Through the fire to the tree; my awakening story
Hi everyone. I'm Taylor, I'm from the US, and I'm new here. I've been reading through the site, and honestly, reading the survey results felt like reading my own story. So I wanted to share mine.
In 2024 I was going through the hardest season of my life. I was separated from my children in the middle of a custody battle, and I was barely holding myself together. During that time, someone I trusted in a position of authority pushed me under extreme stress in a way that I still believe crossed serious lines. That's all I'll say about that part. What matters here is what happened inside me next.
In September 2024, I felt a shift. Everything went fuzzy, and it was like I was watching and understanding everything from a third point of view, outside myself. That same night, a burning started low at the base of my…

Wonderful. (Literally - full of wonder.) Your story has all the classic signs of a spiritual emergency, kundalni activation, peak experience, and dark night of the soul (the grief at separation after the experience). Sounds like it was really life changing - I'm so glad the experience wasn't a blip but has had profound ripple effects in your life. Thanks for sharing!