Symptoms of Spiritual Awakening

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5. Changes in weight. The weight gain in the US population is

phenomenal. Other people may be losing weight. We often gain weight

because many fears we have suppressed are now coming up to the

surface to be healed. We react by building up a defense. We also

attempt to ground ourselves or provide bulk against increasing

frequencies in our bodies.

 

Advice: Don't freak out, but just accept it as a symptom of where you

are right now. You will release/gain the weight when all your fears

have been integrated. Release your anxiety about this. Then you might

find it easier to lose/gain the weight eventually. Exercise. Before

eating, try this: Sit at the table with an attractive place setting.

Light a candle. Enjoy how the food looks. Place your dominant hand

over your heart and bless the food. Tell your body that you are going

to use the food to richly nourish it, but that you are not going to

use the food to fulfill your emotional hungers. Then pass your hand

from left to right over the food and bless it. You may notice that

the food feels warm to your hand even if the food is cold-- I like to

think that the food is good for me when it feels warm and nourishing

to my hand. I have also noticed that when I practice blessing the

food, I don't eat as much. It is important not to let yourself off

the hook when you forget to bless the food before you eat. If I've

forgotten and I've nearly finished eating, I bless the food anyway.

That way I don't slip out of the habit. Another thing you can do is

to stay present while eating -- don't watch TV or read. Heartily

enjoy what blessings are before you.

 

6. Changes in eating habits: Strange cravings and odd food choices.

Some find they are not as hungry as they used to be. Or hungrier.

 

Advice: Don't deny what your body tells you it needs. If you are not

sure, you might try muscle-testing before you chose a food to see if

it's what your body wants. Also try blessing the food as described in

#5.

 

7. Food intolerances, allergies you never had before: As you grow

more spiritual, you are more sensitive to everything around you. Your

body will tell you what it can no longer tolerate, as if it, too, is

sloughing off what doesn't serve it anymore. You might be cleansing

yourself of toxins. Some people find they often have a white residue

in their mouth, much like that of runners at the end of a race.

 

Advice: An acupuncturist told me that this film can be removed by

sloshing 2 tablespoons of cold-pressed olive oil in your mouth for 10-

15 minutes (don't swallow, whatever you do), then spitting it out

into the toilet -- not the sink, for you just removed toxins from

your body and don't want them in the sink. Brush your teeth and do

the same. Then clean your brush. (Sorry this is yukky, but it works.)

 

By Liana Sandru

 

To be continued...