Are you seeing number synchronicities? Extreme Dreams? Heighten self-awareness? Are you going crazy or are you experiencing a spiritual awakening?
If you are experiencing the following signs, there’s an extremely high chance you are going through your first awakening. Yes, your first, and there will be many more to come. Here we are breaking down what a spiritual awakening looks like, and the top signs you’re having one.
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What is a Spiritual Awakening?
When you wake up in the morning, how do you feel? Are you excited and ready to take on the day? OR, do you fill your day with doubt, fear, and frustration? When Waking up to this matrix we are bound to have similar effects. You may feel excited to be aware of this newly found aspect of yourself, or you might fear and question what is ahead.
A spiritual awakening is a transformative journey of self-discovery and cosmic connection. It’s the moment when the veil of illusion lifts, revealing the profound truth of our existence: we are not merely human beings, but divine consciousness experiencing life through a physical form.
This awakening often arrives unexpectedly, like a bolt of lightning illuminating the darkness of our limited perceptions. It’s a sudden realization that we are intimately connected to the vast, intelligent universe – or God consciousness – that permeates all of existence.
Waking up may seem surreal because, like an amazing dream being interrupted, all of your beliefs about reality are crashing before you. It’s breaking the physical attraction to this world that’s the most challenging.
Key aspects of a spiritual awakening include:
• A shift in perspective from ego-centered to soul-centered living
• Deep sense of unity with all beings and nature
• Heightened intuition and synchronicities
• Dissolution of fear and acceptance of the journey ahead
• Recognition of the impermanence of material existence
This eye-opening understanding that we are, in essence, are God having a human experience, leads to a radical shift and the beginning stage of ascension. It’s an invitation to live with greater purpose and compassion, so you can quantum leap into your true divine purpose.
Are You Going Crazy?
Are you seeing 144 and synchronized numbers everywhere?
Have you stumbled across mind-blowing information about reality that you just can’t shake?
Do you find yourself questioning everything around you, wondering if any of this is real?
Have you realized that a lot of what we do daily is like operating a computer program?
Or maybe you’re obsessing over someone you normally wouldn’t give a crap about, yet you feel an unexplainable pull toward them?
Trust me, I’ve been there! At the start of my spiritual awakening, I was on the verge of a mental breakdown. The intensity was overwhelming. I kept seeing 144 so often that I took thousands of photos, screenshots, and videos of this number showing up everywhere. It wasn’t until years later that I finally understood its real meaning (which I’ll dive into in another blog post).
You feel like you’re going crazy because you can’t explain or express what you’re going through to those around you. And on top of that, there’s the buzzing, tingling sensations, or sudden coldness that makes it all feel even more surreal.
Don’t let fear push this experience away!
Go on this journey with an explorer’s mindset. As you go deeper, you’ll start to realize just how powerful your mind is. One step at a time—you’ll soon see the bigger picture unfold.
It’s Time to Take Spiritual Responsibility
Spiritual Responsibility by Dr. Shawn Smith helped me take back control over my reality in a profound way. Taking Spiritual Responsibility is realizing that you manifest everything in the world and your surroundings, including your thoughts and beliefs. This knowledge helps you to shape a desired reality with clear intent and full awareness. The book puts a spotlight on the Law of Divine Oneness.
The One is:
- Supreme Awareness
- Consciousness
- God
- The Universe
- You
This book uses a system called Transcendent Psychology to help you take control of your life again.
“Transcendent psychology focuses on the One, not the individual.” –Dr. Shawn Smith
You’ll realize it’s time to return to the source when negative thoughts and beliefs that hold you back take over your mind. If you’re feeling disconnected or stuck, this book is a powerful guide to reclaiming your spiritual responsibility and aligning with your higher self.
Discover Spiritual Responsibility Here
The Stages of a Spiritual Awakening
A spiritual awakening is not a linear process, but rather a journey that unfolds in stages. Each stage presents its own challenges and opportunities for growth, and it’s critical to approach this process with patience, compassion, and an open mind.
- The Call: This starts your spiritual journey. It might happen because of a deep experience/knowing, a personal crisis/dark night of the soul, or feeling more and more unhappy with how you’re living now. You may see repeating numbers, have insightful dreams, or meet a spiritual teacher.
- The Resistance: As you begin to question your long-held beliefs and patterns, you may experience resistance or fear. This stage can be particularly challenging, as it requires you to let go of the familiar and welcome the unknown. You will shift between awakening and slipping back into your old way of thinking.
