When I first read this lesson how I interpreted it was that our past experiences give us reference to the present moment so when you are looking at something you aren’t just looking at that specific thing you are looking at the culmination of all interactions you’ve ever had with that thing.
“I see only the past in this shoe” (etc…)
When you look at a shoe you are able to recognize it for what it is based on experience. This experience is also known as the past. As the example if you had no reference point to what a shoe was you’d not know the meaning of the word let alone the function of it. I often think of babies as a great example of this, if you give a baby a shoe they may play with it, put it in their mouth but not think to put it on their little foot.
This lesson came back to me today in relation to my efforts to work on staying present. (Stay with me because this is going to seem random initially but it really illustrates the point of this lesson to me) I was putting some shea butter in my hair so I look at the jar then proceed to think about how I used it on my hair before vacation. This thought turned into thinking about how vacation was so amazing and all the things that took place. I had left the present so easily looking at this object because I was looking at it in terms of the past!!!
I managed to bring myself back into the present and when I did the deeper understanding of this lesson came with me.
I love when thing tie in on that spiritual level. 😀 There are so many ways for us to say things but ultimately we are all saying the same thing.
If we were able to truly accept the present moment as if we had specifically chosen it (which realistically/vibrationally we do) we would be offering absolutely no resistance!!!!!
When you are offering no resistance to the present your vibration raises, and of course with a high vibration everything you want begins to easily flow to you!!!!!! For me this statement truly gave me an understanding of the question “how do I get from ‘here’ to ‘there'”
There is no there! There’s only here and when you’re at peace with HERE you get out of your way to let “there” come to you effortlessly.
To say it’s a beautiful realization doesn’t even fully capture it ❤
I’ve really been enjoying The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. As previously discussed this book brings to light how much of my time I have habitually spent outside of the present. It is something that comes so “naturally” to us that we don’t even realize that we do it. We cannot change something that has happened in the past nor can we determine exactly how the events of our future will unfold, yet we spend so much of our time in those places!?
After this realization I’ve started to look at it as a fun sort of activity where I try to catch myself mentally wandering, it’s always refreshing to come back to “here” when I do.
“Here” is actually pretty awesome 🙂
The other spiritual expansion I have had with relation to this book is learning about what Eckhart refers to as Pain Bodies, here is his explanation of it.
In the book he states “This accumulated pain is a negative energy field that occupies your body and mind. If you look on it as an invisible entity in its own right, you are getting quite close to the truth” To me, it was like he was finding another way to describe what some would view as the devil. It made so much sense on both levels because essentially they are both saying this is something that is not truly OF YOU.
It is not of you because you are of God. 🙂
All negative emotions and pretty much anything you would consider of low vibration are not of the goodness you are truly made of. As part of our decision to work on spiritual development/growth we have to be able to recognize these negative aspects to transmute getting “carried away” by them. We also have to understand they are not a part of our true character nor nature.
We are not negative beings. It’s a BEAUTIFUL THING actually.
He directs us further by saying “Watch out for any sign of unhappiness in yourself, in whatever form–it may be an awakening pain-body. This can take form of irritation, impatience, a somber mood, a desire to hurt, anger, rage, depression, a need to have some drama in your relationship and so on. Catch it the moment it awakens from it’s dormant state.”
I promise you when you are able to catch it before it even gets going it begins to amaze you how quickly you are able to dissolve something with the potential to emotionally exhaust you!!! (I can’t even tell you how much this has helped with me avoiding getting into arguments or becoming impatient when waiting on a long line.)
And so…Thank you Eckhart Tolle for expanding my soul just that much more 😀
I have recently completed reading The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield. Simply put I loved it and would of course recommend people check it out.
As a result of reading this book I was able to appreciate at the core of my being a bigger picture. I was able to understand truly why I love and enjoy reading so much. Every single book I read finds a way to expand me in a direction I was not able to see prior to it. Every book I dig into and explore (by way of reading in combination with my practice of meditation) drives me deeper into my spiritual development.
