awakenings
Coming to consciousness
Awakenings are instances of waking up or becoming aware.
The word often carries spiritual or intellectual weight—moments when someone gains new understanding or consciousness: The book describes her series of political awakenings.
A single dramatic awakening may transform someone's worldview, while gradual awakenings accumulate into changed perspective.
Profound spiritual awakening
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
- epiphanySudden profound insight
illumination · transcendence · gnosis · liberation · kundalini · wisdom · revelation · mystical
Return after dormancy
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
- renewalMaking current again
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
revitalization · rekindling · restoration · comeback · regeneration · reinvigoration · reformation · renewed
State of perceiving reality
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- lucidityClearness of mind
- clarityState of being understandable
- realizationGrasping what's true
self-awareness · mindfulness · cognizance · perception · recognition · insight · discernment · sentience
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
epiphany · illumination · transcendence · gnosis · liberation · kundalini · wisdom · revelation · mystical · transformation
resurgence
Return after dormancy
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
- renewalMaking current again
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
rebirth · revitalization · rekindling · restoration · comeback · regeneration · reinvigoration · reformation · renewed · resuscitation
awareness
State of perceiving reality
realization · self-awareness · mindfulness · cognizance · perception · recognition · insight · discernment · sentience · introspection
- sleepsleep, sleeping, nap, doze, slumber
- life storyautobiography, memoir, early years, childhood, memories
- church historychurch history, apostles, Protestant Reformation, Christian history, baptism
- beginningsbegin, beginning, start, first, opening
- faint signshints, traces, inklings, whispers, glimpses
- revivalismrevivals, revivalism, revivalist, revivalists, camp meeting
awakeningsslumbers
Sleeps, often peacefully
sleeps · unconsciousness · passing out · blackouts · stupors
awakeningsignorance
Absence of knowledge
blindness · delusions · obliviousness · unawareness · forgettings
awakeningsdormancies
States of suspended activity
hibernations · shutdowns · inactivations · suspensions · stagnations
- rude awakeningStartling unpleasant realization
- Second Great AwakeningAntebellum Protestant revival movement
- sexual awakeningFirst awareness of desire
- spiritual awakeningProfound inner consciousness shift
- religious awakeningSpiritual transformation experience
- cultural awakeningSociety's renewed self-awareness