I thought I would make a thread for the new year (I won't set any parameters for it) about what I think this is the most important topic of all these days. I was able to a lot about it the last year and it's really changed my life for the better and made me see things differently in all kinds of ways.
I'll briefly expain what I mean by raising consciousness. It can have two meanings:
1. Elevation
This means raising it to become more positive, taking it to a higher emotional level, so you can be in more love and joy, etc. Making it lighter.
Being in the high levels is normally only possible in the first years of human life, or childhood, when you enjoy ideal circumstances in life, or when you're using some kind of uplifting drug (or cheat).
But you can also learn to raise your consciousness it in itself, so your happiness becomes more self-derived, and you're not as needy on the outside world. I think we can all see how this would be an advantage.
2. Expansion
This means raising your consciousness as in becoming more aware of things. When you're not aware of something it's like you're blind to it so you're helpless in a sense.
With awareness of things also comes the ability to understand them, as you need to be aware of something to understand it, so there's a releationship between awareness and intelligence. Or in general, the more aware the more intelligent you are.
Higher awareness allows you to take more control of your life. How you're perceived by others, how you interact with other people, how you make a living in this world, etc. It's what makes all the difference.
So you can see how having a higher consciousness in both ways can only be a good thing, and at this point we have fortunately developed many consciousness-raising technologies. Only not many are still aware of them. Apart from maybe meditation, but there is much more than that.
There's a lot to say about it, but this was really what I wanted to talk about in the Enlightenment thread. Or like I said I didn't so much want to start a discussion about the final state of enlightenment and whether it's possible to achieve, but rather about how to get there or the process of it. My meaning of enlightenment is mostly raising consciousness.
It's hard for me to understand why someone would have no interest in what can make the most positive difference in their life. But I guess it's because they don't even believe they have a consciousness or that it's possible to raise it. Well, you have, and you can!
I'll briefly expain what I mean by raising consciousness. It can have two meanings:
1. Elevation
This means raising it to become more positive, taking it to a higher emotional level, so you can be in more love and joy, etc. Making it lighter.
Being in the high levels is normally only possible in the first years of human life, or childhood, when you enjoy ideal circumstances in life, or when you're using some kind of uplifting drug (or cheat).
But you can also learn to raise your consciousness it in itself, so your happiness becomes more self-derived, and you're not as needy on the outside world. I think we can all see how this would be an advantage.
2. Expansion
This means raising your consciousness as in becoming more aware of things. When you're not aware of something it's like you're blind to it so you're helpless in a sense.
With awareness of things also comes the ability to understand them, as you need to be aware of something to understand it, so there's a releationship between awareness and intelligence. Or in general, the more aware the more intelligent you are.
Higher awareness allows you to take more control of your life. How you're perceived by others, how you interact with other people, how you make a living in this world, etc. It's what makes all the difference.
So you can see how having a higher consciousness in both ways can only be a good thing, and at this point we have fortunately developed many consciousness-raising technologies. Only not many are still aware of them. Apart from maybe meditation, but there is much more than that.
There's a lot to say about it, but this was really what I wanted to talk about in the Enlightenment thread. Or like I said I didn't so much want to start a discussion about the final state of enlightenment and whether it's possible to achieve, but rather about how to get there or the process of it. My meaning of enlightenment is mostly raising consciousness.
It's hard for me to understand why someone would have no interest in what can make the most positive difference in their life. But I guess it's because they don't even believe they have a consciousness or that it's possible to raise it. Well, you have, and you can!
