Awakening Soul To Soul

Awaken Soul to Soul, a 2012 spiritual documentary explores how the current global shift and our personal crises are an impetus to awaken to oneness. The film asks us to examine our deepest levels of connection as a solution to the problems we all face. We can’t possibly begin to solve the common ills of the world unless we realize our shared humanity and spirituality. But how to begin this journey, to awaken our own souls?

One step we can all take is to discover our own spiritual gifts and use them in constructive ways. Intuition, or ‘knowing without knowing,’ for example, is a quality we all have to some degree. Learning to listen to our intuition, or inner guidance, through practice and meditation, will connect us to our own soul, as well as that of others.

This process may involve distancing ourselves from toxicity, including people, places or things with negative energies, as well as the hectic pace and sensory onslaught of the modern world (social media, television news). The psychic part of us, like any other part of our body and soul, does not function at full effect if it is unhealthy.

Becoming aware of our own healing ability, as well as our metaphysical creativity, is also part of the awakening soul. Learning Reiki, or aura reading, for example, will develop extra-sensory gifts, while sharing them with others. Something as simple as creative journaling or free form poetry can be a spiritual release and an awakening of the subconscious.

If you want oneness in society, you have to teach people to go inside instead of going outside, because if they want peace, they need to find it within ~ Ram Dass

Also, in the modern world, many of us have lost our connection with the physical earth and its energies. Taking a walk outside barefoot, getting soaked in a spring thunderstorm, and working with nature (gardening, animal husbandry) are just a few ways we can begin to awaken and reconnect.

Another key component we tend to overlook is compassion and empathy for our shared challenges and adversity. It’s easy to get wound up in our own struggles and needs, and we wouldn’t be truly human if we didn’t, but an awakened soul is fully aware of an understanding of the similar needs of others. Empaths are those who are born with the psychic gift of emotional perception. All of us can learn to develop some empathic ability, however.

The old proverb of never judging others until we walk a mile in their shoes, is a good one to remember. For unless we can view the world through the eyes of someone else, even someone we may not like or have anything in common with, we are not awakened souls.

Living a spiritual life requires a change of heart, a conversion. Such a conversion may be marked by a sudden inner change, or it can take place through a long, quiet process of transformation. But it always involves an inner experience of oneness ~ Henri Nouwen

The process of awakening is just that: a process. It may feel uncomfortable at first. In today’s society we are raised to think of ourselves first, never others. It can be said that the awakening journey is that of selflessness, an idea which appears in most of the world’s spiritual traditions.

In Africa, for example, the humanistic value of Ubuntu refers to the soul connection or universal bond we shared as people, which helps us connect with and show humanity towards each other. It basically means, “I am because we are.” Use this idea as you begin to fully awaken your own soul. You will start to see that the spiritual world is only as strong as its weakest link. Not I, but we is a perfect meditation mantra to get us started on the path towards soul to soul awakening.