The Day of Awakening A story few people have heard…It was a warm day May 2008. I was in the midst of a solo adventure in a foreign land. I happened to be in a small city where few tourists would ever go. Being pushed out of my comfort zone holds many valuable lessons. Traveling solo to where no one speaks my language and nothing is familiar, teaches me lessons of trust.
In this state of being, I spend much time alone. I ponder the true essence of life and living on earth. My mind stretches to new pathways of wisdom.
So there I was, lying in my hotel bed. I remember feeling very content, yet a space of unknowing, vulnerable. My mind was empty. I drifted into a lucid state of being…. and then it happened.
The best way to describe it, is to think of my body being pulled through the bars of a cage. Imagine a strain on my entire physical being, preparing to be torn apart. My entire body felt a pull and a burn that was nothing I had ever experienced. My body lifted from the bed.
There was a sudden realization. I was going to die, or at least this was the future of the next few seconds, if I chose to resist.
But in this case, my physical body was the cage and my soul was being pulled through it. It felt as if my soul was going to be torn to bits if I did not let go of the cage, which was my physical existence. It happened quickly. I had to make a mindful, spiritual and eternal decision… to let go.
I wasn’t on a vision quest or searching for enlightenment. I wasn’t praying for conscious evolution, but at this moment the enightenment was being extracted from my inner being whether I was ready or not. Of of course, my higher source new I was ready…so here it is.
It was only after this event did I notice paintings and photographs, which depicted clearly what I went through.
In that moment, I knew this was the end. I knew it was time to go home.
So I said yes, and I let go.
In that split second of letting go, the feeling was so wonderful. There was no fear of loss. There was no wondering about those I leave behind. Instead, it was the most incredible feeling of unity with everyone and everything.
It was as if everyone was there, cheering me on and providing so much love. It was a feeling of completeness and my being became as expansive as the universe itself. Then my body laid itself gently back onto the bed.
I immediately wrote in my journal.
“Last night I felt the surging light that pulls from the energy of the soul. I actually felt, and surrendered to what felt like my DNA, my soul, my magnetic energy being pulled from my physical body. I knew what was happening, and I surrendered to it, actually, in anticipation to ascend…I’m looking forward to more of that.”
This event has changed me forever. I see the illusion of living in the third dimension and know the power of transformation we can experience through our unconscious mind. I know there is so much more and because of that I feel I have been set free.
As a teacher of yoga, who desires to share the process of transformation, this was a valuable experience. For one, there is a similarity that can be felt by anyone who chooses to ignite the process of asana (getting into a pose) upon their body. I feel it every time I perform certain poses
When we ignite a pose within the body, the sensations are very powerful. It’s an inner strength, a deep concentration to open cellular memory and connective tissue. This is the closest thing I can think of to explain the feeling of my soul being pulled through my body.
Many times when we practice yoga, especially for new people, and we find a blockage in the body, we experience this as pain we may not wish to go through. Yet as we continue, we realize, through acceptance of the process, there will be a blissful experience to come from it.
So as one progresses in the ability to let go, they will feel that beautiful feeling of expansiveness. They will enjoy the surge of regenerating energy which pulsates in waves throughout the body.
It goes something like this:
It starts with a warm burn, then a tingling in the limbs, the burning and tingling ignites into a full body burn. It almost feels too much. Hold on. Waves of energy go from a central point and flows outward to the limbs. Once it moves through the entire body completely relaxed, the body feels amazingly strong. At that point the practitioner can stay in the pose and go deeper with no effect. A few times going through this and all stiffness is gone. Real awakening has begun.
We are reborn.
So enjoy the process
Seek greater awareness of your true nature
Be an observer
Love your journey
Enjoy the awakening
Breathe
~Douglas King
