The Phoenix of spiritual awakening is birthed from the ashes of human despair. Like Mother Teresa said, the beautiful flower, the Lotus, arises from the mud and slime from the bottom of the pond. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Quelle unbekannt

Those who became enlightened often went through agonizing periods of facing the utmost of negative experiencing that was buried in their unconscious, of owning their own shadow, of looking at what they had held as most hateful and owning it, and then letting go of it (the 'dark night of the soul'). The letting go of what was the farthest removed from the truth in those positions at the bottom of the scale, the letting go of those positions that came out of self-honesty, led to the realization of the Truth. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Healing and Recovery, S. 164-165

By remembering our inner innocence when we begin spiritual work, we ask to have that which is not the truth brought to our awareness. The process is therefore the evidence of success. As a result, there may be a somewhat chaotic appearance to the lives of people who are labeled spiritual seekers. The inner person is pleased because it says, "I have been asked to see what stands between me and the truth, and that has been brought up from my awareness to be recognized, reowned, recontextualized, and healed." We provide a safe space and context about our spiritual work by being centered in the Heart – not the physical heart, but from the ultimate compassion, the owning of ourself from this level, the joy of the spiritual work, and the saying "thank you" to all the things that come up out of gratitude. The crisis is the very event of the spiritual healing. It is out of the crises that the healing occurs. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Healing and Recovery, S. 170-171

Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix. Christina Baldwin

I believe transformation almost always happens when you’re inside of liminal space, when you’re on the threshold. […] Being in liminal space doesn’t mean identifying with this victim theology that we have so much of today. […] There is meaning there precisely because at that point you can’t fix it and therefore, the ego has to give up control. That’s liminal space […] and that’s when God can get at you. As long as the ego is in control, as long as you’re into the fixing mode of thinking you can explain it. All of our Christian mystics say that the great teacher is darkness not light. Father Richard Rohr, OFM, Sadness, Yale University Address to Medical Students, presented by Malespirituality.org, November 2005

Johann Wilhelm Wolf, Der Vogel Phönix
- angelehnt an das Grimmsche Märchen Der goldene Vogel KHM 57 (1857)

Interview mit mit Andrew Harvey, Dark Night of the Soul, präsentiert von Grace Cathedral, Kalifornien, Colleen O'Connor, 19. Dezember 2002

Audio interview with Dr. Mitchell Gibson, clairvoyant healer, healing researcher, public speaker, spiritual teacher, former board-certified forensic psychiatrist, author of The Living Soul, Tybro Publications, November 10, 2003, presented live at the Wellness Television Studios, YouTube film, posted 16. July 2007
Hidden Science of Miracles Part I, 7:58 minutes duration
Hidden Science of Miracles Part II, 8:30 minutes duration
Hidden Science of Miracles Part II|, 8:18 minutes duration
Hidden Science of Miracles Part IV, 9:49 minutes duration
Audio interview with James Finley, The Axial Moment of Healing, presented by Sounds True, host Tami Simon, podcast, 54:01 minutes duration, 1. September 2009