We work so hard to get relief from emotional pain — but what if the pain isn't who you are? A reflection on ego identification and what becomes possible when we return to our real selves.
No one told me that with incredible spiritual openings comes the opportunity — and the necessity — to cleanse our conditioning. Not just in the mind, but in the body. This is what integration actually means.
What happens after the spiritual high? Most of us don't expect the contraction that follows — the wounds, the grief, the sense of losing what we just found. This is the Pendulum of Awakening, and understanding it might be the most important thing on the spiritual path.