This post is all about spiritual upleveling. Spiritual upleveling is an uncomfortable process of transformation where you move from one reality to the next. You go from having a familiar way of operating in the world to a completely new one that has new rules because you have energetically changed. When you go through a spiritual upleveling your physical, mental, and energy bodies need to be re-tooled to work with the new level of energy coming through your system. It’s like when you get a new phone or computer that runs on a newer operating system. All of your programs and apps need to be updated to work with the new operating system.
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I was out of sorts
For the last month, I was quite out of sorts. Things were not well in my mind and body. Old aches and pains resurfaced. I went through periods of intense creativity and wrote a lot, which alternated with periods of complete brain fog and despondency. Many of the tools that helped me in the past were no longer working. And some of my go-to self-care tools were not enough.
Mentally I was waking up with a sense of dread, and then spending the day vacillating between anxiety and sadness. A friend’s son died unexpectedly, which sent me reeling emotionally. I was planning a surprise party for a family member, and I had daily anxiety attacks about whether it would end up being a Covid-19 superspreader event.
At the same time, my clients were echoing this theme of feeling tired, physically uncomfortable, unsure, uneasy, and unmotivated. My clients were coming to me stressed, and tired, and they were challenging me to find the silver lining to their down period.
I wondered what was going on energetically?
At a point where I was feeling totally stuck with this constellation of symptoms, I finally googled “what is going on energetically?” and found many posts discussing “the shift,” “ascension,” and “spiritual upleveling.” Aha!
What is spiritual upleveling?
I’ve experienced many upleveling phases before, which have always been uncomfortable, disorienting, and often downright painful. Without going down the rabbit holes these posts discussed, or falling prey to the message that I needed something outside myself to heal, I realized I had gratefully found my answer. I was experiencing another spiritual upleveling, though somehow in my discomfort I had completely forgotten this state of being.
When you go through a spiritual upleveling your physical, mental, and energy bodies, need to be re-tooled to work with the new level of energy coming through your system. It’s like when you get a new phone or computer that runs on a newer operating system. All of your programs and apps need to be updated to work with the new operating system.
Spiritual upleveling is happening globally
Similarly, imagine that humanity is going through a messy mass awakening to a higher vibration, that involves evolving and shifting. Some people call this shift a transformation from the age of information to the age of intuition. In my experience, the shift is not linear, and it happens in stages.
Each time I experienced my previous uplevelings it helped me adjust to operating at a new frequency to become the new human I was meant to embody. At each upleveling, the new frequencies that were running through my system required an update to my physical, mental, and energy bodies in order to work properly.
What helps?
So this time, once I realized what was happening, I tried to remember what had helped me previously. And the biggest takeaway from those experiences was the need to practice radical self-care.
I needed to slow down. Rest. Nap. I needed to let myself be idle, staring at the wall, or just sit in nature doing nothing. To take baths and aimless walks. To stop striving and quit trying to produce anything. Writing can be helpful, but not when your creativity is tapped out. Meditation can be valuable too. But not when you are dead tired.
So, though it is easy to become upset about the physical and mental discomfort that comes along with upleveling, the first thing to do is adopt a stance of self-compassion. You are outgrowing old patterns and ways of being because you are ready to operate at a higher frequency.
It still sucks to go through the shift to a new vibration because you will experience physical, emotional, and mental symptoms that indicate your systems are critically drained or crashing. If you are a light worker or a person here to be of service to others with your inner light, you will feel these extremes more intensely.
Spiritual upleveling examples
Here are some examples of upleveling phases I’ve experienced in the past:
In 2018 while writing the final chapter of my first book I knew that something was missing from the book. I entered into a deep connection with my spiritual guides, calling on them to help me channel the missing material. Over a two-week period, I channeled several spiritual healing protocols and was given information on how to weave the material into the existing book. I wrote feverishly whenever I could, barely keeping up with the material I was “downloading” from my guides, and surviving on less sleep.
Once the material was down on paper I was suddenly exhausted on every level, and my body hurt. I needed to sit in the sauna and detox. I was alarmed because I couldn’t write or think about the book, but I identified with the upleveling experiences I had read about in Machaelle Small Wright‘s books. I knew I was in an upleveling phase, and that I needed to give myself love and the space to rest. After a month or so of feeling completely burned out, I suddenly came out on the other side, finished my book, and within a couple of months, it was at the publisher.
In 2020 after my first book was published my brain turned to mush again. I entered peri-menopause and needed to focus on the changes taking place in my body. While I was paying attention to and honoring these physical and mental changes I was apparently being prepared energetically for what was coming next. After six months of being unable to meditate, write, or create anything I spontaneously began writing my second book, completing it within six months. Information simply streamed through my consciousness and the book practically wrote itself.
This brings me to my recent upleveling. After writing the Sacred Self-Healing certificate program curriculum over an intense period of about three months this summer I found myself exhausted and unexpectedly experiencing physical and mental symptoms. I started mindlessly watching reels on Facebook when I never before had an interest in doing so. My brain felt like it would never think a creative thought again. I experienced waves of depression and anxiety seemingly for no reason, while my back and neck ached. Once I realized I was in an upleveling I felt immediate relief to know what was going on, and I gave myself permission to rest and let it happen.
Does this resonate with you?
If you resonate with what I’m describing the good news is you are not alone, and you are not crazy. You have been given the chance to uplevel, and though it may be uncomfortable, it will be well worth it in the end.
What are the signs of spiritual upleveling?