- The Exploration: This is the stage where you actively seek out new perspectives, practices, and ways of being. You may explore different spiritual traditions, read books, explore meditation and breathwork, or engage in self-reflection.
- The Integration: As you gain new insights and understandings, you begin to integrate them into your daily life. It becomes second nature and reality can no longer bend your new way of thinking. This stage involves making conscious choices and keeping your physical actions in alignment with your ideal reality.
- The Awakening: This is the culmination of your journey, where you experience a profound shift in consciousness and a deeper sense of connection with yourself, others, and the world around you.
Keep in mind that this process doesn’t follow a straight line. You might bounce between these stages as you find your own way forward. This is 100% normal and necessary as you come to a full understanding.
Common Symptoms of a Spiritual Awakening
As you begin your journey, you may start to see changes in your body, feelings, and thoughts. These shifts might seem odd, but they often point to a major transformation.
Here’s a list of common signs to look out for:
- Increased sensitivity to your environment
- Changes in sleep patterns or vivid dreams
- Depression or irritability
- Heightened emotions or mood swings
- A sense of disconnection from your old life
- Electrical disturbances
- Physical symptoms like buzzing sounds, fatigue, heart palpitations, headaches, or digestive issues
- A desire for solitude and introspection
- Synchronicities or meaningful coincidences
It’s important to approach these symptoms with compassion, self-care, and self-understanding. This is a natural part of the process, and by experiencing these changes with an open heart and mind, you can navigate them with greater ease and elegance.
7 Signs You Are Going Through a Spiritual Awakening
Everyone’s spiritual awakening is unique—there’s no one-size-fits-all path or timeline.
That’s because we’re all expressions of God consciousness, split into different star systems, each with its own journey. Astrology and the zodiac signs offer a map for these varying experiences. Your awakening will unfold under divine timing, supporting your personal ascension beyond the physical world.
It’s important to understand that you can’t rush this process, either for yourself or for others. Awakening happens when it’s meant to. Forcing it won’t create the same depth of transformation. While most awakenings are slow and steady, some rare cases happen instantly.
The gradual process often brings a descension and ascension battle, where you shift between higher and lower frequencies. This is natural and gives your mind time to adjust to new perspectives, beliefs, and ways of thinking.
My own spiritual awakening took 12 years and let me tell you… it’s been the most unexplainable, intense, and fulfilling journey of my lifetime. The same will happen for you. Once you begin awakening, it never truly ends. However, it can stall when we’re blocked by self-limiting beliefs, ego, or failed life tests. When this happens we have to go within.
As you move forward, your consciousness will keep expanding, taking you to new heights of spiritual awareness.
Keeping this in mind, let’s go over the real reasons you’re not crazy, you’re having a spiritual awakening.
Sign #1: You Realiize That Reality is An Illusion
One of the most profound signs of a spiritual awakening is a heightened awareness and perception of the world around you. The physical world is just an illusion, a projection of our minds. Our perception of reality is influenced by the pineal gland, which some call the “third eye” or the center of consciousness. This small, pinecone-shaped organ sits deep in our brain and serves as a link between the physical and spiritual worlds.
The pineal gland filters the universe’s raw energy turning it into the sights, sounds, and experiences we consider reality. But this “reality” is just a product of our perception limited by our five senses.
In fact, the physical world reflects our inner consciousness. When we awaken the pineal gland, we can break free from the illusion of separation and see the universe for what it is—a connected flow of energy and light, beyond time and space.
Reality then, isn’t fixed but a reflection of our awareness. Our senses interpret this energy as solid, but what we see and experience is an energy field, not physical reality. We don’t just observe—we create this reality.
By understanding the mind’s role in this projection, we can start to see past the illusion and tap into the deeper energetic nature of existence.
Sign #2: Deep Self-Reflection & Ego Death
Self-reflection and ego death are major signs of a spiritual awakening. As you awaken, you’ll gain a newfound ability to let go of what no longer serves you—whether it’s toxic relationships, unhealthy habits, or limiting beliefs.
This isn’t about losing yourself, but rather shedding the layers that have been holding you back.
You’ll start digging into your past, connecting the dots between old patterns, mindsets, and past events to what you’re feeling now in your current reality. Suddenly, things that once seemed unrelated start to make sense, and you realize how deeply your past has shaped your present.
