Metaphysical Principle - 1 Consciousness

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Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness : Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness Consciousness is a word often used in everyday speech to describe being awake and aware – responsive to the environment, in contrast to being asleep or in a coma. In philosophical and scientific discussion however, the term is restricted to a more precise meaning related to the specific way in which humans are mentally aware in such a way that they distinguish clearly between themselves (the thing being aware) and all other things and events. This "self-awareness" may involve thoughts, sensations, perceptions, moods, emotions, and dreams.

Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness : Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness Consciousness is the subject of much research in philosophy of mind, psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence. Issues of practical concern include how the presence of consciousness can be assessed in severely ill or comatose people; whether non-human consciousness exists and if so how it can be measured; at what point in fetal development consciousness begins; and whether computers can achieve conscious states.

Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness : Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness Metaphysically, consciousness is where self-awareness, however minimal that might appear to humans, is stored . Everything has an atomic structure and each atom has a consciousness of its own. Therefore, all things must possess consciousness at least at a minimal level. This is a theme that runs through all metaphysical texts.

Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness : Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness Animal consciousness is easy to see because they respond to our voices and our emotions. Remember, you communicate with your pet by talking to it and at the same time you’re feeling emotions toward them, and thinking about, or visualizing, what you want it to do. The pet picks up on all of this; however, it’s really more responsive to thoughts and feelings.

Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness : Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness Plant consciousness may be a bit more difficult to realize. However, over the past several years research has proven that plants respond to vibrations or thought and music. They mainly respond to your thoughts, negative and positive, and your feeling energy.

Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness : Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness Mineral consciousness does exist. This has come to the forefront with the awareness that quartz crystals are programmable by thought. They can be empowered with healing energies or for the purpose of increasing and refining spiritual energies in the body. Foundation minerals such as granite or iron have the consciousness of solid matter to be used for building and holding Earth together.

Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness : Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness What does this mean to a metaphysician? If all things have consciousness and everything shares the same Universal Subconscious Mind, then it’s possible to communicate with anything through the process of thought. In essence, the whole world is alive and vibrant with energy vibrations. It’s just a matter of learning to connect your mind with the mind of the animal, plant or mineral to understand its needs and relationship with humanity.

Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness : Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness This kind of communication just involves learning a new language of images and feelings which is also part of our language. It is important to realize that all things are interconnected through thoughts and feelings and that nothing remains static and everything is growing in awareness.

Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness : Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness The individual has to work at understanding the way the various levels of consciousness interact in order to manifest in the world. The Universal Law of Thought Creates underlies everything that is manifest so it’s best to know what and how you are thinking.

Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness : Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness We have 3 basic levels of consciousness: Awake conscious which you are using now; subconscious and superconscious.. The subconscious (emotional body) is connected to the Universal Group Subconscious and the superconscious is connected to the Universal Information. The goal for us is to be conscious of the continual communication of these three levels.

Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness : Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness Universal Subconscious There are many different and interchangeable terms that are used to describe the Universal Subconscious mind. But whatever term you use, metaphysicians and scientists agree that our Universe is a field of vibrating energy. Things that are denser operate at a lower frequency, and then there are also finer forms, such as thoughts and emotions, which operate at a much higher frequency. All of these things make up a collective Universal consciousness that we all share.

Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness : Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness So, everything is energy; this energy is like a mass “mind” or awareness, and each and every one of us is made up of a piece of that awareness. Our own individual piece of Universal consciousness is our self, or our “ego”.

Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness : Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness The mass awareness that I’m talking about has been called by many names. Some common names include: The Universal Subconscious The Higher Source The inner mind God The Soul

Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness : Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness Everything we have is the result of a thought. Before something is created, it always exists first as an image or thought in the Universal conscious awareness. This means that if we consciously direct our thoughts, we have a great deal of power to control what happens in our lives and to shape our reality. In order to do this, we must connect with this powerful force that we are all part of.

Slide 16 : Higher consciousness, also called super consciousness (Yoga), objective consciousness (Gurdjieff), Buddhic consciousness (Theosophy), cosmic consciousness, God-consciousness (Sufism and Hinduism) and Christ consciousness (New Thought), are expressions used in various spiritual traditions to denote the consciousness of a human being who has reached a higher level of evolutionary development and who has come to know Reality as it is.

Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness : Metaphysical Principle 1-Consciousness Evolution in this sense is not that which occurs by natural selection over generations of human reproduction but evolution brought about by the application of spiritual knowledge to the conduct of human life. Through the application of such knowledge (traditionally the preserve of the world's great religions) to practical self-management, the awakening and development of faculties dormant in the ordinary human being is achieved. These faculties are aroused by and developed in conjunction with certain dispositions of character such as patience, kindness, truthfulness, humility and forgiveness towards one's fellow man – qualities without which, according to moral/ethical stipulations of the various traditions, higher consciousness is not possible.

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