It took me a long time to understand what was going on as I had never heard of something happening like this to normal people. For me, a spiritual awakening happens to someone who is either a saint, priest, guru or pandit who meditates and prays a lot. I didn’t know that it is becoming common and can happen to anyone especially to a person like me.1
Why me? I never asked this question to God as I always considered myself connected to him and felt that I was God’s one of favorite child.
But how did I realise that I was going through an awakening? It took a long time; for me it was the three months of dark night of soul about which I mentioned in my previous blog post.
To begin, a spiritual awakening is identified by a non-spiritual person through dreams.
It started with the dreams of deceased family members and elders even of those who never came in my dreams earlier
Then frequent dreams of temples and idols, photos of various Gods
Dreams of diyas, agarbatti, nariyal, smoke etc
Dreams of fire, water, earth and air
Dreams where a voice was speaking to me about karmas, heaven, hell etc
Dreams where I was given life lessons
Dreams in which I was watching angel numbers like 111, 1111 etc.
Dreams in which I heard extreme shrill voice
Dreams where I smelled fragrances
Dreams where I felt stomach aches and body pains
Repetitive dreams of snakes and cats and also other animals like dogs, cows, tiger etc.
Dreams in which I was receiving messages from my guides
Dreams in which I saw my spirit animal. For me, it was snow leopard
Few dreams that came true in a day or two
Frequent dreams of a train, bus or a ship journey etc. that were indicating the spiritual journey
Then there were other signs:
Daily waking up between 3 to 5 am
Getting chills for no reason even on hot summer days
Random focus on my breathing at multiple occasions
Daily watching repeating numbers (angel numbers) or patterns
Instant fulfilment of small small wishes
Daily synchronicities; same number or specific thing appearing again and again
Intuition getting stronger and feeling other people emotions
Increased interest in activities like walking, hiking, trekking, travelling that connects us to nature
Feeling strong sensation and circular movements at chakra points
People started to understand without me speaking about it but just thinking
Feeling very joyful and happy for no reason
More people getting attracted (noticing and looking at me more than usual)
Friends reaching out and sharing their life problems with me which didn’t happen much earlier
Felt more feminine, strong and fearless
Started being in the present moment
Started trusting the universe
Literally started to imagine myself dancing rather than overthinking about things during spare time
Started believing that there is something bigger beyond this human existence
Seeing things which I was thinking about
Extreme mood swings – Feeling anger, happiness, sadness, feeling aloof and detached, sometimes feeling over empathetic towards people. All different kinds of emotion arriving in extreme due to Kundalini movements
Started getting affected due to people’s energy
Started being more real and authentic by displaying true emotions rather than trying to be good
Started accepting people the way they are rather than judging them
Started becoming an observer in life
Interest in spirituality and gaining wisdom of the universe
Started getting a bit lucky
Getting tested time to time
Finding feathers, coins etc
Birds, animals and kids coming closer out of nowhere