Perhaps you came into this life already awake—you can share about what life’s been like. If at a point in your life something occurred which triggered a form of spiritual awakening— beginning it all—please share.
I’ll start with mine. (the early days section is something I wrote years ago which I edited slightly. The later days is something I’m working on)
The Early Days
I wouldn’t say any one thing did it. It was gradual, like a door slightly ajar that slowly opened wider, but at one point, it jumped open further.
While I’m in my mid 40’s now, something I’ll always remember is that that in 2004 one of my sisters gifted me a book, When the Sky Fell: In Search of Atlantis by Rand Flem-Ath. It was about the 2012 phenomena, and included how the poles were once at entirely different locations, hinting at the pole shift theory. But there were spiritual and metaphysical aspects to it. Astrology was involved.
Up until 2011, I gathered many books on the 2012 phenomena and some were much more metaphysical than others. In 2010-11 I became a moderator on the largest 2012 related forum online at the time.
My mother is a lifelong astrologer and once did spiritual healing. One of my sisters back then, had shifted from being a flight attendant into the holistic space, starting with past life regression and moving on into many areas. I guess they had a slight influence on me but I never actively approached them about any of that.
- (2008) learnt to astral project and consciously travel out of body
- (2010) learnt to see multiple colors of my aura (got a fright when they suddenly appeared the first time!)
- (2011) developed the ability to sense the status, health and activity of energy centres in connection to healing
- (2009) experienced firsthand astral sight, so I could view my astral body simultaneously to being in a meditative state back in body (which was amazing the first time it occurred)
- (2008) attained a level of freedom from multiple elements of my ego, so I could act and react from the heart space/consciousness instead of having ego control me (this was a great deal of work over a long period of time)
- (2008 Reiki, 2011 Diploma in Energetic Healing) developed the ability to facilitate healing for some serious pain/illnesses simply through laying my hands on the areas
- learnt how to move spirits and energy on that didn’t belong (I have a strong ability here which has also been confirmed by other sensitives)
- (2008) studied my dreams for at least 3 years beforehand — which brought with it the awareness of regular prophetic dreams — to help with such things as healing, ego development, karma and health issues
- (‘energy work’, 2009+) worked with my energy centres ( I don’t just mean chakras, as there are so many other minor and major centers) so I could manipulate energy in my body for healing and astral travel. I reached a stage of being able to sense energy movement anywhere I focused (teachings from Robert Bruce’s ‘Energy Work’ book is what I used )
So after all that, which of course took years to achieve, in 2011 I took a spiritual journey into Peru to experience plant medicine, specifically huachuma (5 ceremonies), but I did have one ayahuasca ceremony separate to the guided group experience while I was over there.
While I had already achieved a lot, with the out of body experiences being what opened the door more quickly, that trip still had an impact on me and was very important as I took with me intentions into each of those ceremonies. A few were based on the emotional links to my past, to heal specific issues relating to various chakras I knew that needed more work. I also asked for more help with sensing energy with regards to healing and a few other things which I think I mentioned in that article I just referenced.
All of the sessions were unique, and had a purpose, which was not just about what my intentions were, as you are shown and given a certain experience, based on what you need in that moment, with the consciousness direction of the plants involved.
My first session really stood out to me, in comparison to the rest I experienced over the five weeks. It took me right away from here and showed me many things I needed to see at the time. I felt a complete disconnection from my life, possibly similar to how a soul sheds its physical body and feels that weight of responsibility, emotion and life drop off, as it rises up after death, which is commonly mentioned within past life regression accounts. To be honest, it had more of an impact than the conscious astral projection I had done up until then, which was also amazing and very important for my development.
That first session was when I experienced a sense of true and natural humbleness, because of how disconnected from this life I felt, where I was while out of body at the time, and what I was shown; as I was shown something very specific and detailed that really set in concrete my feeling, and understanding, of the spiritual lesson I was receiving. I was beyond just distance, as I had gone through time and space — far away from the mountainside in the Sacred Valley where Paul was conducting the session. The interesting thing with huachuma is that you still have the ability to come back to your body at any moment you want to, and open yuor eyes, stand up and move around, and when you are ready, you can lay or sit back down and return to the work that is being done — even though it will continue on without you needing to focus on it.
Paul at the Hummingbird Retreat Peru in Pisac — He’s a very experienced shaman and host of the plant medicines
One thing I also remember is how enhanced my psychic abilities were within the ceremonies. For example, in a few of the sessions my claircognizance was just feeding me constant things about people in the group and other topics that popped into my head in relation to the healing going on, which helped me to acknowledged many situations directly relating to my life, including some childhood trauma which I didn’t even realise I had. I ended up learning how to use that plant medicine, in combination with my abilities, to actually find out things I was curious about, but that is just something I was touching the surface with because of everything else going on at those times.
I also had a kundalini raising experience during one of the sessions.
The Later Days of Awakening
I started seeing clients about 13 years ago. Dolores Cannon trained me in QHHT (including her advanced training) in person in Melbourne, Australia back in 2011. I became a Reiki Master Teacher in 2011 and also that year I completed a Diploma in Energetic Healing (1 year full time study, but over 1.5 years part time). I studied a number of other holistic modalities also.
My client work includes past life regression, energy healing (specialising in distant), spiritual counselling, tarot readings and space clearings. As of 2025 I’ve had to go on an extended break from client work as I returned to the field of IT which uses up most of my energy.
In more recent years I returned to exploring plant medicine. I also guided others at times.
I currently feel a calling to get back into out of body experiences. I recently signed up to William Buhlman’s online course. Having taught it myself, I’ve gone through about 3 different courses over the years, and read many books on the topic. I know William is one of the best teachers out there and it helps motivate me having a course structure in place.
I think my next step may be consciously performing healings while out of body.
Share your awakening below!