Wednesday, October 6, 2021
10:50 a.m. Okay, guys, a little late this morning, but unless you have something else in the queue, let’s look at what came to me – prompted, I have no doubt – earlier this morning.
[1 a.m. It comes to me that this is about connecting greater than before, in three ways. Along our strands; in connection with our non-3D self that is permanent (i.e. not merely conditions of resonance); with submerged or overlooked aspects of our 3D mind, what people call the subconscious. Three dimensions, not just one. Each has its own characteristics. Perhaps that can be our next discussion. I wanted to get it down lest I forget it overnight.]
Your slide-switches are set, and you observe the difference it makes.
I do. I was attempting to be patient while waiting so long for the doctor, and for the first time this year finding it a struggle. I didn’t think to address it with the “objective” switch.
It will come easier with repetition, as indeed it already is coming easier.
True. And easier to maintain and to recover.
The insight, prompted or not, was valid, and should repay at least a brief look. Three modes of connection:
- Back and forth along the various strands you comprise – strands that may have little or nothing in common but you.
- Up and down (so to speak) between your strictly 3D-oriented mind and the larger self that you are or are not aware of at any given time.
- Within and within and within the parts of your 3D-consciousness realm that are outside the range of your normal awareness.
This may not be a new way of seeing your situation in the world, but even if not, it may be as well to summarize the situation, to bring it front and center. You tend to think (that is, one tends to think) that consciousness is more or less the same although subject to fluctuation.
I know what you mean – and what we paused at, trying to figure out how to say it. Even after we are well aware of how much our consciousness fluctuates from moment to moment – ordinary consciousness (C1, Monroe called it), altered states, sleep, whatever – we still tend to think that it is a basic unit that fluctuates. We are less likely to see ourselves as processing from a unit that itself changes (depending upon what it links to, and how strongly, at any given moment). That is, our state of mind fluctuates, but beyond that, the seat of consciousness itself fluctuates. It is not the same, though neither is it different in the sense of something being replaced by something else. The boundaries differ.
(And, speaking of boundaries, in the middle of that paragraph I found it was the guys speaking, and I sort of came back in at the end of the next-to-final sentence.)
You will find that all sorts of boundaries blur. They were never all that real in the first place, and, as we keep saying, are never absolute anyway.
So let’s look briefly at the opportunities that open up to you when you become aware of them. They were always available as possibilities, but of course that is no use to you until you realize it.
- This has the allure of “past lives.” It needn’t. It could equally well be approached as an exploration of your tendencies, talents, shortcomings, etc. Such exploration provides insight, which can be a powerful lever. And when you realize that the individuals living their lives along the same strands are alive now, choosing now, hence available to you now, you see that you have far more power over parts of your life that have been run by the unconscious-you (so to speak) than you ever dreamed you did. They have their problems; they have things you can help them with. Also, they connect (via other of their strands) to qualities and characteristics you could never access directly, because the vibrations between you and them are so different. There is a tremendous lot of work possible here, not least the possibility of helping each other, hence more consciousness of your total possibility.
- The larger self. A lot of nonsense and of ungrounded speculation centers on the concept of Enlightenment. You would probably do well to ignore the concept entirely. For one thing, it encourages you to think in terms of destination instead of process. For another, it is likely to lead to depression or inflation, depending on your idea of how far along you are. Instead, we would advise you to focus your efforts not on attaining some ill-defined state of being (and certainly not of knowledge) but on continually increasing your receptivity to and your conscious contribution to what may be called your larger self – the being of which any one 3D person is only a part. As with your strands, everything you will relate to, will interact with, is alive and conscious. You aren’t speaking to statues and you aren’t prostrating yourself before gods. A tremendous amount of – let’s call it information, for lack of a better word – can be transferred in non-linear fashion, hence with less distortion. The potential for personal growth can scarcely be over-stated.
- Your inaccessible mind. A third realm containing uncounted treasure, waiting only for you to go exploring. This one has the tripwires that make it dangerous, and exciting, and potentially transformative. The tripwires are of course emotional. Memories, unnoticed things, repressed things, non-logical but definite connections, it’s all there for the discovering. And the payoff for doing the sometimes unpleasant, sometimes dangerous work, is freedom. The fewer tripwires in the unconscious, the less tiptoeing around you have to do in the conscious. This is, of course, the realm of psychiatry and, formerly, of confession to another human being.
So you might think of strands as offering healing, the larger self as offering insight, and the unconscious 3D mind as offering disentanglement.
Enough for today. A short session, but you began later than usual, which means you came with batteries already somewhat depleted, though not seriously.
Call this one –?
“Three paths toward greater consciousness,” perhaps.
Sounds good. Our thanks as always.