WELCOME TO THE NEXT PHASE of your ascension journey! As you continue to align yourself energetically to this journey through the New Earth paradigm shift, you may be experiencing several symptoms beyond the physical. In a previous article published here in March 2009, I discussed the various physical symptoms that may be occurring for you as you ascend your multidimensional light bodies.

These physical symptoms include weight gain, water retention, bloating, and/or digestive issues which occur as your energy field undergoes a temporary, internal audit and overhaul of sorts. The physical body needs to purge 'toxins' in their many forms, while also strengthening all bio-ethereal systems in order to have the capacity to sustain a higher light frequency (also known as raising your vibration).

Each time the body undergoes an ascension period, all systems of the body must re-calibrate to ensure that is has the strength and expansion capabilities required to hold higher vibrational frequencies. You may have been seeking assistance in addressing these since we are trained to treat what is "wrong" with us. It is likely that you have not seen significant improvement with these symptoms despite your efforts to treat them. The reason for this is that focusing on what is "wrong" with you is counter-intuitive to the purpose of ascension.

The ascension process is intended to be a sacred, enlightening, expansive joyful return to the love and light frequencies of our creation story and the purity of our divine spark. As we ascend, the purpose is to focus our attention on celebrating the release of what no longer serves us, rather than focusing our attention on "fixing" what is, in actuality, a natural process. Our intentions are very powerful, thus our attention becomes our intention! If it is your intention to "fix" yourself, you will consistently manifest conditions on a subconscious level that need your attention. Alternately, if you focus your intention upon what is "right" with you, you will continue to call those manifestations to your attention. I invite you to consider focusing your attention upon the magic of the ascension process rather than the temporary symptoms that often accompany this divine journey. Imagine the infinite changes that may occur as a result!

In addition, the purpose of this ascension journey is to release old patterns, programs, relationships, illusions, and so on to make room for a more enlightened expansion of consciousness and alignment with the divine mind. While all twelve energy bodies are expanding during ascension periods, it is common to experience temporary symptoms in other areas of your being. Although these symptoms of ascension are temporary, they may feel uncomfortable or even frustrating, especially when you may have remedied these symptoms a certain way in the past but now find that your old methods are no longer working. That is the whole point! The old is no longer working and now it is time to make room for new ways of being and doing.

In essence, these symptoms are awards of merit for your noble and committed attempts to evolve your soul into a fully conscious being of light and love. The symptoms are merely a marker for your progress. So, how do you know if you are in the midst of ascension symptoms? Aside from the symptoms mentioned above, you may also notice one or more of the following:

difficulty in sensing time, aligning to time, and following time, with an increased resistance to live on a schedule and an increased desire to live more freely and in the moment;

time seems to change more quickly therefore your interests change frequently to align with what seems to resonate from day to day;

feeling disconnected from family and friends, and feeling a sense of not belonging in other relationships and even within the human race;

experiencing a loss of interest in spiritual and healing endeavours;

a sense of losing your identity, not knowing who you are, feeling like you're watching a movie and everything around you is unfamiliar;

an innate desire to lose attachments to three-dimensional issues so that you are empowered to be a more objective observer of the "cosmic play" with Mother Earth as the stage;

rapid release of that which no longer serves you by way of the "universal two-by-four" so that you may make room for the divine order of the paradigm shift and your divine mission. It may feel dramatic, or even traumatic in the initial stages, but it will get better. This is a natural stage in everyone's ascension journey;

feeling more sensitive to things occurring in your outer world (i.e. chaos in relationships, world events, natural disasters) and less tolerance for human-made items (i.e. cell phones, television, preservatives, computers, etc);

indecision, loss of clarity and focus;

having a strong desire for simplicity, peace, harmony and balance;

experiencing accelerated manifestation and synchronicity in your life;

feeling much more in-tune and impacted by planetary shifts, such as retrogrades and transits, as we align to the flow of the photon energies currently expanding in our galaxy.

The three dimensional ways of existence are very dense for our light bodies and through our ascension journeys we are rapidly re-membering our creative potential as divine seeds of creation. We are remembering the flow and ease of existence as a divine spark of love and light where communication was beyond the limitation of human words, where soul travel was beyond time and space, and where it was possible to consciously and intentionally exist in more than one dimension simultaneously and with joy and ease. The ascension journey allows us to re-member the truth of who we really are through the release of all illusions that limit us from being the fullest expression of love, light and creation. As these veils of illusion are being lifted, it is only natural that we experience temporary discomfort as we release our old, out-dated comfort zone for one that embodies the most joyous path.

As you journey from your old comfort zone, to your new more joyful, expanded one, here are seven tips to consider along the way:

Going to bed at a reasonable hour and getting at least 7hrs sleep since there is a lot of integration and healing which occurs in the sleep state;

Drinking enough water which is the electricity needed to keep the lights on in the body;

Avoiding toxins of all kinds from entering the body (i.e. processed foods, the news, gossip, chemicals, stimulants, electromagnetic frequencies, low electronic frequencies and so on);

Consider doing yoga, deep breathing, meditation, or any other activity which shuts down the fight or flight response in the body, calms the nerves and gives the left brain a break;

Journal your experiences so that you may purge any pent up frustrations, uncover illusions that my be holding you back from being all that you are, and observe the journey of your transformation and ascension;

Spend time in nature as it is the quickest way to ground, to reconnect with your being, to become acutely aware that you are alive, and to balance your twelve energy bodies;

Have faith that as some doors are closing (perhaps even slamming), several others are opening. Trying to keep doors open that are closing creates tension and resistance and these energies will have a ripple effect in other areas of your life. By going with the flow of energy (rather than against), you will invite more flow and ease, thus making your ascension journey more joyous and peaceful!

Naturally, these are just some examples of how to more easily navigate the temporary symptoms of the ascension process. You may already have some that work for you! Please remember that what we resist persists, so I invite you to welcome the whole ascension process and notice the changes in your ascension symptoms as a result.

Embracing these symptoms will allow you to live the most joyous, loving, harmonious, effortless path as the beautiful seed of creative power that you are and have always been! Namaste.

© Jennifer Longmore, 2009

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 
Jennifer Longmore, host of “Soul Journeys® Live” is an international healer, speaker, teacher, and founder of the Soul Journeys® School for Spiritual Studies and the Soul Journeys® Method. She shares her expertise with thousands of people around the globe each year as an Akashic Record Teacher-Consultant, Direct Channel, Ascension Specialist, Medical Intuitive, and Light Worker in helping people permanently shift the limiting beliefs and patterns that prevent them from being who they really are. To learn more about Jennifer and the services and courses that she offers, please visit www.souljourneys.ca or call 905-646-9168.