Spiritual maturity is not a religious concept. It has humanitarian objectives through balanced behaviors of spiritual understanding. Spiritual maturity is a gradual process of discovering your inner-self (or God Self) that goes along with self-discipline. It is important to understand that I am talking about a sufficiently “mobile” model of a Mature personality, allowing a different set of characterological features. However, in this article, I want to consider certain factors that can form the Central frame of such a personal model. And these factors I will describe through different signs of spiritual maturity.

Signs Of Spiritual Maturity

Authenticity

The famous American psychotherapist James Bugental calls authenticity the most important existential value of a human being. He identifies three main features of authentic existence:

• full awareness of the present moment of life;
• independent choice of the way of life at that moment;
• taking personal responsibility for this choice.

The authenticity to some extent generalizes many properties of the individual. First of all, it is an expression of sincerity towards another. An authentic person wants to be himself in his immediate reactions and in his holistic behavior. He allows himself not to know all the answers to life’s questions.

He doesn’t act like he’s in love if he feels hostile at the moment. The difficulties of most people are that they spend a lot of vital energy on playing roles, or creating an external facade, instead of using it to solve their real problems.

If the person most of the time hides his true self behind the mask of any selected role, it is not surprising that in response he will receive the same insincere attitude of others. Authenticity is the most complete example of flexible behavior.

Openness to Own Experience and Acceptance of Feelings

Here, by openness, I mean sincerity in the perception of one’s own feelings. Social experience teaches to deny, to reject the feelings, in particular, negative ones. The pressure of others forces to displace or suppress sadness, irritability, and anger. Society tells us: “don’t cry, don’t be nervous”, etc.

A spiritually mature person will not drive away any feelings, including negative ones. He accepts and experiences any feelings he has. Only, in this case, can you successfully control your behavior. It is because our displaced feelings are irrational, that is, they become a source of uncontrolled behavior.

When we realize our emotional reactions, we can choose our behavior in each situation, and not allow unconscious feelings to violate the regulation of our behavior. Therefore, we call ourselves “spiritually mature” only if we are capable of showing our tolerance for the whole range of ours and other emotional reactions.

Development of Self-Knowledge

Limited self-knowledge implies a restriction of freedom, and deep self-knowledge increases the possibility of choice in one’s life. The more a person knows about himself, the better he will understand other people, and Vice versa – the more a person understands others, the deeper he understands himself. Not being able to hear what’s going on inside us increases our exposure to stress and limits our effectiveness in life. It is very important to treat yourself realistically and consciously.

The Strength of Personality and Identity

A mature person knows who he is, who he can become, what he wants from life, what is important for him in essence and what does not matter. He turns to life with questions, answers the questions posed to him by life, and constantly tests his values.

A spiritually mature person can’t be a reflection of the hopes of other people, he acts on his own internal position. This allows him to feel strong in interpersonal relationships.

Tolerance to Uncertainty (the Ability to Withstand Uncertainty)

Many people feel uncomfortable in situations where there is a lack of structure, clarity, and certainty. But spiritual development requires letting the comfort zone go and opening oneself up to a new experience. When we dive into our spiritual journey we have no guarantees or clarity of what to expect. A spiritual journey is very individual and even very experienced spiritual gurus can’t give us all the answers to what to expect.

A spiritually mature person understands this. He knows that life is an adventurous journey. That’s why we never know what the coming day is preparing for us, what kind of challenges we will face, and what decisions we will have to make. All we can have is strong confidence in our own intuition and the adequacy of feelings, confidence in constructive decisions, and the ability to take risks – all these qualities help us to endure the tension created by the uncertainty of the entire series of life situations.

Personal Responsibility

Since most life situations arise under our control, we should be responsible for our actions in these situations. Understanding your responsibility allows you to freely and consciously make a choice at any time of communication – to agree with the arguments of the interlocutor or to enter into a productive confrontation.