I no longer believe in coincidences so I know that it is solely by cosmic design (God if you will) that I am always lead to exactly what I need at the precise time I need it in order to further expand myself. This further encourages me to want to write; if for not solely for the gratitude of this amazing soul experience of my own but in hopes that I am able to help someone expand in their own spiritual experience. I sincerely enjoy being able to point someone in the right direction for their own spiritual development ❤
The book goes about explaining nine insights of spiritual development by way of a fictional adventure.
I believe spirit science did a very good job of explaining the insights you can check it out below
Related to reading The Celestine Prophecy I really wanted to touch on the 4 Control Dramas. The comprehension of the way people relate to each other in competition of acquiring energy caused me to look at my own control drama as well as my parents. It further caused me to understand exactly why my spiritual being came into physical existence through my specific parents. Mind blowing is an understatement for this realization. in the link below James Redfield explains control dramas and energy relations 🙂
(I particularly like this image because the B is also a heart 🙂 Great Tattoo idea whomever came up with it)
So we live in a world where standard protocol is see to believe. Everyday I learn it’s definitely believe to see. Believe good things can and will happen. It’s not your job to determine how these things will come about. Remember that. You don’t have to know all the steps just know if you put it out there and are presently aware your path will be smoothly laid.
Believing before seeing has become my new practice. (I use the word practice because it’s just that, I don’t always get it right but the more I make a mindful effort the more naturally the habit is becoming) Our pitfall tends to come in the not knowing how something will work out. We want to know!? We have to know?!?!?!? What if it’s not going to turn out right?!?!?! Wrong! Things will always turn out right!!!!
Trust the process. (Trust in the universe/God’s(whomever you may call them) ability to deliver because they ALWAYS deliver.
Lastly, Believe in yourself.
Trust yourself a little more. I know it’s a little scary at first but the core of you knows you and will direct you to where you need to be. That’s the God in you!! Trust your gut, it’s never wrong and always know that everything is working in your best interest at this very moment regardless of if you can see how it is or not.
As part of my meditation practices I personally enjoy listening to music as a way to begin to quiet my mind. YouTube recommends videos based on your viewing history and at some point I came into Solffegio Frequency meditations. Without doing any real research of what it was or what it did I found that the meditations I would do when listening to these frequencies would always leave me feeling centered (which is awesome of course)
You can check out my favorite playlist below 🙂
After some time I decided to do some research into what these frequencies really did for me vibrationally figuring it was a cool area to continue in my soul expansion and development. I was lead to an amazing website which (as expected) expanded and reshaped my understanding of this beautiful life experience.
I’d of course recommend you read the article to see what you personally draw from it (if you are reading this article you were lead here specifically for me to share that article with you, because that’s how this all works 😀 lol)
*A better understanding of the 97% of DNA that we don’t use. Consider our five senses and their combination resulting in the physical world we perceive. I believe that just because something cannot be perceived through our five senses does not mean that it does not exist at all. That’s essentially what my spiritual development is! Exploring the space outside of my physical (3rd dimensional) world. It stands to reason then that the 97% of unread DNA is just that! All energies and experiences to be had outside of our physical! I believe that’s what this new awakening is really about, uncoding more of our DNA so we can see and understand that outside of the physical further causing us to evolve as a human race.
Semi related to this topic brought back a TedX talk by Rupert Sheldrake I had watched. The entirety of the speech is pretty thought provoking but some of my personal resonating points were his discussing of collective memory (8 minutes or so in) and his belief that everything taps into their species collective memory as a blue print to grow and develop…sounds DNA like doesn’t it! (check it out below)
*I also expanded in my understanding of quantum physics in relation to spirituality (who would think right?!) I’m no science buff but I’ll do my best to explain what I learned. Essentially you can’t pinpoint the location of an electron. When one tries they have to apply light to it in order to see it BUT that light charges the atom which causes it to spin at speeds that are too fast to be seen. From there they began to look at electron location a few ways one of which was by probability. An electron can be one of a few places but what they would find is they could predict which place it would be and when they looked, there it was! This drew the spiritual correlation in my mind because it’s your thought that is determining the placement (i.e. the law of attraction placing it where you are thinking it should be.) The other thing science fiddled with was the idea of multiple dimensions. It’s to say that that one atom is in all the places you think it is and at any given time we are only able to view it in one place at a time. This is an idea I’m still playing with, I’ll let you know if it develops any further lol.
