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4 Spiritual Awakening Survival Tips

What I wish I had known earlier

When I first awakened, like many, I had many questions and a lot of setbacks. Those setbacks happened because everything was new, and I had no idea what I was doing. Every day, I was on an emotional rollercoaster. I was angry, confused, happy, and sad. Below I outline four things I wished I’d known at the beginning of my spiritual awakening.

Allow healing

You must be willing to heal and let go of your past trauma. I had decades of trauma to resolve; sexual abuse, neglect, loss, and abandonment. I had to allow myself to forgive myself and others and leave the past in the past. This was difficult because I had to face the demons I had buried many years before. Once I allowed myself to heal, I instantly felt at peace. I began to feel lighter because the weights that held me were released one by one.

Keep learning

On this journey, you must continuously make an effort to learn. Luckily, we have many spiritual teachers to help us along our journey. I must have watched thousands of YouTube videos at the beginning of my awakening. I needed to better understand the changes I was experiencing. So listening to teachers, reading, researching, and confiding in others on this journey was very beneficial at the start (and still is today).

Be silent

Meditation is one of the most beneficial tools I learned early on. I meditate in the shower, while walking, or flat on my bed before I drift to sleep. When I realized I was doing it differently from others, I was concerned. Here is the thing — do what works for you. Everyone is on their own unique journey. I am an advocate for all styles of meditation, but it is important to personalize the experience. I do not believe we should approach meditation like it is one size fits all.

Just surrender

This is the big one — and the one that took the longest to embrace. I would be described as a type A personality. I am independent, hardworking, and a go-getter. So the idea of letting go freaked me out. I fought it with everything in me. The more I attempted to control things, the worse they got.

One day as I was having a full-blown tantrum, I heard these words, “Just surrender.” I began to cry more because I didn’t want to; I needed to know what to do next. I remember this day vividly; I was on my living room floor. There were tears and snot all over my face.

I was lost because I was unemployed and didn’t know where I was headed next, but I was not supposed to get another job. I had to let my apartment go, and time was ticking. Again, as I sat there bawling and angry, I heard, “Just surrender.” After, what seemed like hours, I threw my hands up and said, “Okay, I surrender.”

When I gave up control, I became powerful. I was no longer worried about tomorrow, where to live, or anything else. I was in flow state and felt so free. Soon, everything began to fall in line naturally.

© Ari Love, 2022

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