Sometimes when we start seeing, we stop seeing.
To begin with the conscious perception of the subtle, the not merely material, implies a sharpening not only of the senses, but also of feeling.
The capacity for clairvoyance, clairvaudience, clairsensitivity, as well as channeling and receiving information from the most subtle planes are skills that we all possess, but remain dormant, until our consciousness evolves enough to open up to this “expanded reality”; understanding by reality what one can share with another and expanded, because not everyone allowes oneself such openness. There are those who cling to the material because of ignorance, but there are those who cling because of the unknown.
And it is that initiating a process of rediscovery of reality from a more sensitive perspective involves valuable internal changes, which can be experienced as releases or as losses, this depends exclusively on how identified we feel with the way in which we have interpreted ourselves so far.
It is necessary to understand that all experience is subjective, insofar as once embodied, each one starts from his own and particular mechanisms to understand, conceive and interpret reality, whatever the rank of Reality that one admits as “true”.
In the first hyper-perceptual moments it is essential to distinguish when we live from the Mind, from the Heart or from the Being. These are the three elements from which we have the experience of Living: from what we think, from the feelings we go through or from the deep feeling of the Soul.
How do I know I live from Mind?
Because everything that happens causes me an internal question or a need to give an imminent answer to catalog or conclude the situation, even without being aware that the question has been generated for me. Living from Mind gives us a false sense of control.
How do I know I live from Heart?
Because the emotional intensity, whether expressed or repressed, completely permeates – or almost – everything I am experiencing, from how I see a certain situation, to the internal or external decisions I make about it. Living from Heart gives us a false sense of passivity, emotions overwhelm us and prevail.
Living from both Mind or Heart often brings us closer to discourses that deny our responsibility for what we live. I provide some examples of attitudes to illustrate this perspective: things are like this, life is as it is, it is destiny, it is (pre)determined, everything is written, I can’t do anything about it, it can’t be otherwise,…
How do I know that I live from Being?
Because I enter a state of neutrality – not passivity – that floods everything, I can observe both thoughts and feelings without judgment. Realize that when I feel the inner judgment who judges is the Mind. Realize that the one who feels bad about a circumstance is the Heart. When living from Being, Mind and Heart are in balance and Being can observe them from Consciousness.
From the Being, you can recognize the intensity of both thought and emotion without identifying with them; you notice there is a distance between that intensity and who you are, so you can recognize that: (1) you are always free to choose from where you live, (2) everything that happens is relative, and (3) nothing that happens really affects you; everything is transient in experience.
Therefore, living from the Being brings us closer to accepting and taking responsibility for the Life we live.
Realizing that what we live is not exactly as we live it but simply Is, and that we are the ones who decide how to experience it, the openness to realities uncolored by emotions and thoughts becomes more harmonious. Still, it is important to keep in mind that seeing more is remembering more—but never knowing more.
Everyone has knowledge within, some have discovered and explore it, others sense it intuitively, and others do not even know it accompanies them. The degree of ignorance does not make some less a part of Knowledge than others. Likewise, it is important to remember that experience on
Earth is one of learning and evolution; therefore, all knowledge shown to us deserves the utmost Respect and Gratitude for the approach it offers to the Love we are and have forgotten. When we begin to see, we stop truly seeing because when we see more, we believe we possess everything, and it is this ego disguised as Celebration and Praise of Life that prevents us from continuing to grow. Humility, born from deep Honesty, is the key to consolidating all we feel we learn.
Being humble always implies an inward gesture, realizing that if we are Remembering so much, it is because we have Forgotten much, and as humans, we can only recognize part of the Whole; for the Path itself is what truly matters in this living, more than the Destination from which we depart and to which we inevitably Return.
For me, Knowing More means Remembering Less: the more I know through experiences, the more I realize I have much left to Remember. The wider the view, the farther the horizon. The deeper the experience, the longer the journey.
The ultimate Will of Spiritual Growth does not lie in possessing Great Knowledge but in Knowing Ourselves as Knowers of what we Ignore, thus living accordingly and responsibly from this humble awareness. Only by accepting and lovingly embracing our condition as ignorant do we become wise and can return to what We Are.
PROPOSAL:
From where do I live?
Choose a situation each day and observe from where you are living it.
If you desire a more intense practice, apply this 3 to 5 times daily.
For deeper work, when a situation arises that causes you pain (anger, sadness, insecurity, or any other low-frequency emotion), observe from where you live it.
BENEFITS
- The simple act of looking inward and trying to recognize the elements participating in the situation (facts, thoughts, feelings) will make you experience it differently, even if thoughts or feelings remain, your level of consciousness will have increased.
- As you learn to separate from what you think and feel, you will have more options to interpret and therefore respond to situations.
- This wider range of options will surely lead you to higher experiences, closer to Love.
GUIDELINES
- You can record this in a notebook to be more aware of the process you live, as well as to observe your own evolution as you practice.
- If when reviewing there is no judgment nor movement of emotions, perhaps it is time to fully free yourself from those patterns by burning the writing with Gratitude for the learning experienced.
I wish you the best process in this practice and a great Opening in and toward yourself.
