My Notes on
The Children of The Law of One & the Lost Teachings of ATLANTIS
by Jon Peniel
Chapter 6 - DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW:
Chapter 6 - DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW:
Universal Consciousness & Separate Consciousness
Note: Video of reading of Ch 6 in its entirety at bottom (words & audio)
At first, Jon didn't really understand the meaning of "Universal Consciousness" when he first arrived at the CLO monastery in Tibet. But he eventually realized that "you can't really fully understand much of anything until you achieve" it. There is a reason why, when you finally REALIZE Universal Consciousness, that is, when it is finally achieved, it is called "enlightenment" or "illumination". It is as if a light switch has switched from off to on. When discussing this with Zain, he was told to look up a text, read it, meditate, then go see Zain in his chamber. Hand inscribed in alchemical ink were these words:
Those who know not that they are One,
Act not as One.
Those who act not as One,
Create not Love, but suffering and disharmony.
What you create, you receive.
The fruits of your acts will follow your days.
Separate Consciousness
Let's begin with one of the fundamental effects of Separate Consciousness, a person's individual, separate, point of view
Point of View
A person's point of view can mean 2 things:
1) It can mean what it literally says - the "point" from which a person "sees" things.
2) It can mean a person's opinion.
A person's opinion is a combination between #1 & the person's programmed beliefs.
Most individuals have a limited point of view dictated by the very fact that they are separate individuals. And the trouble is, seeing from only 1 "place" doesn't allow seeing a "whole picture" or "big picture".
The Metaphorical Car of Life
Allegory: 2 people approach a car at a car show, one from each side, one sees a pristine classic car of high value, the other sees a damaged vehicle of little value (since only one side is badly damaged); They are both right, from their point of view. But if you could see the car from above, they are both totally right & totally wrong. The fact is that when you simultaneously grasp the 2 contradictory, yet true, beliefs, you actually have the greater truth about the car. It is a crude sort of paradox.
On the Earth plane, a paradox is the closest thing you can get to real truth, or whole truth.
Greater Points of View
This allegory is an example of seeing from a "Universally Broad" point of view by viewing the car from above. A broad point of view can help us better understand others, better understand the world, and ultimately the entire Universe around us. Then we can more easily communicate or interact with others, and vice versa.
The Broadest Point of View
When we are talking about a person's "consciousness", we are essentially talking about the state of their "awareness" of the world around them. A person's point of view is affected by both their state of consciousness, and their beliefs & "programming". However, consciousness is dominant, and if there is a shift to a higher or lower state, the new consciousness can alter & override a person's beliefs & programming in order to match the new level of consciousness.
Separate Self Consciousness
People generally have "separate self consciousness", and live their lives based on their individual self view.
There are varying degrees of "narrow" mindedness, but even the most broad point of view that comes from just 1 person with separate self consciousness, must be limited & incomplete, because it is a view from only 1 place, only from that 1 separate self. Separate self consciousness, because of its limitations & narrow-mindedness, "boxes" its perceptions of the world into "pieces" that are extensions of its self. For example: there is YOUR neighborhood, YOUR town, YOUR state, YOUR country, Your part of the world.
What country ever went into battle without "God on their side"? In WW2, all sides believed God was on their side, including the Nazis.
All of these perceptions & beliefs originate from separate selves. But a precious few people have begun to expand their self consciousness to include "bigger pictures".
For example, a story of Grizzly Addams, when a beaver dammed the creek next to his cabin, threatening to flood the cabin, he moved & built a new cabin rather than disturb the beaver dam. And believe it or not, this was still limited consciousness - but what a wonderful expansion of consciousness. To have reverence for all life, and also to see the importance and potential affect of the lives of many other various organisms, is higher consciousness.
But even environmental & humanitarian consciousness is still limited, and a person could accidentally cause terrible disasters acting from limited perception, even if their intention was only to help.
The fact is, all things in the Universe are essentially made of the same "stuff", and are totally interdependent & connected.
Having separate self consciousness doesn't mean you are really separate, but it does mean having a total "illusion" of separateness from everyone & everything else in the Universe. And when a person truly believes they are separate, they naturally focus on themselves. This naturally leads to selfishness. The only REAL problem.
Selfishness is the root of all problems & "evils" that exist on Earth.
Where there is separateness & selfishness, there will be strife, discord, injustice, taking from others, harm to other beings, creatures, the environment, etc...Please don't let the teachings that promote Oneness be misunderstood as promoting a "one world religion or government" where oneness & peace are enforced by human rule or dogma. Nothing could be further from what the CLO means to convey. The CLO are proponents of freedom, and free will. No form of government can really "work", or last, when separate consciousness exists. Why? Because the people running the government have the same separate consciousness, and when they get power, you see the worst of selfishness, and they can appeal to the selfishness in the populace, to get what they want.
Outside of the Earth, the entire Universe functions in a beautiful, orderly harmonious flow.
Universal Consciousness
It is attained when a person has a lasting experience in which they see through their illusion of separateness, and lose their separate self consciousness. Their consciousness then "merges" with the Universe - thus they experience being One with the Universe. This is often the result of going through a conscious psychological "death experience", brought on by meditation & other aspects of a spiritual path. The illusion of separateness dissolves in the awareness of Oneness. And with the dissolution of the illusion of separateness, the separate self "seems" to die, and a "rebirth" occurs. Separate self consciousness is transcended & transformed. The dominant consciousness becomes that of the Inner Self, the part of us that is the Universal Spirit - thus, we have "Universal Consciousness".
If you absolutely KNOW that every person you are dealing with, is YOU, just in a different form, how will you treat yourself (others)?
A person with separate self consciousness is focused inward, and thus they are like an "energy vacuum", a black hole, always trying to get energy. But a person with Universal Consciousness is focused outward, and thus they are like an energy beacon, a Sun, always giving energy.
There are planes of existence other than the physical plane on Earth, into which only Universally Conscious beings can enter. Paradise DOES already exist!
Personal Changes
There are also major personal psychological changes that come from attaining Universal Consciousness. Things that may have previously upset you or been desirable to you, may lose their impact because they pale in significance when seen within the context of AWARENESS OF ALL THINGS. Also, with such a radical consciousness change, some things that you may have "taken for granted", or that you found enjoyable, can change dramatically, as far as how you experience them.
The only thing that does matter really, is that those of you who think & believe & live as separate, are suffering. Suffering needlessly. And [those with Universal Consciousness] feel for you, and want to help you.
The closer that you get to attaining Universal Consciousness, the greater your point of view will become, and the more you will intuitively "see" the whole picture, or whole situation. But while a person who has attained Universal Consciousness may see the "whole picture" to the greatest extent possible on Earth, even they don't see it all while still embodied. That is why the CLO teach that "getting out of your own way", and allowing ourselves to be an instrument of the Universal Spirit (God), is the greatest wisdom.
VIDEO 1:
The Power of Oneness: Connect to a Universal Consciousness
VIDEO 2:
Reading of chapter 6 in its entirety (words & audio)
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