Personal responsibility helps to take criticism more constructively. In such cases, criticism does not trigger the mechanisms of psychological protection but serves as useful feedback that improves the efficiency of activities and even life itself.

The Depth of Relationships With Others

When a spiritually mature person evaluates other people (their feelings, views, peculiar traits) he does it without condemnation and the use of labels.

Some people feel that expressing positive feelings obliges and thereby restricts freedom and makes them vulnerable. Others are afraid of rejection, so they feel that the safest position is the rejection of close relations. And they are satisfied with the communication with the partner in the distance.

But if you have enough spiritual maturity you don’t have such fears. You are able to freely express your feelings, both positive and negative, when communicating with other people.

Refusal of Perfectionism

Spiritual maturity involves a refusal of the desire to be perfect. Instead of blaming ourselves for our mistakes, we need to take them as our lessons. If we accept that we are not perfect, we will avoid unnecessary tension and feelings of guilt. In this case, relations with others become deeper and at the same time more real.

Empathy

Spiritual maturity implies the ability of a person to feel empathy. Empaths understand the feelings of the people they communicate with, as well as mandatory consideration of them in the process of communication. The range of empathy manifestation varies widely: from a light emotional response to a full immersion in the world of feelings of your interlocutor. Empaths realize that the feelings they experience are a reflection of the feelings of their interlocutors.

Kindness and Compassion

Kindness is based on the fundamental concept of self-recognition. We are required to treat all aspects of ourselves with compassion. Not just our positive aspects but also those ones that we previously denied. Spiritual maturity is a reflection of our deep gratitude, kindness, compassion, and forgiveness.

Only once we treat ourselves with kindness and compassion can we treat others the same way. Our attitude towards others is always a reflection of our attitude towards ourselves. That’s why I always say: “Love yourself first!”.

Patience

Spiritual maturity implies an understanding of the fact that the process of awakening goes through many periods and cycles. It requires our deepest commitment.

True patience does not aspire to any achievement. It allows us to open up for the timeless. When Einstein explained the nature of time by example, he said, “When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it’s only a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove for a minute you think it’s two hours. That’s relativity.”

Awakening is not a matter of weeks, years, or lives, but a matter of loving and patient disclosure to the mystery at this moment.

A Sense of the Sacred

Spiritually mature people treat every action they do as a sacred practice. Spiritual maturity means an understanding of the fact that if we need to bring light and compassion into the world, we have to start with our own lives. Our personal lives become more genuine spiritual practices than any series of experiences we have or any philosophy we share. This personal approach to practice means respect for the individual and the universal in our lives. Moreover, we also honor our individual body, our individual family, and our community, as well as our personal history of joy and sorrow. Spiritually mature people have a deep understanding that their personal spiritual awakening affects all other creatures.

Independent Discovery

Instead of accepting some philosophy or blindly following some great teacher, going on an insurmountable path, we must recognize that we need to see for ourselves. In spiritual maturity, we find a great sense of autonomy – not as a reaction to authority, but as a basis for sincere recognition of the fact that we, like Buddha, are capable of spiritual awakening. Spiritual maturity has a deeply democratic quality. It means that all individuals have the opportunity to discover what is sacred and to free themselves.

This sense of exploration combines the openness of the mind with “discerning wisdom,” the ability to separate the useful from the harmful, which keeps the eyes open. With an open mind, we always learn.

Our sense of discovery gives us the opportunity to use the great wisdom traditions to learn from teachers and be part of the community. While at the same time in contact with ourselves, to see the truth and speak the truth with great respect to our own integrity and to our own awakening. This kind of research allows us to be more honest with ourselves.

Flexibility

Flexibility implies that spiritual life is not about accepting a particular philosophy or set of beliefs or teachings, nor is it about confronting or opposing anyone. It is the lightness of the heart that implies that all spiritual means are rafts to come to freedom.

