Waking Up Again: When We Miss the Signs and Fall Asleep Spiritually
Have you ever looked back and realized the signs were everywhere—but you just didn’t see them?
The gentle nudge you ignored. The repeating dream you brushed off. The relationship that drained you, the job that felt wrong, the little voice that kept whispering “This isn’t it.” You weren’t unaware. You were just… asleep. Not physically, but spiritually. Caught in what some call “spiritual narcolepsy”—a drifting away from your deeper awareness, your intuition, your alignment.
It happens to all of us.
Sometimes life gets loud. We get overwhelmed, distracted, seduced by the pace of productivity or comforted by routine. And in that fog, we stop listening. We stop feeling. We choose the path that’s familiar over the one that’s true. Not out of malice or laziness, but out of survival. Out of habit. Out of fear.
And yet, Spirit is patient.
The signs don’t stop coming just because we stop paying attention. They just get quieter—or sometimes louder. A blocked opportunity. A sudden ending. A strange synchronicity. A conversation that hits too close to home. It’s not punishment—it’s a loving wake-up call. A cosmic tap on the shoulder saying, “Hey… remember who you are?”
But here’s the good news: even if you’ve been sleepwalking, you can always wake up again.
You don’t have to spiral in guilt over what you missed. You don’t have to beat yourself up for not listening sooner. That’s just another trap—another way to stay asleep. Instead, try this: take a breath, and get curious. Gently ask yourself:
Where have I been tuning out?
What signs have I been dismissing?
What have I been pretending not to know?
Awareness is the first step back into alignment. The moment you notice you’ve been asleep, you're already beginning to stir.
From there, it’s about choosing presence again. Slowing down. Sitting with silence. Listening to the body. Honoring the dreams, the gut feelings, the subtle shifts in energy that are trying to guide you. It doesn’t have to be dramatic. Waking up can be as simple as pausing before you say yes. Or journaling what your heart really wants. Or walking outside without a destination.
And if you’re afraid of what you’ll find when you tune back in—that’s okay too. Sometimes we sleep because it’s safer than facing the truth. But the truth, as tender as it might be, is what sets us free. It reconnects us to joy, to purpose, to peace.
So if you’ve been in a spiritual slumber, welcome back. No shame. No pressure. Just a gentle invitation to return to yourself.
The signs are still there. The path is still open. And the deeper part of you? It's always been awake—just waiting for you to come home.
