The problem is human
ignorance. This is a cry that is heard
by just too few yet needs to be sung by all who live in our world. Shedding human ignorance is an endeavor that
takes years of reading, contemplation, disciplined enterprise and ongoing experimentation. It is best led by masters and made compelling
through multiple experiences.
I have made choices in
my life whose value is apparent only today.
And for me this was a self guided voyage. Yet I know it could have been
better and I know that the future for mankind will be better.
Thus I ask you to look
in the mirror and simply say to yourself ‘ I am the sum of my decissions.’ How can I do better? Then do better.
9
Key Components of the Shift Towards Higher Consciousness
Dylan Charles
July 31, 2013
Facing considerable
political, economic, social and ecological crises, the human race is desperate
for a transformation and a new direction. Business as usual ensures that we are
doomed to run a course of half-conscious self-destruction, as man-made
catastrophes multiply and stress mounts in every aspect of life. We must
overthrow our ignorance, as it has become a fearful master, goading us into
war, pollution, waste and exploitation.
The social problems and
entrenched patterns at the source of global issues are too vast and complex to
be solved at the personal level, yet, paradoxically, the personal
transformation of the individual offers a
lonesome opportunity to avert the catastrophes we are engineering for
ourselves. Human consciousness has a critical role to play in our collective
destiny and there is a seismic shift occurring here that is creating a rising
class of conscious people better equipped than ever to deal with such a chaotic
environment.
The shift. It is the
dramatic re-ordering of one’s psyche, producing changes that greatly benefit
the body, mind and spirit. It is marked by considerable expansion of awareness
of the inner spaces of mind and heart, and of the inter-dependent nature of all
things. It is a reconstruction of one’s life and purpose rebuilt on a
foundation of truth, peace, strength and flexibility, and it is brought about
by a laborious and sufferable process of reflection and self-realization. The
end result of the shift is the experience of a new, world-centric perspective
on life, the reclamation of mental and physical health, and the discovery of
the strength, courage and fearlessness needed to wade through these interesting
times.
Personal evolution is
both the great duty and the great joy of all human beings and is a process of
divine significance, frequently unfolding in overlapping stages and related
developments. Here are 9 key components of the shift commonly experienced
by evolving people, not necessarily occurring in a particular order.
1. Contemporary
Consciousness – The mass consciousness of production, consumption,
submission and nihilism is where the shift begins. This is the consensus trance
that we have been programmed to accept as real life, while obediently serving
our worst interests without examination or question. Contemporary consciousness
is acquiescence to insanity for the sake of convenience. Breaking through
contemporary consciousness is to strike the very root of our global dilemma.
Numb, drugged, and senseless, this level of consciousness is a psychic plague
blotting out our potential.
2. A Disturbance in the
Force – Like a canary in a coal mine, a warning appears from somewhere,
grabbing our attention, rattling our confidence, pulling us out of our tunnel
vision. Some small piece of information gathered from the alternative press or
from a documentary film eats at our understanding of how the world is set up,
and the shift begins. This sets the stage for a deep and serious personal
crises to erupt, and often engages a ferocious drive for knowledge and truth.
3. An Introspective
Quest for Knowledge & Truth - Knowledge and information are the fuel
for personal transformation. Once awakened, our natural draw towards truth and
justice calls us to consider new ideas and outside perspectives as we search
for a new bearing in a crumbling understanding of the world. Introspection
reveals answers to never-before asked questions and the accompanying interest
in ‘alternative’ information and ideas provides answers that profoundly
contradict contemporary consciousness. Once this quest is initiated the world
never again looks the same.
4. The Dark Night of
the Soul – The disturbance begins to conflict with contemporary
consciousness so severely that the amount of cognitive dissonance required
to adhere to the status quo life manifests materially as serious personal
mental and physical health crises. The foundation for
this catastrophic and catalyzing series of events has been under construction
for most of life up to this point, and as such, the mind, body and spirit can
be forced to endure unimaginable lows as the entire sum and meaning of one’s
existence is smashed and broken to pieces under the weight of one’s denial
about their complicity in their own self-destruction.
