When I went through my initial spiritual awakening, I thought, “I have arrived! It’s all sunshine ☀️ and roses 🌹 from this point on.” Weeks passed and yet I wasn’t magically transported away from the stress of my corporate job. If anything, I became more disillusioned from it and confused. I felt like, “Why do I have to waste my time doing this nonsense now that I’ve experienced a transcendent blissful reality?” Silly me, I didn’t yet realize that spiritual awakening is not the end goal; it’s a starting point. Yes - a new world opens up to you. Suddenly you have higher awareness activating and you’re able to perceive your life in entirely different way. It’s a bit like puberty. Others may have tried to describe it to you before but you just didn’t get it. And then Boom! When it happens to you, your life is transformed. It’s overwhelming. You go through an awkward stage where you’re just trying to adjust to all these extra feelings and perceptions. You might try talking to your friends and family and they just look at you like, “What are you on?” Your senses are overloaded and you can bounce from the highest peaks to the lowest depths, moment by moment! It’s both exhilarating and exhausting. And yet you still have to pay the bills.