Many of us like to think we are spiritually awakened. But spiritual awakening is a journey, not a destination and we may have further to go.

Becoming enlightened and spiritually aware is a lifestyle decision rather than something we can tick off our to-do list. Understanding this helps us to forgive ourselves for any mistakes we make. But it can also make us aware that there is still much work to do on ourselves.

I am far from enlightened. I do many unspiritual things more often than I like to admit. However, I try not to beat myself up about it. As long as I am learning, growing, and doing my best to become a better person, then I am on the right path.

The following 11 signs can indicate the areas in our lives where we are not as spiritually awakened as we think.

1. Thinking we have all the answers

If you think your beliefs are the only right ones, then you may not be as spiritually awakened as you think. Spirituality is different for everyone. There are no cast-iron rules and values that every spiritual person believes.

 2. Judging others

If you often find yourself judging others, this is a sign that you are not as spiritually aware as you might think. Judging comes from the ego, not the spirit. We judge others when they don’t meet our expectations.

True spiritual awakening means letting go of these expectations. Remember the adage ‘never judge a man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins’ when you are tempted to make a judgment.

 3. Finding it hard to forgive

If you think you are spiritually enlightened but still can’t forgive people when they behave badly towards you, then you have some work to do. Lacking forgiveness is another form of judgment. We can’t ever know the reasons people do the things they do or what we might have done if we had similar experiences.

Forgiveness doesn’t mean you should allow others to treat you badly. However, it does mean looking beyond actions that have come from pain and seeing the spirit of the person behind that pain.

4. Imposing our spiritual beliefs on others

If you believe that your spiritual path is the only correct one, you have once again got caught up with the ego. Only the ego decides that some things are right and some things are wrong. Spirit is beyond such beliefs. It understands only love, compassion, and humility.

5. Avoiding any information that contradicts our beliefs

If you avoid any information that might contradict your beliefs, it shows underlying insecurity in your spiritual nature.

Spiritually minded people are open to other ways of thinking. They stay open-minded and are always ready to learn new things. These might change their beliefs or deepen them but a spiritual person will never close themselves off to possibilities and live a narrow-minded life.

 6. Feel insecure

If you feel constantly anxious, insecure, or often worry what others think of you, then you may want to work on yourself a little more. Our spirits know that we are wonderful beings worthy of love.

That’s not to say that anxious or insecure people are unenlightened. It just means there is room to grow even more and learn to love and accept ourselves.

7. Not recycling

If you are spiritually awakened, you will want to take care of the world. You will care about other people, plants, animals, and the planet as a whole.

Spiritually awake people do not destroy the planet for their own convenience. If you want to deepen your spiritual awareness, it is important to look out at the world and see what you can do to help the planet.

8. Eating factory-farmed food

Similarly, as a spiritually awakened person, you will not want anything to do with any processes that cause pain or damage to other beings. You will be a conscious consumer, aware that you have a responsibility to the world to not cause unnecessary harm.

9. Feeling threatened when someone questions or contradicts our beliefs

Spiritually awakened people don’t mind that others don’t always share their views. There is room in the world for all kinds of beliefs. If someone’s spirituality makes them happy and harms no one else, then you feel no need to convert them to your way of thinking.

That doesn’t mean you don’t share your opinions and advice, but that at the end of the day you don’t need to force everyone else to believe the same as you do.

10. Thinking our healing energy can save the world

Energy is important. However, we cannot just sit back and think good thoughts and believe that this will change the world. Actions are important, too.

Spiritually aware people act on their beliefs and make decisions in line with their spiritual nature.

11. Putting others down

If you criticize others or believe that you are better than them, it is a sign that you have a long way to go on the spiritual path. Feeling superior to others comes from the ego, not the spirit. The spirit knows we are all of equal value.

This does not mean we shouldn’t take action against people who harm others. But we must do this from a place of love and compassion and a true desire to heal and help.

Closing thoughts

The road to spiritual awakening is not always smooth. There are ups and downs as we take this journey. Some aspects of our spiritual journey will be deeply painful and others enormously joyful. But our true spiritual nature often shines through in the way we choose to treat others.

