The period between 2021 and 2025 became a point of deep transformation for those who awakened long before the third wave.
We wrote in detail about the waves of awakening in the series of articles “From Awakening to Ascension.”
Many who entered the path of spiritual development after the year 2000 and met the year 2012 already in the role of guides completed a major 12-year cycle at the end of 2024.
Along with this completion came the need for a complete rethinking of the path, the dismantling of the old spiritual identity, and an exit from a prolonged stagnation, which was expressed in a feeling of stoppage, emptiness, and the impossibility of moving forward.
Read what the re-identification of the awakened means and how to move to a new stage of the path.
Completion of the cycle and the “stagnation” effect
From December 2024 to July 2025, many who are “in the know” may have encountered a characteristic state: everything that used to work stopped yielding results; motivation disappeared, the inner compass seemed to turn off.
This resembles signs of a crisis, but in reality it is a stage of re-identification. The completed cycle required gathering the scattered experience of previous years, integrating it, and restructuring one’s perception of oneself, one’s path, and one’s place in the higher plan.
Integration is the key word of this period. Without it, it is impossible to move to a new level of service. This is not just a summing up: it is about connecting all layers of experience into a coherent picture, from which your path and mission become visible.
The role of 2021: anchoring the New Earth grid
The year 2021 was a turning point. On the Lion’s Gate on August 8, the grid of the New Earth and the frequency of Christ Consciousness were anchored. Those who by this moment had already emerged from duality and completed internal divisions received new contracts and codes defining their further mission.
But it was precisely at this moment that many experienced their first major failure due to personal events, collective upheavals, or social pressure.
The opportunity to integrate the downloaded codes passed by consciousness. This created a delay effect, which manifested years later as an unexpected freeze at an outwardly prosperous stage.
Dismantling the old spiritual identity
The transition to the new 12-year cycle, in which we now find ourselves, requires not just updating practices or revising goals. It involves dismantling:
- the habitual image of oneself as a practitioner or as a speaker, teacher, leader,
- outdated ideas about one’s role,
- old motivation,
- previous guidelines and mechanisms of achievement.
This dismantling is very painful because it deprives one of habitual meaning, calls even successful past stages into question, and forces one to prioritize a higher purpose over personal will.
This process echoes what Carl Jung described as individuation — the destruction of externally imposed identifications in order to discover the authentic self.
At more advanced levels, the work is no longer with the ego-personality, but with the Monadic Self, which begins to determine the direction of movement.
See also: Realization of the mission of service in the new matrix: the role of man in the cycle 2026-2038
Why those who awakened long ago got stuck
Despite a high level of awareness, many of those who awakened long ago got stuck at the first stage — returning to their soul (see the article Awakening: from pioneers to waves of awakening).
Reasons:
- Incomplete integration of previous experience. Many spiritual achievements have accumulated, but they have not been gathered into a single coherent system. There is no clarity on who I have become and why.
- Contact with the soul is insufficient for the transition to service. Hence the long-term search for purpose without results.
- Tendency towards perfectionism and endless improvement. Because of this, the moment of transition to the next stage was missed.
- Mixing the spiritual path with personal comfort. When life is arranged, the mission is perceived as secondary or excessive. Practices are used to stabilize life, not to realize the design.
- Fear of losing one’s former identity. The next stage requires abandoning the familiar image of the “practitioner,” “student,” “seeker.”
- The collective events of 2022 knocked us off trajectory. For many, the downloads of 2021 never unpacked.
- Expectation of an external signal. Many wait for some specific purpose to be “shown” to them, instead of recognizing it through inner maturity.
What to do about this?
Exiting the first phase is impossible without three steps:
- Integration: gathering all experience into a holistic understanding of oneself.
- Re-identification: an honest answer to the question “who am I now,” not “who was I.”
- Shifting focus from oneself to the whole: realizing one’s function in a larger process.
Awakening without service always leads to a dead end. If you find yourself in it, in this hanging state, it does not mean you made a mistake. It is not a dead end, but an invitation to the next level.
The Task of the Awakened — Anchoring the New Space
Among the awakened, there is a small group, about 10%, who came not only for learning and healing, but to hold the field of the New Earth, transmit codes, guide others, and serve as conduits.
They are the key element of the transition. The anchoring of new frequencies occurs through their consciousness and body, and without them, the space cannot stabilize.
But a significant portion of these people are stuck in the “working on oneself” phase, without moving to collective service. There is no need to blame yourself for this. It is merely a consequence of a lack of final integration and incomplete dismantling of the old identity.
Every year, during the Lion’s Gate from July 26 to August 8, downloads occur from the soul level. The peculiarity of the Lion’s Gate 2025 is that it overlaps with a global transitional stage.
The Planetary New Year 2025 became a reset point. This means that those who integrate the experience will move forward; those who remain in the old identity will continue to “stagnate.”
What is meant here by integration? It is:
- connecting all levels of experience,
- accepting one’s mistakes and successes,
- acknowledging the true scale of the path traveled.
Without integration, a person remains fragmented: they know much, but they are not that.
See also The Main Goal of the Soul. How the Soul is Placed in the Body
Conclusion: The Transition to Collective Service is Inevitable
To summarize, the main thing to understand if you encounter this freeze is that awakening is only the first step, the real mission is revealed through service, which begins after deep integration of experience and re-identification.
Those who came here as guides will not be able to stay in their comfort zone for long; higher forces will push them to reveal their true role, even if it requires dismantling everything familiar and habitual.
Do you feel that the stage of working on yourself is already complete, but the transition to service has not yet taken shape? What, in your feelings, is preventing you from taking this step?