🌌 The Soul Knows Before the Mind: 11 Signs You Are Spiritually Awakening (Even If Life Feels Messy)
By Dr. Arshad Afzal (Pen Name: Faraz Parvez)
🔮 MysticWisdomHub.blogspot.com
Former Faculty, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, KSA
“Spiritual awakening rarely begins in light — it begins in discomfort. When the soul starts whispering, the world starts shaking.”
You may not feel enlightened.
You may feel lost.
Tired. Disconnected.
You may feel like you’re falling apart.
But in the sacred traditions of the mystics — from Sufism to Taoism, from the Desert Fathers to Himalayan monks — this is exactly where awakening begins.
In the unraveling. In the burning. In the blessed mess.
This blog post is a gentle mirror to help you see —
Maybe you’re not breaking down.
Maybe you’re waking up.
🪬 11 Signs You Are Spiritually Awakening (Even If You’re Struggling)
🌿 1. You’re losing interest in things that once entertained you.
📿 You no longer find joy in noise.
Your soul is silently asking: “Feed me real things.”
🕯️ Ritual: Sit in silence for 7 minutes. Whisper “Ya Haqq” (O Absolute Truth) × 33.
🌊 2. You’re emotionally sensitive — and don’t know why.
📿 Tears come without warning. Movies hit harder.
You’re not breaking — you’re softening.
🌸 Remedy: Anoint your heart space with rose oil. Say: “I feel, therefore I heal.”
🔥 3. You feel like you’re being stripped of your identity.
📿 What once defined you now feels foreign.
The mystics called this fana — the sacred undoing.
🕊️ Divine Name: Ya Fattah (O Opener of What Was Closed)
🪞 4. Your relationships are shifting — or ending.
📿 Friends may fall away. Old attachments dissolve.
You’re not cursed — you’re being cleansed.
🧿 Symbol: The Broken Shell — so the pearl can be revealed.
🌙 5. You’re seeking silence more than stimulation.
📿 Noise once filled the void. Now silence heals it.
🌌 Sacred Tip: Designate 15 minutes a day as your “Divine Appointment.”
💀 6. You’re grieving parts of yourself you never knew you buried.
📿 You’re remembering childhood wounds. Soul echoes.
This is ancestral healing awakening in you.
🔮 Practice: Light a candle. Say their names. Recite “Ya Rahim” (O Most Merciful) for each.
🌤️ 7. You feel disoriented — like you no longer belong.
📿 This is the liminal zone, the sacred in-between.
You’re not lost. You’re becoming light.
🪔 Mantra: “I am not where I was. I am not yet where I’m going. I am sacred in the middle.”
🌿 8. You’re drawn to spiritual tools you never used before.
📿 Crystals. Prayers. Sacred texts. Herbal remedies.
This is your intuition remembering its rituals.
🌸 Try: Keep lavender, frankincense, and salt near your bed.
💫 9. Time feels surreal — fast, slow, meaningless.
📿 Because you’re moving into soul-time, not clock-time.
🧘♀️ Practice: During Salah, pause and breathe 3 extra seconds between movements.
🕯️ 10. You have sudden desires to serve, pray, or create beauty.
📿 You feel called to help strangers. To paint. To cry while looking at trees.
This is divine inspiration rising.
📖 Action: Journal these urges. They are instructions from the soul.
🌌 11. You crave God — but can’t define what that means anymore.
📿 You may not relate to rigid definitions. You’re seeking Essence. Light. Presence.
You are becoming a mystic.
📿 Sacred Chant:
“Allahumma anta rabbi la ilaha illa anta…”
(O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You.)
🕊️ Final Blessing: You Are Not Alone
“You are not lost. You are shedding. You are not broken. You are blooming.”
If your life feels like it no longer fits — it’s because your soul is outgrowing the cage.
If your heart hurts — it’s because light is entering where walls once stood.
And if you feel alone — know this:
✨ Countless other lights are awakening with you.
You are not losing yourself.
You are returning.
To peace.
To truth.
To God.
📿 For more sacred signs, awakening maps, Divine Names, and mystic healing:
👉 MysticWisdomHub.blogspot.com
Stay aligned. Stay awakened. Stay mystic.
