The Illusion of Suffering in Spiritual Growth

Transcending old beliefs into new ways of Being

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This year, I found myself drawn to exploring a path that requires physical sacrifice and suffering believing that this practice would lead me further into my Spiritual Ascension.

Questioning the Intentions

As time drew closer and preparations were required to get ready for this commitment, I began really questioning myself as to why I felt drawn to doing this. My intention was pure, to connect more to my feminine. And yet, it seemed as if the undertaking grew in discomfort. As the time rapidly approached to set things in motion, I found myself hesitant. The tasks, the list of items to purchase, the flights, the thoughts of my body enduring pain – all seemed overwhelming. And the process was not flowing, it did not feel easy, it started to feel like a burden I was putting on myself. 

It dawned on me that earlier in the year, I started questioning why the awakening process required me to put myself in positions like this (or so I believed). I remember thinking – there has to be an easier way, a more loving way. 

Spiritual Growth Unveiled - Two children, seemingly unaffected by the illusion of suffering, standing on a rainbow over a city.

The Truth Revealed

The truth I have reached is that my life experiences have already paved a path of trauma and suffering. There are many things from my story that I have looked at and patterns I have worked on, resolved and transmuted. Why create more pain and suffering to remember I AM a Divine Loving Being? It’s like believing that God punishes us to learn our lessons, which is not true at all since God is Love and did not create suffering.

In my re-evaluation of my commitment, I found myself wanting to engage in this practice to prove a point to myself. That I could endure more pain and suffering, that I am a strong woman, that if others can do it – I can too, that if I completed this I would be a more Spiritual woman (🙄). But why?

Our Spiritual Ascension is not a process, it’s not something to attain – it is a Remembrance. It is an acknowledgement of our true Essence and state of Being. It does not require us to endure more suffering, or prove ourselves as “strong” humans for something that is not of this world. 

Spiritual Growth Unveiled - A woman standing on top of a mountain, hands raised in triumph while experiencing the illusion of suffering.

A New Paradigm

I went deep into communing with and remembering my Self. Who I truly AM, is already. The Ascended Being I AM, is already Awakened, Enlightened and fully connected to my Feminine (and my Masculine). There is nothing to physically endure on this dimension that will bring me closer to that because I already AM. 

When I tune in with my Self, I feel the Magnificence and Omnipotence of my Light. I carry it in every moment, in everything I experience and in everyone I encounter. What else is there to look for, to do?

I have experienced that, in an effort to belong or fit in as a human, many of us take on suffering in the name of spiritual growth. The belief has been that if there is no pain, there is no growth. Because you can’t be all Love and Light all the time, right? But isn’t that, in our Divine Essence, who we truly are?

An image of a woman in a vibrant, rainbow colored circle representing The Illusion of Suffering.

I respect the traditions and practices others identify with. That doesn’t mean that I connect with them or they are necessary for my own journey.

A New Way of Being

The paths of Spirituality and Consciousness all lead to the same place.  For me, it is a beautiful path that can be led with compassion, love and understanding. Connecting with my Self, I have been shown that there is another way. A gentle, subtle, innocent and pure way of Remembering I AM. 

I AM made new, and from this place I choose to live, lead and guide with Love the way back to Love. Love and Light is who I AM, Love and Light is who YOU are and suffering has no place here anymore but to return to Source to be transmuted.

Let Love and Light be the guiding forces in your path, because growth through suffering is the old way of thinking not the new way of Being. 

An image of a woman with a radiant head.

In Loving Awareness,
Monica

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