The Spiritual Nature of Human Consciousness

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=George_Lockett]George Lockett

During sleep, I am noticing more and more the spiritual nature of human consciousness. It becomes very clear as our awareness evolves and the veil between us and our spiritual nature becomes more transparent in our experience.

I am increasingly noticing this as I move between states of consciousness in my sleep. I have witnessed my sleep for many years and, if my awareness just watches consciously what is going on in my sleep and dreams, I can have a clear experience of what is happening.

Over the past few days some things have happened to make this natural experience even more vivid in my awareness.

A couple of days ago, in the early morning my two and a half year old grandson came and jumped on me as I was sleeping, bringing me abruptly back to the waking state.

This allowed me to observe the very clear contrast between where I had been in my dream and the reality of waking consciousness.

In my dream I was being given a guided tour of another world. I was swimming on the surface of a slow-moving river of crystal clear water. Swimming along underneath me were figures with human bodies but eyes like ping pong balls on the outside of their heads a bit like insects' eyes.

As I swam along with my companions I was hearing telepathically a voice which informed me that they were my ancestors; we were related and a part of the Universal Life Force which everyone shares as a common source.

The veil between our waking reality and other dimensions is getting very thin and it is easy, by relaxing and releasing, to allow the awareness to merge with the subtlest of energies within.

When you consciously relax and allow the mind to settle - perhaps by using conscious breathing, i.e. being aware of the breath as it enters and leaves your lungs; feeling the oxygen spreading throughout the body, and taking time to thank all the different cells within the body for working together in a happy, peaceful frame of mind - when you take the conscious mind down through the layers of the body in this way, it is easy to become aware of the cells, molecules and atoms which make up the physical body and its corresponding energy fields or consciousness.

From there it is only a short step to transcend the physical as you become aware that the fine particles which make up the atoms are switching from a particle to a wave: from physical matter into light.

Then with another very short step you transcend the light of the body's electromagnetic aura back to its spiritual source, where you come to the junction point between all the dimensions of physical and non-physical reality.

This is currently being called by physics the zero point field, and by religions communion with God. It is a state of conscious awareness where you feel at one with everything - in union with the whole universe.

When we transcend the body in this way, we come back to our true nature, which is an eternal spiritual being. We can leave the physical behind for a while and move our conscious awareness around our spiritual nature, tapping into all the other dimensions, which are also a part of our Self and make up the greater wholeness of our conscious awareness.

In this state we feel a heightened awareness - a raising of our vibration; it is as though we can feel around us angels' wings swishing and thrilling in ecstasy. The more we research these subtle levels with our conscious awareness, the more consciousness we breathe into them and the livelier they become for us.

Therefore, as you enjoy your sleep experience at night, be aware of what you are feeling and bring that awareness back into your waking consciousness; help make your life more aware and integrated with the greater wholeness of who you are.

George E. Lockett IIHHT, SSHA (C) Copyright 2008, All Rights Reserved.

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The Peaceful Warrior

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Char_Cooper]Char Cooper

The previews ended and the movie was starting, or was it? Black screen and no sound. It took me awhile to realize, but I believe the director was trying to get the audience to be present. I of course was in the future, "When's something going to happen?" Being in the moment is one of many enlightened messages in the movie, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior. It was one the first books on spiritual growth that really made a difference in my life.

The story is about a chance encounter with a wise stranger that changes the life of a college gymnast, and is based on real occurrences in Dan Millman's life. Dan Millman is the author of many self-help/spiritual growth books, Peaceful Warrior being his most popular. The movie opened nationwide last weekend. I gathered eight friends and we headed out with low expectations (the critics didn't give it rave reviews). The critics are entitled to their opinions, of course, but everyone of us liked the movie. This passage from the book which is depicted in the movie is one reason why:

"Then I look up at the shining mountain peak. If the jewel is to be found, it must be at the top. I climb and climb, beginning an arduous journey that takes many years. At last I reach my journey's end. I stand bathed in bright light. My eyesight is clear now, yet the jewel is nowhere to be found. I look upon the valley far below, where I began the climb many years ago. Only then do I realize that the jewel had always been within me, even then, and that the light had always shined. Only my eyes had been closed."

The movie condenses a book's worth of messages into a couple of hours. Important things like, be present, there are no ordinary moments, enjoy the journey, what you give you receive, trust yourself, are some examples. Everyone can get something from these messages. The more we expose ourselves, remind ourselves, reteach ourselves (we already know this on some level, we just need to be reminded), the more we live in that enlightened place. By living in that enlightened place I mean applying the principles of spiritual growth to all we do, and all we are. That is our purpose, to grow and live fully in a life of spiritual awareness.

Copyright (c) 2007 Char Cooper RN, MSN, APRN

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The theory of the soul

Often thought of as mysticism by non believers the spiritual energy system that flows though all of us is much like any other system in our body. For example: Our digestive tract regulates the amount of nutrients our body stores and eliminates, our bloodstream carries oxygen to our muscles and organs and our brain receives messages from all over our body telling us how to react or move about our day. These examples are no different than the way our chakra system tells us how to feel emotionally and keeps our body's working in tip top shape.

Without our chakras we would only be organic robots going about our lives with no emotional connection to the world around us. Humans as a species have pondered life questions like, what it is that makes us love somebody or hate somebody else, where do we get our intuition, and why do we have such strong individual personalities? Some people will say that God is our creator there for he has given us our souls. Others will say that our soul is held in our brain or hearts. In reality there is no proof of a man sitting in the clouds handing out personality and our organs have a job to do - they don't have the capacity to govern our emotions.

I believe that the chakras are the answer to the question of where our emotions, and to a greater extent our souls come from. It is no coincidence that people will say that “your soul comes from deep within your heart”, they are not talking about the heart muscle but the heart chakra that flows through our chest. The proof for my theory is this: A Nadi (plural: Nadis) is an energy channel in which prana (life force) energy flows connecting each chakra.

Nadis also are responsible for extrasensory function of empathic and instinctive responses. They were first thought to extend only to the skin of the body, but are now known to extend to the boundary of the aura. The Ida and Pingala nadis refer to the two hemispheres of the brain. Pingala is extroverted, and corresponds to the left hand side of the brain. Ida is the introverted, and refers to the right hand side of the brain. The two nadis are stimulated through the practice of pranayama, which involves alternate breathing through left and right nostrils, which is done before meditation.

In todays high stress life styles people are being told by doctors and health professionals everywhere that they need to take better care of themselves. Most people who do not meditate, practice yoga or any other relaxation techniques could be in danger of having a healthy body but drained pranas causing blockages in the chakra system. This is extremely detrimental to the long term life of your soul.