Nneka over at Balanced Life Center has written an excellent post on Consciousness. Yes, capital C is on purpose, but we also deal with the lowercase c.
I thought this would be a good opportunity to echo her with some content from archives here and expand the conversation:
I have always been; I am now and ever shall be. There was never a time when I was not. This I is not the me-of-today, but the continuous thread of the Self. The me-of-today is a precious pearl adorning the Self. There are many such pearls and I am all of them.
The Self is a spark of the Divine; the me-of-today a spark of the Self. I knew nothing of the bridge between me, Self and Divine. Experience separated me further and further, until I was sure I was me. Now this me stifles and hurts. This me stubbornly asserts its rightful existence.
The me exists in duality; the Self in wholeness. There is wholeness in duality. The existence of me-in-today is a seeming separation from the simultaneous existence of Self-in-Consciousness. The realm of pure Consciousness is hurt-free. The membrane of separation being highly permeable, Self and me dance intertwined. I let one seep into the other, dissolving ignorance in the unity of conscious existence.
Wholeness in duality is realized by the unity of conscious existence.
I exist in a physical body and I am simultaneously conscious in the nonphysical Self.
I occupy the vast region between matter and Consciousness. In this vast region Spirit always prevails. Spirit is hurt-free. And for that I give countless thanks.
Before all that there is:
Between birth and death is the hopscotch of daily despondency. Dimly in the background, the whoosh of eternity is coursing through my cells. The alarm clock of awakening is on perpetual snooze. It rings at regular intervals, yet an automatic programming silences it. Until the next time. And the next. And the next.
And of course:
Reiki as Consciousness parts 1 & 2.
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Hi Pamir, thanks for the link and the links to all of your posts that talk about consciousness. That’s a lot of material. Do you have a book?
Ah Nneka now you’re talking…those early quotes are from a book that’s been on my hard drive for a dusty old time. The Reiki material is recent. This blog is my book for now, but thanks for the prod!