Elevated consciousness is not something we would probably say we are seeking, and yet it is what we are searching for. If we look to our deepest intention though -the deepest one behind most of what we do- more often than not we are hoping that what we are doing will bring us into the experience of being in a state of peace, safety, love and happiness. We do sometimes attain this temporarily. Why does it not last? We are looking to the ‘physical world’ to bring us this experience, instead we need to look inside ourselves if we want to make this last.
Going Up
1/ Understand who I am
2/ To be and act on who I am
1/ First, is to know ‘who am I’ – as a being of light, of peace and of love and to have faith in this even if I don’t feel it just now. The faith that there is an unlimited amount of peaceful and loving energy at my core.
2/ To act on the basis that I am a being of peace and of love.
For example:
Give – without wanting anything in return. To give because you see the need and know that there is something you can do to help, even if it just a smile or a kind word. To give without being asked and without the need for any acknowledgment, recognition, to be seen or praised. Generally we are taught that we should only do things for something- the reward, praise, fame, respect, money etc. Paradoxically when we start giving to life we find that life looks after us and everything we need comes to us as and when we need it.
Love gives, it benefits. In real love there is no I want or need or desire. If we decide that love is going to be our path and that we are going to be a giver we become the richest of all.
When we take, there is insecurity. Even what seems to be giving can in fact be taking- if we are giving to receive respect or praise. Sometimes too, we know that we are taking and that we are taking too much, only we carry on taking because we are in the state of taking [ordinary consciousness] and everyone is doing it. To switch into a state of giving requires us to go against the flow and this can be a bit scary at first.
We may need to go to the gym and build up our spiritual muscles. Step-by-step, act by act, we grow stronger and all that we give comes backs to us, lifts us and protects us.
Empower others – Are you empowering or dis-empowering others? Someone makes a mistake, for example. What do you do? Do you make sure that everyone knows it was their mistake and not yours? Criticize them? or say, ‘You made a mistake, that’s okay. I have made that mistake ten times. Come on let’s sit together and correct it.’
Look for the little moments when you can empower someone, e.g. a kind word to someone when somebody else is complaining about them. Do this in an invisible way (not so as to make that person dependent on you) and your consciousness will step up- there will be power inside you.
Unconditional love – “It is a great strength when someone insults you to be able to give them love back”. However, having just been insulted we often don’t feel very forgiving. This is okay, just begin by saying, ‘I really don’t want to hate this person for this. I want to understand and forgive’. If we truly want to forgive, then we will find that the universe will come to our aid. Maybe a book, a conversation, something overheard, meeting someone who is in that state of love… Sometimes too we may need to be patient (this is like a test of our integrity)- we just need to stay with wanting to and know that by doing so we are moving towards that threshold.
To not resist insults is to let go of our negativity about the situation. When there is resistance, there is the feeling of not wanting to let go of our negativity; that it is justified. Resistance creates stress and tiredness for ourselves. To let go with love. All that matters is that you want to- everything will come to help you and it will become easier and easier. Also, the feeling that you will give to everybody around you will be extraordinary, because the kind of behaviour that you will be exhibiting will be extraordinary.
As we move up into a more and more elevated consciousness, step by step, all the things from our hearts that we think we have lost will return, humanity will get her spiritual wings and the earth will become a remarkable place to be.
