It comes to me that this is about connecting 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.
The insight 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 it may be as well to summarize the situation, to bring it front and center. One tends to think that consciousness is more or less the same although subject to fluctuation.
Even after we are well aware of how much our consciousness fluctuates from moment to moment, 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. The boundaries differ.
(And, speaking of boundaries, in the middle of that paragraph I found it was the guys speaking.)
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 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. It encourages you to think in terms of destination instead of process, and is likely to lead to depression or inflation, depending on your idea of how far along you are. Instead, focus your efforts 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. Everything you will interact with is alive and conscious. You aren’t speaking to statues nor prostrating yourself before gods. A tremendous amount of 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, with 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.