Consciousness Matters

Being aware of your state of being in your current context of mass communication (facebook, message boards, chat rooms, twitter etc.) is all that much more important. Allowing yourself to recognize the primacy of consciousness in every moment will hone what and how you express, what and how you show up in your world.

If you give manifestations, the appearances of your waking world more power and meaning than the awareness of your being, the way you experience your world is significantly different than if you stabilized in the awareness that consciousness is primary.

The only aspect of your reality that isn't learned, that isn't a program, is your awareness of being. Recognizing the primary place of consciousness in the world you emerge into upon waking will make all the difference in how you experience your self and your world.

"All speech, action, and behavior are fluctuations of consciousness. All life emerges from, and is sustained in, consciousness. The whole universe is the expression of consciousness. The reality of the universe is one unbounded ocean of consciousness in motion." - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

"The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question, is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, "Hey - don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride" - Bill Hicks

The definitions you hold about yourself determine the reality platform you make available to yourself. Your answer to the question "who am I?" decides the way you show up in your world and the way your world shows up for you. You must explore your root definition, the premise of your being, your image of self to understand why your world appears as it does.

Everything you encounter in your waking world is communication from consciousness. There is not an aspect of your waking world that isn't a reflector, a feedback, a mere indicator of the balance of your own being, the field of consciousness that you are. When you recognize that the world is nothing more than your mirror, you let go of attributing any kind of power to the reflection and work at the level of source, consciousness itself.

Stepping into the perspective that Consciousness is the sole source and cause of All is what true empowerment (IN-powerment) really is about. You cannot feel empowered in your reality while holding things "outside" of you to be responsible for what you are experiencing.

This first episode of Consciousness Matters addresses the nature of manifestations and the power of consciousness. If your premise is that Consciousness is the sole cause, what and how you experience your world changes.

***Features audio from Peter Russel's Primacy of Consciousness presentation.