The flexibility of the mindset contributes lightness and humor to spiritual practice. It allows us to see that there are thousands of ways to reach spiritual awakening. And if we choose one way and other people choose another way there is nothing wrong with this. We may follow different paths to reach the same destination.

Conclusion

With spiritual maturity, our ability to forgive and free ourselves grows and deepens. This shows the natural resolution of our conflicts and the ability to return to joy and peace. When we reach spiritual maturity we see spirituality as a question of who we are rather than of what ideal, philosophy, religion, or guru we follow. A spirituality of this kind is full of joy and integrity; it is both ordinary and awakened. Such spiritual maturity allows the light of the divine to shine through us.

From Sanskrit, the word “Kundalini” can be translated as “twisted” (like a snake or a steel spring), and traditionally the snake is its symbol. In ancient Indian manuscripts, Kundalini is described as a form of biological energy dormant in the human body. It is regarded as the basis of life, as the main form of energy that can be concentrated in the brain, and without which neither genius nor inspiration can exist. If you are engaged in any spiritual practices, then you need to understand clearly what Kundalini is and what Kundalini awakening symptoms you may experience.

What is Kundalini?

According to the ancient texts, the Kundalini energy is present in the whole body but is concentrated mainly in the lower part of the spine, that is, in the genital area, transmitting vital energy to the offspring. This “snake energy” can be woken up, and through the spine and chakras transferred to the brain.

Kundalini is extraordinarily powerful. A key to eternal youth and flourishing mental abilities is hidden in it. Indian Kundalini specialist Gopi Krishna said that Kundalini, being awakened, can be a source of mental strength, genius, artistic talent, and scientific achievements. That is, all that is characteristic of a high level of consciousness. According to Gopi Krishna, the process of awakening and ascent of Kundalini expands the range of hidden human abilities.

In ancient manuscripts of Tibet, Egypt, and Greece, as well as in other cultures, there is evidence of the Kundalini Energy existence. Even the first Christians knew about its existence. The headdress of the Pharaoh, and feathered snakes from Mexico and South America – all indicate the acquaintance of the ancient initiates with the energy of the Kundalini snake.

No one can predict who, when, and how this energy will awaken. However, one should know that only people with a pure mind, heart, and body can experience the awakening. For the Kundalini awakening, you should have as few psychological and emotional conflicts as possible. Moreover, your body should be as free as possible from the blocks and tensions. It is also good to have fewer attachments and idealizations defined by everyday concerns.

Kundalini’s awakening can occur in the form of an unexpected surge, like a dam break, sharp and, above all, uncontrollable and therefore – dangerous. For the time being, this energy is in a kind of preserved, dormant state. However, under certain conditions, it begins a spontaneous awakening and rises from the spine to the head. During this process, the energy transforms the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual systems of the person experiencing its rising.

What Is Kundalini Rising?

The process of Kundalini rising is an evolutionary process of transformation of the human personality. Your physical body, consciousness, and subconsciousness go through a big transformation. You’re changing your view and attitude toward life. Moreover, you’re developing unusual abilities.

Kundalini is vital energy. Its thin stream always flows through us, through our bodies as long as we are alive. Some people have more of it, and they are successful in their life. And others have less of it, and they are less successful.

Kundalini needs to circulate freely in our bodies. But most people clog their path with various mental blocks, attachments, and conflict events that burden them. By eliminating these blocks, we free the path for the free flow of energy transformation. And when Kundalini flow can overcome these mental blocks it starts a rapid process of rising. And only then, when it clears us in its movement from the bottom up – it’s hot energy begins a cold downward flow from the top down, the flow of divine cosmic energy. That’s when the extraordinary miracles begin.

Kundalini awakening can be considered the most important and greatest event in the life of every person. Only from this moment does your true rebirth, awakening, and spiritualization begin. Only from this moment, a person starts the real path of improvement. And the beginning of the Kundalini rising is the first real step into a completely different, fabulous world of high energies, unusual phenomena, and new opportunities.

