What is Consciousness?
|
“It takes courage… to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives.” - Marianne Williamson
Medical vs Spiritual Definitions of ConsciousnessA doctor would say that if someone is 'conscious', then are aware and responsive of themself, their bodily sensations and to their environment.
|
|
So medically speaking, consciousness denotes the feeling of being alert and aware, rather than not aware, which would be unconscious, like a person in a coma or knocked out from a boxing fight.
This same premise can be applied to the spiritual idea of consciousness, where we talk about being awake and aware.
What is Spiritual Consciousness?
Spiritual consciousness is being aware on a higher level. It is a higher state of consciousness or awareness, but you do not need to be a guru in a cave to achieve it. Anyone can by taking a few quick, simple steps, which I show you further below.
With spiritual consciousness, you are not necessarily turning on the usual physical body or brain parts in order to be aware in the normal way, but rather you are accessing a very natural state of being, a kind of alternative awareness, a sixth sense, or more open awareness that allows us to see beyond the illusions or lower vibrations of ordinary reality, and into the truth and higher realms of non-ordinary reality.
You open up to a greater 'intuitive awareness' so to speak, far greater than the concrete, physical awareness.
With spiritual consciousness, you are not necessarily turning on the usual physical body or brain parts in order to be aware in the normal way, but rather you are accessing a very natural state of being, a kind of alternative awareness, a sixth sense, or more open awareness that allows us to see beyond the illusions or lower vibrations of ordinary reality, and into the truth and higher realms of non-ordinary reality.
You open up to a greater 'intuitive awareness' so to speak, far greater than the concrete, physical awareness.
The Higher Level of Consciousness
Awakening is all about consciousness. It is reaching a higher level.
In higher terms, when you are conscious, you are mindful, aware and present. It is awake-ness, being-ness, and being in the 'Now'. You enter a kind of resonance that is heightened and expanded.
Being conscious is being aware of yourself. It is the understanding of the ancient philosophy "I think, therefore I am!"
It is the "I Am" presence that people talk about, and the higher awareness that realizes you are thinking and then questions who you are, as you realize that the higher consciousness you are observing from is separate to your thoughts. It is an awareness outside of the concrete limitations of the 3D world.
With spiritual awareness, you are connected more to who you truly are and the truth of life beyond the veils where you sense, on a higher level, that everything is connected.
In higher terms, when you are conscious, you are mindful, aware and present. It is awake-ness, being-ness, and being in the 'Now'. You enter a kind of resonance that is heightened and expanded.
Being conscious is being aware of yourself. It is the understanding of the ancient philosophy "I think, therefore I am!"
It is the "I Am" presence that people talk about, and the higher awareness that realizes you are thinking and then questions who you are, as you realize that the higher consciousness you are observing from is separate to your thoughts. It is an awareness outside of the concrete limitations of the 3D world.
With spiritual awareness, you are connected more to who you truly are and the truth of life beyond the veils where you sense, on a higher level, that everything is connected.
They say that ignorance is bliss, but apart from some lazy blotto head Netflix binge-watching days, I'd prefer to be awake, aware and and in the state of a higher consciousness, than in a lower consciousness where I am more blinded and susceptible to the illusions of life.
Higher Consciousness is Expansion. Lower Consciousness is Contraction
One way to really get a handle of what consciousness is and feels like from an energy perspective, is to consider the notion of expansion vs contraction.
David Lynch puts it well:
"If you have a golf ball size consciousness, when you read a book, you'll have a golf ball size understanding, when you look out, a golf ball size awareness. And when you wake up in the morning, a golf ball size wakefulness.
But if you could expand that consciousness, then you read the book, more understanding. You look out, more awareness. And when you wake up, more wakefulness.
It's consciousness, and there's an ocean of pure, vibrant consciousness inside each one of us, and right at the source and base of mind, right at the source of thought, and its also the source of all matter... and all matter emerges from this field."
"If you have a golf ball size consciousness, when you read a book, you'll have a golf ball size understanding, when you look out, a golf ball size awareness. And when you wake up in the morning, a golf ball size wakefulness.
But if you could expand that consciousness, then you read the book, more understanding. You look out, more awareness. And when you wake up, more wakefulness.
It's consciousness, and there's an ocean of pure, vibrant consciousness inside each one of us, and right at the source and base of mind, right at the source of thought, and its also the source of all matter... and all matter emerges from this field."
I'd rather have an expansive perception and experience of things, than a limited golf ball size view. And as an Energy Healer, I understand exactly what expansion means. When your body, mind and spiritual / energetic self are expanded, you are open and free. When you are contracted, you are closed, restricted and clenched up. It makes you shrink. Expansion allows for a higher vibration. Contraction lowers it.
|
|
|
