What does it mean to feel spiritual discouragement and what are the symptoms?

No matter who you are, we all go through moments of spiritual discouragement.

Spiritual discouragement is like a dark cloud or a heavy blanket that wants to overwhelm us and take away our energy, our momentum, our joy and just make us want to give up, run away and be silent. For some it can last a moment and for others it can drag on for days, weeks, months or even years.

I believe that how long it lasts has a lot to do with how we handle it. But to deal with it, we need to know what we’re up against.

There are two types of discouragement: that which comes from natural circumstances like difficulties of various kinds, insults and attacks from people, failure in the things we try, or just stupid things we get wrong. The other comes from a true spirit of discouragement.

The former you can reason and overcome mentally by putting things in perspective, but the latter is not rational and cannot be overcome by mental reasoning. It is a spiritual attack that must be broken in the spirit to be overcome. The problem is that most of the time people don’t know that their discouragement comes from the spiritual realm and are just trying to deal with it from the natural and mental realm.

Symptoms of Spiritual Discouragement and Awakening

A spiritual awakening, simply put, is when you have a strong desire and you come into alignment with that desire – with your own Self, with the Universe, with your Soul.

With this definition, you will have many spiritual awakenings in your life.

Spiritual awakening is an ever-continuing process of realizing more, desiring more, understanding more.

16 signs of spiritual awakening

There are so many interpretations floating around out there of what a spiritual awakening is, and honestly, most of them don’t sound so good.

In today’s blog post, I’m going to share my take on what a spiritual awakening is, how to know when you’re having one, and how to “achieve” it.

Read Also: Here are some tips on how to win back a hurt girlfriend - Blog

DOES SPIRITUAL AWAKENING HAVE TO BE PAINFUL?

Spiritual awakening doesn’t have to be painful.

The main reason painful events can trigger what many call a “spiritual awakening” is because the person is forced to relinquish control. In this state, they realize the magnitude of life, love, and all that they are.

No matter how you align with your inner being – whether after a long battle of endurance or with faith and trust after some contrast – you will experience many beautiful realizations and new insights as a result.

Here are 16 common signs or symptoms of a spiritual awakening:

Strong desire for a change in reality
Closing the gap of a sense of separation from the Whole
A spiritual awareness of reality beyond the physical senses
Deep sense of inner peace, joy and relief
A trust and surrender to the flow of life
An awareness of your eternal nature
Become aware of your own power in creating reality
Connecting more within instead of outside of you
Forgive yourself and others
Realizing that there is no right or wrong way
Surrendering to the “Great Mystery”
Releasing what no longer serves you
See yourself and others in a new light, with love and compassion
“Miracles” taking place; abundance flooding, the body healing relationships improving
Beautiful synchronicities throughout your days
Strong feelings of appreciation and love for your life

How to work with the symptoms of spiritual discouragement

1. RECOGNIZE YOUR DESIRE

What is your wish right now? If you’re up against the wall (loss of income, symptoms of illness, deterioration of a relationship, etc.), recognize what the opposite of what you want is.

You may desire prosperity, well-being, or a love as the opposite of what you are experiencing right now. Perhaps your desire is to surrender everything to the universe and feel inner peace.

Acknowledge that desire. Feel it. Let yourself feel good just thinking about it. Believe that this image combined with the feeling is on its way to you.

Read Also: ALL the meanings of Dreaming with Exu - Check it out here!

2. RECOGNIZE THE NATURE OF REALITY

Abraham says that when you desire something, your inner being expands and becomes it.

That means the biggest part of you is what you want. Your inner being is already abundant, healthy and passionate about everything and everyone.

Whenever my health anxiety comes back, I tell myself something like, “My inner being is healthy and vibrant, which means my physical part will soon recover, so I don’t have to worry about that anymore.”

When my husband lost his income, I told him and myself every day, “Something bigger and better is being planned for us, this happened for our betterment.”

Recognizing the nature of reality means recognizing that everything is first energy before being matter. Matter is the past; has already been created. If you are focused on what you see with your physical senses, you are living in the past.

THE NEW IS CREATED WITH THINKING AND FEELING.

You might think your old place of work is the only way the money will flow to you, but then you’re wrong.

You may think a disease is incurable, but then you are wrong.

You might think that a relationship with someone cannot be raised to a higher vibration, but then you are wrong!

Everything is possible. This is the nature of reality that spiritually awakened souls come to perceive. Open your heart and trust.

Whatever you are going through, let it go. Remind yourself every moment that you are already that desire, and it is only a matter of time before it appears in your physical reality. It is born first in thought and then in physical reality.

3. ALIGN WITH YOUR DESIRE

In order for energy to turn into matter, your only job is to stay on the same frequency as your desire.

We stay on the frequency of what we want because we believe it’s on the way and we don’t worry about it. Realizing all the beautiful things that are working out in your life. Having high vibration conversations and reading high vibration books.

Read Also: Sharpened Intuition in 10 Steps: From Meditation to Breathing 🔮

Good things cannot easily happen to a person who has his back turned because he is focusing on all the bad things that are in the other direction.

4. STAY IN THE FLOW

To stay in the flow, you need to be intentional with your focus. There is a lot of social pressure to focus on the negative, assume a victim mentality, and fill your mind with depressing things instead of filling it with hope, enthusiasm, and love.

Appreciating more than complaining
Stay in the present moment (not in the past or future, but right here)
Meditating to calm the mind
Be mindful of what and who you allow into your energy field
Taking full responsibility for your life (you are a being of God walking around on this earth – realize!)
Cultivating self-love and compassion
Doing daily processes to help clear trapped energy
Create a morning or evening self-care routine
See yourself as your inner being sees itself (abundant, well and prosperous)
Remembering how powerful you are often
Intentionally spending time alone
Finding ways to alleviate fear and doubt

You essentially stay in the flow, treating each day as a new adventure.

Be like a child who spends his day looking for things to enjoy and appreciate. Acknowledge your annoyances when you’re facing them, so you can forget about them. Realize that nothing anyone thinks or feels about you is really about you – and it’s not your responsibility to help them think or feel otherwise.

Live in the present moment. See yourself with loving and compassionate eyes. Understand that you are much more than an earthly experience. You are God, Source, the Universe.

Stay on this lane and you will experience spiritual awakening after spiritual awakening. And when you stray, never condemn but just love yourself back to alignment.