Consciousness is One

 A friend described this spiritual breakthrough to me. After a long time of searching for God, the truth, enlightenment, law of attraction, etc., he became quite depressed. At a time of hitting rock bottom he heard the spiritual teaching of a woman who put everything he already knew in a completely new way. He was so overcome by this experience that he fainted. When he woke up he saw himself just like near-death experiences tend to go—his perception was hovering over his own head. This experience lasted for 21 days after which is old perception returned. He was a transformed being after this breakthrough.

 

We can either perceive, think, feel and act in this world as an individual, or we can be part of this world with the perception of “I am,” a mere transmitter of universal energy flowing through us. The out of body experience my friend had, and many people who are on the edge of life and death experience, is consciousness that has temporarily disconnected from the bodily manifestation. How can we merge with that universal energy? Well, we can start be observing that when we are this or that, we are not. The “I am” energy flows when the vessel of “me, myself and I” is empty. The “not this, not that” approach may set us up from the breakthrough.

 

The other day I said to a friend who is spiritually quite advanced, “we are one.” “No, we are not,” he responded. I didn’t know what to say in response, so I left it at that. It’s so obvious that our body are illusionary separation devices. When we talk with someone, you can literally feel how the conversing systems become one. That is, for friends who have that level of intimacy to allow the merger. Human consciousness is one, and our neural networks have to capacity to experience that. It is the illusion of being a separate self that is keeping us apart.

 

Empaths know for a fact that consciousness is one. They experience the other person. Most spiritual talents are an outgrowth of the fact that humanity and the higher planes of consciousness are one. Mediums can still perceive the energy of departed souls. Family energy can be observed over generation. All this is not speculation, it’s a fact, but we have to leave our personal conditioning behind to be open to this consciousness highway. How to leave it behind you ask? Well, dialing into our joint heritage is a steppingstone to opening up to the higher planes of consciousness.