So, what are the signs that you are experiencing spiritual upleveling?
Feeling intense energy and high levels of stress
You may feel extra stress or intensity. During an upleveling old patterns, behaviors and beliefs come to the surface, forcing you to look at them. It can feel like you are going insane in one moment, and that you are bored out of your mind the next.
Feeling disoriented
You may feel out of sorts or that you have lost your sense of place. Energetically your systems are being retooled to function at a new higher frequency and that shifting of gears can leave you unsure of everything that once felt certain. You are rapidly experiencing multiple dimensions at once, and it can make you feel crazy. Your awareness has been heightened and your boundaries are being challenged. This sense of disorientation will pass and you will eventually feel at home in your new normal.
Experiencing aversion to or cravings for foods
The foods you once liked might not be appealing. Or you may have a need to eat often along with what feels like attacks of low blood sugar. You may gain weight, especially in the abdominal area. You may need much more protein than you are accustomed to. You need an enormous amount of energy to fuel this upleveling process. Weight gain with an inability to lose it is a typical leveling experience. Trust that your body knows what it is doing, and eat when you are hungry. Once the upleveling has passed your metabolism will stabilize.
Experiencing aches and pains in different parts of your body
You may have flu-like symptoms, waves of nausea, dizziness, rashes, or body aches. Your body is actually detoxifying from the old frequencies you were running at, and gearing up to function smoothly at a higher vibration. All of this is uncomfortable, so go easy on yourself.
Having odd sleep patterns and vivid dreams
You may need more than your usual amount of sleep or go through periods of needing less sleep. Rest when you need to as your body and energy systems acclimate to and integrate with the new energy level. Know that your dreams can be great teachers. Pay attention to what you feel, see, and experience in your dream life because it can give you guidance about this transition. You may also wake up between 2 to 4 a.m. when your liver is detoxifying.
Memory loss
Memory loss is very common during an upleveling. You are literally existing in more than one dimension at a time, and in going back and forth as part of the transition, you are experiencing a “disconnect.” Details get lost. But don’t worry — the important details will remain intact!
“Seeing” and “hearing” things
You might hear ringing in your ears, or see sparks of light out of the corner of your eye. You may begin to experience super-sensory powers for the first time, such as clairaudience or clairvoyance. You are experiencing different dimensions as you transition, all according to how sensitive you are and how you are wired. You are not crazy. You are getting more in touch with your intuition, and these are common experiences for those going through an upleveling.
Losing your sense of identity
The old you no longer feels good because it no longer works with the new vibration. You aren’t that person anymore so what happens is a loss of identity. The liminal space in between can feel like a death. Try not to worry. During upleveling, the real you is emerging, and you may lose friendships, change jobs, or experience a move. The way you were wired before is no longer serving you, and so that which was familiar will shift to match your new vibration. You may need to change your plans as you realize they no longer feel right.
Feeling “out of body”
You might feel light-headed, clumsy, or not fully present because your body is going through a lot during this transition. Dissociation is a natural defense mechanism for survival when you are under acute stress, or trauma, or feel out of control. You may go through periods of intense fatigue, and have night sweats, or hot flashes. Your body is “heating” to burn off energetic residue. Don’t worry, it will pass.
Experiencing greater sensitivity to your surroundings
You may not be able to tolerate crowds, noise, certain foods, EMFs, and other things like strong fragrances. You may become overwhelmed easily. Everything has a vibration and some situations will be barely tolerable as you have so much shifting within. Lower vibrational sensory experiences may even make you feel sick.
Feeling unmotivated
Lack of motivation indicates not that you are not off track or behind, but actually that you are in a much-needed time of rest and “rebooting.” Remember that your body knows what it needs. Let yourself sink into idleness for its value to bring you back into homeostasis.
Experiencing emotional ups and downs
Anxiety and panic are common when your system is on overload. The things that used to feel familiar in your old existence are falling away, which can again feel like a sort of death. You may also experience a rapid shift in your emotions from anxiety to depression as you release old (dark) energies. Your emotions are an outlet for releasing excess energy, and you are releasing a lot. Let it go. Let yourself cry.
Living your worst nightmare
You may feel as though you are living your worst nightmare. As your body and energy are retooled you will find your new normal. Your energy will return to balance. You will find your way to peace through this situation. Even though it is intensely uncomfortable you will eventually have gratitude for the experience and be a different person.
It’s like being turned inside out
Experiencing an upleveling is like being turned inside out because energetically you are being taken apart and put back together in a new configuration. It is helpful to drink enough water, take naps, practice radical self-care, have compassion for yourself, detach from emotional entanglements and avoid stress when you can, and allow what is unfolding to happen at the right time.
Intention
Intentions are more than goals, but your co-creative participation in your life path and healing. By setting an intention you add your desire to be a partner in your destiny, in combination with the seen and unseen forces at work in the Universe. Whether you are setting an intention for a successful root canal, for finding a great new job, or for a business meeting to go well, the act of putting forethought about the outcome into the process can be a powerful tool.
Intention is the driving force behind any energy healing modality, from Reiki to sound healing to prayer.
The universal equation for healing is:
Intention + Frequency = Healing
The “frequency” part of the equation is whatever healing modality is being used.
Intention can be used in health healing, job search, fitness, relationships, and pretty much everything.
This post has more information on the power of intention.
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Disclaimer
The preceding material does not constitute medical advice. This information is for information purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, cure or treatment. Always seek advice from your medical doctor.
