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9 Key Components of the Shift Towards Higher Consciousness ~ Jan. 3, 2016


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By Dylan Charles, Editor Waking Times

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.

If you have anything of value to add to this list, please do so in the comments section below.

About the Author

Dylan Charles is a student and teacher of Shaolin Kung Fu, Tai Chi and Qi Gong, a practitioner of Yoga and Taoist esoteric arts, and an activist and idealist passionately engaged in the struggle for a more sustainable and just world for future generations. He is the editor of WakingTimes.com, the proprietor of OffgridOutpost.com, a grateful father and a man who seeks to enlighten others with the power of inspiring information and action. His remarkable journey of self-transformation is a testament to the power of the will and the persistence of the human spirit. He may be contacted at wakingtimes@gmail.com.

Happy Summer Solstice – Becoming Masters


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Oh my gosh! So much truly great information is coming out daily now about our true reality on Planet Earth! I can’t write blogs fast enough..

This posting is an article by Dr. Suzanne Lie, who channel an ET group known as the Arcturians. The Arcturians teach that the most fundamental ingredient for living in the fifth dimension is love. Negativity, fear and guilt must be overcome and exchanged for love and light. This post resonates with me, speaking about the developing capacity for humans to be in the NOW as the vibratory rate of humans rise bringing more Light into our reality. As this occurs, we begin to lose the illusion of time and devleop unconditional love for ourselves and all other life on this planet.

What an exciting time for us to be here! Please read this articel, digest, and …

Enjoy!

” Our dearest Ascending Ones,
We, the Arcturians, wish to contact you in this NOW of Gaia’s Summer Solstice 2014. We send this message to each of you so that you can share it with others. You can easily share this message, as there truly is no separation between you and what has been known as others. “Others” is a term that denotes that people or things are separate from you. Since unity with all life is becoming increasingly evident within your NOW, the term “others” is becoming extinct.

We wish to tell you that many changes are occurring on the inner levels of our grounded ones, meaning humanity. As you increasingly allow your consciousness to expand beyond the illusion of time, you will increasingly feel these changes on a daily basis. Those who are still bound to time will likely feel these changes in what they would call “later.”

Of course, there is no time and there is no later, except for within your third dimensional holographic projection. This holographic projection is beginning to morph and change because so many of its habitants are expanding their consciousness beyond the confines of the time-bound hologram to experience a new reality based on truth.

This “new reality” is not new. This new reality is infinite because it resonates beyond the confines of time and space. We have spoken a great deal about the real world beyond the hologram, but there is something that we have not shared. We have hinted at what we are about to share many times, but it was not yet the NOW to reveal it.

The NOW meaning that you, and those with whom you share our messages, could not yet conceive of what we are about to say. Do not think that this is shocking news. In fact, we have said this message many times. The difference is that in your NOW more of you will be able to understand the core of our message rather than the lower emanations of it.

As we have said on myriad occasions, the reality you perceive is the reality that you live. Within your NOW a beautiful harvest of light is occurring. If you could see your world from our perspective, you would witness a stunning light show much like those you may have seen at a concert.

We perceive Gaia’s Earth as a living being with different patches of light and darkness. For many eons Gaia’s body was primarily in darkness with timelines of light that were eventually snuffed out by the encroaching darkness. What we are seeing NOW is that there are more and more patches of expanding light filled with unconditional love. These centers of multidimensional light and unconditional love are exponentially freeing their inhabitants of third dimensional illusion. Most important, this areas are expanding.

The patches of darkness, which are increasingly growing smaller are slowing, or quickly, being transmuted into light. As our awakened ones are aware, the darkness of fear can only be transmuted with the light of unconditional love. The forces of darkness have continue their fear campaigns and are creating as many fearful confrontations as they can, but there is a growing majority of humanity that are refusing to participate in that version of reality.

Since third dimensional Earth is a hologram, every one, including animals and all of Gaia’s creatures, have the ability to choose participate in altering this hologram. You are ALL programmers of Gaia’s 3D reality. During the long Kali Yuga, Earth was furthest from the Golden Age of direct light from the Multiverse. Hence, darkness was the programmer.

However, now Gaia is in Her Golden Age in which Earth is in direct alignment with the light of the Multiverse. Therefore, you all, that is every creature on Earth, have access to this higher light—if you choose to accept it. Before you were within the Golden Age you needed to seek out the light, which was often hidden by the darkness.

In your NOW of 2014, and beyond, you are in direct alignment with this flow of infinite multidimensional light, which is infused with unconditional love. Dear humans and ascending beings you have lived many years in the darkest times of the Kali Yuga and only a few years within the Golden Age of light. However, the illusion of sequential time is the first illusion to be transmuted by this light that is streaming from the ONE of the Multiverse.

Many will cling to the illusion of time for as long as possible because it has become a habit to which you have structured your life for many incarnations. On the other hand, we observe that some of you are beginning to release this illusion of time and are surrendering into the higher dimensional expressions of your Multidimensional SELF.

We also see how dangerous this can be to your earth vessel. If you are to float beyond time while driving a car, crossing the street or cooking at your stove, you could harm your earth vessel. Therefore, we suggest that you put aside certain “times” in your day in which you can place your earth vessel safely in a chair and allow your SELF to visit your true HOME.

This time is much like giving a child his or her “playtime,” so that the child can be patient during times of third dimensional obligations and activities. To our perspective you all appear much like race horses waiting in the gate for the bell to sound so that you can run as fast as you can.

