Often, sudden spiritual awakening can be followed by a profound lack of motivation and the feeling that life is meaningless. How do we navigate this? I’ve been having an interesting exchange with a reader of MA who has expressed something I’ve heard many times from different people who have experienced sudden enlightenment. When the belief in…
Realizing the emptiness of all things is a normal part of spiritual awakening. For some people that leads to serious depression and the feeling that life is pointless. If you feel stuck in this painful nihilistic perspective, you are not alone. I received a very poignant message from a reader who went to see a psychiatrist…
As you approach the threshold of a Breatharian or inedic lifestyle, you may encounter a wall of primal fear. After my initial spiritual awakening I found I could only eat one midday meal each day. This was a departure, not only from my normal eating habits, but from all I knew about nutrition and how…
Do you ever wonder why someone who no longer needs to eat doesn’t just stop eating entirely? If you are really a breatharian, inedic — someone who no longer needs to eat food to live — why do you continue eating the occasional (or daily) fruit, chocolate, bag of crisps or Daddy Donkey? I have…
After spiritual awakening, you may notice that people treat you differently. And not just people close to you, but people you’ve only just met or people you have casual contact with, such as at the grocery store or post office. What’s going on? Are people suddenly really attracted to you, drawn to you, fascinated by…
Questions and answers about sudden enlightenment and daily functioning. How do you get stuff done? READER Q&A Q: I’m finding it so hard to get my brain working at times. I had to sit down and write a hundred word statement for something the other day and I really couldn’t get it together. there are…
Changes in the locus or placement of consciousness after spiritual awakening READER Q&A Q: You wrote that having one’s consciousness up above your head is normal and is happening for a reason. Would you be able to elaborate a little? is it simply part of the process of realising that one is more than one’s…