Taking The Woo-Woo Out Of New Age Talk
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Many who hear or read New Age concepts will quickly tune out, change the channel or click away. I know because I used to do it. I could have cared less about the great shift for humanity or the next step in our evolution or any other hocus pocus mumbo jumbo. Still here? I am going to attempt to explain “logically” what spiritual enlightenment and our shift to the next level of consciousness means in the simplest terms that I can so maybe more of us will understand that there may some “realness” to it. This will be from my pseudo scientific perspective for all you people from Missouri.If you’ll stay with me I need to go over a few terms that are commonly used in New Age discussions.
Unity Consciousness
All things evolve and are in a continual state of change. The only constant is change. Plants, animals, stars, suns, the entire universe and of course humans. We evolve together as a species. Humanity has lived in a consciousness of duality. In simple terms this means that we all buy into the same reality that there is good and evil or right and wrong or black and white or even male or female. It’s always in groups of two and opposites. That’s why it is called duality. A component of this is the belief that we are all individuals and stand alone separate from each other and everything. We have in the past all agreed that this is reality.
What new-agers are saying is that we are changing our reality right now. That we, as a species, are evolving into a new consciousness called unity consciousness or Christ consciousness. That’s why it is called the new age. It is the creating of a new reality that behaves from the knowledge that we are one with all things. That we are all made up of the same stuff. That is the reason for the name “unity.” We have preparing for this change for a long time. Buddha, Mohammad and of course Jesus Christ along with many aboriginal cultures have given us these messages to help us transition into a new way of being. That is why some call it Christ consciousness. Some organized religions have chosen not to interpret these masters words from this perspective probably for reasons of power and control.
Whether you believe that this shift in consciousness is happening or not you may be able to concede that some kind of change in our species is possible. I won’t go into any more detail about it here. If you are interested in what changes in human behavior this shift may bring you can check out my N.P.E. series.
I want to get into a explanation of what I believe is happening in real terms to our bodies and minds when this shift or ascension happens. Ascension is another new age term that simply means a step up into the next level of consciousness.
Enlightenment and Vibrations
To explain these new age terms, I ask you to think of the different states of matter. The body is matter. In the first state matter is solid. By adding heat (light) it turns to liquid and with more heat it becomes gas. The human body has two basic components. Biology or put another way a solid carbon mass floating in water and an electro-magnetic field. The elements that make up the universe and everything in it are hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and carbon.
Some of the characteristics that describe a solid are unmoving, separate, un flexible. In our present reality these terms can also apply. We feel we are separate. We have our truths and we stick to them. The molecules of a solid move very slowly creating a lower energetic vibration. Energy or electricity doesn’t flow as well through a solid as it does through a liquid or a gas.
Light is also described as love or warmth. When we awaken to the knowledge that we are one with all things the feelings of unconditional love fill our bodies. We are adding heat. we transform or evolve into a more liquid like state and like a liquid we melt into one. We are no longer separate. We are going with the flow. We become more transparent or honest with ourselves and others. We become more reflective or self examining. Energy flows much easier through a liquid. Less resistance. More allowing. The molecules of a liquid are vibrating faster producing a higher vibration. We are simply allowing more light into our bodies. Becoming en-lightened. Literally emitting a higher electro-magnetic vibration.
Can you hear all the new age terms?
Are we evolving into more fluid beings? Some say that we originated in water. Our planet is mostly water. Our bodies are mostly water. Whales and dolphins who, as some believe, are the highest evolved beings on our planet. The symbol for Jesus was a fish. Are we returning to our true form?
I’m going off on a tangent. Don’t want to lose you now. I’ll save that topic for another time.
All these grand concepts about human evolution that I and others like to toss around can really boil down (pun intended) into simple grade school chemistry. That is the beauty of the universe. Simplicity. There is a mathematical term called Occam’s razor which states that all things being equal the simplest theory is likely to be true.
There’s no mystery to new age spirituality. There is no mystique reserved for the chosen few. We are all in this together. Yesterday’s woo-woo can become today’s reality.
Ok, so this is still pretty woo-woo. I can’t believe you made it to the end of this post! Well done. There are lots more new age terms to discuss.
To be continued …
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Barack Obama - A Lightworker
This post may look like it’s about politics, but it’s not. It’s more new-age, new planet earth, enlightened being, spiritual awakening stuff. I look for it everywhere. I look for signs of change. Mark Morford of SF Gate offered a perspective questioning whether Barack Obama was a lightworker. If I hear the word lightworker my ears perk up.Mark is known for his capital “L” Liberal viewpoint and some say a lightworker himself. Here’s an excerpt from his article:
“Many spiritually advanced people I know (not coweringly religious, mind you, but deeply spiritual) identify Obama as a Lightworker, that rare kind of attuned being who has the ability to lead us not merely to new foreign policies or health care plans or whatnot, but who can actually help usher in a new way of being on the planet, of relating and connecting and engaging with this bizarre earthly experiment. These kinds of people actually help us evolve. They are philosophers and peacemakers of a very high order, and they speak not just to reason or emotion, but to the soul.”
Sounds like the change that I discuss in the New Planet Earth Series.
Obama’s tag line is about change. If only it is the same change that I am hoping for. I haven’t had much exposure to Obama so to say whether he is or isn’t a lightworker is not for me to say but Mark’s perspective of him is pretty cool in my books.
I look at the world and it’s cultures from a wide angle so here are some wide generalizations. We, in North America have the most waking up to do. We live in a material culture where the priority is amassing stuff. That means we have to “work” and try to attain monetary status to be deemed successful. Survival of the fittest mentality.
European cultures are similar but have a broader set of priorities that puts quality of life, concern for the environment and a feeling of unity, harmony and co-operation with their fellow man as being more important than material wealth. A step up on the ladder of ascension.
The rest being older cultures live out of a more enlightened set of priorities where spirituality, family and enjoyment of life come before money. Their daily discussions and interests lay in deeper subjects of the meaning of our existence and of course how politics affects their world. How many times have you heard the statement. “They have so little yet they seem so happy.” That is just the result of evolving into the changes that are part of our stepping into unity consciousness. They have had more time to get there.
These, as I stated, are wide generalizations. It’s easy to pick these descriptions apart as such. I am only using them to talk about North America being the last culture on earth to have a shift to enlightenment. That’s not to say that it isn’t up to each individual in every culture to find their path because we are all in this shift together. There are signs that North America as a culture is now ready for that change.
External influences like the price of gas or the price of food or maybe a new President of the United States may be what is needed for us to stop and examine our priorities. Look at how we live and interact with each other. Look at what the meaning of the human life is about. Where we fit with humanity as a whole. Changing from living out of separateness and fear of others that are different than us, to a life of unity, love and co-operation.
Is Barack Obama a lightworker? I hope so. I hope that the change he so often speaks of comes about. It’s not one man who will accomplish the kind of change that I foresee. It will only happen one by one. If he does become the leader of what I call North American culture and he is truly enlightened then he may play a major role in bringing us to, as the Hopis Indians call, the Great Shift.
Is he a John Kennedy or a Martin Luther King as Mark suggests he may be? Does he carry a higher vibration? From my vantage point the timing is right for North America to change. Barack Obama may be the nudge we need.
The universe has a knack for perfect timing.
Here is Mark Morford’s full article called Is Obama An Enlightened Being?
Photo courtesy of Sebastian Niedlich @ Flickr
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