Are You In A Spiritual Emergency?

Could this be a natural and welcome process of spiritual emergence? How can you know the difference?

Am I Going Crazy?

In times of accelerated change and social division, many individuals are experiencing inner transformation that inspire new ideas, insights, and revelations. These changes can be sudden, dramatic, and unexpected, but that does not mean they are bad, however challenging they may feel. Many people experience physical symptoms that can be very concerning yet have no definitive medical diagnosis, a confusing and anxiety-provoking place to land.

Learn the Signs and Symptoms

Some psychological symptoms may feel disruptive and disturbing, leading you to ponder whether you are losing your mind. Having information about the signs and symptoms can be reassuring. The following chart points out basic indicators of a natural spiritual emergence that is welcome versus a spiritual crisis or emergency that leads to dysregulation.

Difference Between a Spiritual Emergence and Emergency:

Spiritual Emergence

• Inner experiences are fluid, mild, easy to integrate.
• New spiritual insights are welcome, desirable, expansive
• Gradual infusion of ideas and insights
• Experiences of energy that are contained and are easily managed
• Easy differentiation between internal and external experiences
• Ease in incorporating non-ordinary states of consciousness into daily life
• Slow, gradual change in awareness of self and the world
• Excitement about inner experiences as they arise, willingness to cooperate with them
• Ease in giving up control
• Trust in the process
• Difficult experiences treated as accepted as opportunities for change
• Positive experiences accepted as gifts
• Discriminating when communicating about process (when, how, with whom)

Spiritual Emergency

• Inner experiences are dynamic, jarring, difficult to integrate
• New spiritual insights may be philosophically challenging and threatening
• Overwhelming influx of experiences and insights
• Experiences of jolting tremors, shaking, energy disruptive to daily life
• Sometimes difficult to distinguish between internal and external experiences
• Inner experiences interrupt and disturb daily life
• Abrupt, unexpected shift in perception of self and the world
• Ambivalence toward inner experiences, but willingness to cooperate with them, using guidance
• Need to be in control
• Dislike and mistrust in the process
• Difficult experiences treated as unwelcome and resistant to change
• Positive experiences are difficult to accept

The Role of a Mentor
Your insights, visions, and revelations precipitate changes in perceptual abilities, values, relationships, and a realignment of core beliefs. Navigating this spiritual awakening on your own can lead to confusion, physical and psychological suffering, isolation, and interpersonal challenges. Relying on the ongoing presence of a trusted mentor who knows the territory is invaluable.

You Are Supported

The inspiration to cooperate with your spiritual awakening and grow stronger through it most frequently evolves in the presence of a compassionate, skilled therapist, or mentor. If you are ready to emerge mindfully, we can mentor you.