What is Spiritual Emergency? - True Winds Healing A.R.T.S. - Astrology, Reiki, Tarot, and Shamanism from Trudy Wendelin

To your tired eyes I bring a vision
of a different world,
so new and clean and fresh
you will forget the pain and sorrow
that you saw before.
Yet this vision is
which you must share
with everyone you see,
for otherwise you will behold it not.
To give this gift is how to make it yours.

~A Course in Miracles

The path to enlightenment is not just about light and bliss. On the path to self-transcendence there is darkness along the way, taking us to deep, shadowy places of the soul. This now is coming to our collective awareness and is referred to by professionals in Transpersonal Psychology as Spiritual Emergency or psychospiritual crisis. This acknowledges that those involved in personal transformation, may experience inherent crisis, possibly escalating to overwhelming levels. Much of modern psychology does not discern this from mental illness and may suppress the transformational process with medication or institutionalization.

So what exactly is Spiritual Emergency? As outlined in the book Spiritual Emergency, it is the manifestation of an evolutionary crisis that takes one of the following ten forms:

Shamanic Crisis

Past-life Experiences

Opening of Kundalini

Communication w/Spirit Guides

Crisis of Psychic Opening

Near Death Experience (NDE)

Renewal through Return to Center

Close Encounters with UFO’s

Episodes of “Unitive” Consciousness

Possession States

In this Egyptian papyrus the God, Ra, is shown with a raised serpent that is blowing bubbles of new consciousness. This symbolizes the raised Kundalini's influence on consciousness.

Of course this list is not exclusive; there are infinite ways that this individual experience can manifest. But the common thread is that the crisis is a natural, transformational process on the path to enlightenment. Personally, I have experienced my own spiritual emergencies in multiple forms. So I introduce this subject with deep compassion that has blossomed from my own seeds of suffering. I discovered the incredible wisdom of Buddhist Psychology as being very helpful, especially the writings of Thich Nhat Hanh and Pema Chodron, as well as Astrology and Energy Medicine. But that is just my personal experience; there are "Many Paths to the Top of the Mountain…"

Currently there is a Spiritual Emergency Network (SEN), which those in a spiritual emergency may contact for support. They will refer you to people near your home that can advise you with your personal situation. They can be reached through their website, www.CPSH.org (Center for Psychological and Spiritual Health)

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