reason you are beingdrawn to.
Whatever it is, I really wantyou to be kind to yourself as
you go through this processbecause, like anything else in
life, it takes time.
Clarity will not comeimmediately.
Allow yourself to be in thisarea of unknown.
(28:12):
Know that your soul is here fora reason.
It has a role to play in thebeautiful world that we are
living in.
You are needed, and let thatfuel you on this path.
I will talk to you all next weekand I am sending you so much
(28:36):
love and light.
Until then, enjoy the holidaysas well.
It's Christmas next week herein the US and I hope you are all
spending time with your familyor spending time with yourself,
with whatever it is that you aredoing.
(28:56):
I hope you enjoy this beautifultime of year, a time to go
inward, a time to slow down, atime to breathe and exhale, and
I will talk to you all then.
I hope you enjoyed this episode.
(29:19):
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I am sending you all so muchlove.
Hi, loves, welcome to the Journey to the Soul podcast
.
I am your host, jacinda Villa,a spiritual life coach and
holistic health coach.
Every week, we will be divingdeep into all things purpose,
wellness, spirituality andcreating the life that you dream
of.
This space is meant to be safeand transformative for you to
(00:26):
dive into the deepest parts ofyourself.
I will share what I havelearned from my journey along
this path years of research andmentors along the way.
Having spent many years livinglife out of alignment and afraid
to go after my dreams, I knowfirsthand what it means to take
the first step down, living alife authentic to you.
(00:47):
We are on this road ofself-discovery together.
It is time for you to live thelife you imagined.
Hello, my loves, welcome tothis week's episode.
I am so excited to be divinginto today's episode with you
(01:10):
all.
I have been wanting to recordit for a couple of weeks now and
I just haven't been able to.
I finally am able to sit downand record it and have this
conversation with you all, tosit down and record it and have
this conversation with you all.
I do want to say that there issome construction going on
(01:30):
across the street from me so youmay hear something in the
background.
I did check the sound before Istarted recording and it didn't
sound too bad, so I hope thatyou can hear me and this sounds
okay.
If not, I will not publish it.
But for the most part, we'regoing to have this conversation
(01:51):
because I have been reallywanting to record this episode.
It's actually been somethingthat has come into my awareness
over the last couple of months.
I feel like, everywhere that Iturn so many conversations that
I am having with people peoplethat I know, people that I don't
(02:15):
know I feel like more and moreof us are awakening to the
bigger depths of our lives, towanting to understand the bigger
meaning of what this all is,why we are on this journey of
life, and if you listen to otherspiritually inclined podcasts
(02:39):
of any sort, if you're intoastrology, numerology, or if you
just tune into other spiritualtexts or things that are going
on in that realm, then you mayhave heard about us going
through something called a greatawakening, and what this is is
(02:59):
that over the last few years,particularly the last four or
five years, more and more of theworld has begun to awaken to
the truth of their life, to thetruth of their existence.
So we're not all just goingthrough the motions of our life
like we always have not askingquestions, not really digging
(03:24):
deep, always have not askingquestions, not really digging
deep, and so many of us justliving the life that everyone
expects us to live.
But we are now asking for adeeper understanding of this
life that we live.
What is all of this for?
Why am I here?
And I think a lot of us couldnotice that between our family
(03:49):
or certain friends, or justrandom people across the streets
, and the way that we can noticethis is how we are now able or
are having conversations for thefirst time that perhaps we
wouldn't have previously, youknow, in our family or with
(04:11):
friends, things that we wouldotherwise not share with others.
We are reaching new depths ofunderstanding with each other,
with each other, and that'sbecause some of us want to reach
for a deeper understanding.
The way that we have alwaysfunctioned in this world of just
(04:33):
scratching at the surface ofthings, having a surface level
understanding of one another,isn't really working for us.
Having a surface levelunderstanding of ourselves, of
our life, that isn't reallyworking for us.
Having a surface levelunderstanding of ourselves of
our life.
That isn't really working forus.
So this is where this greatawakening is coming in is that,
(04:53):
at a collective level, more ofus are awakening to a deeper
meaning of life, and that couldreally be felt in this moment.
So many people are goingthrough their evolution and the
path of awakening is really notan easy path to be on.
(05:15):
So in today's episode, we'regoing to be touching on what a
spiritual awakening is and sometools that can help support you
if you are on this path.
