What if you don't like spiritual "woo woo" stuff?

It's okay, you don't have to

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I’ll be honest, there are many times when I have judged and felt disdain towards the “spiritual” community, even though I’m kind of a part of it these days (am I?).

When I started healing, I had a hard time letting go of my defenses and truly stepping into my vulnerability. This showed up as judgment towards concepts that were “irrational” or seemed too out there according to my childhood belief system, including things I now accept as a pretty basic part of life, such as chakras and spirit guides.

I spent a lot of time rolling my eyes in my Reiki classes at age twenty-three and twenty-four. I even showed up hungover to my first and second Reiki classes (sorry!!!). I couldn’t believe something so ridiculous was helping me. I was annoyed about it, and I definitely didn’t believe in any of it.

I inwardly huffed when we had to do strange things like go on meditative journeys to meet our spirit guides. I asked my teacher again and again how she knew it was real, to the point that she put me on “question hiatus.” Though I was often intrigued by things my teacher said (I’ll always remember the day she told me that “there’s no such thing as time,” another concept I accept as true these days), I was also generally dismissive. I was not a cheesy person, and I was going to try to stay that way.

That is, until my actual spiritual experience started at age twenty-six. Then I learned how unreal our “real” world was, and how much my energy affects my life. I actually felt the presence of angels and spirit guides. I saw the unreality of time. It was all much more real than I’d ever understood in the early days of my healing journey.

I also met my stepdad during this time, who modeled a very grounded type of ancient spirituality. He spoke of meditating and of connecting with spirit in a very balanced way. It was extremely real and not cheesy at all. It was just a natural part of life, and connecting to it made life better.

It was as if my days of learning about my heart and studying healing had led me to the door, making that promise in my journal had opened the door, and on the other side of the door was our true spiritual reality, where time doesn’t exist, energy is everything, and spirit guides and angels are very real presences.

All that to say, you don’t have to like spiritual woo woo things. I never really did, especially in the beginning of my journey. Though once I glimpsed the nature of our true reality, some things that showed up in spiritual circles made a lot more sense, especially things that seemed “cheesy” or out there.

Hearing angel song has really made me appreciate the healing tones of singing bowls. Feeling my guides and angels as real presences in my life, dreaming about them, and having my life saved by them from Carbon Monoxide poisoning has led me to understand the importance of connecting with them and honoring their guidance. Experiencing the heavenly frequencies of light here on earth has made me understand the importance of energy and divine love, which I try to communicate in my own healing sessions and messages.

Once I experienced the truth behind some of the more “cheesy” parts of spiritual reality, they didn’t seem so cheesy anymore. They seemed to be relaying a true aspect of metaphysical reality. That doesn’t mean you have to love and embrace all the woo things that are out there. There seem to be so many teachers peddling so many things. Some of them are amazing, and some of them may have different motives. In every field, including the spiritual and metaphysical, there can be charlatans motivated by greed, but there are also amazing healers who are true seers.

The important questions to ask yourself are: Does this teaching resonate in your heart? Do you feel yourself getting closer to the love that you are when you connect with a certain teaching? How does it make you feel?

If you’ve found a teaching or philosophy that makes you feel closer to the beautiful, loving being that you are, then I’d keep exploring it. If you feel closer to love, to empowerment, and to peace from the teaching, then I’d keep incorporating it in your life.

The truth is, you already have everything you need, it’s just a question of recognizing that at deepest levels, you are whole and healed. Dress it up any way you’d like. It’s the healing that matters.