3 Signs You Shouldn’t Be Talking About Your Spiritual Awakening With Folks

Timing really is everything

1. They're Not Awakened Yet

A spiritual awakening is one of the most confusing and loneliest experiences of a lifetime, and when it happens, it’s easy to feel alienated and misunderstood.

When I first had my spiritual awakening, I was changing rapidly and taking in so much information. I thought the things I was learning were really cool, and I wanted my family and friends to learn about them too.

I desperately wanted someone to talk to.

I was feeling restless and irritated by the small talk that the world loves so much. I craved deep and meaningful conversations. My distaste for shallow talks drew me into solitude because no one wanted to talk about the things I wanted to talk about.

I once tried to talk to a good friend of mine about my awakening and he said to me, “Kim, you are talking crazy. Please don’t become one of those crazy people.” That happened years ago, but my reaction is always the same — wow!

I was hurt by that.

His comment had me doubting everything. I thought, “What if I was actually going crazy?” I wasn’t sure if I was sane because so much had happened. I had just awakened, and I wasn’t in my power, so his response threw me off. I wanted it all to go away. I tried to make it stop. I wanted my old life back. I didn’t want to be the crazy weirdo!

My best friend at the time assumed I was so sad and depressed and heartbroken. Yes. A breakup triggered my awakening, and I was having a really hard time. I was actually having the hardest time of my life, but it was more than the breakup. It had gotten deeper than that, but it made no sense to her. She thought I was losing it.

I reached out to other people, but I wasn’t met with open arms. I shared too soon and almost felt crushed by the hurtful things people said to me.

And it wasn’t even their fault. They said those because they didn’t know. They didn’t understand what I was going through. They weren’t awakened yet.

When people are sleeping, why worry them?

When the people around you will not understand it, you have to hold off on talking about your awakening because they may only project their strong beliefs onto you and cause you to wobble.

A spiritual awakening is already an intense phase of your life where you may feel a little lost and confused. Telling someone who can’t understand what’s happening and telling you to get checked up to make sure you haven’t lost it will throw you off.

Spirituality isn’t religion. There’s no need to go about talking to people about it. You aren’t trying to convert anyone to your spirituality and you aren’t preaching to others trying to win their souls. You also do not have the power to cause anyone to wake up so it is not required that you even talk about it or tell anyone.

You just have to focus on yourself.

Trying to talk to everyone you meet about what’s happening to you and trying to get them to wake up and be like you may end up harming and hindering your progress, especially if you’ve just awakened and are in the sensitive beginning stages.

2. You’ve Just Awakened

No one cares that you think you’re awake. There’s no badge of honor here. You aren’t better than the one who is unawakened. People do not care that you’ve “woken up.”

Society doesn’t care and doesn’t hold space for spiritual awakenings. There is no support or community for a person who is awakening. If it’s not online where you’ll meet other awakened people, it’s very hard to meet someone on the street who would want to talk about that kind of stuff.

A spiritual awakening is a solitary road for however long the process may take. In the initial phases, it can be a bit disorienting when you don’t know what’s going on. Talking about it with those who can’t understand makes things seem worse than they really are.

You have to understand that a spiritual awakening is a highly individual and private inner transformation that’s occurring within you. Most of it is supposed to happen to you and you alone and so must go through it alone. This means that you and only you can go within yourself to learn about yourself. No one can help you do that.

This is why the universe sends you into a void to do that work for yourself.

In the early stages, it’s wise to go inward and spend a lot of time searching the depths of your soul. You don’t have to hide from the world and not talk at all, but the timing is everything. The timing in which you share makes a big difference in helping you move forward in your spiritual awakening faster.

As you progress and begin to feel centered, more confident, and strong in your power, then yes, have fun talking about your awakening with others.

Until then, shhh.

3. You’re Not in Your Power

This is about your power, your confidence, and how you feel within yourself. If you are not yet in your power and you feel you are extremely sensitive, you will be influenced by the opinions of others.

Western cultures fear anything with the word spirit in it because of what is often portrayed in horror films. Spirits are often labeled as evil and scary and so spiritual awakening is very frequently mistaken for mental illness, a nervous breakdown, or a midlife crisis. You will be seen as crazy and recommended a psychiatrist around the wrong folks.

Most people still aren’t awake yet and if you share these kinds of odd experiences while you’re not in your power, people may project their fears unto you and this will only end up extending your awakening process longer than necessary.

Our society is just coming into this level of mass consciousness and is not yet prepared to hold the space for the person who is going through a spiritual awakening.

If you feel a bit fragile, hold off on sharing unless the other person is awake too or until you are in your power.

Put off talking about it until your awakening process has gone on for a while and you are at the point where you are less likely to be manipulated or influenced and less likely to accept the projections of others unto you.

A spiritual awakening is the best thing that will ever happen to you. Don’t allow folks who do not understand what’s happening make you feel so bad you wobble and fall.

© 2022 Kimberly Fosu. All rights reserved.

Note: This article is meant to provide spiritual guidance and light-hearted content.

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