The H2O Metaphor and Other Essays
The H2O Metaphor
We are multidimensional beings. We live in two dimensions simultaneously, although, for the most part, we are only aware of one of them. We live both in the dimension of form and the dimension of formlessness. The dimension of formlessness is a one-ness principle and essentially it contains only one thing; pure consciousness. A part of us exists in this dimension of formlessness and one-ness and we can call that part our true self. That is the part of us that first entered this multidimensional reality. The dimension of form is a duality principle and therefore is divided into two parts; outer and inner form. Outer form consists of all the physical 3-D objects that we can see; the trees, the cars, the buildings, the birds, the grass, |
the rocks, the mountains, the clouds, and our bodies, to name a few. Inner form consists of thoughts and emotions.
To operate in the dimension of forms we use both inner and outer forms. With our mind, body, and ego we create forms (thought-forms and emotions) in the realm of inner forms and then act upon them in the realm of form to create and build physical things and react with physical things. We also react to physical forms in the realm of inner form through our thoughts and emotions. The realms of inner and outer form is what we consider to be our reality and we deal almost exclusively with these two realms in our lives. We identify these two realms as our reality and we consider our self to be that part of us which operates in these two realms. Through a lifetime of conditioning we have learned to use the ego to coordinate between these two realms of form and we have come to identify with that ego as to who we are. In the process we have completely lost touch with that part of us that exists in the dimension of pure formlessness, which is our true original self.
We can use water as a metaphor. Water consists of two molecules of hydrogen and one molecule of oxygen. The two molecules of hydrogen can represent the two realms of the dimension of form (inner and outer form) and the one molecule of oxygen can represent the dimension of formlessness. The two molecules of hydrogen can represent duality and the one molecule of oxygen can represent one-ness. We originally came from a state of one-ness and we entered the state of duality with the purpose of merging the two states in order experience our selves and life in a new physical way. If you have got two molecules of hydrogen and nothing else then nothing is really going to happen. You have simply got two molecules of hydrogen. If you have got one molecule of oxygen, once again nothing is going to happen. You have just got one molecule sitting around. But when you combine the two molecules of hydrogen with the one molecule of oxygen you suddenly have water! Water is the giver of life! But you need all three molecules.
Likewise, when you combine the two parts of the realm of form with one part of the realm of formlessness you suddenly have life in its fullest divine form. You have divine life in a body with access to divine consciousness. But you need all three parts! Over the years, though, humans have identified more and more with their egos and in the process have cut themselves off to one-ness and their original true self which exists as pure consciousness in the dimension of formlessness. To use the metaphor we can say that we have water that is extremely oxygen deprived. We have stagnant water! That is why we are miserable, that is why we struggle, that is why we have war, that is why we are depressed, that is why we advance so slowly in our evolution, that is why we feel unfulfilled. It is because we identify with our ego as to who we are and we are letting the ego run the show when the ego is just supposed to coordinate things between the realms of form (inner and outer). It is our true self that is supposed to be running things. It can run and coordinate things in all three parts--all the parts of us. Running from a duality principle, the ego can only run the two realms of form. It is incapable of understanding or experiencing one-ness (where our true self resides). In order to have pure wonderful water we need to bring that oxygen back into the equation. We have to reconnect with the one-ness that our true self brings; we have to reconnect to our true self.
There are two main things that keep us from reconnecting with our true selves. One is our identification with our false self, or the ego. To move our identification from our false self to our true self we simply need to become aware of the ego and how we identify with it and let it run things. Once we are aware we can then expand our awareness to reopen a connection with our true self. There is no need to kill the ego. We just need to expand our awareness of it. The other thing keeping us from reconnecting is time. Not only do we have a false identification with self but we have also developed, through mass belief, a false identification with the illusion of linear time. Our identification with this illusory form of time is so strong that both realms of the dimension of form (inner and outer) essentially run on this false time. Our true self, however, exists in the one-ness of the dimension of formlessness. This dimension uses true time, or simultaneous time, also known as the NOW. The only way to connect with our true self is in the NOW!
To sum things up, to bring the three parts of our reality together into a wholeness we need to expand our awareness of the ego/false self and reconnect with our true selves through the NOW. Like the three molecules of water, when we have all three parts of our reality in full proportion then we have life in its fullest and we can live and create like the divine multidimensional beings that we are.
