How Do I Know If I’ve Made Real Progress With The Awakening Journey?

You’ve done the work. And you have a specific question about the awakening journey—not a beginner question, but the kind that comes after you’ve already engaged seriously with the material.

Here’s the honest answer.

The Question

Is this more common than people admit?

See also: what the awakening journey actually looks like

The Answer

Yes. Significantly. Most people who’ve done serious inner work have this specific gap—they understand the awakening journey well and still catch themselves operating from the old mode. It’s the pattern that comes after the obvious blocks are cleared.

See also: integration after an awakening experience

What This Means Practically

The most useful response to this question isn’t more information—it’s a specific practice direction.

Stop researching awakening and start practicing it

Set a simple daily intention: ‘I choose to be more awake today than yesterday’

Catch yourself sleepwalking—notice autopilot moments, inherited beliefs, reactive patterns

These steps won’t resolve everything in one session. They’re a direction. The resolution comes through consistent return over time.

See also: the GPS+I framework for navigating awakening

A Note on Pacing

Some of what this touches on can bring up material that’s heavier than expected. If that happens, pacing matters more than pushing through. Professional support is always a legitimate and wise option alongside self-directed practice.

See also: somatic anchoring during awakening

The Deeper Pattern

Most questions about the awakening journey come back to the same underlying shift: from trying to understand it to practicing it. From information to embodiment. From knowing to returning.

Awakening has no finish line. It’s infinite expansion with levels upon levels. The pressure to ‘arrive’ is itself a form of unconsciousness. The practice is being more awake today than yesterday.

See also: why awakening plateaus happen and what to do

You’re not behind. This is the question that comes after the early work. The fact that you’re asking it is a sign of genuine progress.

The Abundance GPS Skool community is where conscious entrepreneurs at this stage come to apply this work. Not to add more information—to integrate what they already know. A trial membership is the place to start. Come in and see.