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What is Consciousness?
Consciousness, energy, matter, time, space. This is everything. Is
there any entity or element that is not comprised of or bound by
these things? Only consciousness embraces all of these things;
therefore you can think of consciousness as the ultimate superior
unit or that everything is merely a part of it. Consciousness
recognises itself and distinguishes itself from space, matter, time
and energy.
Consciousness is life and life is consciousness. Consciousness
experiences pain and pleasure only through matter. Consciousness
acquires experiences and eventually aims to achieve enlightenment in
the mind, which is simply an extension of it. When that
consciousness dissolves, it will merge with the universal
consciousness. Without consciousness an entity cannot exist in the
cosmos. We have life because we have consciousness and we are
conscious of our existence. Since we do not see biological
activities and responses in non-living entities. We consider them
purely non-conscious or non-living, however non-living entities have
subtle consciousness in them.
When you go to the depth of any entity at the microscopic or
macrocosmic level, you encounter intelligence, consciousness. That
is why you see some built-in guidance or a kind of energy of
information in them.
Fortunately we humans are separated from most living conscious
species with the unique feature of being able to raise our
awareness.
What is Awareness?
Awareness is the effect of consciousness. If consciousness were a
flower, awareness would be its fragrance and the brain would be the
stem. You can cultivate awareness over a period of time by wilfully
allowing it to flow or to work in a specific direction and can thus
increase your knowledge of a subject.
Everyone has the potential to raise their awareness in any field
they desire. Sometimes they develop it on their own through
inspiration or by education, or they may be motivated or helped to
progress by someone who has already raised their awareness. There is
currently a trend to increase awareness of health, the environment
and spirituality.
What is Conscious Awareness?
Conscious awareness takes one to an even deeper level. It is not
just a matter of raising awareness intellectually through knowledge.
Here you raise your awareness emotionally and with the full
involvement of your deeper mind prevailing in the heart region. In
this process you gain more energy, wisdom, direction and evolve
quicker. It is not logically explainable but is able to be
experienced mystically - an inner reality which has the potential to
become an outside reality.
Some people may be conscious but are not effectively aware of their
presence. Some are aware on the surface but not consciously aware
because their emotional heart is not involved. Raising conscious
awareness can be long lasting. Raising awareness merely on a certain
issue of life may not be sustained for long, as it needs to be
nursed from time to time. Even the earth has consciousness, so it is
enormously conscious of its orbital movement and its life, resources
and destination, with many reactions and expressions. |
