Spiritual awakening is growing in today’s world, but whatexactly is spiritual awakening and how do we get there?  Spiritual awakening can take on many forms.It does not have a one-size-fits-all answer. To some, a religious form, toothers meditation, to find help with life changes and challenges.   One form of spiritual awakening is through apath called waking down in mutuality. Waking down in mutuality is a way of realizing ones nature as infiniteand finite, both unlimited and limited.

How can we walk in love? Spiritual awakening is a process. Once opened, the door to enlightenmentis forever evolving to expand the authenticity of who you are.  It is a process.  Oftentimes, a spiritual seeker or aspirantwill have an awakening of consciousness, a realization that there is noseparation.  When this occurs a personrealizes or awakens to his infinite, universal nature. 

Another aspect of waking down in mutuality is when a personembraces his humanness, specifically his body, mind, thoughts, emotions andcircumstances.  This is the “down” partof waking down.  This is a time of selfdiscovery and healing.  Looking into whilelistening to the innermost prompts. Where does healing need to happen, and whatdoes it look like? Sometimes this shows by empowering a person to feel all thebodily senses and emotions they are expressing and being ok with that. Then,learn to integrate these. Spiritual awakening can be an intense time and it isbest to have the support of teachers, friends, and family.

The mutuality aspect is the way of being in relationshipwith other people.  One sees others asone’s self, as being non-separate, and at the same time as being a separatehuman being with different values and experiences.   This facet of spiritual awakening is thetime in which we incorporate what has been learned in every area of life. Thisrequires some extensive listening to oneself and the people and circumstances around.

The mutuality aspect is learning to allow others to play apart in this healing process. By holding others as a part of consciousnesswhile being true to oneself, we become honoring and respecting of others. Whenthis occurs, we are open to the deep, inner healing that brings a more loving,compassionate life.  Waking down inmutuality is a process that changes life. It allows honesty, healing, and selflove. We cannot walk in love until we learn to love ourselves.