How Does Kundalini Awakening Happen?

Many spiritual practitioners have come up with different stages, or other indicators to specify their apparent progress in the process of evolution. However, it must be admitted that until you have experienced the transformation of personality in the fire of Kundalini, all other manifestations of enlightenment are only temporary success and lie only in the plane of the mind.

Some people can awaken the Kundalini energy consciously, following the methods developed by various spiritual schools. Others unconsciously, intuitively build their lives and change their views and beliefs by the Universal laws. Commonly, people experience spontaneous Kundalini awakening, even if they’ve never heard anything about it.

From Vedic texts, it is known that the flow of Kundalini energy rises through the energy channel located along the spine vertically. Until the awakening, this channel is usually closed. The fire of Kundalini gradually clears and opens this energy channel. As the Central channel is opened (cleaned), the Kundalini energy activates the chakras located along the spine, which, in turn, also begin to produce energy intensively. So it gradually opens up the entire Central channel and chakras.

When the Kundalini reaches the last and highest 7th chakra in the crown, you become ready to perceive the subtle and higher energies from the Cosmos. Each chakra can receive cosmic energy and send its own to Cosmos. You become able to assimilate cosmic energies, which immediately turn on the process of transformation. In the course of it, you acquire that great power for which anything is possible. By using this power you can do amazing things, which, from the point of view of the laws of the physical world, are considered miracles.

As your Kundalini awakens, you begin to experience a number of strange phenomena. That’s why you need to know what Kundalini awakening symptoms are.

Kundalini Awakening Symptoms

Body Symptoms

• Involuntary twitching, trembling, vibration, spasms.
• Muscle contractions, especially in the anus, abdomen, and throat.
• Sudden movements of hands, feet, or head.
• Twitching of the whole body when a strong flow of energy rises inside, starting from the toe, foot, or base of the spine.

Physical Symptoms

Physical Kundalini awakening symptoms are:

• Feelings of ecstasy and bliss, average in intensity or strong, lasting several minutes or several months.
• A feeling of intoxication, detachment, a slight feeling of being outside the body. Falling into a trance, a fixed gaze directed into space.
• Heart rate increase.
• The feeling like you’re touching the electrical outlet, tingling, itching.
• Unbalance, tension, and pulsation, sometimes replaced by lethargy.
• Nausea, abdominal pain.
• Chest pain, like a heart attack.

• Persistent or temporary pain throughout the body that cannot be diagnosed.
• Aching back pain and sharp pain along the spine.
• Headaches, a feeling of buzz in the head, tingling, itching, or goosebumps on the scalp.
• Electrical sensations in the head, feeling like the skull is opening.
• Numbness of the arms and legs in General, or the hands or feet.
• Pain or a feeling of electrical tingling in the big toes, darkening or falling off the toenail.
• Intense sexual arousal, spontaneous orgasms experienced in the genital area or described as “covering the whole body” or “brain orgasms”.
• Vibration and energy coming out of your ears.
• The increased activity followed by exhaustion.
• Hair stands on end.
• Protruding the abdomen, as if during pregnancy.
• Spontaneous filling of the lungs with air.
• The taste of sweet nectar flowing from head to throat.

Diseases Or Pseudo Diseases

• Imaginary heart attacks are usually a false alarm; complaints that the heart is not beating.
• A person’s sincere belief that he or she is dying, accompanied by vague pains and complaints.
• The manifestation of other hidden diseases: wandering pain, hyperemia, digestive problems, and other complaints about the various organs of the body, disappearing without any treatment.

Visual Symptoms

The variety of visual Kundalini awakening symptoms is striking: it’s like lightning rays of light in your head, visions, or hallucinations (by the way, they can be quite frightening!). There were cases when there was a small sparkling point in the Third eye area. Tibetan monks call it ”the seed of light”, but it is not necessary that it arises in the area of the forehead. The sparkling point can arise between you and the object, or arise during meditation, and even when you are in a normal state, and it does not matter — your eyes are open or closed at this moment.

