When you meditate on a regular basis, many fascinating things will begin to happen in your life. It is exciting to watch your intuition become stronger. You feel peaceful in situations that normally get you rattled, like with family, work and traffic. Pleasant “coincidences” occur that make your day easier. You are relaxed and serene. You sleep better and make healthy choices to take care of yourself.

Your decision to meditate is your desire to move into the fourth dimension. You are seeking to transform at the deepest level of your being. As you bond more closely with your higher self during your quiet time, healing begins on all levels of your existence – spiritually, emotionally and physically.

Consistent meditation is like doing an herbal cleanse. That is to say, you might feel worse before you feel better! Inner spiritual action rustles energy up from the depths of your subconscious mind. You can go through phases that just seem toxic. It’s comforting to know that you’re not doing anything wrong – you’re actually doing things right!

Your soul and your spiritual guides know that you’re serious about healing and transforming. Poisonous memories and resentments might rise to the surface of your mind for review, forgiveness and release. Just imagine how that spiritual sludge has been hanging around in your consciousness, burdening you in ways you can’t imagine. Old modes of thinking are being dislodged and empowering revelations are taking root in your mind. Destructive subconscious tendencies toward self-sabotage, self-hate and crippling fears will be healed once and for all but acknowledging your flaws in a point-blank way is challenging.

You might also find that you’re occasionally more anxious and periodically have trouble sleeping. This is because you are raising your vibration. Meditation allows high rates of energy to stream into your consciousness. Sometimes it feels exciting and you’re hopeful for the future. Other times it feels uncomfortable and you experience restlessness, irritability or a slight sense of dread. Keep in mind that your higher self is invigorated by the increased vibration. Your lower self is threatened by higher frequencies, since it can’t exist in fourth dimensional energy. Just like a glass shatters when an opera singer hits high notes, so your ego smashes to bits as your soul “sings its spiritual song in a higher octave.”

Here is a partial list of symptoms you could experience as you detox. Feeling confused or disoriented; feeling panicky; having sudden energy surges or energy drains; change of eating or sleeping patterns; having diarrhea; getting a cold; having an accident; tingling sensations; needing more alone time; sensitivity to noise or crowds.

Don’t stop meditating if you are experiencing spiritual detoxification. Persevere and declare it a blessing. You are healing at a rapid rate. You are in the fast lane of mystical evolution. Allow temporary disorder and chaos so that divine order can realign your world. Eventually, you will emerge with greater poise and serenity than before.

Aluna Michaels is a second generation astrologer and soul evolutionist practitioner. She also holds a Masters in Spiritual Counseling and has been teaching and consulting for more than two decades. Aluna is available for appointments in her home or by phone. Call (248) 583-1663 or visit www.ascension.net/aluna.