Ascension Symptoms: Anxiety

by Julianne Kulosa

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Anxiety is a common symptom along the ascension path.  It’s particularly easy to find “real world” reasons for feeling anxious, both personally and globally.  The first step to easing anxiety, is to become aware of those thoughts that create the feeling.  Fears, insecurities and doubts that may be habitual or may be focused toward a particular situation (your finances, relationships, health or state of the world problems) do need to come to light and be seen for what they are: an interpretation or story about yourself and the world.  The ego is sly: it can always find proof of something if it is looking for it.  At the same time, depending on your state of consciousness at any given time, the world, both inner and outer, shift.  One moment you feel like you can’t be with that feeling of anxiety inside, your mind reeling, and after a meditation, exercise, being out in nature, or connecting with a loved one, you feel at ease.  
 
Things To Consider When You Feel Anxiety
 
1. Everything is Energy
The solar flashes and energy that are supporting the transition into New Earth are becoming stronger and more consistent.  Everyone is feeling it, and how they interpret that energy is up to them.  Furthermore, as your body shifts to hold more light, it can be a pretty intense ride.  It’s natural to feel that energy and want to put a reason to it, to find the problem and solution.  It’s also easy to interpret more intense energies, ones that might have you feel buzzy or jittery inside, as nervousness or anxiety.  Even excitement can be easily be interpreted as anxiety instead of passion or enthusiasm.
 
It can be a relief just to remind yourself, “It’s just energy.” 
 
Next, find a way to ground that energy.  Stand barefoot on the grass, hug a tree, take a walk in nature, garden, clean, or exercise in any way you enjoy.
 
I’m reminded of a story from Jack Kornfield.  During lunch at a week-long silent meditation retreat, a participant went, well, crazy.  He began talking and yelling, jumping on the tables and just being pretty nuts.  Jack realized what was happening: this participant was having a lot of energy rise up inside, also known as “kundalini”.  He immediately put the man on a different course of rigorous exercise and shifted his diet to denser foods such as meat.  This assisted the man in grounding the energy that was rising up in his body a bit more quickly than he could handle.
 
Instead of pushing through that anxiety or nervous energy, your body might also be asking for rest and sleep.  A big part of the ascension process occurs while you are sleeping, giving you time to integrate your growth and increased light.  Let yourself rest! 
 
Give yourself space to to play, laugh, dance, sing, make love and have hobbies you enjoy!  Or take that action you are being called to do even if you’re feeling anxious, doubtful or insecure about it.
 
2. You Are a Part of Collective Consciousness
It’s helpful to remind yourself that it’s not just you.  Spiritual growth opens your intuitive awareness, that ability to feel outside your own shell.  We’ve been trained that we are separate, and as those walls begin to crumble, our innate connection to people and the Earth is experienced more strongly. 
 
It’s important to acknowledge your ability to feel others.  We’ve been doing it already, but have built a wall that has given that illusion of separateness.  Suddenly being able to more greatly intuit the pulse of the collective, the feelings or thoughts of your loved ones, can be confusing or overwhelming. 
 
It’s easy to think “it’s just you”, as your loved ones may be quite unaware of what they are thinking or feeling.
 
Acknowledge your growing ability to connect with others, plants, animals and Gaia.  You are opening the to the compassion, care and unconditional love inside of you.  We all affect each other, quite measurably actually, such as seen in entrainment experiments.
 
Setting boundaries will assist you in differentiating “you” from others.  Spending time alone can give you space to get to know you and you.  As you do practices that expand your heart and bring in more light and have you feel centered, you strengthen your ability to know the difference between “your energy” and others.  Yes, we are all connected, yet it is in embracing our uniqueness that unity can occur.  New Earth isn’t about some kind of intense “group mind” where we are all floating around as One without anything to interact with. 
 
It can be very helpful to set your intention and focus for your day, especially if you are in a service or healing position.  If you walk into work without intention, you are open to the twists and turns that the energy of any person coming your way puts out.  On the other hand, if you set your energy in the morning with that intention, such as to be of loving service or to be calm and at ease, this keeps you centered, without need to give away your energy or take on the energy of others.
 
