The Natural High: Awakening Without Substances

The Natural High: Awakening Without Substances

Many seek meaning through substances — chasing a rush of connection or transcendence. But awakening isn’t chemical; it’s consciousness.

For me, the field itself is my “drug.” Mapping symbols, decoding patterns, and weaving Earth’s stories into cosmic ones brings a current of energy through my body — tingling skin, humming heart, awareness alive.

Each symbol — a rune, spiral, or glyph — is a doorway. Enter it consciously, and the field answers with embodied electricity. It’s what some might call kundalini, though for me it’s simply resonance made visible.

Symbols aren’t drawings; they’re living codes that awaken memory. They remind us we’re part of a vast, intelligent universe, not isolated humans in search of escape.

This is the natural high — the bliss of alignment, the aliveness that comes from touching the circuitry of life itself. No substance required.

🌿 You’re reading the short version of this reflection.

In the full article on my Evolve Courses blog, I explore these ideas in more depth — how they unfold through consciousness, creativity, and the evolving dance between the human and the cosmic.

It’s an invitation to linger with the questions, stories, and symbols that shape our shared awakening.

Continue the Journey

Because awakening doesn’t happen in isolation –

it unfolds in community, creativity, and conscious  choice.

Shamarie Metaphysician and Author