| This article reflects my own spiritual path this far as | | | | an example from my own life, one night I thought |
| well as experiences from other people I have come | | | | this reality was a dream, and that the real me was |
| across who are dealing with the same thing. There is | | | | asleep in some kind of chamber in a spaceship. I |
| a need for this to be shared among spiritual seekers. | | | | thought that if I only realized this, I would wake up in |
| This article is meant for those who have been on | | | | the real world and there would be a big celebration. It |
| some spiritual path for a while and are getting deeper | | | | would be happiness beyond this world that I |
| into it. All though everyone experiences it their own | | | | completed this ?final challenge? and was now forever |
| way, everyone can still benefit from what is being | | | | free. If you have seen the movie ?The matrix?, |
| shared. | | | | remember the scene when Neo wakes up in a small |
| Enlightenment, nirvana or oneness is something more | | | | tank after taking a pill offered to him by Morpheus? |
| and more people seek. The most common tool to | | | | Kind of like that but not as dark and slimy. |
| reach this is meditation and yoga. Another common | | | | Getting back on track: In this phase the seeker will |
| path is taking the oneness blessing (previously called | | | | probably realize that the thoughts are very strange |
| deeksha) which is a kind of transfer of divine energy | | | | and may feel that real insanity is just around the |
| or light. Many are not really aware of the hard part | | | | corner. I?m not talking about the usual ?I?m a bit of |
| that may be ahead and expect everything to be pink | | | | a nut?-thing that we all feel some times. I?m talking |
| clouds and rainbows. | | | | about real serious scary thoughts about becoming |
| After a while on the path most people start to doubt | | | | one of those insane people we see on TV being |
| what they are doing. The blissful state, the love and | | | | locked up in an insane asylum. This feeling can be |
| peace that was initially experienced in a kind of | | | | very scary indeed. |
| honey moon phase may not be felt inside anymore. | | | | The fear of death |
| For many people this is the end of their search on | | | | The seeker may feel that something inside is dying |
| the current path and a quest for a new path starts. | | | | and might interpret this as physical death. This is also |
| This is how many seekers spend half (if not all) of | | | | a very real feeling. The seeker is 100% sure that the |
| their lives. Seeking new highs, finding them, becoming | | | | final moment has come and gets him or herself ready |
| disappointed and moving on. Either this happens, or | | | | to die. I don?t need to explain that this is not a nice |
| the seeker realize this fact and keeps on the path | | | | feeling. This happened to me and I was ready to die. |
| and sooner or later discovers that all it takes is | | | | I thought something was wrong with my heart |
| patience and to keep on the path regardless of what | | | | because It felt as though I was having a heart |
| the mind might say. | | | | attack. I went to the doctor who did all the tests |
| Dealing with negative feelings | | | | and told me that what happened to me was an |
| Many know that in order to move on, the inner fears | | | | anxiety attack. They offered me anti depressants (I |
| etc must be experienced in some way. All kinds of | | | | wasn?t depressed) and some other crap (to use the |
| negative feelings and memories come up to the | | | | correct word) that was supposed to make be feel |
| surface and by staying on the path these negative | | | | good again. Luckily I knew better. I have a friend |
| energy blocks let go one by one. The seeker learns | | | | who at the time studied CBT (Cognitive behavioral |
| to handle it after a while and gets a great sense of | | | | therapy). She recommended that I try the therapy. I |
| being on top of things, feeling how old problems and | | | | found a psychologist who had CBT and got started. |
| fears let go. | | | | To make a long story short this changed my life. The |
| The fear of going insane | | | | next article will be more in depth about this CBT and |
| When the seekers advances and start going deeper | | | | how it can help people on the spiritual path. This |
| he or she may now start experiencing a weird | | | | whole experience took away a huge amount of fear |
| feeling. A feeling that the world somehow isn?t what | | | | in all parts of my life. It changed my life so much that |
| it seems to be. The seekers may get an insight that | | | | I realized I couldn?t continue doing things I didn?t |
| turns the world upside down. Suddenly the seeker | | | | really want to do anymore. I made up my mind that |
| might see that the source of joy and meaning to life | | | | my life had to change and I started with quitting my |
| that was taken for granted was only a trick played | | | | job. I now work from home running a website. I feel |
| by the mind. A sense that there is no meaning in | | | | more free. |
| doing anything is common. The seeker may become | | | | I?m in no way any guru. Just someone hoping that |
| very depressed, but some find it incredibly liberating | | | | my own experience may be of use to others. Keep |
| instead. | | | | an eye open for the follow-up article were I will go |
| Others may start feeling that they ?are on to | | | | deeper on how you can handle the toughest parts |
| something big? and that they are about to somehow | | | | when or if they happen to you. |
| wake up from a dream (this ?reality? being the | | | | Tough times has a reason. |
| dream). Very weird thoughts may come up. To take | | | | |