The other part related to quantum physics is the discussion of the “empty” space between the atoms. I learned that space is not in fact empty but full of energy!! The great nothing that is in fact everything!!! It’s creation, it’s potential and it’s love!!!
*I also dug deeper into Cymatics and understanding the results of the different frequencies as well as the significance of ‘UT – queant laxis’ you guys can check those out on your own 🙂
I’d implore anyone to explore any other topic that may personally resonate for your own expansion and development, I’d love to hear what else was drawn from it 🙂 We’re all teachers and students and I looooooooooooooooooooove my learning experience so feel free to share ❤
Peace and Love all!
p.s. I just ran across this video on Youtube that is compiled of a bunch of his interviews and it made my heart ring!!! The unifying theme of the video definitely interrelates with some of the things I discussed in this post and flatly I find him amazing so I had to share ❤
I can’t say enough how I love reading. It affords me the opportunity to think. 🙂 (By think I mean observe a subject from all angles. This allows me to get a deeper understanding of the specific topic from an internal point of view. It can be looked at as an opportunity for me to challenge what it is I am observing, which ultimately allows me to figure out if that subject is a resonating truth within myself or not.)
So on this particular day I explored the subject of virtual reality. The British Dictionary definitions for virtual reality is “acomputer-generatedenvironmentthat,tothepersonexperiencingit,closelyresemblesreality.” In reading Astral Projection. He goes about explaining virtual reality by saying “Virtual reality is represented by information about the world. The software does not contain the actual world itself….There is no world in the software (or anywhere else), only a description of the world”
I wanted to understand this, so I sat with it for a while to give the idea the opportunity to develop in my mind. In doing such “The Matrix” came to mind because the premise of the movie is that we all live in a virtual world. From there I began to play with the idea further, if we live in a virtual world, how do we get out? Is it truly like the matrix where you have to physically be unplugged from the virtual system to see the world as it is? How do I even manage such a task!?Some time later my answer came. It’s not about having to unplug from anything it’s about unlimiting our belief systems.
Although I understand it is a natural inclination to only believe what you can grasp in the physical, it results in everything outside of that physical existence being rejected. The core of my spiritual development/exploration on every level comes down to exploring what exist outside of our comfy(or not so comfy if you prefer) little physical world. I feel like exploring ideas within myself allows me to expand so much further than the physical world. This gives me the opportunity to shape and reshape my mind and it’s thought process. I realized my life purpose is to encourage others to take on their own personal journey because once you are able to expand past the scary part of it, it becomes more amazing than any words I could give you.
In spiritual expansion/development you will reach a point where you grow past fear. It really comes down to when you know within yourself that you are ready to explore spiritually in spite of not knowing what awaits you on the other side of that exploration. I can’t tell you when that time is but I can tell you if you decide within yourself that you are ready and you take that leap into the unknown something beautiful will open up to you/catch you before you fall. *Insert Matrix red pill/blue pill reference here–seeeeeee it’s always interconnected!!!*
When you take that step in spite of your fear, on the other side will be your personal realization that fear is not real. In that realization lies so much. You stop fearing the “consequence” of exploring outside of the physical world and you become okay with breaking ideas that once were the cornerstone of your existence. You begin to breakdown and rebuild your own belief system in a fashion that is customized for YOU and THAT is a beautiful way to live.
Coming back around to my point when you unlimit your mind from only believing what you can first see you have successfully “unplugged from the matrix” You no longer fear concepts outside of our physical comprehension which causes expansion and growth within your soul. For me, that is the fun and beauty of my existence.
While reading Astral Projection by John Magnus. He puts into words the experience that he has had connecting with mass consciousness. I use the words “connecting with mass consciousness” while he uses the words “removing the mind veil” This is the beauty of the spiritual journey. There are so many ways to describe the exact same experience. That is the reason I am able to look at the word God and know that it embodies all things. Whomever you chose to call him/her/them/it isn’t the important part, it’s the actual experience that unites us all.
