The Newbie

I can't say when my spiritual awakening happened exactly. Because I never called it like that. I would just say I "had a shift" or that there was something more around us... But I never thought of it as a spiritual path. Even less as a healing journey. The closest term maybe was to say "I opened my eyes." But my knowledge ended there.

I had no clue how to educate myself about it. I just knew that other things mattered. I knew that I didn't fit where I was or that what I had been told and taught my entire life just didn't resonate with me. And even though since a young age I was always drawn to the esoteric isle in all bookstores, it was still all "crazy talk". And what wasn't crazy talk, was "the occult" that I shouldn't mess with. At first, because it was a sin, and then because "some things are better left as mystery" --> what I was always told in order to stop questioning. 

Almost ten years ago there was this tiny bookshop near my house, where I would go after class. I'd grab a bunch of books and sit in a corner to browse through them. For that reason, the owner grew fond of me, and we would always talk about how the soul has a purpose on this Earth and it's our job to find what it is and follow through. Many times I nodded to a few words and concepts he would use that were foreign to me, but the core of his speech I understood. 

For my birthday he gave me a book. It was a big one I remember; I was so grateful. I opened it, and after the first paragraph, I felt I wasn't ready for that book yet, and I promised to go back to it when I was. The name of the book is "The Sacred Contract" by Caroline Myss. I feel I should read it now.

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Today I'm going through my second -or let's call it "my informed"- awakening. I have met people that have guided me and given me tools to understand and learn. I still feel like a newbie in so many aspects, I mean I had to google Deepak Chopra. I am still learning about people and names I should know or read about. 

But I'm loving this un-learning of old teachings and learning what actually resonates with my higher self and me. Since then I have become a Reiki practitioner, I started this crazy rocket ship ride-like healing journey, I studied in the Healing Arts Academy, I understand myself and my abilities like never before and I can say I'm in a pretty cool path.  I am so excited about the future! There's still so much to read and learn, but I'm committed to doing so. So let's do this! Whether you had to google Deepak too or you're a connoisseur of the Lemurians, join me, teach me, let's learn together and spread the love! Let's Shine On!

*If you want, write in the comment section below, a book recommendation, a YouTube video or a website/ social media account that has inspired/taught you*.