Is there a link between Depression and Spiritual Awakening?
So what is the link between depression and spiritual awaken? You are probably thinking I’m off my trolley! However, through my own experience there is a huge direct link between the two. Depression and spiritual awakening are BOTH two sides of ONE DOOR. This quote by Dr Lisa Miller, a clinical psychologist and a visual description makes a powerful statement. Nothing can say it better than this:
Dr Lisa Millers book, The Awakened brain is a must read for those suffering anxiety and / or depression. Her research team were looking for scientific proof for the link between depression & spirituality. They carried out numerous MRI brain scans of multigenerational families that have depression. There were two groups of people that all had various levels of depression.
The MRI scans found that the spiritual group had thicker & healthier brain area in which depression resides. Where as in the depression group with no spirituality, the opposite was true- the same brain area was thinned out and atrophied which correlated to higher level of depression within that group throughout the generations. This was the scientific proof that Dr Miller was looking for. There is a direct link in those who have a strong faith in spirituality and lower levels of depression.
Spirituality means different things to different people. For some, it means thier religion. For others like myself, Spirituality means connection to something bigger than ourselves. A connection to everyone and everything. A connection to the one and only Divine. No religious books to follow but our own personal relationship within ourself and the the Divine.
There is a growing movement of pure simple Spirituality that is starting to unite people from all walks of life and religions. As more are starting to awaken, they have all realised that there is only one God for all, The Divine / Source. I have met people from Christianity, Hinduism, Islam all that have started to come under the one umbrella of pure & simple Spirituality that is uniting people across the globe. This has picked up pace since the Covid pandemic. The lockdowns had forced people to start looking inwards and slowly awaken even those who are atheists are forced to feel this inner knowing that there is something bigger than themselves, something that connects us all.
After reading several books especially Journey of Souls by Michael Newton, I am a firm believer in that we do have a choice in what to experience in life before we are even born. The author/ hypnotist was strong sceptic of reincarnation until a few of his clients started to go into past lives. The book mentions that we partner up with a soul mate to come down with us along with many karmic ties with others that we connect with in our life to balance the karmic cheque books. Some of these ties are to learn lessons.
Some of these soul connections are to to create pain that one day forces you down what seems like a never ending dark tunnel. The main aim for this kind of connection is to push you to spiritual awaken. Why would you chose this for yourself before coming down to earth, I here you say? You see, without pain, why would you even seek to go within to seek answers? Why would you seek The Divine / God / Source? The answer is most people wouldn’t, hence the pain. Depressed and anxiety along with some other mental health issues are the fastest way that your soul and The Divine choses to awaken you.