To operate in the dimension of forms we use both inner and outer forms. With our mind, body, and ego we create forms (thought-forms and emotions) in the realm of inner forms and then act upon them in the realm of form to create and build physical things and react with physical things. We also react to physical forms in the realm of inner form through our thoughts and emotions. The realms of inner and outer form is what we consider to be our reality and we deal almost exclusively with these two realms in our lives. We identify these two realms as our reality and we consider our self to be that part of us which operates in these two realms. Through a lifetime of conditioning we have learned to use the ego to coordinate between these two realms of form and we have come to identify with that ego as to who we are. In the process we have completely lost touch with that part of us that exists in the dimension of pure formlessness, which is our true original self.
We can use water as a metaphor. Water consists of two molecules of hydrogen and one molecule of oxygen. The two molecules of hydrogen can represent the two realms of the dimension of form (inner and outer form) and the one molecule of oxygen can represent the dimension of formlessness. The two molecules of hydrogen can represent duality and the one molecule of oxygen can represent one-ness. We originally came from a state of one-ness and we entered the state of duality with the purpose of merging the two states in order experience our selves and life in a new physical way. If you have got two molecules of hydrogen and nothing else then nothing is really going to happen. You have simply got two molecules of hydrogen. If you have got one molecule of oxygen, once again nothing is going to happen. You have just got one molecule sitting around. But when you combine the two molecules of hydrogen with the one molecule of oxygen you suddenly have water! Water is the giver of life! But you need all three molecules.
Likewise, when you combine the two parts of the realm of form with one part of the realm of formlessness you suddenly have life in its fullest divine form. You have divine life in a body with access to divine consciousness. But you need all three parts! Over the years, though, humans have identified more and more with their egos and in the process have cut themselves off to one-ness and their original true self which exists as pure consciousness in the dimension of formlessness. To use the metaphor we can say that we have water that is extremely oxygen deprived. We have stagnant water! That is why we are miserable, that is why we struggle, that is why we have war, that is why we are depressed, that is why we advance so slowly in our evolution, that is why we feel unfulfilled. It is because we identify with our ego as to who we are and we are letting the ego run the show when the ego is just supposed to coordinate things between the realms of form (inner and outer). It is our true self that is supposed to be running things. It can run and coordinate things in all three parts--all the parts of us. Running from a duality principle, the ego can only run the two realms of form. It is incapable of understanding or experiencing one-ness (where our true self resides). In order to have pure wonderful water we need to bring that oxygen back into the equation. We have to reconnect with the one-ness that our true self brings; we have to reconnect to our true self.
There are two main things that keep us from reconnecting with our true selves. One is our identification with our false self, or the ego. To move our identification from our false self to our true self we simply need to become aware of the ego and how we identify with it and let it run things. Once we are aware we can then expand our awareness to reopen a connection with our true self. There is no need to kill the ego. We just need to expand our awareness of it. The other thing keeping us from reconnecting is time. Not only do we have a false identification with self but we have also developed, through mass belief, a false identification with the illusion of linear time. Our identification with this illusory form of time is so strong that both realms of the dimension of form (inner and outer) essentially run on this false time. Our true self, however, exists in the one-ness of the dimension of formlessness. This dimension uses true time, or simultaneous time, also known as the NOW. The only way to connect with our true self is in the NOW!
To sum things up, to bring the three parts of our reality together into a wholeness we need to expand our awareness of the ego/false self and reconnect with our true selves through the NOW. Like the three molecules of water, when we have all three parts of our reality in full proportion then we have life in its fullest and we can live and create like the divine multidimensional beings that we are.
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The Difference Between Thinking and Consciousness
Question: "My history and my attachment thereto is who I am. I do not wish to lose my identity."
I think the word, identity, is key here. It seems you are saying that you derive your sense of identity, your sense of self, from your past, your history. That is not uncommon. Almost all humans do. We have been conditioned to live in linear time and to do so we need our minds. Our minds operate in linear time; past, present, and future. So while we are in a body living a life on planet earth we use our minds to navigate that life and therefore come to identify our minds as who we are.
But we are not our minds. We are much, much greater than that. Each of us has a self/identity that existed before we ever came into a body and that self-identity will continue to last after we lay the body down. This is our true divine identity. The mind quits when the body does. And so does linear time. Our true identity/self does not live in time. Linear time is strictly a function of the human mind in the physical.
We have been on a very long evolutionary path of consciousness. Our true divine identity/self has remained constant for that entire evolutionary journey and it will remain so. It has been our awareness that has been evolving; the awareness of our consciousness. During that long evolutionary path we entered physicality and that involved developing a physical-based mind. In the development of that physical-based mind our concept of linear time was created in order to facilitate that mental development. Linear time was actually quite necessary to hasten our evolution through physicality.