You want to “run HOME,” but your Mother Gaia needs your growing light so that She can return HOME as well. We know that we are asking a lot of you. However, you are on the cusp of personal ascension because you have mastered much of your physical life. Therefore, the ascending ones are often quite happy with their life.

Remember our dear Ones that ascension is not an escape. Ascension is the mission for which you volunteered for before you took this incarnation. Yes, not all of humanity volunteered for this mission, but if you find yourself reading this message, you are likely among those volunteers.

It is a vital component of your ascension process that you remember that YOU are the creator of your reality. Therefore, before you accepted this mission, you programmed everything that has occurred in the holographic program of your current lifetime. We feel your collective resistance to this part of our message, but we remind you that you also programed in myriad parallel and alternate realities.

Therefore, there are always alternatives to every occurrence in your life. Also, from your human perspective, death is a tragedy that creates great sorrow and loss. However, from the perspective of your Multidimensional SELF, death merely means logging out of the hologram.

This direct confrontation with death is a deep initiation that forces you to look deeply into your life to determine what is really important and what is just a third-dimensional distraction from your mission. In fact, many of you have programmed this “final initiation” of confrontation with death into your holographic life.

The release of the fearful illusion death greatly assists you to “reset” your life into the expanded awareness of your personal and planetary ascension. Many NDE (near death experiences) are being shared on your Internet to reveal that death is the ultimate illusion.

The third dimension teaches you that death is your enemy and you must “be the strongest ones” to survive. However, that message primarily occurs in the patches of darkness. Once a majority of an area’s population returns to their higher frequencies of consciousness, they begin to realize that third dimensional life is the illusion and the LIFE they wish to experience is actually in the higher dimensions.

As you increasingly remember that YOU have control of your thoughts and emotions, you return to being a Master of your energy field. This mastery reminds you that YOU are the creator your third dimensional life. You also realize that YOU exist on myriad frequencies. Therefore, you choose to remain in constant contact with your higher expressions of SELF.

Those who feel trapped within the areas of darkness find it very difficult to awaken to their SELF. Hence, we greatly commend those Masters who are assisting Gaia to clear these patches of darkness. Also, as you become Master of your energy you realize that ALL life is of equal importance.

While in the third dimensional holographic projection it is easy to believe that only humans are important and the myriad other life forms that share your planet are far beneath you. The truth is that Earth could easily survive, and in fact prosper much better, if all humanity would leave. However, without the “insignificant” insects, the entire ecosystem for Gaia’s planet could collapse.

It is important for our human ones to remember that they are not in any manner “better” than any other component of Gaia’s immense ecosystem. We are sure that those reading this message are aware that humanity has caused great harm to their home planet and have brought Gaia to the verge of destruction on more occasions than your limited “history” reveals. Therefore, we remind you above all that ALL life on Gaia’s body is vital and sacred.

Dear human expressions of your great Multidimensional SELF walk softly on the body of your Mother. Send Her your unconditional love with your every breath. Remember that your current physical incarnation, which appears so important to you, is a mere fraction of your SELF and less than a millisecond of Gaia’s ‘time.’

As you move beyond the limitations of the illusion of time, you also move beyond the illusions that you have held as truths for myriad incarnations. Once you become aware of the truth of what has actually occurred on Earth, it is a great temptation to feel fear, anger, sorrow or judgment.

However those feelings lower your frequency to the state of consciousness in which you actually contribute your own fear-based energy to the very fear, anger, sorrow and judgment that you disdain in others. Remember, the frequency of your consciousness calibrates the frequency of your perceptions, and the reality that you consciously perceive is the reality that you consciously live.

Ascension occurs within your consciousness, so that your perceptions can expand far beyond your earth vessel’s third dimensional reality. As you continue your ascension process, you will move out of alignment with Earth’s third-dimensional holographic projection and into alignment with Gaia’s true Planetary SELF in the fifth dimension and beyond.

In your other ascension lives, as all of you, even those who are now lost in darkness, have had ascension experiences. Ascension does not make you a “Saint.” Ascension merely means that you have returned your consciousness to the frequencies of your Multidimensional SELF that resonate above the illusions of the third/fourth dimensional realities.

What is so very different in your present timeline, for which you have all prepared for in many incarnation, is that the third/fourth dimensional holographic projection of Earth is closing. Gaia and all Her inhabitants are returning to their true Multidimensional SELF. Those who wish to take on a physical form to study at a “planetary school of cause and effect” will need to log into a different planet.

Those humans who do not feel complete with their lessons of cause and effect will simply shift from Gaia’s holographic projection to another planetary holographic projection to complete their education. No outer source will judge these humans, as the concept “outer sources” is a third-dimensional illusion. In fact, the concept of “judgment” is a third-dimensional illusion.

While one is still feeling trapped in third-dimensional illusion, they will not be able to understand what we have just shared. However, if the “egg” that has encased them as their embryo self is cracking, and they are emerging into a new version of reality, they will at least question whether or not we the Arcturians and/or our message are real.

This act of beginning to question their world will open window in their mind that allow the ever-expanding light to shine into their consciousness. In closing we remind you to withdraw ALL attention from that which you do not want to manifest, while you recognize and send gratitude to the “everyday miracles” that are increasingly blessing your life.

Blessing BE dear ascending ones,
We will keep the light on while we await your return,
The Arcturians”