What to Expect in Your Spiritual Awakening

Sharyn
May 3
4 min read

AKA Remembering that you are a kickass divine being

At some point, something shifts.

Not dramatically. Not all at once.

Just enough that you start noticing:

- things feel different

- you’re reacting differently

- you’re seeing patterns you didn’t see before

And you think:

“…okay, what is going on?”

This is what people call a spiritual awakening.

It’s not a personality change or a new identity (yet).

Its more about becoming aware of things that were already there, that you haven’t noticed before.

In this blog post, I will cover the consistent phases of awakening, what it feels like and how move through it.

It All Starts With Awareness (a.k.a. “why am I noticing everything?”)

You begin to notice:

• your patterns

• your reactions

• the same situations repeating

• the same emotional triggers showing up

Things you used to move past quickly now stand out. Not because they’re new. You’re just seeing them clearly…and then..

Introducing The Breakdown (shadow + inner child)

Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

This is where:

• old patterns become obvious

• reactions feel harder to ignore

• parts of yourself you’ve avoided start showing up

In Jungian psychology, this is called the shadow - the parts of you that you pushed aside because at some point, it felt easier not to deal with them.

At the same time, you start noticing some of these patterns were learned early. From parents, school, society. And you can see the ways you adapted to feel seen, accepted, in control and safe.

This is what people mean by inner child work. Its not about blaming your past. Just meeting it with the understanding that, “this made sense then… but I have more options now.”

The Weird Stuff (yes, it’s a thing)

As awareness increases, people often start noticing things like:

• stronger intuition

• synchronicities (oddly well-timed moments)

• increased sensitivity to people and environments

• internal signals that feel clearer

Sometimes this gets described as the “Clairs” - ways of perceiving information internally:

• knowing (claircognizance)

• feeling (clairsentience)

• hearing (clairaudience)

• seeing (clairvoyance)

(There are even lesser know clairs like clairaliance and clairgustance, representing smelling and taste!)

This is subtle information you didn’t used to pay attention to.

The Nervous System is Incredibly Important in Awakening

A spiritual awakening can feel like…a lot. Here’s the part people skip: your body is involved in all of this.

Your nervous system is what processes:

- everything you’re noticing

- everything you’re feeling

- everything you’re picking up

As awareness increases, so does input.

Which is why this phase can feel like:

• overwhelm

• anxiety

• emotional swings

• needing more space

Nothing is “wrong.” Your system is just adjusting to a LOT more information.

Integration (the actual work)

This is where things get real. You have insights, you have theories, but now you have put it all into practice.

The alchemists called this the stage of fermentation and distillation. And it’s exactly what it sounds like:

something new is forming while you refine what stays and what goes

In real life, it looks like:

• seeing the same pattern again, and choosing to respond differently

• pausing instead of reacting

• not people-pleasing automatically

• staying in discomfort instead of escaping it

It’s not linear. You will definitely be thinking:

“didn’t I already deal with this?”

Yes.

Now you’re integrating it.

Reparenting (how you actually change)

This is the part that shifts everything.

Instead of:

- judging yourself

- analyzing endlessly

- trying to fix everything

You start supporting yourself, in real ways:

• asking “what do I need today?”

• taking breaks without earning them

• speaking to yourself differently

• doing things that feel safe or enjoyable

Even simple things like looking at a photo of yourself as a kid and asking, “what would they need right now?”

Embodiment (when it becomes who you are)

Eventually, something changes.

Not all at once. But noticeably.

You:

• react less automatically

• trust yourself more quickly

• don’t spiral the same way

• recover faster when things happen

You don’t have to think through everything. You just respond differently.

This is embodiment. Its not perfect and you don't float off into the sky and transcend = thats defeats the purpose of being a spiritual being having a human experience.

You just have this beautiful stability inside yourself. So that you can play this game of life, and suffer a whole lot less.

The Truth Most People Don’t Say

This isn’t a linear journey. You don’t “arrive” and stay there forever.

You move through the phases:

awareness → breakdown → integration → embodiment

again and again and, probably again.

Each time:

- clearer

- faster

- more grounded

- strengthened psychic abilities

Awakening is a life long process of growing, learning, repeating and perfecting. When you continue to do the deep shadow and inner child work and practice integrating, you will start to see and feel the support in your life that extends beyond the limits of the 3D world

So what do you actually do now?

Keep it simple:

• notice what’s happening

• don’t rush to label everything

• support your nervous system

• respond a little differently when patterns show up

• stay grounded in your actual life

You don’t need to become someone else.

You don’t need to figure everything out.

You job is to start to remember that you are divine spiritual being, a co creator of your life. That you are not your thoughts, emotions or actions.

Final thought

This isn’t about becoming more spiritual.