by Carolyn Gwiazdzinski

Created on: February 25, 2009   Last Updated: March 06, 2009

The personal risk of a spiritual journey, Wow! Yes, the risks are great, however, the rewards and benefits are equal to the risks that are great. As I write this, all that I share, is through a very direct and personal experience and journey. In my 20's, I had no clue, that I would venture onto a spiritual journey. However, as I look back, even into my childhood, all the signs for an upcoming spiritual journey were there.

I am a conscious empath; a very high level of intuition and empathic ability. I was aware, even as a kid, of all the overwhelming turmoil that was my family life. Everyone in my family, was in some kind of emotional turmoil. As a kid, I was aware of this fact. Felt it all the time. Even when we were all quietly in our own space; watching tv, doing homework, reading a book, you could cut and feel the underlying, non verbal tension with a knife.

As a kid, I couldn't for the life of me, understand why my parents weren't talking about their pain. I was a kid and I knew not expressing what was being felt, was doing more harm then good. These little dialogues of awareness, would continue into my early 20's, until something deep inside of me, began demanding for understanding. A relief from the emotional pressure that was building. And then the process of my spiritual journey began.

The door to this initial journey, began with a boss/friend of mine, that had shared a story of her own personal trauma and her luck or good fortune, of finding this very cutting edge counselor, with all of the appropriate credentials, seasoned with a very open heart and a very evolved mind. I began my own process for healing my childhood traumas, with great success and much relief, I soon began my journey into developing my intuitive abilities. It wasn't until I was introduced to Sondra Ray/LRT, Leornard Orr/Rebirthing and Don McFarlands's/Body Harmony, that the doors to my spiritual life were completely opened.

It would be a few more years, before I understood, on a very clear, practical and logical level, that I discovered the true implications of what a spiritual journey, within my human life meant. The fact that I had already gone in for traditional counseling for healing and the development of my already intuitive abilities, was already changing my life, on unseen levels. When combining these other modalities, the unseen levels of development, started being felt on a logical level and being seen in my everyday human life.

The reason why a spiritual journey involves a

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