This is the ultimate
test. To pass it one must endure the pain to the ultimate degree, and simply
not give up. For many, the dark night of the
soul lasts
for years, marking the most serious, frightening and life-changing phase of
life. Succumbing to the suffering here means giving in to total annihilation
and choosing the path of serious self-deceit, total submission to ego and to
false authority, addiction, reckless endangerment of the self, suicide,
overdose, etc.
5. Discovery of Real
Medicine – Something helps us through this crisis by easing the pain of
our suffering, gently re-building positive energy and providing sufficient
distraction while the body and spirit begin to reclaim health. Medicine here is
not pharmaceutical, but therapeutical, and can come in the form of an artistic
endeavor or exercise, or better yet, an intense study of an esoteric healing
physical art like Qi
Gong,
Yoga,Kung Fu,
meditation, and so on. Medicine may also be found amongst healers,
therapists, shaman,
or even plant medicines like Ayahuasca and Iboga.
Finding the activity or experience that nudges you away from the brink of
destruction and towards healing is a critical component of the shift.
6. Purification and
Detox – Along the quest for knowledge we discover the toxic nature of our
processed and sedentary lifestyle and realize the need for detox
and purification. Learning about fluoride, heavy metals,
GMO’s and the poisons in our food reveals the link between our emotional state,
stress levels, well-being and conscious awareness. A new relationship with food
is developed and taking care of the body and health gradually becomes easier.
Our toxic environment
also includes our social atmosphere and here we are compelled to tune out of
mainstream media, conversation and logic, purging ourselves of the garbage that
so many people consider important. Our consumption of mainline
ideas is reduced and our mind regains a footing of
independence in a sea of sensationalized conformity.
7. Re-thinking of
Authority, Dependence and Liberty – As the detox pushes older versions of
the self out of the way, rejuvenating the psyche, a new picture of the self
emerges in a world that no longer looks anything like it did before. The
designs of control and manipulation governing our social institutions and
traditions are rightfully exposed as farcical constructs that deter our
evolution, while modern politics and government are understood to be laughable
traps of dependence and deceit and therefore no longer beneficial to positive
growth. The people that invest their lives and identities in these schemes seem
desperate and needy of purpose, fanatical and outrageously too certain and too
serious about life.
Non-conformity and
non-compliance become moral obligations and liberty is revalued to include
freedom from living in the fear-based consciousness offered as the default way
of life. Ordinary people seem strange now in how they self-organize into
ridiculous pecking orders, squabbling for position at work and submitting to
any ‘authority figure’ with a badge and cheap uniform. It becomes clear that
freedom has less to do with laws and more to do with voluntary submission, and
liberty becomes a constant struggle to decrease dependence on the systems that
complicate life.
8. Letting Go of and
Discarding that Which Does Not Serve – In order to move through the
process of transformation, it is absolutely necessary to jettison the things,
people, relationships, habits, and ideas which no longer serve and support us.
Human beings energetically interact with the objects and people in our
environment, and eliminating and purging sources of stagnant energy and
negativity creates space for new experience and inspiration to enter and flow
into life. This is one of the most renewing components in this transformation.
9. Initiation into
Mystery - Material science and mainstream thought exclude forms of mystery
and paranormal activity from consideration in our culture, therefore making an
initiation into the world of the unexplainable a common feature of the shift.
For some reason, as a person changes in this fashion, strange and fascinating
events occur that chip away at the certainties that support consensus material
reality.Synchronicities emerge
and moments of clarity give greater meaning to the mundane. Awareness of the
subtle life force energy, Qi or Prana, develops, and ancient modalities of
thought and concentration elicit strangely powerful revelations. Once the veil
of the rigid
scientific mindset is pierced, intuition and
curiosity flourish and one re-assesses the potential in all things and in all
circumstances, abandoning certainty in favor of wonder. Life becomes at sacred,
as it should be.
Conclusion
The shift is nothing
short of total personal revolution, and signals the re-organization of the mind
and psyche for the benefit of the individual and the collective. It is about
remembering who we are and overcoming the momentous inertia of the
self-destructive programming in our modern world.Coming to extra-ordinary
consciousness and awareness from the depths of the contemporary trance that
sickens so many people is a process compelled by both natural forces and
personal will and is part of our unique journey towards individuation, freedom,
and happiness in this amazing world, at this incredible time.
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