He calls it the mind veil, in The Four Agreements it’s described as “Mitote”, and even in the movie “The Matrix” it’s called the matrix!!!
He describes how when you are connected to the greater consciousness you see everything so clearly. You can see both problems and solutions and the frustration that comes with trying to put this experience in words because it surpasses human vocabulary. That’s also the beauty of the spiritual journey. You begin to understand on a level that surpasses our verbal understanding and although it does, it does not surpass our spiritual understanding. This is also a concept that I have found in The Finding of the Third Eye in terms of the explanations of the interconnected planes the soul exist on.
That is how my interest in the astral projection book was sparked! You’ll start to notice with me that everything is very tightly interconnected. I make it my intention to grow as effortlessly as possible which includes following the subtle queues that lead me to an understanding of this entire experience. Anything that “rings” to me or calls me to further research just sends me deeper and deeper down this awesome rabbit hole but I digress.
The “struggle” that is associated with this experience is once you have actually had it you want to share it with everyone!!! You want everyone to have this same experience because it’s so amazingly beautiful that it shouldn’t be contained. That’s why I write. That’s why other writes, it’s why some sing, some do interpretive dance, some act, some paint, some draw. Everyone is entitled to express this experience however they best see fit. Personally, I want to encourage as many people as possible to take on their individual journey so they may attain this beautiful life experience. To me, as a result of my own experience I believe that is the meaning of life.
Someone else who has the same underlying experience may get something entirely different out of it and that experience is equally beautiful. You can’t help but to be overtaken by the loss of yourself. You are no longer you, the individual. You are everything and everyone. You embody all, we are all one. It removes judgment from you because you only have a desire to live your life to the best of your ability and allow those around you to live their life to the best of theirs. Live and let live takes on that surpassed verbal explanation. While reading and thinking this all over I was reminded of a speech Jim Carrey gave in which he described it as riding a wave. I had seen this speech before but watching it this time had meant something completely different to me because I have had my own experience with the greater collective consciousness he is referring to.
He explained the ups and downs associated with making that full connection and what it is like when you “come back down” from it. John Magnus describes it as the mind veil being replaced.
I tend to think of that connection as being absorbed into a great golden current. That current is the mass consciousness.
(this is how I visually imagine it but it’s also flowing–I’m one for visual emphasis you’ll also notice)
You are able to connect to every being in history that has ever accessed that same consciousness. You are able to understand on that surpassed verbal level all true thought and intentions of life. It gives you such a burning desire to not only access it on a continuous basis but an incredible hope that everyone will eventually access it as well. When you come “back down” it’s like you have jumped out of that beautiful current back into whatever it is we tend to live prior to that experience. Let me tell you, the striving to get back there is real but now I’m starting to believe if you try less and allow it to happen more you’ll make your way back to it with a little effort as possible.
So now I’ve done all this rambling explaining the experience, the real question is how do I get there????
To that I say…I don’t know lol.
I can’t tell you how you can get there because I am not you. The way I “got there” was through reading, meditation and finely attuning myself to what is being presented to me (and for what reason) My expansion is not your expansion. Maybe you will access it through church, maybe through music, maybe through sports whatever it is is not for me to decide. You know you.
What I can tell you though is all it really takes to start is the desire for that experience. I traced back my steps to see how I got to this point in my spiritual development and it all started with me saying to God “I want to get to know you better” The way they orchestrated everything from that point is beyond divine. All you need do is ask and watch how God will show you YOUR way there. In that moment you will remember there is no one way up the mountain.
Fear is not real.(meditate on it) Although, now I can appreciate where it came from. I feel like fear was good intentions gone astray. It was supposed to be a tool to try to encourage people to behave well. The fear associated with the idea of Karma or the devil is intended to coax you into being a good person in life but what I’ve come to find is not to use that method as the driving force to whether I will try to be a good person or not.