3. Bouncing Back and Forth from 3D to 5D Perspectives
As you try to be a good and right person, you might be finding that what you were taught about reality just isn’t matching to what you’re sensing inside.  Yet, you still need and want to function in the traditional world, drive your car, interact with those who aren’t interested in “spiritual awakening”, or pay the bills.  Part of you thinks you should be focusing on getting a traditional education or career, make good money, be of service in a way that puts others first and you last, and act a certain way so that others expectations of you are met and so that they feel good when they’re around you.  At the same time, you are committed to your spiritual awakening and might be having profound and strange heart-opening and dimensional shifting experiences.  You might be drawn to be more authentic, to take care of yourself inside first so that you can shine out your light to the world in service, set boundaries, or take an unconventional heart-inspired path that has no known outcome like success in career or finances.
 
When challenges around money, health or relationships arise, important decisions need to be made, it’s easy to wonder if the traditional perspective is the correct one to take.  You read articles and ask for advice, often solidifying the old reality you are waking up from.  This doesn’t have to be an either/or choice.  The collective is still primarily in this old reality, and therefore grounded choices do need to be made.  Do you need to go to the doctor or is this just an ascension symptom?  It’s okay to take both perspectives – if you’re called to go to the doctor, go!  You might know you’re done with your current job and are being called to something new, but it’s okay to keep going to that job to be able to pay your bills right now. 
 
Ease up on your process and awakening – it can be a little rocky, up and down, and life paces your process in a way that you can best handle holding more light.  Open to the possibility that you are multi-dimensional.  This means that you have the ability to shift your consciousness in any moment.  One moment you could be communing with nature and talking with the trees, and the next moment be very grounded as you traverse a rocky trail carefully.  One moment you are in absolute presence of the bliss of the Now and the next, you need to take care of a time-sensitive task like going to an appointment. 
 
It’s okay to feel tossed around a bit.  You’re learning about centering into and opening to your authentic nature!  Return to breathing into your heart and know that as your untapped potential is awakening, you’re learning how to navigate it.  Your process is about integration.  Sometimes it will be sudden changes, endings, shifts, forgetfulness, fogginess and lack of focus or sharp memory recall.  Trust that when you really need that focus or memory, like to do your job, it will be there.  Have faith that life and the universe, have your back and are supporting you fully, even if it doesn’t look or feel the way you think it should.
 
4. Opening to New You
Things are changing, inside you and globally, and they’re changing fast. We naturally seek stability and comfort.  We are trained to set goals into a future we are creating.  During your awakening, you are being asked to let go of what you thought was “you”, and opening to a greater Truth of who you are.  Life has a way of assisting you if you resist, as external shifts (in work, home, relationships, health) may force a new perspective for you.  
 
A lot of anxiety can come with the change in your consciousness occurring that is actually such a higher Love Light vibration and a deeper truth about reality.  Letting go of who your think you are and your understanding of the world, especially as much of the collective, especially family or friends, still operate in the old density of 3D, can cause a lot of turmoil inside.  Do you know what’s true, right or real anymore?
 
You may be finding yourself at a loss, with old interests falling away yet nothing new showing up.  You’re supposed to be active and busy, aren’t you?  That active busy feel at odds with an unknown next step could definitely have you feel anxious.
 
With your new perspective, you might wonder if your loved ones will come with you.  If you change, will they still want to hang around with you?  The truth is, we never know how long relationships will last or change over time, and this is no different.
 
Be open, just willing, to acknowledge and experience death.  It is part of the great cycle of change, and one most of us don’t want to confront.   It’s uncomfortable and the great unknown.  Be compassionate about your natural inclination to want to hold onto those things and relationships that you love, and for your desire for stability and things to “get back to normal”.  Relax into the knowing that with death always comes the promise of new life.
 
Study the stages of butterfly, as the caterpillar spends its time wrapped in the darkness of the cocoon.
 
5. Trauma, Programming and Emotions Bubbling Up
There are few people that get enthusiastic about the idea of their shit coming up.  I’m certainly still practicing embracing it.  “Woo hoo! There’s another fear, victimization, attachment, insecurity, expectation, belief, automatic reaction, or unresolved experience I get to feel and look at!  Ooh, and isn’t it awesome to see how I treat others or myself when I get triggered!”  Yeah, a tough one to look forward to, but there it is, asking for your loving attention.  It’s been hidden away in the darkness, wanting to return to the One with your loving awareness, your gratitude for its lessons, and your compassion.
 
