Spiritual Meanings Of A Light Bulb Exploding:
It is a shift in energy fields
“Everything in life is vibration.” — Albert Einstein
Whenever a light bulb explodes, I always wonder what the energy is like around me.
Light bulbs are as they should be any other electrical device connected to the energy fields around us.
And they are not all physical fields, but emotional and mental body fields as well.
Therefore, if light bulbs explode for no reason is a clear signal to me that there has been a serious shift in my surroundings.
For me, a lot of the time, that just means exploding like an overworked light bulb under too much spiritual and emotional power.
Either at the emotional peak or low point, the sight of a spiritual facelift.
It is as though my energy peaks and disrupts the electromagnetic fields that are functioning around this given light source.
I have seen this a lot right before I am about to go through a huge change in my life and need to make some big decisions or get ready for an emotional battle.
The energy fields change so swiftly that I can perceive it in my environment, such as the popping of a light bulb.
On a deeper level, maybe the block in my energy field is out of balance, and it’s time to get started again.
It is about spiritual interference
“The invisible world is larger than the visible.” — Immanuel Kant
I think that in the spiritual realm, there are good and bad spirits just flowing around us.
These forces are not always readily apparent, but they exist and exert a very real effect.
Sometimes, when a light bulb pops, I may suspect that means someone has arrived in another dimension and wants to speak or disrupt my area.
In those cases, I like to think about if maybe I have been trying to communicate with spiritual guides and angels or God.
Since spirits are energy and require an electrical device to communicate, it makes perfect sense that this is why we often see signs from spirits in our electronics.
And if one blows out, I occasionally mention to myself that maybe it is a spirit trying to make contact with me.
On the other hand, it may be a reflection of something much more ominous.
A kind of energy that is most likely sourced from unresolved emotions (or potentially toxic relationships) can mess up the flow in my space.
If I recall, in these types of cases there is something wrong with an object, the more likely it will break.
Perhaps the destruction of the light bulb is a warning to cleanse out my space.
An exploding light bulb is not a random event, regardless of the cause.
It is a signal that I need to pay attention to what should my next action be.
It is about hidden truths
“For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest.” — Luke 8:17
The exploding light bulb can also as a mighty symbol of discovery.
Out of the dark, light shines on what’s hidden, and if a bulb pops, I think it means there is something big about to be revealed.
That truth, not only is it deepest in me – a realization or recollection — but also hence very well unseen.
It’s not only the physical darkness that comes when all of the light shatters.
I spiritually view it as a parable for an unveiling.
This might be something my relationships, or job, or spiritual walk.
That pop from the light bulb lets me know a crucial truth is going to be revealed any second, whether I want it to come out or not.
The resulting self-discovery can be transformative, therapeutic or a fresh start.
However, I also know that these moments of revelation are the seeds of discomfort.
In essence, the light bulb blowing out and interrupting my visual observation of things is a way to keep pushing me beyond what I see normally.
It makes me peel the layers of my being to get a glance behind who I have kept in hiding.
The secret is to keep myself open to this revelation, to indulge the pain that accompanies it and then allow myself the clarity of sight — a true view.
It is about the spiritual path
“Seek, and ye shall find.” — Matthew 7:7
Throughout life my journey always takes me away from my spiritual practices.
Each day, the demands of life (or how I perceive them to be) take me incrementally further away from that.
I lose track of what I feel God has ordained for my life.
To me, the explosion of just a light bulb felt like being woken up with that proverbial smack on my forehead.
It is a sign to stop neglecting what I already knew: this spiritual journey in which all has been discarded.
It is more than a mere coincidence; this flash of light is followed by darkness.
It may mirror my journey when I lost my way, crammed clouds into the pure bright spaces on the ceiling.
A light bulb exploding speaks of when I no longer nurture my spiritual practices.
I feel disconnected from the habits and rituals used to feed my soul within.
Meditation becomes something I forget to do, my prayers whisper much less frequently, and the wisdom that once seemed an absolute point of focus in me is now lost amidst all the hustle & bustle we know too well from modern life.
In an instant, light explodes — a slap on the face.
It is like the universe telling me to stop, look and listen. I have wandered off the path that feeds my spirit.
The darkness that follows indicates the further separation between what is occurring on my outside and how I am guided in a direction for mending discord of self within.
When I wrap this even up in a spiritual coat, it is obvious that the call to rekindle my inner light is important.
That darkness that follows in the wake of an exploding bulb is not finality.
It’s a time to be still and measure just how far I have strayed. However, it is also a message to guide me in bringing light into my life again.
It is about suppressed emotions
“Emotion is energy in motion.” — Peter McWilliams
Emotions are like a force of nature, and whenever I bury them instead of feeling through them, they always manifest themselves in the physical realm.
If I have been faking, then all of those unexpressed feelings are trying to burst its way out beg for processing.
It should come as no wonder then that an exploding light bulb is the universe repaying me in kind for all of this build-up.
I imagine it being an unchecked emotion whose knot of tension only tightens.
That is like pressure in a sealed container, it’s got to explode out eventually.
The light bulb is that container, and when it explodes, I break open emotionally in the same way; so did many of my relationships.
This can occur in a high-stress, emotional or traumatic period of my life when I am subconsciously emitting heaps of energy into the world.
What I recognize as a spiritual lesson is to pay attention instead.
Maybe I have just been neglecting the signs so that they can disappear by themself. But like a light bulb that is charged full of energy, I will have to expend my emotions at some point.
The time has come to face these emotions square in the eyes and let them loose.
So I can save myself and my environment a bunch of future emotional explosions.
Journaling, talking to someone or facilitating a healing ritual for myself are ways I process them.
It is one of the steps I must take to avoid spiritual and physical harm.
It is about a sudden realization
“And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.” — John 1:5
An explosive amount of energy almost always accompanies that ah-ha moment.
It’s so potent that it changes things in the actual world, manifesting before my face.
For example, when a light bulb explodes, I sometimes see that as on par with how my spiritual eye has awakened to break through the blackness in life.
The explosion signifies the burning of an old thought pattern and the birth of something new.
It shines the light on something I never saw before, like a dark room, but now my eyes are open for the first time in my life.
It is a strong sign of metamorphosis, calling from me to truly welcome this next move in my spiritual evolution.
It is about burnout
“Come unto me … and I will give you rest.” — Matthew 11:28
Sometimes, I over-push myself into working, even when my body says it could use a break.
If a light bulb explodes, maybe it is a way for me to tell myself that I am tired.
The sudden light exposure and then darkness could also be symbolic of me burning the candle at both ends.
My body and spirit can also take only so much pressure, just like the overload of a light bulb due to excessive electricity.
I’m Bulgarea Candin Stefan and I have started Spiritual Whirlwinds to pass my learnings from my spiritual journey. Spiritualwhirlwinds.com provides a space of spiritual awakening with guided meditations, e-books, mantras, and pendulum readings.