The Ascension process can be downright unpleasant at times, especially when a lot of change and loss are rapidly occurring in your life. It can feel as if your whole world is falling apart and nothing will ever feel safe or comfortable again.
And yet, there are times when it can also be very pleasant and exciting. New abilities suddenly appear and deeply meaningful and expansive experiences occur.
But then there are the periods of time when it feels like nothing much is happening at all. And you can begin to wonder if you’re somehow off on the wrong track – or even if Ascension actually exists. The old emotions are still present – the same irritations, the same pleasures. And the same mundane things you have to do in your life.
And when you look out at what’s happening in the world, it’s no help. The same old things are still happening there too: war in Ukraine, protests that don’t seem to produce any real change, the world economy tanking. You see that the people causing the pandemic are still out there pushing misinformation, and the same corrupt world leaders are still in charge.
It’s enough to make you doubt that anything new can ever change what’s happening to humanity – or to you in your own personal awakening process.
Time to Recalibrate
I call these periods of time the “Ascension Blahs”. It can feel depressing, especially when you’ve felt excited before, really experiencing important shifts in your personal life, seeing how you are waking up spiritually into a new reality. You remember feeling expansive and having experiences of 5D that were exciting and new – and you could really see a whole new world coming into being. 
What you need to realize is that these kinds of periods do occur within the Ascension process, times in which everything seems to settle into a relatively calm and steady rhythm, without a lot of fanfare.
Although maybe kind of boring, these are times of recalibration, times in which both your consciousness and body are busy integrating new energies and coming more into stasis, without the old 3D beliefs, emotions, and misconceptions that have been released.
Realizing that Much Has Changed 
If you check within, you can discover that yes, there’s apparently not much going on, either positively or negatively – but you do feel somewhat clearer than ever before. More relaxed, more detached when problems or emotional issues arise. You’re stronger, steadier. Not so reactive. More grounded.
These are subtle changes, but they are significant. As intense or exciting as Ascension symptoms can get at times, in the end, it’s all about an internal shift into a higher, clearer vibration of being – a steadier, more solid understanding of who you are as a multidimensional Being, currently residing in a dense human body. Signs of this shift can be obvious and unbelievably exciting in some ways, but they can also be very quiet and, at times, known only by you.
We’re Pioneers
As we continue on in these higher levels of the Fourth Dimension we’re currently traveling through on our way into 5D, we continue to discover all the subtle aspects of this profound shift in consciousness we’re making. Those of us aware of this process at this point are out in the front of the line – we’re the explorers, the pioneers who are discovering what exists in the terrain that humanity is destined to travel through in the shift into the Fifth Dimension. It’s uncharted territory. 
And it seems there are times on this journey when there appears, for the time-being, to be nothing new on the trail to experience or get excited about. There are times to stop and rest and reflect on subtle but significant changes going on within us.
In addition – perhaps these times occur in order to prepare us for the next part of the journey, which may include a great deal of intense change, unexpected events, and the appearance of abilities we don’t even know we have yet. They may also finally include monumental changes occurring out on the world stage, as well, to which we will need to respond.
Ascension Symptoms
Meanwhile, it can be helpful to review the Ascension symptoms you are probably still experiencing. There are a lot of them people are having, both challenging and very positive ones. Remembering these can remind you that yes, you are definitely in the process of awakening into a whole new reality known as the Fifth Dimension. You just sometimes lose sight of them or forget what they indicate.
To help you remember – or to learn what Ascension symptoms are if this concept is new to you, you might enjoy listening to my newest podcast on youtube, called “Recognizing Ascension Symptoms”.
About Vidya Frazier
Vidya Frazier is the author of four books on the subject of Ascension: Awakening to the Fifth Dimension, Ascension: Embracing the Transformation, Triumph of the Light, and The Ascension Lightworker's Handbook . As an author, energy healer, and transpersonal psychotherapist, Vidya has offered workshops, classes and public presentations over the past forty-five years on a variety of subjects pertaining to spiritual awakening, drawing on sources from both the East and the West as well as her own inner journey. She has presented at numerous IONS events, the New Living Expo, and a 5D New Paradigm conference.
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