Awakening at Arunachala

I've never been one to follow the crowd. Not for long anyway.

Perhaps it comes from being an Old Soul and Starseed that has never quite fully felt "human" but more Soul.

I'd always be curious as to what more there is beyond the beaten track.

When I was 25, I flew to India on a one way ticket, following the calling of my Soul to begin a pilgrimage journey through sacred sites there I was most drawn to.

It was clear I'd had very many lives in India in different incarnations, mostly as a yogin, sadhu, and the like.

My most powerful experience there happened on what I'd planned to be a only a 3 day visit to the Holy Mountain Arunachala in Tamil Nadu.

Within the first day I made new friends with some amazing souls that felt like old friends. With one of them I agreed to trek up the mountain the following evening to experience spending the night meditating in one of the caves just like many sages and yogis had done (and still do) over centuries.

As we made our way up the mountain while the sun was setting the next day, one of the first things that struck me was the simplicity of the way of life of the Indians. Here we were, 2 Westerners equipped with our trekking shoes and gear hiking up the mountain while the Indians themselves passed us as they swiftly glided up and down the mountain wearing simple sandals. It made me reflect on the extent we in the West are deeply conditioned by our consumerism to believe we need to buy so much more that we truly need.

Once my friend and I found a cave near the top, he chose to go deep into it whereas I chose to stay by the entrance to enjoy the magnificent views of the town and the night sky.

Then suddenly, though I remained fully conscious, I spontaneously entered into a trance meditative state (aka as a type of samadhi) in which I lost all sense of body consciousness and not a single thought stirred in my mind. I do recall there at first feeling a sense of fear but was soon overcome by such immense Love and Bliss beyond what words could describe.

I have no sense of how long any of this lasted, only that then my entire life up until then began shown to me, like a film and I was given information and guidance through a sense of deep inner knowing as to what steps I next needed to take and what my Life Purpose was.

My Life Purpose was simply to Be the Love that I AM, the Love that I experienced myself to be that night and to share that Love with others.

Looking back, I know now that I was connecting directly with my Higher Self/Soul/Future Self (all the same).

After some "time" passed, I observed my mind was again able to form a thought and then slowly I was able to regain a sense of body consciousness and was able to move again.

This was not an experience I had sought for and not one I had again.

That said, though I was able to make it down the mountain, I was barely able to walk for 3 weeks afterwards for reasons that made no sense to me at the time, given how fit I've always kept myself.

Now I know that what can happen when we receive an intense upgrade in Light is that our physical bodies can go through such an intense purging/upgrading process that we can essentially become bedridden for days, weeks or months depending on how much density our cells, muscles and bones hold that need to be cleared.

So far to this day, I've not gone through such an intense process again, though I know of others who have had to several times.

This is quite an unusual sharing for me, but I felt called to write about it this morning when I asked my Higher Self to give me something to share that could assist or support others in some way.

With love,

Jasmin