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Giving up the personality is the first stage of really living. Until we give up and surrender to our spirit, we have been trying to live from the concept of the [[Ego/Personality]] self, instead of higher spiritual or [[Christ]] Self. It is often the case with human action, that what we manifest through our ego efforts, turns out the very opposite of what we intended. The die-off is the most extreme experience of nature stepping in to help us move beyond the known experience of the ego and into the vast reaches of a mystic perception of the universe. The deeper the surrender to the living-death of the spiritual [[Ascension]] process, the more we can actually incarnate and embody spirit in the flesh.<ref>Adapted from http://biologyofkundalini.com/</ref> | Giving up the personality is the first stage of really living. Until we give up and surrender to our spirit, we have been trying to live from the concept of the [[Ego/Personality]] self, instead of higher spiritual or [[Christ]] Self. It is often the case with human action, that what we manifest through our ego efforts, turns out the very opposite of what we intended. The die-off is the most extreme experience of nature stepping in to help us move beyond the known experience of the ego and into the vast reaches of a mystic perception of the universe. The deeper the surrender to the living-death of the spiritual [[Ascension]] process, the more we can actually incarnate and embody spirit in the flesh.<ref>Adapted from http://biologyofkundalini.com/</ref> | ||
==Psychospiritual Crisis== | |||
The symptoms of psychospiritual crises represent a manifestation and exteriorization of the deep dynamics of the human psyche and [[Consciousness]]. The individual human psyche is a multidimensional consciousness and multilevel system with no internal divisions and boundaries. We cannot, therefore, expect to find clearly defined and demarcated types of spiritual emergency. And yet, our work with individuals in psychospiritual crises, exchanges with colleagues doing similar work, and study of pertinent literature have convinced us that it is possible and useful to outline certain major forms of psychospiritual crises, which have sufficiently characteristic features to be differentiated from others. <ref>[Stanislav Grov]</ref>Naturally, their boundaries are not clear and, in practice, there are some significant overlaps among them. I will first present a list of the most important varieties of psychospiritual crises as identified and then briefly discuss each of them.1. Shamanic crisis2. Awakening of Kundalini3. Episodes of unitive consciousness (Maslow's "peak experiences")4. Psychological renewal through return to the center (John Perry)5. Crisis of psychic opening6. Past-life experiences7. Communication with spirit guides and "channeling"8. Near-death experiences (NDEs)9. Close encounters with UFOs and alien abduction experiences10. Possession states11. Alcoholism and drug addiction | |||
<ref>[http://realitysandwich.com/1800/spiritual_emergencies/ Spiritual Emergencies]</ref> | |||
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