i am going to post the rest of the Q/A on consciousness from my guides as it seems to be relevant based on the questions that have popped up during the course of this discussion. take what you wish and leave the rest.
when we die, do we still perceive ourselves as single points of consciousness or do we unite with source?
--now you become single points of consciousness because you project this reality into the world.
so we are never actually single points of consciousness?
--thats right
when does this illusion end?
--its up to you
so can it continue for ever?
--if you wish it to
how do i end the illusion of single points of consciousness?
--by realising that your meaning is consciousness {you are comsciousness}
how?
--there is no how-to on this. set your intent.
so talking to you, i am in essence talking to myself? as in consciousness talking to consciousness?
--yes, thats correct.
doesn't this one consciousness get lonely?
--lonely is a perception, which you create.
so does that mean it doesnt exist?
--it exists.. if you want it to do so.
explain to me the idea of nothing.
--the role of nothing stems from the perception that existence {consciousness} stems from somewhere.
do you mean as a point in space and time?
--somewhere
also, according to my guides, and this is something i have difficulty accepting, there is no such thing as levels of consciousness. they say its merely an ego thing to be 'better than' others. i will paste it below:
there is no such thing as more or less conscious.
either you are conscious or you are not. there is no such thing as levels of consciousness, how can you be more or less not quite something. thats like saying round, or rounder. something is either round or it isnt.
levels of consciousness are merely the egos way of getting a share in the game, to make itself feel superior over those it considers to be on a 'lower' level of consciousness.
when you are aware that you ARE consciousness, that is when, and only then, when you are fully concious. before thaht, no matter how long youve been searching, or where you are in your development now, you are NOT conscious.*
ego doesnt like this obviously for it implies that it is no better than the drunken bum** on the street who has never devoted a thought to spirituality in his life. how can i be like that it asks, when i have spent so many years searching for answers?
*note that they previously defined conscious as being aware that you are consciousness.
** this is simply an analogy to illustrate that we are no 'better' than those we may look down upon, just because we have been on the path longer and learnt more lessons. |