The spiritual path is fraught with misdirection, particularly when it comes to ascension – a concept that has become so embedded in our collective understanding that we rarely question its origins or implications.

In my recent episode of The Grace Space, I challenge the prevailing narrative around ascension and propose a radical alternative: integration.

For years, I pursued spiritual elevation through intense practices of pineal gland activation, and various transcendence techniques. I studied ancient texts that unanimously described energy moving upward through chakras toward enlightenment. Like many seekers, I accepted these frameworks without question, believing that salvation lay in rising above density, in escaping the limitations of the physical body and the earth itself.

My journey took an unexpected turn when I realized that this vertical model of spirituality – this constant climbing toward an ever-elusive peak – might actually be reinforcing the very systems of separation...