You may also become extremely sensitive to light or experience sudden vision – all colors seem very bright. Some people even start being able to see the aura.

Other visual Kundalini awakening symptoms are burning eyes and twitching in the area between the eyebrows.

Temperature Change

One of the most common Kundalini awakening symptoms is a temperature change. The sensation of it occurs in the following ways:

• Waves of heat, sometimes with sweating.
• The heat may flow from the body or feel like intense burning.
• Night sweating.
• Waves of icy cold, sometimes followed by waves of heat.
• Feelings of heat or cold in different parts of the body, especially in the hands or at the base of the spine.

Emotional Symptoms

Emotional Kundalini awakening symptoms are:

• Depression.
• Anxiety.
• Anger.
• Guilt.
• Temporary confusion of thoughts and difficulties with the performance of work tasks.
• Insomnia.
• Uncharacteristic of the person’s strong sexual desire.
• Temporary problems with sexual identity.
• Visions or hearing sounds.
• Disorderly thoughts, indecision,
• Bombast and arrogance.
• Easy entry into a trance or semi-conscious state.

Increased Psychic Or Empathic Abilities

• A vision or a sense of aura.
• Seeing and understanding the signs from the Universe.
• The ability to heal certain diseases with the energy of hands.
• Involuntary recollection of past life experiences.
• A better understanding of spiritual Scriptures.

• Feeling the ability to influence another person’s thoughts.
• Instinctive-intuitive knowing what needs to be done.
• A sense of the presence of a luminous being or teacher from another dimension.
• Psychokinetic phenomena (interference in electrical devices, moving objects, destruction of objects, etc.).
• Out-of-body experiences.
• Extended panoramic perception of everything.

Detachment

Another Kundalini awakening common symptom is a feeling like you’re outside of your own body. Sometimes this is manifested as a detachment from the daily routine or even detachment from everything material.

Food

We all know that the food we eat affects not just our physical bodies and health but also our energy. That is why when we’re experiencing Kundalini awakening symptoms we also notice that our eating habits change dramatically. The most interesting thing is that the changes in our eating habits are effortless. They happen naturally. It feels like your body itself tells you what you need to eat.

Conclusion

It is the Kundalini that opens the gates of further human evolution and gives us the power to understand and fulfill our life’s mission. And if you are in the process of reading this article felt unusual or similar phenomena – do not be afraid of what is happening! Take everything as it is, do not resist what is happening. Now you know and understand what is happening or what may happen to you in the future. I hope that the knowledge contained in this article will give you confidence, protect you from possible troubles and open the door to a great future!

Namaste!

Are the Akashic Records a cosmic depository of unending paper files in infinite corridors and stacks? Where did this idea originate from? Do these recordings exist in a space-time continuum, like a cosmic internet? How can we access the Akashic Records?

In this article, we will discuss:

• what exactly the Akashic Records are;
• their history;
• your soul’s Akashic Records.

So What Are The Akashic Records?

Various people define or explain the phenomenon in multiple contexts. However, many consider the Akashic Records to be the archive of every human being’s reasoning, words, and actions (good, bad, and horrific). 

Those acquainted with the records, however, note that there is no condemnation or implied punishment in the records. They are believed to be an archive of each soul’s voyage through the infinite.

The History of Akashic Records 

Helena Blavatsky, the late-nineteenth-century founder of the Theosophical organization, was among the first people to reference the Akashic Records. Theosophy is an esoteric spiritual system that includes intellectual elements from eastern faiths, claiming that “there is no religion greater than Truth.”

Blavatsky said she learned about the records from Tibetan monks, or “mahatmas.” The monks told Blavatsky that the Akashic records could be retrieved in the “akasha” or “akasa.” 