When we can manage, at least most of the time, to treat others, and ourselves, with love compassion, and non-judgment we can be sure we are on the path to becoming more spiritually enlightened.


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  1. Jenny Casady

    ACTUALLY THE BIBLE GIVES A SPIRIT FILLED BELIEVER EVERY RIGHT TO JUDGE…THAT VERSE STATES THE THE MAN WITH THE SPIRIT JUDGES ALL THINGS AND YET HE IS JUDGED OF NO ONE…IF YOU ARE TRULY AWAKENED AND NOT IN A FALSE ENLIGHTENMENT, YOU CANNOT BE HAPPY BECAUSE EVERY LITTLE THING YOU SEE AND FEEL AROUND YOU..YOU SEE THINGS THROUGH GOD’S EYES AND HEART, AND YOU REALIZE THE FAST TRACK TO DESTRUCTION WE ARE ON…A TRUE SPIRITUALLY AWAKENED PERSON HURTS FOR ALL THOSE THAT ARE NUMB OR KEEP PREACHING HAPPY THOUGHTS…THAT KIND OF HEAD IN THE CLOUDS TEACHING IS FALSE!!!! THAT IS A FALSE ENLIGHTENMENT THAT KEEPS US FROM SEEING OUR FALLEN SELVES…YOUR HEART HAS TO TRULY BE BROKEN IN REALIZATION THAT YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO HAS PARTOOK IN ALL OF THE DESTRUCTION, BOTH ACTIVELY AND PASSIVELY THROUGH CLOSING OUR HEARTS AND EYES TO ALL THAT IS WRONG IN THE WORLD TODAY, SO WE BECOME TOO FOCUSED ON SELF AND HAPPY THOUGHTS INSTEAD OF CHANGING AND BEGIN TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN HEALING OUR WORLD, ANIMALS, AND EACH OTHER.. ALBERT EINSTEIN SAID THE WORLD WILL NOT BE DESTROYED BY THOSE COMMITTING THE EVIL, BUT BY THOSE WHO SIT BACK AND KET IT HAPPEN!!! THKS FALSE ENLIGHTENMENT HEAD STUFF KEEPS US FROM TRULY BEING PRODUCTIVE…IF YOU ARE TRULY AWAKE YOU DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN TEARS BECAUSE OF ALL THE DESTRUCTIVE PATHS WE ARE ALL ON….GOD GIVES A SPIRIT FILLED BELIEVER EVERY RIGHT TO JUDGE ALL THINGS BECAUSE ONCE HE TRULY HAS YOU, YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU CONDEMN THE WRONG AND IN JUST IN THE WORLD IT IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD WORKING THROUGH YOU, NOT YOUR HUMAN FLESH DOING IT, BUT GOD THROUGB YOU!! THIS IS WHY WE ARE TOLD NOT THE QUENCH THE SPIRIT….THAT VERSE THAT GIVES A SPIRIT FILLED PERSON THE RIGHT TO JUDGE ALSO STATES THAT IF MAN IS NOT TRULY LIVING BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD THEY CAN’T EVEN UNDERSTAND THINGS LIKE I AM SAYING HERE, NOR BELIEVE IT BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO TRULY SACRIFICE SELF! A TRUE AWAKENING IS A HARSH THING….I AM NOT AROGANT BECAUSE I JUDGE AND CONDEMN DOWN ACTIONS THAT WILL SET OFF MAJOR DESTRUCTION, WHICH WE ARE ON A FAST TRACK WITH NOW…I DO WHAT GOD NEEDS ME TO DO AND IT ISN’T ME, BUT GOD THROUGH ME THAT DOES THE WORK AND TEACHES ME…

    1. Carmen

      Oh Jenny this is exactly what I was looking for I see so many people walking around with this false sense of enlightenment that it’s about them just being happy they don’t even want to see the suffering and destruction going on around, you are a warrior for justice we must be spiritually connected! Blessings your way!

    2. Jenny

      Jenny please calm down Jenny there is nothing to freak out about here Jenny

  2. Robert

    Different cultures, belief systems, and philosophies have their own interpretations of spirituality. For some, it is linked to organized religion and faith in a higher power or deity. For others, it may be more secular, focusing on inner peace, mindfulness, and a sense of interconnectedness with the universe.

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