Ego death can feel intense, but it’s part of the process. It’s about letting go of the false self—the version of you driven by fear, attachment, and insecurity. As you release that, your true self begins to materialize, opening up new possibilities for growth, healing, and transformation.
"When you realize that you are everything, you realize that you have everything."
- Dr. Shawn Smith Spiritual Responsibility
Sign #3: Increased Intuition and Insight
A spiritual awakening often heightens your intuition and insight, aligning with the Law of Vibration. As your vibration rises, you become more attuned to the energies around you.
This can manifest as lucid dreams, seeing repeating number patterns, or even experiencing astral projection to higher dimensions. Suddenly, things start to click, leaving your eyes and mind wide open to deeper truths.
You may find yourself easily noticing glitches in this reality—moments where the world seems to reveal its energetic layers.
Your heightened awareness allows you to tap into subtle vibrations, helping you navigate life with renewed clarity. This increased intuition isn’t just a spiritual upgrade, it’s a powerful tool for understanding the true nature of reality and your role within it.
Sign #4: Feeling Disconnected from Old Habits and Relationships
When you’re going through a spiritual awakening, you might feel out of sync with your old routines and connections. This can show up in different ways.
You may want to switch jobs or move to a new place. Suddenly, smoking, eating junk food, or other habits you once enjoyed no longer appeal to you.
Your friendships and social groups might change as well. Relationships that once felt comfortable can start to feel out of sync. People you used to enjoy being around might not resonate with your new vibration, leaving you feeling distant or misunderstood.
This isn’t about judgment, it’s a natural part of your growth. When your awareness grows, you’ll feel a stronger desire to form deeper relationships and create healthier habits that back up your ongoing spiritual growth. Embrace this change. Letting go of old patterns, limiting beliefs, and toxic relationships creates room for new experiences.
Sign #5: Seeking Spiritual Guidance and Teachings
During a spiritual awakening, it’s common to feel a strong urge to seek guidance from others. You might want someone outside of yourself to tell you how to ascend spiritually, especially when the challenges of awakening leave you confused and questioning.
With so many unanswered questions, it’s natural to turn to those you perceive as more spiritually advanced. You may feel lonely or even wonder if you’re going crazy.
While external advice can be helpful at times, be cautious of relying too heavily on it for self-awareness. It’s easy to idolize someone else’s path as the ultimate truth, but remember—you are the creator of your reality.
Most of your spiritual growth must come from within. Seek out information that aligns with your inner knowing, but never blindly accept advice that doesn’t resonate with your morals and beliefs. Trust yourself first, always.
Sign #6: Experiencing Synchronicities and Meaningful Coincidences
As you deepen your spiritual awareness, you may begin to notice an increase in synchronicities and meaningful coincidences in your life. These seemingly random events or occurrences can often hold deeper significance and act as signposts on your spiritual journey.
You might find yourself encountering certain numbers, symbols, or messages repeatedly, or experiencing uncanny coincidences that seem too meaningful to be mere chance.
These synchronicities can be powerful reminders of the interconnectedness of all things and can provide guidance, reassurance, or even validation that you’re on the right path.
Sign #7: You Start to Feel Isolated or Alone
During a spiritual awakening, it’s common to start feeling alone. As you awaken to your true self, you might notice you no longer want to be around certain people—or worse, they begin to distance themselves from you.
You feel lonely, misunderstood, and disconnected from the world you once knew. This happens because your energy is shifting, and not everyone is on the same path.
The desire to wake others up is natural but remember: awakening is a deeply personal journey. It’s not something we can force onto anyone else.
Each person has to choose this path for themselves, in their own time.
While it can be hard feeling isolated, this phase is meant for your growth. You’re shedding old energies to make room for new, higher frequencies. Trust the process, and know that as you ascend, you’ll naturally connect with others who are on the same wavelength.
Final Thoughts
If your mind is in overdrive after reading this article but everything resonates, you’re here for a reason.
Every word was written with you in mind. Like attracts like, and as you dive deeper into the spiritual realm, you’ll naturally attract more information and like-minded souls.
My hope is that this has brought peace to your mind, helping you realize you are not crazy!
Many others are experiencing the same awakening as the collective consciousness rises to the truth of our existence. This is a supportive community, and you are not alone!
Share your thoughts and comments below. I’d love to continue this conversation and hear about your journey.
Looking forward to connecting with you!