Because if you are listening tothis episode, it's because you
are either in this phase or inthis stage of self-awareness or
(05:40):
self-improvement in your life,or you are going through a
spiritual awakening.
So these are some of the thingsthat I want to share, because
it is a conversation that I amhaving with more and more people
in all walks of life and how Ican best support them as they
(06:01):
are on that journey of life.
Support them as they are onthat journey of life.
So I really wanted to sharethis because it can be truly
helpful to all of us, butparticularly to those of us that
are on this path right now.
So, to begin, we are going totouch on the stages of our
evolution as a soul.
(06:22):
Stages of our evolution as asoul, there are five of them and
we're only going to be touchingon three in this episode I will
cover the last two in anotherepisode to come and they're
called the five stages of DharmaSelf-awareness,
self-improvement, spiritualawakening, dharma development
(06:48):
and dharma embodiment.
And, like I mentioned, we'retouching on the first three
today.
And the word dharma has many,many meanings, but in this
instance it is really yoursoul's path.
It is what your soul is meantto do in this life.
(07:10):
So there are different stagesof evolution as a soul and when
we know this and can understandit and work with each stage that
we're in, it can be superhelpful for us to continue to
(07:32):
move down the path that our soulhas intended for us.
We can learn to honor the paththat we're on, the stage that
we're in.
But before stepping into aspiritual awakening, awareness
comes first.
So this is the first stage ofdharma self-awareness, this is
(07:53):
the first stage to our evolution, and then we shift to the phase
of self-improvement.
The awareness is a moment whenyou start to question that there
is more to life, that somethingin your life needs to change.
Perhaps you are not in a placeof life that you would like to
(08:17):
be.
This is the first level of ourpath and evolution as a soul and
if you are listening to this,you have some form of
self-awareness.
To be here, to be tuning intothis podcast right now, to have
(08:38):
the desire to want to improve,to even know that you need to
improve or to even know thatsomething is missing in your
life or is lacking in some way,that takes a level of
self-awareness and that isreally the first step on your
path.
From self-awareness we evolveinto self-improvement and this
(09:05):
is the stage of your developmentas a soul, where you start
exploring the world of self-helpand self-development.
This is where you want to readall the things, learn about
everything that you couldpossibly learn about.
You crave knowledge to try tounderstand yourself at a deeper
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level.
Here you start with your mindand your body, so mind and body
becomes a huge focus during thistime.
This is also where your energystarts to expand, because as you
start raising your vibration,you step into a spiritual
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awakening, and I know that Ihave talked in a different
podcast about the koshas andthese are like the energy bodies
.
You might have heard of them ifyou have studied different
branches of yoga but I willeventually make a podcast
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episode on this but we reallyare mind, body, soul.
We hear that so much, but it'sbecause our physical body is the
first thing, that comes firstbefore we can touch our mental
body, our emotional body, ourspiritual body.
So in order to even get tothose outer layers, those deeper
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layers of self, we need to meetour physical body first.
So when it comes to this stageof self-improvement and
self-development, we really dooften touch on the physical body
and the mental body a lot ofthe times, because we understand
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at that stage that these thingsare important to us in order
for us to improve and evolve anddevelop.
So we really do spend a lot oftime working on understanding
how our body works, how oursystem works, how mental
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patterns can affect us innegative and positive ways, and
then we move into a differentstage, which is finally a
spiritual awakening.
And this is when you realizethat you are a soul having a
human experience.
You are not your mind or yourbody to improve, but rather a
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soul to know.
This is a huge differencebetween the self-development
stage and the spiritualawakening stage.
You are not broken.
You realize that you arealready whole, just as you are,
and your consciousness expandsand you are able to see that you
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are simply a part of a muchbigger whole that you could just
never see before.
Because of your consciousnessexpanding, your awareness
expands, your focus shifts fromtrying to fix yourself, like you
would in the previous stage, toreally getting to know yourself
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.
And this is a desire to knowyourself in a way that you never
really have before, because inthis stage you realize, oh my
gosh, I've only ever come tounderstand myself in so many
ways, and you come to realizethat there are so many other
ways, so much more depth to you,that you just never knew
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existed.
So you want to dive deeper intopractices that allow you to get
to know yourself like you neverhave before.
