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Is this an awakening? · Remember Why You Are Here

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  Your awakening will happen on your timeframe, your schedule.
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  All you have to do is show up for the seasons and the weather whims of your
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  feelings and inner movements as they're happening,
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  and the rest will unfold perfectly.
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  Hello and welcome back to Remember Why You Here,
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  a podcast for seekers and sensitives where you can relax, receive,
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  reconnect to yourself, and remember the most important thing of all,
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  why you're here.
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  This episode today is going to be a little bit of a simpler one,
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  a little bit of a quieter one, a little bit of a cozy one.
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  I am just getting started today with the new cohort for Earth
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  Angel School 2026.
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  We only open the doors once a year to this school and now the doors are closing
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  and I'm so excited to get started with this group in this spiritual school for
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  sensitives. And because that's happening today,
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  I decided to release a podcast that is just a little bit more easeful.
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  I also think that this podcast today is something I really
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  need to remember right now in this world.
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  So I wanted to share this recording that I made several years ago called Is This
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  An Awakening? In this recording,
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  I talk about the signs that you are having an awakening,
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  especially within the context of looking at the greater metaphor of spring.
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  We so often doubt whether we are actually making changes in our life,
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  whether we are actually getting to the other side of something and there's a
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  really important metaphor inherent to spring that can help us
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  recognize awakenings when they're happening in our lives.
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  I have been just absolutely soaking in the beauty of spring
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  here in the mountains where I live.
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  There are a cacophony of wildflowers in the early spring.
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  The coves here are filled with spring ephemerals,
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  and it's just one of the most joyful moments of the entire year to witness them.
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  And at the same time, balancing that joy,
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  this very present physical joy of being on earth with the
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  intensity of living in this planet, the intensity of the global climate,
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  the political climate,
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  with the realities of what is happening in the wider human world.
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  And this episode felt really important to tune back into
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  because of this as well.
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  This is a question I think a lot of us are asking ourselves like,
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  "Is this the end or is this an awakening?" And I think in our heart of hearts,
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  we really know the answer to that question,
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  but our fragile human selves and our sensitive nervous systems really
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  need to ask this question, right? Is really wondering,
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  are we witnessing something dissolving?
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  And I think the answer to that is yes,
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  but what we're also witnessing is an awakening.
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  But I think it can really help to understand within this what
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  awakenings actually look like because I think sometimes we have this view or
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  this vision of awakenings that is preventing us from recognizing them when
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  they're actually happening. So in this gentle episode today,
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  settle in and simply receive as we explore,
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  is this an awakening?
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  We all want to experience awakenings,
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  a sense and that feeling of renewal, new perspective, new beginning.
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  When spring comes around, it seems like awakening's not that far off,
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  but a lot of times we forget actually what awakening feels like.
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  The truth is that you're probably already having an awakening this spring.
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  Let's just look at the signs.
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  These are the telltale signs that you're actually in the midst of an awakening.
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  Sometimes I find it's helpful to look at the seasons that we're inhabiting to
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  really understand the way in which our inner rhythms work.
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  So when it comes to awakenings, there's no better time to look at than spring.
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  So let's look at some of the signs that you're experiencing an awakening.
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  The first sign is that you're having new lows.
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  So a lot of times we hear this word awakening,
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  we think it's going to be all like flash and banner and excitement and
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  flowers. But if we actually look at the way spring works,
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  you kind of hit an all time low before spring really comes into gear.
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  So oftentimes the hardest days of winter are those last days of
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  winter that are transitioning into spring.
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  This is when you get those last snowstorms.
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  It's when those glass cold snaps come in.
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  Maybe you get a couple blossoms on a branch and then you get another freeze.
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  So I think it's important to keep this in mind when we're thinking about
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  awakenings because really sometimes when we experience things like depression,
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  despondency, a new low,
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  what we're actually tuning into is this energy of the first burst of spring,
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  this energy of the fact that awakenings can actually come out of these low
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  spaces.
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  So if you are transitioning into the season and you're feeling that sense of
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  heaviness, almost like cabin fever hitting a pitch,
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  then this might be that you're actually just about to burst into your awakening.
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  Speaking of cabin fever,
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  you might also be feeling some sense of restlessness or numbness,
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  and these are signs that you've actually outgrown your life.
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  You've outgrown the small boxes that you've been in and you're getting this
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  restlessness because you're ready for something new.
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  So when you start to feel that sense of constriction,
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  it can be really beneficial to not just default into the state of thinking that
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  something's wrong with your life or you have to forcibly change something,
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  but recognizing that you're feeling that because your spirit is already opening
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  up to this change and this awakening.
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  The next sign is that you might be seesawing back and forth between
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  the newness and the oldness. Now this is a classic sign of spring awakening,
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  right? Spring is fickle.
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  One day it'll be warm and beautiful and the flowers will be out and the next day
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  it'll be cold again. And we're going to wonder if it might not be winter
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  forever.
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  So if you are seesawing back and forth between these states of feeling like
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  freshness is really coming into your life and then feeling like everything's
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  always going to be the same as it always was,
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  know that this itself is a sign of an awakening.
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  I love thinking about the definition of a revelation. Break it down,
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  a revelation literally means to reveal.
