The Three Keys to Your Spiritual Journey - Part III

Here is the first key to your spiritual journey. When practiced consistently along with the other two keys it will move you along your journey with elegance. Elegance requires grace and efficiency. We want to use our energy as efficiently as we can and with as much grace as we can. Growth and transformation requires more energy than most realize.

Awareness is like a muscle. The more we use it the stronger it gets. It is through a strong and expansive awareness that we are able to not only perceive those areas in self that lie deep in our subconscious, but we are able to perceive those areas that are on just the other side of the veil that exists between structured and non-structured energy. We use awareness with the first key. This first key is self-observation. It is sometimes referred to as the Witness or in the Toltec Path it is called stalking oneself.

Each and every moment we observe ourselves. We simply watch our thoughts, feelings and actions. We observe how we respond and react to people and the events in our lives. We note our habits. Self-observation is really quite simple in and of itself. However, to do it consistently requires much discipline and practice. Why? The simple reason is we forget. Something snatches up our attention and we forget to self-observe. Someone calls our name and we fall out of observing ourselves. We recognize a song on the radio and we stop observing ourselves. When we begin to self-observe, one thing that soon becomes very apparent is just how little will power we actually have. Something as simple as self-observation is extremely difficult to maintain with consistency and constancy.

When practicing this first key to your spiritual journey it is important to be aware of the following. These are common traps we fall into when first practicing self-observation.

• Do not judge what you observe. Simply observe with no judgment. You are to be a witness to yourself.
• Do not try to change what you see. In the beginning it is important not to try to change what you observe. Again, you are the witness. A witness does not interfere with what they are witnessing.
• Do not be selective in what you observe. Observe the "good" and the "bad" equally.

Toltecs sometimes use the characteristics of animals when describing a spiritual process or method. They call self-observation stalking. You must stalk yourself like a Jaguar stalks its prey. The Jaguar stalks for many hours and even days before it jumps its prey. While it is stalking it is very quiet. It simply observes as its prey drinks at the water hole, eats and sleeps. It notes its patterns, its reactions and responses to its environment. It does not disturb the prey while stalking it. We approach ourselves in the same way - stalk, observe, and witness. The benefits of self-observation would take up more than the space in this newsletter to list. Try it. If you are already doing it, be more consistent with it. And remember don't judge, or try to change what you observe. How long are you able to maintain self-observation.?

Love and Light,

Kris

© 2002, Kristopher Raphael

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Dreaming

by David Pawlak

   Many of us have heard, that awareness is like a muscle, in that the more it is used, the stronger it becomes. We know too, that there are just so many things in our Dream to distract us, that we rarely find moments when we are conscious enough to make the effort.

   There are many tricks we can use as reminders, to come back to awareness, but again, the best approach is constant practice. Like physical exercise however, practice in awareness can be quite draining to a new participant, and for this reason few make it past the initial stages. It’s much easier to just let what is called the “parasite” take over all the resources.

    Our physical essence, is a piece of a much greater whole, however to us, it appears to be everything. This physical essence, manifested in our three principle physical bodies, the physical body itself, the emotional body and the mental body is like a “perception” mechanism, which facilitates the resolution of emanations from much greater parts of our existence. The whole of these emanations however are so mysterious and profound, that a natural mechanism has been provided to limit our perception to one basic lifetime. The prime limiting factor is an illusory element called time.

    Time has a wonderful effect, it gives things dimension. Whereas, our greater whole exists unlimited by this factor a piece of it manifests as me ( or you ) in this timeframe, here on this Earth. The time factor is what seems to produce physicality, because essentially the greater whole is NOT physical. Try to imagine time as a magical element which crystallizes an otherwise homogenous space. The word space is somewhat misleading, because it implies three dimensions even though it could be considered empty. So space in this context  might have a meaning closer to that which the hippies coined in the 60’s.

    The secret of awareness, is being able to focus your consciousness on a timeless version of your world. This is where the greater whole resides.

    Let’s go there now!

    I am the voice that comes from within. The computer screen, your eyes and senses are elements woven within a web of energy that makes up a detailed image of your world. My voice comes to you through these elements. Where my voice goes, where it resolves, are closer to me than these things. The things have great purpose, but overshadow the reality of me, your dreamer.

    The closer you are to me, the more value your experience has for me, and therefore for you. This manifestation which is you, is a work of love and joy, and within this work is a part of me. 

   Sit in a comfortable position, preferably outside among more natural things. Initially with eyes closed, come to my voice. Come to where I reside. A good point of connection is through the crown chakra, a point several inches above the upper back of the head. Sit silently until you can quiet any voices, and rise up to the point where I reside.

    Slowly shift consciousness to your outside surroundings, while maintaining presence at the crown. Let the shift take form. Feel where your surroundings reside within. Open your eyes and work at re-establishing the silence. This manifestation is yours, positioned in time. Outside of time it is ours, yours and mine.  Feel me. Savour what we are sharing.

    As you come back to the world, remember the space. Recall it throughout your day.

 Have a good one,

Love and Light,

Dave

dave@impossiblereality.com