So, through this process oftrying to understand yourself,
you are going to find the toolsand the practices that work for
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you, and it's super crucialduring this time that you allow
yourself to follow yourcuriosity, if you feel about
learning about other religionsor philosophies or alternative
healing modalities, that youallow yourself to just go and
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nurture those curiosities, ifyou feel drawn to learn about
the chakras, reiki, tarot,buddhism, hinduism, astrology,
tarot, human Design whatever youfeel inclined or interested to
dive deeper into, this is allsimply leading you further down
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your path.
So go learn during this time.
Do what you feel interestedabout learning on.
Go and do what you feelinterested in Take courses, read
books, do workshops.
This is the time to really divedeep.
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So many people are on this stageof their spiritual development
right now.
Many are going through aspiritual awakening of some sort
, and this path is not alwayswithout obstacles.
It's actually probably one ofthe hardest things that we could
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ever do as a soul, becausethere are many obstacles that
are actually presented to us aswe do this, and the first thing
that we'll probably notice isthat not everyone will
understand what we are goingthrough.
This is a time in your lifewhere you can feel really alone,
like you feel like you aregoing a little bit crazy, like
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it's you against the world.
Something that could be superhelpful to realize and recognize
early on is that it reallydoesn't have to be a lonely road
.
It could be super helpful tofind people you connect with and
understand the path that youare walking.
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It could make it that mucheasier, could make it that much
easier.
Something else that I havenoticed a lot with people who
are in this stage of theirdevelopment right now is that
they could have a little bit ofa weakened throat chakra.
What I particularly see is thatit's hard for them to speak
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their truth and to speak aboutwhat they are experiencing, and
a lot of it again falls back onthat.
Not everyone will understandwhat you are going through, but
even if you are in this phaseright now, it is so important
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for you to speak your truth.
Even if you are going through abig life change like this one,
what you have to say matters.
It's very possible you won'tknow exactly what you believe
for some time, as you areredefining essentially what you
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believe completely, and there isnothing wrong with that.
I think the sooner that youaccept that you are going to be
in this stage of this unknown,the more peace you will be able
to experience.
It could be years or monthsbefore you know fully, and you
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don't need to know.
It will all unfold as youcontinue down your path.
More clarity will come withtime.
There is so much that goes intocreating this incredible
relationship to somethinggreater than yourself, and it's
okay not to know fully.
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The biggest thing to keep inmind is that you don't owe
anyone an explanation unless youwant to share about your
journey.
If you feel the deep desire inyou to share about what you are
experiencing and that'ssomething that you feel
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comfortable with, then I wouldreally encourage you to do so,
because it is real for you.
What you are experiencing inlife is a very real thing for
you as a person, and goingthrough something like this
affects every single thing inyour life, and it could just
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feel like no one in your lifereally knows what you're going
through.
So if you feel like you canshare to some degree what you
are experiencing, you shouldtotally do that.
Some things that could help ifyou are in this stage as well is
spending more time withyourself for you to process this
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on your own time way.
Self-reflection will be key inall of this, and in order to
self-reflect in the mosteffective way, you need to give
yourself time to explore andfigure out what your truth is a
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capital T.
So giving yourself space andtime to just be with yourself
and really process whatever isshowing up for you in these
moments.
Like I mentioned before, findingpeople who can help you as you
are walking your path, so thatyou don't feel alone.
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Finding like-minded people, atribe somewhere.
This can also look like findinghealers, energy readers,
spiritual teachers, someone thatcan help you understand your
path a little bit more deeply.
Connecting with your body morethat is also super helpful.
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Like I mentioned, our body isthe first thing that we need to
focus on in order to touch thedeeper depth of ourselves.
We are body, mind, soul, sotuning into our bodies more can
help us understand where we maybe storing things such as
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suppressed emotions or traumasthat can help us evolve on our
spiritual path.
Our bodies are really a map ofenergy, and things like somatic
work or yoga can be verybeneficial here, because they
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can be a mirror of where we areholding on to energy.
Creating a mindfulness practiceof some sort is also something
that can be super helpful.
Again, this goes back to usbeing mind, body, soul.
This is something that can helpus with our mind, and a
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mindfulness practice can looklike so many different things.
It can be meditation, it can bebreath work.
This can also be yoga.
Be breath work this can also beyoga.
It can be stillness.
It can be going on a walk.
It is simply creating momentsof time in your day for you to
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really be present in your life,to fully be in all of your
senses, to calm your mind.
Connecting with nature issomething that can help you
ground during this time.
As you ascend, it can be beingoutside by the ocean, going on a
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hike anything that makes youfeel more connected to that
Grounding is going to be superhelpful, and this is also tied
to the meditation practice aswell, or the mindfulness
practice.
