Dissociation and grounding
Personal development - especially in the spiritual area - is often described as something purely beautiful – and it can and should be – but the truth is that the line to psychosis is much thinner than we want to believe.
A genuine "spiritual awakening" is, however, about more than "just" personal development. It stirs up everything - our identity, our values, our life and how we see the world. It is an enormous expansion.
But if our body and our nervous system cannot bear this intense experience, what was intended to be an opening can instead become a collapse.
When "the light" turns into confusion
A spiritual awakening should ultimately make us more present. But if we push too far, it is easy to lose our grounding. Then we can end up in a state where we block ourselves with spiritual assumptions, such as that negative thoughts are coming back to us or that manifestations are not becoming reality. It can end badly when we do not integrate insight after insight in peace and quiet. We can end up in a state where nothing can be understood anymore and where fear can take over with full force.
Furthermore, not all experiences in the more subtle dimensions are always as simple, positive or unambiguous as they may first seem. When we enter deep states of consciousness, for example through meditation, we can sometimes go too far, too early - into areas whose consequences we cannot yet foresee. This is no longer about becoming "enlightened", but about losing your footing. Without an experienced and highly recommended guide whom you yourself feel you can trust there is no point in entering this.
Warning signs that the system is overloaded
- Excessive interpretation: You see signs, symbols and "messages" in absolutely everything, to the extent that it becomes exhausting.
- Disconnection: You feel that you are in another dimension and have difficulty "coming back" to everyday life.
- Messiah complex: You believe that you have a sacred mission to save the world, while your own life and your relationships fall apart.
- Isolation: You start withdrawing from the outside world.
- Escapism: You no longer know what is real and what are your own thoughts or visions.
Dissociation is not enlightenment
We often mistake what is actually trauma or a defense mechanism for something spiritual. Floating away "up there" and losing contact with the body is sometimes called "ascension" or ascension. In fact, if it happens too often, too early, or both, it can lead to dissociation - a state where we are no longer anchored in ourselves, among other things.
When the soul wants to expand faster than the body can keep up, a gap arises. That gap feels like madness. What we need in that situation is not more meditations, "light codes" or spiritual kicks – we need grounding.
Landing in yourself
True spirituality is not just about leaving this world or your body. It is about being more present in it, with a deeper understanding of who you are; insights we take with us from our meditations into everyday life.
If your spiritual journey makes you function worse in everyday life, become more afraid or isolate yourself from the outside world - then it is not expansion. Then it is a nervous system screaming for help and stability. → Please read the article "From Chaos to Clarity" as a first aid kit.
It is important to understand the core
We need to build a physical container that is strong enough to carry our spirituality, without breaking down along the way. And we need to understand the insights deeply, to have carried them in our bodies, so that they can be integrated and carry us forward to new steps.
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