things i wish i knew when starting my spiritual journey

attempting to describe a spiritual journey and everything that comes with it

A few years ago, I started what is known as a spiritual journey, and my relationship with myself changed forever. I began seeing the world from a brand new light, and felt a connectedness to Source that I had never felt before. I wanted to share my experience and some things that I've learned along this spiritual awakening for those who feel lost on all things ~spiritual.~ From how to start, to spirituality vs religion, I discuss everything I wish someone would have told me before starting my spiritual journey. This video is pretty chatty, so feel free to skip through:

0:00-4:12 how I started my spiritual journey
4:12 you don't need any tools, practices, or anyone else to connect with Source
7:21 the religion vs spirituality debate
9:06 the key to a spiritual awakening - being present
12:07 feeling crazy / integrating with the 'real world'
13:49 you're not going to feel positive all the time

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[rosasellers]

“You don’t even need words to communicate with God”

Honey if this ain’t the truth.

I don’t know how many times I simply thought something or wished something in my heart and it was done .

[Woodlyne]

Couldn’t have said it any better. You don’t need bibles, crystals, tarot... to connect with God. The key is being present.... Thank you girl🙏🏿

[blessed]

thank you for talking about how everyone has a different way of connecting to God and whether or not they choose the route of religion or meditation we are in no place to judge, I wish more people knew this!!!

[DemetriPanici]

I did a 30 day meditation challenge last month and it really helped me find my spiritual center

[DyanaMariie]

You described this beautifully! God is love, peace, and forgiving. Not the black & white “do good or you’ll be condemned” version we’ve passed along for generations.

[TheFabulousUnorthodox]

Exactly. As a spiritual being now yet brought up/raised Christian… spirituality is all about self and feeling the energy/frequency that YOU vibrate on. I don’t bash Christians but they seem to have a huge sense of fear about everything - which God should never pump fear in your heart.

[marbar]

I feel spirituality in nature, music and with community. This video gives me a lot to think about!

[meloxoxo]

The universe sent me this video at exactly the perfect time. My spiritual journey has just started and I feel everything you say. I only wish you the best in the world. Love you sis

[RenataTheDreemer]

I had a similar experience 🤯 I thought that I was experiencing a mental breakdown. I even went to see a therapist and after months she told me that there wasn’t anything wrong with me. Once I accepted that what I was (am) experiencing was a spiritual life began to open in a profound way. Thanks for sharing.

[Ihavemadeit]

As a muslim girl, im not kidding - i was literally saying this to myslef today.i was given a God already, i wasnt given the choice to think about who Allah was . After i hit a certain age i started to question.

Today i had a mini panic attack bc i felt like i was doing something wrong.the fear of not wanting to hurt your God is there, but i’m aware of the fact that it’s not real.God isn’t that negativity. This video came on the perfect timing.God /the universe really works in mysterious ways .HOW IN THE WORLD I GOT REASSURANCE ON THE SAME DAY i got a mini panick attack.

Thank you L🥲❤️

[HawkSchool]

Sucha breath of fresh air you are. We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Fly higher 🦅

[KeishannaMichele]

Love this! I decided earlier this year to walk away from Christianity and have my own connection with God/source/my inner being. I decided not to allow others to put their perception of God on me because I have the ability to experience God and that’s what they try to hide.

[AmyandAlex]

Beautifully explained, Lynette. The things that get in the way of people being more connected is the verbiage, as you said. We even talked about the word God in a recent video - people get so hung up on it (we did) because they think it means a specific thing. But people don't even need to use that word if they don't want to. Self awareness and presence are definitely the key to tapping into that connection ✨🙏

[Nirnvana]

Thank you for this topic Lynette, this was beautiful to listen to.

My spiritual journey started this year. I left college in March during my second year, partly to figure out a direction for my studies, but my leaving was mostly accompanied by a lack of direction, self worth, meaningful friendships or purpose. I fell into a slight depression.

After I left I rewatched the anime ‘Run with the Wind’, which is what triggered my spiritual awakening. I had watched it a year before but this time it hit me, the themes about resetting and friendship and community— it is truly a spiritual anime. I highly recommend it.

I started journaling again and reread my old entries from years ago, and noticed that I had always been deeply consumed by my negative feelings and demons, wallowing in my pain, always wondering “why me?” but not asking myself “what am I feeling?”. It was then that for the first time I began experiencing what you described, observation of my thoughts and feelings separate from myself, and a newfound compassion both for myself and others. Each day my healing progresses

I left college in my home state to live with my family in Texas and started a new job in fast food. It may not seem like much, but I’ve made new friends and memories that outshine anything from before. I see signs of my aspirations — signs to trust my gut, to be spontaneous, to love more, to flow freely, to give without expecting anything in return. So often I receive signs that I’m exactly where I’m meant to be. I’ve never felt more in emotionally resilient, more in tune with myself, more aware of the energies that surround me. Now I always ask myself what I can contribute. My self love is not only for me, but the other lives that surround me. It kind of embarrasses me to say this, but since June 2021, I feel like I’m actually living for the first time ever.

When I was in college I wanted to study abroad, to travel so badly, I believed it was what I really wanted. But now that I’m here, experiencing friendship and happy moments I’ve lacked for too long, I now realize that all I need is right now is in front of me. I’ve accepted that my desire to travel was actually a desire to get away. I’ve grown so much since I decided to take a break from college, and now I realize that if I would’ve stayed and eventually travelled, I wouldn’t have grown as much as I was meant to.

“Enjoy the little detours to the fullest, because that’s where you’ll find the things that are more important than what you want”

[leelee]

Yes would love to see you do a video soon on childhood trauma!! How to unlearn those things that were pushed on us. how to let go…. how to change our mindset… and how to move away from what we don’t agree with in a healthy way while moving forward positively…

[unbarredmind]

This video is very personal for me Lynette. My spiritual journey started years ago. Christianity, Islam, Gnosticism, Buddhism etc... I've practiced them all and some others as well.... the one thing that became clear to me is.... the founders of all of these religious traditions were pointing to the same truth... "Breaking free from cultural conditioning, non-identification with the ego and going within and seeing 0UR connection and oneness with Source, no matter what name you give that Source. " Quantum physics even proves this to be true. We're all just energy with consciousness. Thanks for this video. Just more confirmation that we are in The Grand Awakening.

[tamarta]

My brother has been going through a spiritual crisis. He always had this fear he was going to hell. I told him God is not fear. And I’m so glad I could send him this video ❤️✨

[AhmetKaan]

*Whenever I feel like giving up, I just think about why I started.*

I don't know you personally but I wish you the best in your life. You are loved and needed.

- a personal development Youtuber 🙃

[AhmetKaan]

*Greatness is built when nobody else is watching.*

I don't know which stage of life you are in but I hope you never give up... 💥

[JonatanAllgulin]

Thank you. It’s true that we only experience god through ourselves and dont need anyone else or any tool to do that. Not even words. God is what it is and cannot ever not be here.
However, i believe we may need to hear THAT from someone if we dont already know it.