Both of these things connectingwith nature and having a
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mindfulness practice help usstay grounded during this time.
Journaling or having some kindof writing practice to help you
process your thoughts andemotions.
As this is going to be quite abig transition in your life,
this is a wonderful tool forself-reflection.
If you need more guidance onthis, I do have a podcast
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episode that I've recorded aboutdifferent writing practices
that you could tune into.
If you don't have one right now, maybe listening to that
episode and seeing what writingpractice stands out to you.
That way you can try it out.
But having some kind of writingpractice is going to be super
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nurturing during this time,reading about spiritual texts
that may intrigue you.
Again, you are going to havethis deep desire and curiosity
to learn about so many differentthings.
So if it's about a spiritualphilosophy in particular, if it
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is any books written about aspiritual teacher that you find
intriguing, if it's aboutanything that can help you move
through certain blocks in yourlife that you just feel can be
super helpful for where you arein life, you don't have to fully
understand it, just letyourself follow your curiosities
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.
But these texts, anything thatyou dive into in this moment, is
really going to help you godown this path even more and
help you gain a deeperunderstanding of what you are
going through.
Any tools to help you open andstrengthen your crown chakra
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more and I am going to make apodcast episode on this in
particular in the coming weeks,so stay tuned for that but this
is the chakra that is beingactivated when it comes to a
spiritual awakening, when we areascending.
So anything to help us openthat or strengthen that is going
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to be really amazing at thismoment in time, prioritizing
energetic boundaries.
This is a very sensitive timein your life, so say no more.
If you need to Be around peoplethat nurture you, really
discern of what is taking up, bein a supportive energetic place
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.
It will make this process thatmuch easier.
So really ask yourself whatfeels good energetically as you
go through this and let yourselfdiscern what you should and
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shouldn't be doing energeticallyand allow yourself to just have
more boundaries when it comesto this.
These are just a few tools andpractices that could work for
you as you go through thisprocess.
So try out different things.
See what feels nourishing foryou.
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There are so many things thatyou can do if you are in this
season of life right now, if youare experiencing this right now
, if you are experiencing thisright now and most of us are
brought up to believe thatspirituality is black and white,
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and it really isn't.
It is a spectrum.
Many religions see theirteachings from these two
extremes, the black and thewhite.
It's their way or no way.
You either are all in or not atall, and that can alienate so
many people who don't fullyresonate with one aspect of it.
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I want you to know that thereis no right way that it's meant
to look like.
Spirituality is a relationshipbetween you and source energy
God, allah, the divine.
Whatever you believe in, beingreligious does not make you have
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a strong spiritual connectionas a default.
You can be highly spirituallyconnected and not connect to any
one religion, or perhapsdifferent aspects of various
faiths feel resonant to you.
It's not meant to be black andwhite, like so many of us are
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taught.
This is a very personalconnection, and only you know
what makes you feel connectedand at peace, because that is
ultimately what a spiritualconnection is supposed to be,
for it's so that we feel, weknow deep in our being, deep in
our soul, that we are part of agreater whole, that there is
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something more that we can'talways understand.
You will figure out what isright and true in time for you.
You may take a little bit froma few philosophies and make it
your own.
There is no wrong answer here.
Perhaps there is a religion ora philosophy that you've already
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been practicing for most ofyour life, and maybe now is the
time where you regain a strongerconnection to this aspect of
your life, or you are opening adoor to something completely new
that you have never explored.
Follow your curiosity, followyour heart, follow your truth
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with a capital T.
There is a reason you are beingdrawn to.
Whatever it is, I really wantyou to be kind to yourself as
you go through this processbecause, like anything else in
life, it takes time.
Clarity will not comeimmediately.
Allow yourself to be in thisarea of unknown.
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Know that your soul is here fora reason.
It has a role to play in thebeautiful world that we are
living in.
You are needed, and let thatfuel you on this path.
I will talk to you all next weekand I am sending you so much
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love and light.
Until then, enjoy the holidaysas well.
It's Christmas next week herein the US and I hope you are all
spending time with your familyor spending time with yourself,
with whatever it is that you aredoing.
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I hope you enjoy this beautifultime of year, a time to go
inward, a time to slow down, atime to breathe and exhale, and
I will talk to you all then.
I hope you enjoyed this episode.
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I am sending you all so muchlove.
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