I strive to be a good person because I want to be as close with God as possible; being close to God brings awesome things into my life experience! I am a believer that your Emotional Guidance System (your feelings) let you know how close or far away you are so I always strive to reach for higher vibrating feelings and when you have those feelings you can’t help but to be flooded with Love, Peace, Joy, Compassion, Forgiveness, Non-Judgment and all the spectacular things that are God. 😀
I’m so thankful for that now being the thing that drives me opposed to fear. It makes life significantly less stressful 🙂
When(or if) you finally connect to the greater human consciousness…
Honestly that’s just the thing about it. There aren’t even any words to describe it. If you’ve ever heard the Bible verse “I once was lost but now I’m found, was blind but now I see” that’s what it’s like. Even that doesn’t do it 100% justice because there are levels to the key words lost, found and sight. There is the literal, figurative and spiritual definition of all of them.
Coming back to my point, when you connect to the greater consciousness you are able to grasp at a very deep level every single human beingthroughout historywho has connected with that same consciousness. You are able to connect with the ideas of people through books, TV, Movies, Videos(good ol YouTube) Music, Dance and any other way people have ever used to express themselves. It’s really quite beautiful.
In this connection to mass consciousness you become less you. I have found the more I turn into that connection and my development of my relationship with God the less I think of only myself and it’s an amazing experience. I am in service to humanity. I love connections, I love nurturing and helping develop the consciousness of my fellow man. My little light shines. 🙂 I have always done it on a one to one scale, I makes sincere connections with people because of that.
The idea to start this blog was put on my heart a little while back. The thought of it scared the crap out of me because I did not want to expose myself to being judged and ridiculed by people who do not understand what it is that I am doing it for. It was my equivalent to walking outside naked and then having someone put it online but not just it goes locally, that it goes viral. (We all know who grumpy cat is or how to do the SoldierBoy Superman for that very reason!!) That is on a much larger scale than me just rambling to my friends and family or even speaking to someone randomly that I meet in the street!!!!
I practice meditation daily and since this was a point of high emotion I brought it to my meditation. I asked for clarity on what it is I should be doing and how to go about it and two things happened….I REALLY understood the concept that God never gives us more than we can handle . They wouldn’t put on my heart to do this task if I could not do it. Plain and simple. The second thing was fear is not real!!!!! (That phrase often causes me to say it multiple times in a semi screaming voice lol. It is such a shocking, yet simple truth) one of the lessons in A Course in Miracles is “A meaningless world engenders fear because I think I am in competition with God.” Fear is based on not trusting God. It is impossible to simultaneously know that they will catch you if you step out on faith and they will let you fall if you step out on faith at the same time. So….I picked my side. I stepped out. So far, it’s working out for me. 🙂 Any help no matter how small I can offer to anyone for their personal growth and development gives me purpose so thank you for even taking the time to read my thoughts. I greatly appreciate it.
I met a guy on the train one day and we got into a really deep conversation about consciousness and spirituality. In that conversation I told him we are all here (on the train) by design, it’s not a coincidences that this specific grouping of people are on this train with us right now. To that he said something like well what makes me so special for all of these people to be here for me, isn’t that arrogant? He was looking at it from the view that if you think that way you believe the world revolves around you. I explained to him from my perspective it was more about me determining not only what it is I am supposed to be getting from this moment but also what I am supposed to be giving to this moment. And so I simply said because we are all here together I wish everyone on this train love and peace. Yes I realize how much of a hippie that makes me sound like but I believe people who are classified as “hippies” got it right!!! (by right I mean right for me)
For me the thought of tuning out, putting in my headphones and not thinking of all the other people on the train who were specifically put here for a reason would be selfish of me. I have to stay present and aware and offer myself to the world however I am able (The side note being you can only offer yourself to your capacity. You cannot fill another person’s cup if yours is empty so only give what you have to give, never more, and you will find this type of giving fills your cup not depletes it 🙂
You begin to feel that you can’t keep your gifts to yourself, whatever they may be. Give the world what you have to been given and you’ll always end up getting more out of it than you put in. As such, I decided I am of service to humanity. I will surrender and give myself without fear and all will be well.
For the Developing Soul 