🦋 When the Veil Lifts: Awakening, Faith, and the Sacred Discomfort of Becoming

by Heather Garner, CPTD | Ciao Bella Leadership

“Those who believe, see. Those who see, manifest.”

There are two ways of seeing the world.

One is with your physical eyes—searching for validation, trying to manifest outcomes, chasing proof that what you want is on its way. It’s vision tied to form, logic, and outcome.

The other is spiritual sight—a deep inner knowing. A quiet certainty that what is unfolding is not only right, but divinely timed. With spiritual sight, you no longer need to force or grasp.

You believe—and that belief reveals a reality far more expansive than you ever imagined.

Most of us begin with physical sight. We look for signs. We crave evidence. We cling to control. But eventually, whether through pain, breakdown, or spiritual curiosity, we’re invited inward. We begin to sense that answers aren’t out there—they’re within.

And once you begin to believe from that place, you start to see not just with your eyes—but with your soul.

🌫 What Are the Veils?

You’ve probably heard people talk about “removing the veils”—but what does that really mean?

Let’s start with a metaphor. Imagine going out drinking, feeling confident and in control. Then the next day, you watch a video of yourself—and cringe. What you thought was charming now looks sloppy and out of alignment with who you want to be.

That moment of clarity? That’s what removing a veil feels like.

Veils distort our perception. They’re like energetic blindfolds, shaped by trauma, conditioning, fear, or survival. Just like an addict thinks their lies are working—unaware everyone else sees right through them—an unawakened soul often cannot see what’s so obvious to those who’ve already walked the path.

But here’s the deeper truth: we are all under veils, and they vary depending on our unique journey.

What’s obvious to you might still be hidden to someone else. Maybe you see through the illusion of fame, but still cling to people-pleasing. Maybe you’ve broken free from dogma, but not from judgment. Veils are not punishments—they’re assignments. And they lift when their lesson is complete.

For example, my own journey through medications and addiction wasn’t a punishment. It was a preparation. A sacred detour. It taught me to see symptoms as spiritual signals—not defects. I began to understand that western medicine often masks the very breakthroughs trying to emerge.

Our paths of pain are paved for our purpose. They are not missteps or sins. They are divinely placed experiences guiding us home to ourselves. Anyone who tells you otherwise is operating through their own veil of control.

So what lifts the veil?

Radical honesty. Reflection. Shadow work.

You must be willing to look at your life—all of it. The pain you’ve endured. The roles you’ve played. The ways you’ve betrayed or protected yourself. Only then do the veils begin to fall.

And when they do, your soul starts seeing what your eyes never could.

✨ Jesus and the Symbol of Awakening

Early in your awakening, you might find yourself drawn to spiritual figures you once dismissed—angels, God, Jesus. Something inside you begins to stir. You begin seeking.

At first, this may look like devotion. You study. You follow. You open your heart to something bigger. For many, this path leads to Jesus.

But over time, something shifts. Jesus stops being a distant savior and becomes a mirror.

You realize: he wasn’t asking to be worshipped—he was showing us what’s possible.

He said heaven is within. He reminded us that we too are children of God, capable of healing, leading, and embodying divine love.

To idolize him as unreachable is to miss the message.

He wasn’t the exception. He was the invitation.

🌱 Learning to See Without Your Eyes

You don’t need a degree in theology to access spiritual truth. You don’t need anyone’s permission to hear the voice of God.

The wisdom you need is already inside you.

I remember walking alone through Spain and suddenly knowing words I’d never studied. Spanish phrases. Plant names. Ideas. They just… came. It wasn’t knowledge. It was knowing.

That’s spiritual sight. It’s not loud. It’s not theatrical. It’s quiet and clear.

You don’t have to take my word for it. Try it for yourself.

Sit in silence. Ask real questions:

• Why did that happen?

• What’s this trying to teach me?

• How can I live more fully?

• What am I still pretending not to see?

  
  

Then… listen. Not with your ears, but with your energy.

The answers come quietly at first. A nudge. A whisper. A sudden idea before your ego talks you out of it. But the more you practice, the clearer it becomes.

You begin to see truth without needing someone else to say it first.

🪞 The Masks You Didn’t Know You Were Wearing

Awakening doesn’t happen all at once. It’s a slow unmasking.

You begin to notice the ways you used to shift your voice depending on who you were talking to. You spoke differently to people in power than to people you felt equal to.

You remember the times you held back your truth to avoid making others uncomfortable. Or the moments you exaggerated, minimized, or polished your words to avoid guilt, gain approval, or fit in.

At first, it’s jarring. Then it becomes uncomfortable to not notice.

These realizations begin to echo. Not to shame you—but to mature you.

You begin to clean it up. Speak more truthfully. Be more consistent. Hold your boundaries. Honor your gut. Treat everyone with the same rooted presence—no matter their title or opinion.

It’s not about perfection. It’s about energetic integrity.

And the more aligned you become, the less you feel the need to explain yourself.

You are no longer betraying yourself to be liked.

🌊 The Soupy In-Between

There’s a stage that no one warns you about: You’re no longer asleep, but not yet fully formed.

Carl Jung called it Enantiodromia—the point where everything flips. I call it the soupy in-between.

It’s like being sober at a party while everyone else is still drunk. You’re not entertained by the same things. You’re in the same rooms—but feel like you no longer belong.

Your values have shifted. Your energy has shifted. Your frequency is rising—and with that rise comes dissonance.

You might still be in the same job, same relationship, same circle—but nothing feels aligned. And you start to wonder… Am I crazy? Am I lonely? Am I just sensitive?

No.

You’re evolving. And evolution requires space.

You don’t need to convert anyone. You don’t need to prove your awakening. You just need to keep growing.

The discomfort is your sign that your old environment no longer fits the size of your soul.

🔥 You Were Wired for What’s Meant for You

Here’s the truth: You don’t have to hustle for what’s already yours. You just have to align with it.

You were designed for a purpose that lives inside you. But to find it, you must strip away every inherited want, cultural expectation, and conditioned mask.

When you finally ask yourself what you want—not what earns praise, not what makes sense, not what pays the most—but what sets your heart on fire, you’ll start to see it:

The life that was always trying to find you.

You don’t chase purpose. You remember it.

⏳ Trust the Timing of Your Becoming

If you’ve just awakened… If you’re in that strange, aching place between old and new… Let it be.

You’re not behind. You’re not broken. You’re not late.

You woke up when you were meant to.

Every veil had purpose. Every misstep held medicine. Every distortion taught you something about your light.

You can’t unsee what you’ve seen. You can’t unknow what you now know. And that, my friend, is the beginning.

So keep going.

One breath at a time. One veil at a time.

Because when you stop looking with your eyes…You finally begin to see.