The soul merge process marks the turning point of the ascension journey. This is the merging of the ego and the soul so that the soul can lead the way. After that, you begin to know your true self and will translate your soul into your life. This article describes what to master and navigate during the soul merge process and the first stages of spiritual initiation.
Everyone goes through several key spiritual initiations on the ascension journey. Each initiation has its specifics and seven sub-levels. Moving through one initiation typically takes many lifetimes. However, in this era, we may be able to complete the full ascension process in a single lifetime.
The first stages of spiritual initiation are typically the longest to navigate, as we need to shed illusions and attachments related to the ego. Shedding those allows us to begin the soul merge process as the ego surrenders to the guidance of the soul.
As we move through the full ascension arch, we remember who we truly are and then embody it in every walk of life. This is a path leading to the highest degree of self-mastery.
Most of humanity currently moves through the first three to four initiations. The first initiation deals with mastering the physical body and the physical world. This can manifest as a strong focus on health, physical strength, appearance, and illnesses.
The second spiritual initiation deals with mastering the astral-emotional body. Typically, this initiation takes the longest to navigate, as we need to heal and balance the emotional body and release unhelpful patterns. Emotional mastery, however, doesn’t need to be perfect. Neither of these initiations require complete perfection. The reason the second initiation takes the longest time is that one needs to face their illusions about who they are, romantic illusions and fantasies, master the use of one’s energy, and more.
And finally, the key turning point occurs within the third and fourth initiations. In the third initiation, we learn to master the mental body and to release and transmute any limiting beliefs, including past-life patterns, also known as karma and ancestral beliefs. In other words, we learn to control and dissolve the ego so that it is in the service of the soul. This is a prerequisite for the soul merge process.
The soul merge process means that we embody the soul. As we master the physical, astral, and mental body to a degree – somewhere around 55-75% of mastery – we merge with the soul.
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The ego is tied to our personality. In that way, it’s a necessary part of the soul. However, the ego can get caught up in patterns and timelines that don’t serve the soul.
Something like this is a theme I see with all my School of Remembrance clients. There are a couple of key lifetimes on Earth and/or other star systems where the soul has reached the maximum possible potential at that point. The soul has fully embodied their power and manifested it visibly. Then, the ego either misuses that power and negatively influences the collective, or it is a “victim” of someone else’s misapplied power.
Old fears arise as the soul again reaches a similar level of power and embodied potential in this life. The person’s ego is caught up in the concerns of being seen, using one’s voice, stepping into one’s power, and standing up for something meaningful. Consequently, the ego gets stuck in the same patterns from past lives and manifests them again in this life.
It’s quite a journey to heal this. But when you do, the ego is ready to follow the soul’s guidance instead of getting in its way to protect you. The soul merge process is complete at that point, and you always know the right action. Your mind becomes clear, emotions no longer rule your decisions, and you are ready to follow your soul’s purpose.
As you embody your soul, you are initiated into the fourth level. At that point, it’s not your soul guiding you anymore; it’s your Spirit.
The Spirit’s guidance feels pure and focused. It can ask questions that further awaken something in you. But unlike the ego, which has a sense of urgency, the Spirit never commands you and tells you that you must do something. Rather, it’s the consciousness beyond the witness, beyond the witness, witnessing the witness that continues to awaken you to the remembrance of your infinite self and helps you fully manifest it.
You must cross a void during the soul merge process. It may feel like you’re hanging somewhere between the old and the new. You experience the Dark Night of the Soul, which, in fact, is the Dark Night of the Ego because your ego starts to dissolve. Typically, you must release all identities you have thought are the core of you.
Let’s say your sense of self came from your relationship, and now you must let that relationship go. Perhaps your sense of self came from a job, status, or money, and now you see it all disappear before your eyes. Or your sense of self was tied to your body, and suddenly, you can’t use it the way you could have before.
This part of the soul merge process can be disorienting because you realize you are not your old self, but you don’t yet know where you’ll end up. It’s like walking through a tunnel, sensing the end, but there is always the next curve and the next one.
It’s common to go through the dissolving process several times, depending on how hard we fight against it.
We must release even more if we attempt to return to our old lives. Therefore, the best approach is to let go of what naturally wants to leave your life, understanding that it is not the essence of who you are. You are an infinite being.
This part of the soul merge process is hard because you must go through it alone. Although you meet a mentor or someone to help you when it feels the hardest, you also navigate the void primarily by yourself. The best approach is to become fluid like a river. Trust that what is meant for you will always find you. Be ready to rethink everything about life and who you believed you were.
You’ll build new foundations as your life completely restructures, mirroring your soul rather than your ego. At that stage of the soul merge process, there is a rest period. It may feel like nothing much happens, but you must let yourself integrate everything you’ve been through.
During this period, which sometimes triggers the ego again because it doesn’t feel exciting, your physical, emotional, and mental bodies restructure themselves so that more of the soul’s energy can shine through them.
The soul merge process certainly takes a couple of years, more likely a couple of decades, and for most, it takes lifetimes. You may experience many ups and downs along the way. Every low triggers a further clearing out of the ego and deepens the soul merge process.
When the process is complete, you’ll know. You have a different hard drive than before. Your mind is pure; it’s easy to take a soul-aligned action and devote yourself wholeheartedly to your purpose. Your ego can no longer sway your mind, emotions, and actions.
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