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| They are if your not feeling happy. All of this is happening to me now in the past 4 yrs,but Im also happy. Im quite content. I had depression about 6 years ago,but I wasnt happy,not ever,I was miserable. There is a difference. Last edited by yobobby : 06-14-2008 at 03:25 PM. Reason: wrong word |
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| Well this is odd. I've had symptoms like that my entire life, but attributed it to depression. The depression lasted a good few years, I tried everything to 'fix' it, thought something was wrong with me, but it wasn't something to be cured. I grew out of it, you could say.. I started accepting my personality as just me, and not as wrong; I'm an introverted feeler, so I had a few people in my life tell me I was wrong, took a while to come to terms with that. But, that last one, feeling like I want to go home, it strikes a powerful chord. I'm constantly feeling disconnected from the world, the universe, other people, totally alienated, and I have this incredible longing to go home, to return to a place that isn't here. I had this longing before I even started reading up on topics like reincarnation etc. It felt like I wanted the earth to absorb my body and take me whole, or for the skies to sweep me away. When I'm alone with nature or staring at the sky I feel the same way. I wouldn't say I have started a spiritual journey. I've read things, I've become more aware of myself, but I don't meditate or anything like that. I think I'm secretly scared of it, because I can't bring myself to try it. Opportunities like free classes present themselves, but I just don't go. To be honest, they make me feel silly! |
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| I must have led myself to join this forum right enough ! great to be in the company of a whole lot of people who are going through the same as me. problem is how long does it last? mines been going on quite a while. It shall pass... maybe thats all I need to know. Thanks very much for enlightening post. I guess it IS a pregnancy. One that all genders can experience!Maybe i am giving birth to an elephant. Nothing would shock me.... |
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| It's great to see that there are others on this board experiencing or have experienced the awakening as well. I'm currently going through it and I'm very familiar with the 12 signs from Geoffrey Hoppe / Tobias that the OP posted. It's been a trying journey for the past year but I now feel closer to God than I have ever felt and it feels great! Here's another link to a site that details a few more signs related to spiritual awakening: Symptoms. This may help clarify it for those of you who may be confusing it with depression. Also, you may be interested to know that I belive the same phenomenon is referred to as a Kundalini awakening in the Hindu tradition. Steve |
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| Thanks for reviving this thread, Steve! I really, really needed to read this. One thing I learned through my pregnancies and having homebirths, is that transition is THE most difficult time of birth. In labor, transition is the time between active labor and the need to push, and it's the time most women absolutely feel they can't do it, they MUST have medication, there's NO WAY they can go on. But, with support and lots of love, no medication is needed, transition time passes, pushing begins, and the baby comes! I was amazed when I learned that, because I thought: that's life, too - transition's the hardest time. But if you can hang in there, there will be this whole new life, right in front of you! I had forgotten all about that. Transition. Birth. Awakening. Here's to honoring where I am on the path! |
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| Many books and other materials refer to descriptions of self-awakenings. In my mind, this is a very subjective experience that defies words except only so far as you make comparisons to the familliar. When you are dealing with the unfamiliar, words and coomparisons do not do experiences justice. |
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| Those sound like what happens when you join a cult :P |
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| this is me and my life for the past 3 years down to a T, i went so far as to pack in a $90,000 a year job, to do care work for elderly and disabled people, earning $22,000 a year, im much happier in my self now, and get alot from my work, but still have this great sense of sadness that the bulk of people in the world are going or being intentionally manovered down the wrong path, took me along time to get a handle on this till my G/F sat down with me and said, "mark, you cant change the world all on your own" people have to make there own mistakes and learn from them. |
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| Hi Crissy, I had started to experience the things you had described about 2 years ago. Part of it was anxiety and depression, but as I began to work on my own spirituality, these things came and went. A few months ago, I had neck pain so severe that I could not even move my head more than a couple of degrees to the right or left. Extremely painfull sessions of massage therapy was the only way to deal with it. Still get pains every so often as my spiritual growth continues. I had no idea that this could be related to changing of the spiritual DNA. Thanks for sharing this information. I agree that it can help a lot of people. TIK |
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| Hi, I used to think meditation was wierd and would not go near it. Then I tried it and learned a lot of interesting skills. I have been at if for a couple years now and I think it has helped me to grow. Sometimes I struggle because it is a growth process. If you join a good school you will find nice and supportive people with whom you will grow. Its not always easy, but it is a means of growing. Again, it is not the only way. There are a lot of ways to travel. Meditation is one of many ways. But it may be that these opportunities have presented themself to you for a reason... Just a thought... TIK Last edited by TIK : 08-25-2008 at 02:42 AM. Reason: typo and content |
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