I'm sure there are conditions, cultures and circumstances where this does not apply as much, but:
In my limited experience any sort of awakening should be accompanied by subtle-to-massive release of tension somewhere in the body.
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That's generally my experience. Energy release accompanies perspectival shift
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It seems to be an issue with conditioned dissociation.
If, for whatever reason, you *haven't* been conditioned to dissociate all the time, the tension isn't there to begin with.
But that's mostly a speculative point.
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I think we all carry conditioned dissociation from inevitable trauma growing up. It's a defense mechanism. Part of releasing tension via awakening is intuitive recognition that the scary monster no longer exists. Bruce Tift writes well on this
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Yeah, well, relatively speaking you know.
I definitely think a few culprits (public schooling, life in cities, nuclear families) account for a large percentage of the effect.
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Also, my version has overwhelmingly been "Oh, turns out I'm the monster!"
Which does indeed remove some tension:
"Am I a scary monster?" - Yes.
"B-but the scary w-world did the bad thing." - So? You are a scary monster.
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Haha, yes, but being the monster results from being dissociated. Full circle
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