How to Survive a Spiritual Hangover

A Spiritual Hangover is the disorientation felt as life’s “givens” start to slip. Something unfamiliar is shaking our footing, and disrupting our routines. We whipsaw between what we’re accustomed to and something we can’t quite define. It's nearly impossible to get one's bearings and feels like the lurching gait of a sailor on shore leave.Bursts of intense energy are pushing everyone to change, without the comfort of knowing where it's going. it. This book shows how to read the signals in order to flow smoothly with the patterns at play. Pressures for us to correspond to the changes at every level of modern life keeps getting stronger and more insistent. This book shows how to make sense of pattern behind all the seemingly-random and disruptive irrationality in daily life. It has a purpose and direction--toward greater clarity and integration. It's us moving toward greater alignment (within yourself and across our social institutions). Introduction - Hold on to Your Hat—Massive Changes Underway SECTION I Spiritual Hangovers Arrive Along with the New Energy Chapter 1 - Been Feeling Woozy and Off Balance Lately? Chapter 2 - Energy Surges Swing You from Head to Heart—and Back Chapter 3 - Recognizing Binkles, Truth, and Sacred Cows Chapter 4 - High-Vibration Energy is Really Real Chapter 5 - Energy Management—Upgrade Your Plumbing and Wiring Chapter 6 - Ascension Symptoms and Cures Chapter 7 - Embrace the Uniqueness of True You SECTION II Shaking Up is Hard to Do Chapter 8 - Bushwhacked by Optimism and Mindless Habits Chapter 9 - Decode and Respect Your Emotional Messages Chapter 10 - Fresh Energy Ushers in New Kinds of Answers Chapter 11 - Shaking Up Your Connections to People Chapter 12 - Shaking Up Your Stuff and Obligations to It Chapter 13 - Eight-Foot Pigmies Build Community Chapter 14 - Co-creation and Joy for a World in Transition