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  So we know we've had a revelation when that veil comes back down over
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  what we perceived. The gateway opens up,
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  we see something new and different that changes our perspective and our lives.
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  And then the veil comes back down and it seems as if we've returned to our
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  normal lives, but really we're changed just from that glimpse.
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  So think about this seesawing back and forth,
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  these fickle days of spring, whether that's inner spring or outer spring,
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  as these revelations that are coming to show you these glimpses. So
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  awakenings are literally like waking up to glimpse something and then going back
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  to sleep. That's how they work.
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  Awakenings lead to being awake to a new level or perception or
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  awareness of ourselves.
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  So know that when you have these flashes and it seems like you're defaulting to
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  old patterns, this isn't a negative thing.
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  It's actually just indicative that you are awakening.
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  The third sign is that you may have stuff that comes up to be healed.
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  So we all know this dance of spring,
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  the things that you put on hold from the fall or that you didn't have time to do
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  or is too cold to do outside in the winter,
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  suddenly come back onto your to- do list in the spring and you know,
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  it's time to get this stuff done,
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  whether that's fixing the roof or the potholes in the driveway or digging in
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  perennials into the garden. So a lot of times when we're experiencing an
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  awakening,
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  we're actually going to have stuff come up that's residual and ready to really
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  be released, healed or tended to.
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  Sometimes when we have these things come up that need healing,
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  we think that we're just defective or that this is actually preventing us from
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  awakening,
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  but the truth is that these things are coming up so you can embrace the full
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  awakening that spring has to offer.
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  And it can be a joy to tend to these things that maybe we didn't have the
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  time, space,
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  or energy to tend to when we were in the winter of our seasons or of our
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  awareness. Lastly,
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  the first sign of awakening is not necessarily that something's blooming,
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  but that something's dropping away.
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  If you actually look at the way spring happens,
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  before the flowers come out,
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  there's going to be the old guard that dissipates,
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  whether that's compost settling into the ground or the old leaves finally
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  falling off the tree,
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  the discarding of the old has to come before the new
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  blooming. So if you find that you're going through a process of shedding,
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  whether that's coming up against conflicting belief patterns or shedding
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  an old relationship or feeling the need to move or change something in your
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  life, know that this is actually a predecessor of the blooms.
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  And oftentimes we have to do this work before the flowers and the awakening can
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  come through.
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  And early spring is a time in which this stuff is going to come up because
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  there's so much ready to flower for us.
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  So remember that spring always happens on its own time.
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  Every year I keep a bloom journal of when certain flowers bloom in my garden and
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  it's different every single year. So know this for yourself too,
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  that your awakening will happen on your timeframe, your schedule,
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  and it's always unfolding perfectly.
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  So just embrace the sweetness and the perfection of that timing. And
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  just like spring itself, know that you don't need to rush the flowering.
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  It happens naturally and organically on its own.
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  All you have to do is show up for the seasons and the weather whims of your
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  feelings and inner movements as they're happening,
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  and the rest will unfold perfectly.
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  And keep your eyes peeled for those first tiny insights of clarity,
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  like those first crocus bulbs coming up in spring.
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  You're going to get these flashes,
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  these twinkles that are giving you a glimpse of the kind of clarity that's
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  going to come in the future. Awakenings aren't about having clarity now.
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  It's about realizing that there's actually a bigger landscape to look
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  at than you previously thought was possible for yourself.
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  The clarity will come later. For now,
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  just notice where those little insights are coming in and move towards them.
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  Try sinking into your body and let your body lead the way. What feels good to
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  lean into? What feels textured?
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  Just like the body of the earth knows when it's the right time to start
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  blooming, your body knows this too. Trust yourself.
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  That is always so helpful for me to remember in my life.
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  And this is the thing about being in relationship with the living world is we
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  receive these mirrors and these metaphors that help normalize our journey,
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  that help us understand the way patterns unfold here on this planet.
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  And when we can see the pattern, we can know what's coming next.
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  So if you enjoyed this podcast,
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  it would mean so much to me if you left a rating or review.
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  It really is like sprinkling fairy dust and all it takes is a single tap to give
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  this podcast five stars. And if you wanted to leave a review, I mean,
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  that would just be like in a giant bouquet of spring flowers left at my front
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  door.
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  So here's a review that someone left recently that I read probably at least five
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  times. The review goes,
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  "This is the only podcast I listen to consistently. I've engaged with Asia's
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  work for years now and it just gets better and better. She has such a grounded,
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  clearheaded, heartfelt perspective that always keeps me going.
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  Don't miss the monthly readings absolute gems." Thank you
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  so much. And yeah,
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  I'm excited actually for our reading coming up. But in the meantime,
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  if you have any questions,
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  any feedback or just a story you want to share with me personally,
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  head on over to asiasuler.com/remember and you can leave me a voice note.
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  It is such a delight to hear some of your voices and it really helps me craft
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  these episodes.
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  So however this spring or whatever season you are in is unfolding for
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  you, may it hold you,
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  may it give you the mirrors and the reminders that you need that things do
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  unfold in a purposeful direction,
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  that there is meaning that we're moving towards on this planet and may it help
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  you remember that most important thing of all, why you're here.