Nicky Sutton - Consciousness Rising: Guiding You Through Spiritual Awakening and Beyond

If you suddenly feel crazy, weird, ungrounded, sense far more than meets the eye, and cant help but question everything you were taught to believe and consider important, you are not losing your mind. You are waking up. Dont panic. Nicky Suttons wonderful, life-saving book, Consciousness Rising, is the best, most practical, grounded guide you will find to navigate the disruptive, liberating, and soul-empowering journey that is underway.

SONIA CHOQUETTE, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ASK YOUR GUIDES

An ESSENTIAL read for anyone on the spiritual awakening path. This brilliant and unique guide walks you step by step through the most important transformation of your life.

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Text Nicky Sutton, 2021

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To my dear husband, Antti, thank you for everything.

The process of spiritual awakening is like the metamorphosis of a butterfly. Just like the former caterpillar, youre undergoing a profound transformation and becoming a different kind of being. Once you discover your true colors, youll be ready to take flight and embody your limitless purpose and potential.

Have you been through spiritual awakening? Are you going through it now? If your sense of self is dissolving or your perceptions of reality and purpose are transforming uncontrollably, then its possible. Whether your awakening is challenging, blissful, or somewhere in between, this book is here to support you through awakening and beyond. My core message to you is, youre not alone, youre not crazy, and you can achieve joy and fulfillment.

I describe spiritual awakening as a shift in consciousness, where your beliefs and perceptions move from an atheist, materialist, or religious point of view, to a more spiritual, holistic, metaphysical, and esoteric one. You have an irresistible urge to discover a more authentic, loving, and extraordinary version of yourself and reality. This metamorphosis can blow your life and sense of self to pieces or gently enhance your perceptions. Either way, youre changing, and theres no going back.

Everyones spiritual awakening is different, and its not easy to cover everybodys unique experiences, reactions, and path into awakening. Nevertheless, no matter how your awakening unfolds, this book will provide you with knowledge, inspiration, and guidance, as well as various examples of other peoples experiences to inspire you.

I wish Id had a helping hand during my awakening, especially during the more challenging stages. Hence, I write this for you. I dont claim to be a guru or a master, or to have attained enlightenment. Im just someone who has experienced a mind-shattering transformation and feels compelled to guide and assist others undergoing the same process. Since my awakening, Ive accumulated quite an online audience, proving to me, at least, the need for this material. I have conducted hundreds of one-on-one sessions in spiritual guidance, past-life regression, and hypnosis healing, which have added to my understanding of awakening as experienced by many individuals.

Seemingly, an increasing number of people are encountering this phenomenon. As our thoughts, feelings, and intentions sweep through our collective consciousness, many more awakenings are being triggered. As our world drowns in consumerism and seemingly endless political, economic, and social turmoil, we watch the leaders of humanity bicker and squabble like actors in a crummy TV show. But perhaps a new way of life is dawning a renewed perception of the world as we discover ancient spiritual wisdom, holistic well-being, and a more heart-led existence.

Spiritual awakening is one of the most meaningful and transformative experiences a person can have. We awaken to valuable knowledge (such as the immortality of the soul), psychic phenomena, the law of attraction, the energetic nature of reality, synchronicities, inner healing, the extent of societal corruption, past lives, and much more. We move through every extreme of emotion, from hopeless despair to divine bliss, as everything seems to fall apart, and we reconstruct ourselves anew. Who am I? we ask. Thats a good question. New ways of perceiving ourselves and life also dawn on us as we learn to explore our infinite true selves, transcend illusions, and release resistance.

We each find our own truths, so dont take my words as gospel, but, like me, continue learning, experiencing, and practicing your own spirituality on your adventure toward wholeness and self-actualization. The initial acutely transformative stages do pass and reveal that awakening is a never-ending process. To reiterate, once initiated, our awakening to new ideas and possibilities continues always. Life is a voyage of learning and experience, but its our approach to it that makes all the difference.

As a child, I felt like something was off that there was a hidden truth behind the concept of reality that was being sold to me. Something that I couldnt see, touch, or learn about at school. At the age of nine, I was fascinated when my mother asked an earthbound spirit, George, to leave our new home; he was upsetting my sister and me. Mum was neither spiritual nor religious but did occasionally sense spirits. A drawer had slammed shut on its own in my room, and objects would disappear, then reappear in unusual places. My older sister had similar experiences with George. While she tried to sleep, the lid of a ceramic pot would turn around on its base, making a squeaking, grinding noise. We were both fed up and frightened. George, the previous owner of the property, had passed away just weeks before we moved in, so Mum stood in the hall and read out Georges widows new address, assuming that he couldnt find her. By the next day, the ghostly phenomena had stopped, and Mum was very pleased with herself. Pam, Georges widow, came to a Christmas party at our house some months later, and Mum apprehensively told her what had happened. Pam replied, Yes, he arrived with me soon after, thank you!