In eastern belief systems, Akasha is the ether element or the fifth element that underlies the material universe from which all other elements and components arise. The eastern concept of karma is a fundamental aspect of the Akashic records.

She claimed to have learned clairvoyance, psychic talents, and astral projection from these “Masters of Ancient Wisdom.” She then cultivated a sizable Theosophist community, including some well-known figures, using these instruments to channel knowledge from the Akashic archives.

The Akashic Records were also mentioned by metaphysician Rudolf Steiner, who claimed that every deed, word, and idea leaves a mark in etheric worlds. Ervin Laszlo, a contemporary physicist, also investigates Akasha’s notions from a scientific standpoint, finding that Akasha includes patterns for human aspirations such as peace and serenity. This is represented in his “Akasha Paradigm,” which he associates with human evolutionary processes.

Those who follow Akashic record theories often refer to the Book of Life, initially described in the Old Testament (Exodus). According to biblical literature, every life’s record is stored in heaven, and souls are judged based on these records.

The writings and activities of Edgar Cayce also placed a significant emphasis on investigations into the akashic realm. Cayce’s Akashic research proposed that there is a storehouse of knowledge on a spiritual plane of life that records every soul’s history, present, and future.

Understanding Your Soul’s Akashic Records

The Akashic records are an extraordinary modality. If you wish to learn about somebody, you must get permission to access their data first. Anything you discover about them will be through your record’s perception or your assessment of that individual. You cannot just learn about somebody else’s soul path.

What Type of Information is Accessible When You Open the Akashic Records?

Akashic records reveal everything you need to know in that instance, at that time, to help you on your path. For example, you may discover facts about your soul’s creation, previous lifetimes, current circumstances, and prospects. 

You may also utilize the records for creative processes. You can also learn about the history of a physical realm by searching for the location instead of a person’s name. If you’re just going in for yourself, you may inquire about your profession, income, love, and inspiration. People have used these records to write novels and scripts. What you can learn in that environment is limitless.

How Can One Master the Art of Reading the Akashic Records?

As its name suggests, the Pathway Prayer is often used to access the records. The mantra is a vibrational frequency made up of precise sounds that allows you to reach the Akashic records. Some online video-based courses can show you how to master the technique. They provide a lot more flexibility in terms of rules and how to find your way into the records. When you open this encyclopedia of help, you will have it until your last breath. It’s like having a pocket guide. However, some people might struggle to hold too much information since they might find it intimidating.

Because the Akashic records include a history of our souls, anyone can learn to read them. You do not need to be a natural-born psychic. The degree and quantity of knowledge you’ll get will vary depending on your specific and unique talents, but everyone has this access. 

Some individuals are highly detail-oriented. They may, therefore, obtain more detailed information. Some individuals perceive color, while others get signals through music or dancing. However, everyone can access their records and discover this information.

How Do You Get to The Records?

Our bodies contain an energy frequency called the line, emanating from the highest cosmos region where the Akashic records live. You get messages over this line 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 

When you take up these signals, it feels like an intuitive hit or an inner understanding. Working with the records is different because you’re not reading other people’s Akashic documents. Instead, the messages you hear could be about someone else.

If you begin working with the records, you might have trouble putting everything together. However, the record guides could, for example, inform you that your life purpose is to update the Akashic records and make them accessible and straightforward to use. Like many people, you may find yourself teaching a free-line activation where anybody might access their records at any moment.

It is a discipline of movement and breath work.

The Bottom Line

Your spiritual practices could help you open the door to a higher degree of awareness. Through meditation and journaling, you can begin to peel back the restrictive ideas you hold about yourself and the world. In the end, you’ll understand yourself with a greater degree of soul-level insight. When you are able to reach your original spirit, you become more powerful because it will become your guiding light, directing you where to go and how to lead a good and purposeful life.

Everyone has full-time access to their records. Our spirit always sends us these signals, even when utterly unconscious. Moreover, prayer allows us to access this energy, even when we’re at our weakest.