| It doesn't seem fair or logical that people on a spiritual | | | | the wave form, with its peaks and troughs? Now |
| path, actively working at raising their consciousness, | | | | imagine a graph showing two wave forms moving |
| should suffer from depression. Yet, this is often the | | | | along in sync with each other - one rises up where the |
| case. Depression is one of the classic symptoms | | | | other dips down. One represents the person's physical |
| experienced by many people who are | | | | energies, the other represents their spiritual energies. |
| spiritually-inclined. And there is a very good reason | | | | At the point where the human's energies are dipped to |
| why this can happen. | | | | their lowest point, as in depression, the corresponding |
| Firstly, let's be clear about the type of depression | | | | spiritual wave form rises to its highest point. |
| we're talking about. This is not the depression that | | | | The depression - or trough of the wave - has a |
| might occur in response to a human crisis, such as the | | | | corresponding energy peak in the spiritual realms. So at |
| death of a loved one, a relationship breakup or being | | | | the time of the deepest depression, when the body |
| sacked from a job. No, this is something more chronic | | | | and mind seem depleted of energy, most of the |
| and pervasive. | | | | person's energies are being directed towards the |
| This is a deep sadness of the soul. It tends to shut | | | | spiritual realms. |
| down creativity and any interest in life. It can be | | | | You could say that the opposite energy of the |
| incredibly difficult to motivate yourself to get out of bed | | | | depression is a wave form on the other side of the |
| and go to work, or go about your day. The world holds | | | | veil that separates the physical and non-physical |
| no interest for you and having to interact with others | | | | realms. That wave is counter-balancing and moving |
| can feel like an assault on your senses. This is a time | | | | along in sync with the depressed cycle of the human |
| of despair - the dark night of the soul. | | | | person on Earth. |
| This spiritual type of depression has been experienced | | | | The depressed cycle in the physical world is actually |
| by many people who are going through their spiritual | | | | needed in order to balance and create the |
| awakening process, also known as 'Ascension'. It | | | | energy-wave on the other side of the veil which will |
| doesn't happen to everyone, but enough to make it the | | | | eventually propel the human being through the |
| most widely reported Ascension Symptom. | | | | Ascension process, allowing their Divine and human |
| Ascension is the process of merging and melding the | | | | selves to integrate with each other. |
| energies of the Spirit, or Divine Self, with the energies | | | | The melding of Spirit and human is a totally natural |
| of the human self. | | | | process in our evolution. We are eternal beings |
| Often the Ascension process begins before the | | | | awakening to the remembrance of our Divinity. So the |
| person is consciously aware of it. The spiritual seeker's | | | | experience of depression, in an awakening and |
| desire for growth and fulfillment triggers the process. | | | | spiritually-oriented human being, is a natural and |
| But, because the true nature of spiritual awakening has | | | | necessary part of the Ascension process. |
| not been clearly understood by many humans in the | | | | However, that doesn't make it any more comfortable. |
| past, most do not associate their uncomfortable | | | | So, what can you do about it? |
| symptoms of depression with a 'spiritual experience'. | | | | The most important thing you can do to support |
| Spiritual awakening cannot fully take place if a person | | | | yourself is BREATHE. Breathing deeply and |
| is totally focussed in superficial day-to-day reality. So | | | | consciously clears the mind and rebalances the |
| what can happen is that the person unconsciously | | | | emotions. There is a particular method of simple |
| hears the call of their soul and responds - again, | | | | conscious breathing - you will find detailed instructions |
| unconsciously - by withdrawing and becoming less | | | | set out for you on my Awakening Angel website, as |
| engaged in their everyday activities and relationships. | | | | well as a free audio meditation which you may use at |
| But, because they don't understand that what is really | | | | any time to de-stress and rebalance yourself. |
| happening is that their consciousness is being drawn | | | | While you may be inclined to think that this sounds too |
| into the spiritual realms to connect with their Spirit, they | | | | simplistic, I assure you that the deep conscious |
| perceive the experience as negative, which only | | | | breathing is the key to Ascension and Divine |
| makes it harder to cope with. | | | | integration. Practising it regularly will help you in so |
| Let us look at the energetic mechanics of depression. | | | | many ways - from simple relaxation and de-stressing |
| What is really going on when a human is going through | | | | to helping you to move through your own spiritual |
| spiritually-based depression? | | | | awakening process more easily and gracefully. |
| Think back to your high school science lessons about | | | | Remember, you are never alone. Spirit is always with |
| the movement of energy. Remember the diagrams of | | | | you - angels are as close as your next breath. |