This is where setting time aside can really assist you.  Once you are going about your day, interacting with others, it can be challenging to give the kind of attention and space that these feelings and memories are asking for.  Furthermore, often when things bubble up, you’re in a space where you forgot that what you’re feeling or thinking may not actually be true.  A dark cloud can come over you, and as you try to unravel those reactions or feelings, it only serves to solidify them and increase your anxiety.  This might be a time to take a break, to put your attention on raising your vibration through any means possible, such as connecting with a friend, watching silly cat videos, taking a walk in nature, getting a massage, drinking more water, completing a needed task like housecleaning or paying bills, doing volunteer work or assisting a friend – anything that feels calming, brings you peace of mind, has you feel good about yourself and life.  Yes, it could look like deep breaths or your “spiritual practices”, but sometimes it just means shifting your attention to the good in life and the service that you are to the world, which is plentiful.
 
By setting aside time to “go there,” you are practicing being able to be aware and loving throughout your day.  Setting time aside means starting by doing your practice you are most drawn to right now.  Maybe it’s noticing the breath, doing mantras, visualizing, prayer, connecting to your heart, bringing in light and merging with Source and Gaia, calling on divine support, doing yoga, or a myriad of other practices and methods available.   You’ve now set the space to be able to address those things that are coming up to be seen and released, not just for yourself but also for the collective.  You can now take that loving perspective, hold the space for those things to come up, and see more clearly.  Personally, I like to journal.  You might like to share with a friend, share with your guides or angels, or use some kind of healing technique on your own or through a practitioner.  All you need for your journey is in you and around you, and as you give space to “go there”, the support you need will be right in front of you in that moment.
 
6. Feeling the Acceleration of the Shift Occurring
It’s just the Shift speeding up, and the Universe is asking you to slow down and center. It’s just energy, and you have choice in how you interpret what it means. 
 
Notice that sped up energy, the thoughts that say you should be doing more, that say you have no time.  Notice the habit of pushing through when your call is actually to rest or sleep. 
 
Or, you may want to allow yourself to have this be a challenge you can live up to!  The opportunities when the energy and changes are accelerated is an time you can lift up quickly.  You can rise to the challenge while you keep your practices in place that keep you centered, grounded and trusting your intuitive guidance.    
 
You have a time-shifting ability you may not be aware of.  The ancient Egyptians had a temple devoted to the study of time, from the perspective of how man moves through time.  Things can go slower or faster depending on your state of consciousness.  You know the “in the zone” feeling when things are flowing and you’re doing what you love – that can make time fly like when you’re doing some artwork. Or when you really want something, enthusiastically but calmly and without attachment – space opens up, time opens up, traffic lights are all green.  When you’re feeling anxious, that can make things move quickly yet have things take longer than necessary.  I’ve learned that too many times! 

Modern science has added another layer to time called “vertical time”.  In any given moment, all possibilities exist.  Tap into your ability to open to the present moment of vertical time, as compared to the stress and anxiety of living only in horizontal time, always rushing impatiently toward a future or looking back toward what has past.  Use your inner natural ability to do so by using your intention, focus in when you slow down into each moment, and choose the possibility of ease, peace, flow and trust in the universe and Divine Plan.
 
7. Information Overload
This can be both internal and external.  As waves of energy and higher frequency come in, you might have insights, guidance, creative ideas and new perspectives appear one after the other.  It might feel like there’s so much to remember and do.  Creativity is the nature of the universe, and one of the ways to know how creative you actually are is to see all those “unfinished” projects you have – a sign of all those creative ideas! 
 
You are co-creating this New Earth with others.  If you have an idea, know that someone else does to.  You don’t have to be the one to implement it.  Maybe you just plant the seed, or support others in their projects energetically or physically.
 
Also, know that you don’t need to do everything at once.  You can write down your insights, and then just breathe into the moment and do what’s next to be done in this moment, which might be integration through rest and sleep, making dinner, meditating, connecting with others, or being of service out in the world.  One step at a time, with cultivating feeling peaceful and centered a priority.
 