A couple of things happened, though, that we got stuck in. First, we became so conditioned by linear time that we lost touch with the NOW (or No Time), which is where our true identity/self lives. Secondly, our total preoccupation with our minds and thinking in terms of linear time created a false identity known as the ego. An ego is a product of the mind and of emotions and it can only survive in linear time. Take an ego out of linear time and it gasps for air, so to speak. An ego can only survive in linear time because an ego derives its energy from past associations and attachments and from future associations and attachments. The ego can be in the present but not the NOW. When the ego is in the present it still is attached to the past or future (usually both). There is no past or future in the NOW.
So what happened is we thoroughly cut ourselves off from our true divine identity that lives outside of linear time. Having lost our connection to our true divine identity, we began identifying our selves with our false identities; the mind/ego. But our mind/ego is not who we really are. Of course we need some sort of identity for stability as we live in and navigate through our mind construct of linear time. The ego provides this but it also continues to block us from our true divine identities. So in our evolutionary path we are stuck in mind/ego/linear time and the only way to get unstuck is to reconnect with our true divine identities. And that can only be done in the NOW.
I think the word, identity, is key here. It seems you are saying that you derive your sense of identity, your sense of self, from your past, your history. That is not uncommon. Almost all humans do. We have been conditioned to live in linear time and to do so we need our minds. Our minds operate in linear time; past, present, and future. So while we are in a body living a life on planet earth we use our minds to navigate that life and therefore come to identify our minds as who we are.
But we are not our minds. We are much, much greater than that. Each of us has a self/identity that existed before we ever came into a body and that self-identity will continue to last after we lay the body down. This is our true divine identity. The mind quits when the body does. And so does linear time. Our true identity/self does not live in time. Linear time is strictly a function of the human mind in the physical.
We have been on a very long evolutionary path of consciousness. Our true divine identity/self has remained constant for that entire evolutionary journey and it will remain so. It has been our awareness that has been evolving; the awareness of our consciousness. During that long evolutionary path we entered physicality and that involved developing a physical-based mind. In the development of that physical-based mind our concept of linear time was created in order to facilitate that mental development. Linear time was actually quite necessary to hasten our evolution through physicality.
A couple of things happened, though, that we got stuck in. First, we became so conditioned by linear time that we lost touch with the NOW (or No Time), which is where our true identity/self lives. Secondly, our total preoccupation with our minds and thinking in terms of linear time created a false identity known as the ego. An ego is a product of the mind and of emotions and it can only survive in linear time. Take an ego out of linear time and it gasps for air, so to speak. An ego can only survive in linear time because an ego derives its energy from past associations and attachments and from future associations and attachments. The ego can be in the present but not the NOW. When the ego is in the present it still is attached to the past or future (usually both). There is no past or future in the NOW.
So what happened is we thoroughly cut ourselves off from our true divine identity that lives outside of linear time. Having lost our connection to our true divine identity, we began identifying our selves with our false identities; the mind/ego. But our mind/ego is not who we really are. Of course we need some sort of identity for stability as we live in and navigate through our mind construct of linear time. The ego provides this but it also continues to block us from our true divine identities. So in our evolutionary path we are stuck in mind/ego/linear time and the only way to get unstuck is to reconnect with our true divine identities. And that can only be done in the NOW.
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We are the consciousness that comes from a Source. Sources don't think. If they did they would implode on themselves. All a Source does is source pure consciousness. It does not think (which is a mind function)! All it ever does is unconditionally emits pure consciousness. Pure consciousness contains all knowingness of All That Is. All knowledge and knowingness is contained in this pure consciousness that is constantly being spewed out by this magnificent Source. We (humankind and the reality we have created) are that pure consciousness attempting to know itself.
There is a pure all-knowing consciousness that is flowing through us at all times. This pure all-knowing consciousness is who we really are. Our minds and bodies are our creation that we created in order to become consciously aware of who we really are. We are pure consciousness and our minds and bodies are our attempt to take that pure consciousness and think with it, create with it, and realize our true identity with it. It was our intention to create a mind and a body so that we could think and so that we could feel. Instead of just being consciousness we wanted to think and feel that consciousness and thereby fully realize our divine identity.
Minds think. Consciousness just is. We are bringing the two together.
