Joy and despair
3 Things To Do in The Void Stage of Your Spiritual Awakening
Everything is happening when nothing seems to be happening
1. Be Patient and Wait
The void is one of the six stages in the spiritual awakening journey where nothing seems to happen. You don’t see results. You don’t get opportunities. Wishes and desires don’t manifest, and God seems too far away to notice your despair.
It feels as if you’re all alone in the world, and I know it sucks. I know it's hard, especially when you’re so in touch with your masculine energy and used to always doing something. Sitting still and doing nothing can make you feel like you’re losing your mind.
The waiting is hard. The darkness is overwhelming, and the silence is deafening. It’s devastating not having any idea when a door or even a window will crack open so you can get some air.
Being patient is the most difficult thing to do during the void, but it’s all you can do.
There’s not much you can do to rush the process. When the universe shuts a door, it shuts it so tight that nothing you do can open that door.
The cocoon you’re in will not open an hour sooner. The seed that has been planted won’t sprout a day sooner.
You have to give up trying to speed the process and just focus on what the universe is urging you to do.
There’s not much to do in the void, but it doesn’t mean there’s nothing to do. Actually, there’s so much to do and that’s why the universe moves the entire world away so you can focus on doing that work.
The work is getting to know yourself on a much deeper level and that requires patience for yourself.
When you feel like you’re losing it and you can’t take it any longer, just stop and breathe.
Breathing is the one thing that will save you in the void. You have to learn how to breathe properly to get the energy flowing.
If you’re not patient, then you’re in trouble.
The more you slow your breath, the more the energy of patience will flow in. The more patience you have, the easier the void is going to be to get through.
2. Go Inward and Explore Yourself
When the universe lets you out of the void, you will go out and you’ll explore the world around you. You’ll explore the places that fascinate you. You’ll check every nook and cranny. You’ll travel to faraway places to explore.
But the whole universe is also inside of you.
When the universe locks you in, it’s time to explore yourself. It’s time to take a peek into the deepest parts of yourself that you’ve never seen. It’s time to take a look into your soul. It’s time to look into the darkness and say hello to your shadows.
You have to do it.
You’re in a void all alone. Society isn’t there. Family isn’t there. It’s just you and yourself.
When those doors fly open, you will be no one but your one true self. That’s why the universe leaves you with yourself so you can get to know your SELF.
Who are you and why are you here? You have to be able to answer those questions by the time the doors open. It won’t open until you get to know yourself. The universe wants you to be comfortable embodying your authentic self.
The void lasts so long because we take so long in doing the work we’re required to do.
The work is to get to know yourself on a much deeper level. It may be to discover certain parts and aspects of yourself you haven’t seen yet. It may be to just try to understand and love yourself. You may need to explore the darkness and the shadows. It may be to heal the pain of the past so you can transform yourself.
The work may be to connect or develop your intuition because it’s your intuition that will guide you out in the world when the doors open.
Spirit guidance stops in the void, and that’s because the universe wants you to learn to rely on your own inner guidance.
Without your intuition, you’re lost and there's no better way to connect with your intuition than in the void where there are no outside distractions.
When you come out of the void, you will no longer be a caterpillar in a cocoon. You’ll be a butterfly ready to spread its wing. You'll no longer be a seed planted in the dark. You'll be a plant reaching for the heavens.
The moment you start doing the work, you’ll see that a window cracks open, fresh air blows on your face and you can breathe a little.
By the time you’re done doing the work, all the doors will open and you can walk out with a brand new identity and your head held high.
3. Connect With Your Feminine Energy
The only reason the void is so difficult is that we’re so in touch with our masculine energy. We know how to do everything but we don’t how to do nothing.
The feminine in each and every one of us doesn’t mind the void. Actually, it loves the stillness and the quiet, but we've lost our connection to it.
The feminine in us don’t mind doing nothing and just being. It doesn’t mind the universe locking the doors for a little while so it can rest. It doesn’t mind being still.
The masculine does.
The feminine loves to pause, slow down and breathe. That drives the masculine crazy. Sitting still is impossible for the masculine. Slowing down is weakness to the masculine, and that’s why we suffer in the void.
The reason you’re stuck in a cocoon is that you don’t know how to slow down and take it easy, so the universe makes you.
The universe forces you to slow down.
If you’re going to make it out of the void, you need to connect with your divine feminine energy and learn to be okay with the stillness.
You have to be able to stop the kicking and just take a nap. Stop trying to see what’s happening outside. Close your eyes in meditation and see what’s going on on the inside.
Become an expert with the things inside of you and the universe will open the door and make you an expert on the things outside of you.
The more you connect with your feminine energy, the more you can be patient and just wait it out.
No matter how long it takes, the doors will one day open, but it all depends on how soon you do the work of getting to know yourself, connecting with your intuition and with the divine feminine energy within you.
Note: This article is meant to provide spiritual guidance and light-hearted content. It isn’t based on scientific research.
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