Externally, there is also so much information available more than ever before.  You may want to deliberately turn off your phone, stop reading or watching the news, or just take a break from all electronics all together.  Getting out into nature is one of the greatest ways to relax into the present moment.
 
If you have the thought to do something such as stretch, take a walk, meditate, or make that phone call, and think, “I don’t have time!” this might actually be exactly the time to do so.
 
8. Opening to All Viewpoints and The Void
As your heart opens more and more, you’ll find a desire to respect and honor all viewpoints.  It's not that you take them on as your own, but you allow others to have their unique perspectives.  Being so open to the new, to change, to different possibilities, might have you feeling like – what the heck do I know anyway?  When the dependability of who you thought you were and what you thought reality was starts to break apart, you might wonder what you even have to offer to the world.  Furthermore, it can be challenging when you need to make an important decision yet see the validity of different viewpoints.
 
When your knowledge isn’t fact but merely one possibility, when you know there are so many ways to look at any situation, it can really trigger the insecurity of how you fit in and belong.  Someone asks for you advice, and what comes to mind are dozens of ways you could answer their question.  There’s not just one correct answer anymore, so what “expertise” do you have to offer anyone?  Here’s the cool thing:  knowledge really is power, just in a different sense. Being open to so many viewpoints allows you to trust that your mind has taken them all into account and you can now more easily drop into the intuitive, tapped in, higher vibrational intelligence of your heart.  Being open might feel empty, yet it is in that emptiness where all pure potential exists. 
 
Being in the present moment in the space of pure love can also feel like a nothingness, an emptiness.  It is a sublime space of pure potential, yet with that drive to understand what you’re supposed to be doing, to be productive and responsible, it can be a very uncomfortable space to feel.  This is zero point, and just know that each time you experience the present moment fully, you are opening to all possibilities and learning about the true nature of reality and your divine human potential to co-create the world you wish to live in.
 
Opening to new viewpoints is a wonderful thing! You are embracing diversity and opening your compassionate heart. 
 
In your heart is also your ability to take that mental knowledge, all those perspectives into account, and then use the intelligence of your heart to choose your next step, big or small.  You can place your hands on your heart and breathe into your heart, breathing in ease, centering back into the wisdom and intelligence of your heart.  This allows better coherence between your heart and your brain, giving you clearer love-based directives. 

When you're opening to all viewpoints, let it empower you to most importantly honor your own, to live by your values and trust your choices.
 
9. Higher Guidance Delivered Through the Ego
I love this one, thanks to Matt Khan.  Your soul, your higher self, your guides and angels, all connected to the guidance of Source, are always guiding you toward your highest good, in returning to love, joy and peace.
 
Let’s say your higher self is supporting you by nudging you to care for your body more.  It whispers incessantly, “Eat more vegetables,” or “go for a walk”.  What you hear instead it, “Your diet is terrible and you need to lose weight.  You have no willpower.” or “You’re so lazy. You really need to get more exercise, loser.” 
 
So each time you have the thought about something that is actually loving guidance to assist you, it only stresses you out and has that anxiety come up that says, “You should be doing more, better, different…” This is because the message from higher guidance is actually being delivered from your ego.  Your ego can be kind of harsh and controlling, speaking in rough and bossy tones that just don’t feel good.  You might be used to that kind of rough communication, since your parents used it on you as a child to get you into action.  As an adult, surely you don’t appreciate being spoken to that way anymore, from a boss, spouse or otherwise.
 
While your ego really does have your best interest at heart, its controlling nature isn’t serving to motivate you on your spiritual path so much.  You can thank your ego, and ask it to be gentler in its communication.  When you get that guidance to do something and notice you feel anxious, you can wonder, “If this were a communication from someone who loved me unconditionally just as I am, wasn’t trying to fix me, punish me, or make me feel bad or wrong, what would that communication be?”
 
Final Words
You always have choice in how you interpret your feelings and experiences.  Just know that you are truly expanding and a part of the shift occurring, and the process you are going through is natural and not always easy.  Take care of yourself along your journey.  When you feel that anxiety, know it will pass.  It’s time to be brave, to take new actions that may seem scary, but do them anyway, for the world needs and is ready for New You!

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