Of course we got stuck in thinking. That is why when we think of a universal consciousness we see it as a mind that is thinking. We give our Source the same characteristics as our thinking minds and their accompanying egos. We give it judgment, logic, reasoning, discrimination, gender bias, anger, vengeance, fatalism, greed, a foundation of linear time, and a duality-centered basis of "good and evil." We see our Source as some bearded aging white guy sitting on some throne on some cloud tossing down thunderbolts at his bad children. We are so stuck in mind/ego/thinking that we can no longer feel the pure consciousness being sourced to us and we translate everything through mind constructs. We identify so much with our own thinking that we have convinced ourselves that our Source must be thinking all the time, too. We cannot see it any other way. But our Source does not need to think. That is a mind function. All our Source does is love unconditionally and in that very act it sources out pure consciousness that contains all the knowingness there is.
Yes, we all have a mind and, yes, there is a collective mind of all humans. We use both those minds to do a lot of thinking. Individually and collectively, we and our minds are fed pure consciousness by our Source, which is NOT a mind but a Source. It is a universal Source, not a universal mind. "Thinking and consciousness are not synonymous," as Eckhart Tolle says. We have created and developed minds for ourselves but in the process we have lost awareness of that consciousness being sourced by our Source. We are that consciousness! When we can get out of our minds long enough we can fully reconnect with that consciousness and realize our true identities and our true greatness.
There is a pure all-knowing consciousness that is flowing through us at all times. This pure all-knowing consciousness is who we really are. Our minds and bodies are our creation that we created in order to become consciously aware of who we really are. We are pure consciousness and our minds and bodies are our attempt to take that pure consciousness and think with it, create with it, and realize our true identity with it. It was our intention to create a mind and a body so that we could think and so that we could feel. Instead of just being consciousness we wanted to think and feel that consciousness and thereby fully realize our divine identity.
Minds think. Consciousness just is. We are bringing the two together.
Of course we got stuck in thinking. That is why when we think of a universal consciousness we see it as a mind that is thinking. We give our Source the same characteristics as our thinking minds and their accompanying egos. We give it judgment, logic, reasoning, discrimination, gender bias, anger, vengeance, fatalism, greed, a foundation of linear time, and a duality-centered basis of "good and evil." We see our Source as some bearded aging white guy sitting on some throne on some cloud tossing down thunderbolts at his bad children. We are so stuck in mind/ego/thinking that we can no longer feel the pure consciousness being sourced to us and we translate everything through mind constructs. We identify so much with our own thinking that we have convinced ourselves that our Source must be thinking all the time, too. We cannot see it any other way. But our Source does not need to think. That is a mind function. All our Source does is love unconditionally and in that very act it sources out pure consciousness that contains all the knowingness there is.
Yes, we all have a mind and, yes, there is a collective mind of all humans. We use both those minds to do a lot of thinking. Individually and collectively, we and our minds are fed pure consciousness by our Source, which is NOT a mind but a Source. It is a universal Source, not a universal mind. "Thinking and consciousness are not synonymous," as Eckhart Tolle says. We have created and developed minds for ourselves but in the process we have lost awareness of that consciousness being sourced by our Source. We are that consciousness! When we can get out of our minds long enough we can fully reconnect with that consciousness and realize our true identities and our true greatness.
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Form and Formless
There is a power so strong and so infinite that entire realities are created and fueled by it. This energy is so unconditional that it gives life to everything it touches. This energy flows non-stop through the world it creates. This energy is pure consciousness that seeks to became aware of itself through its creations.
As part of those creations, humans have this energy flowing through them at all times. We are a manifestation of that energy. We ARE that energy. As that energy, we are all one. We are all connected.
But we each have our own minds. These minds see themselves as separate from other minds even though each of us is being fed by the same source energy and consciousness. We are in the process of creating our own individual self and in the process we have created resistance to that energy flowing through us. The mind sees the forms created but no longer sees or feels that incredible energy flowing through us that allows us to create form.
As our minds develop and creates a separateness from other minds, the ego is created to identify with that separateness and to protect its identity. The ego identifies with form only and thus is closed off to the formless energy flowing through us that is our source. We, the divine beings that we are, identify with our egos. Our egos become who we are and we forget that we are that formless and limitless source energy. We become separated from who we really are and instead try to create an identity through ego and mind. We then defend that egoic identity with everything we’ve got because we think that is who we are. The more we defend it and build on it and stay focused on it, the stronger it gets and the stronger the resistance gets to who we really are. The separation becomes near total.
Our thoughts and constant thinking feed that egoic identity. The ego is a mind creation and is therefore fed by thoughts rather than by the consciousness of our source energy, which is an all-knowing intelligence. To heal the separation and reconnect with that source consciousness and energy, it is a matter of stilling the mind and turning the thoughts off long enough to focus on and feel that source energy/consciousness flowing through us. That energy/consciousness is who we really are and the more we can connect to that, the less control our egos will have over our lives. Instead of identifying with our minds, we will begin using our minds as a tool while instead identifying with our true divine beingness. Centered in who we really are, we can use our minds without getting lost in them.
This is called marrying the form and the formless. We are divine formless beings who have entered a physical form with a mind that creates form. Our minds create thought-forms which then can be manifested as physical forms. We have gotten so caught up in the world of form and our minds which we use to navigate that world of form that we have forgotten who we really are — a formless divine being that outlasts all the forms it enters through. We identify with our thought-forms and our physical forms but we have lost our connection to the formless divine beings who we really are.
Stop and notice your thinking. Observe the endless stream of thoughts being fired. We average between 50,000 and 100,000 thoughts a day. By stepping back and observing our thoughts we’ll notice that we are constantly thinking and that there is very little space between thoughts.
Who is doing all that thinking? It’s your mind and your ego.
Who is it that is observing that thinking? That’s you.
Connect with that you. Step back from all that thinking and become the you who is observing it. Then find the gaps of silence and stillness between those thoughts and embrace that stillness. The more you can do this, the more you can get into the you who is the observer. When you are in this silence and stillness and the mind and ego are turned off and you are in the you who is the observer, you can switch from thinking to feeling. You can begin to feel the energy/consciousness that is constantly flowing through your being. This energy/consciousness is who you really are. You can’t think it, you can only feel it. The more you feel it, the more your awareness expands (much like a blossoming flower opening up to the world). Eventually, your awareness is no longer confined to the egoic mind and the world of form and you become a truly functional multi-dimensional being, a formless being living in form in total awareness of who you really are.
As part of those creations, humans have this energy flowing through them at all times. We are a manifestation of that energy. We ARE that energy. As that energy, we are all one. We are all connected.
But we each have our own minds. These minds see themselves as separate from other minds even though each of us is being fed by the same source energy and consciousness. We are in the process of creating our own individual self and in the process we have created resistance to that energy flowing through us. The mind sees the forms created but no longer sees or feels that incredible energy flowing through us that allows us to create form.
As our minds develop and creates a separateness from other minds, the ego is created to identify with that separateness and to protect its identity. The ego identifies with form only and thus is closed off to the formless energy flowing through us that is our source. We, the divine beings that we are, identify with our egos. Our egos become who we are and we forget that we are that formless and limitless source energy. We become separated from who we really are and instead try to create an identity through ego and mind. We then defend that egoic identity with everything we’ve got because we think that is who we are. The more we defend it and build on it and stay focused on it, the stronger it gets and the stronger the resistance gets to who we really are. The separation becomes near total.
Our thoughts and constant thinking feed that egoic identity. The ego is a mind creation and is therefore fed by thoughts rather than by the consciousness of our source energy, which is an all-knowing intelligence. To heal the separation and reconnect with that source consciousness and energy, it is a matter of stilling the mind and turning the thoughts off long enough to focus on and feel that source energy/consciousness flowing through us. That energy/consciousness is who we really are and the more we can connect to that, the less control our egos will have over our lives. Instead of identifying with our minds, we will begin using our minds as a tool while instead identifying with our true divine beingness. Centered in who we really are, we can use our minds without getting lost in them.
This is called marrying the form and the formless. We are divine formless beings who have entered a physical form with a mind that creates form. Our minds create thought-forms which then can be manifested as physical forms. We have gotten so caught up in the world of form and our minds which we use to navigate that world of form that we have forgotten who we really are — a formless divine being that outlasts all the forms it enters through. We identify with our thought-forms and our physical forms but we have lost our connection to the formless divine beings who we really are.
Stop and notice your thinking. Observe the endless stream of thoughts being fired. We average between 50,000 and 100,000 thoughts a day. By stepping back and observing our thoughts we’ll notice that we are constantly thinking and that there is very little space between thoughts.
Who is doing all that thinking? It’s your mind and your ego.
Who is it that is observing that thinking? That’s you.
Connect with that you. Step back from all that thinking and become the you who is observing it. Then find the gaps of silence and stillness between those thoughts and embrace that stillness. The more you can do this, the more you can get into the you who is the observer. When you are in this silence and stillness and the mind and ego are turned off and you are in the you who is the observer, you can switch from thinking to feeling. You can begin to feel the energy/consciousness that is constantly flowing through your being. This energy/consciousness is who you really are. You can’t think it, you can only feel it. The more you feel it, the more your awareness expands (much like a blossoming flower opening up to the world). Eventually, your awareness is no longer confined to the egoic mind and the world of form and you become a truly functional multi-dimensional being, a formless being living in form in total awareness of who you really are.
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