Conscious Evolution - The Shift Happens When You Align With Your Higher Self

If you accept the idea that your higher self is in charge of your life and that your higher self had deliberately planned for you to experience certain challenges in your life so that you would gain wisdom (and deep understanding and appreciation) by living through them, you may wonder why it now requires a conscious effort on the part of your ego personality self to reconnect to the higher self within (conscious evolution).

Why isn't the process of conscious evolution automatic? Why can't you just go on autopilot instead of needing to consciously cultivate a relationship with your higher self? Why do you need to make a conscious decision and a deliberate effort to begin the process, why do you need to align with your higher self, why do you need to do anything different than what you've already been doing?

Well, you have been going pretty much on autopilot according to the challenges your higher self had planned for you to grow through and if you're completely thrilled with where you are right now, I would not recommend any changes. But if you would rather experience upliftment, if you'd rather begin to grow through joy rather than pain and suffering (because you think you've evolved enough spiritually and you're ready to make that switch), I'd recommend you make an effort to reconnect to your higher self and begin the process of conscious evolution now. Because this is what is going to cause a shift in your consciousness, and then in your life.

It's easy to keep something going when it's already in motion, when it already has momentum. But to be able to create a new experience or to change a direction in your life, you need to make a deliberate effort. That's why they call it conscious evolution.

You need to get past the inertia that's present. (Inertia is the resistance or disinclination to motion, action, or change.) When you're in the latter stages of momentum, it may only take, say, one unit of effort to yield 10 units of returns. But when you're beginning something new, at first it may seem to take 10 units of effort to yield one unit of return.

The good news is, if you make the effort it won't take long to see some results so that you are motivated to continue the process. It is this process of conscious evolution that will eventually lead you to your "Golden Age." (While this won't take long, it's not instantaneous either.)

If you choose to ignore your higher self it will try to get your attention with increasingly drastic measures. It's pretty obvious this is what's happening in the world right now. You have free will as to when you begin, but don't worry, it's all perfect. Whatever happens, it's just your higher self trying to teach you something. Call it tough love, if you want, but eventually we will all make it through.

Andrew Cohen, founder and Editor-In-Chief of EnlightenNext Magazine (formerly Enlightenment Magazine) says this well: "An extraordinary latent potential for unbridled creative engagement and egoless compassion lies deep within us, waiting to be released into this world. But most of us don't see this, or if we do, we don't realize that it is not going to happen by itself. At this juncture in human history, the evolution of our species requires one thing and one thing only--our conscious, whole-hearted participation. We bear a profound responsibility to be evolutionary pioneers."

Are you ready to begin your conscious evolution?

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Living Consciously is More Than What Happens in Meditation

When you read or hear people talk about conscious living it is most often in the context of meditation, spirituality, yoga, eating vegan and other green or healthy ways of living.  But  what happens to the mundane side of life when you live more consciously?  When you are awake you also become conscious of your dirty refrigerator shelves, dust under  the armoire, and  dust-balls, pens and paperclips stuck between your couch cushions. Or more precisely, the thought to look between your couch cushions will enter your heightened state of awareness.

Living consciously carries a responsibility of a more mundane sort too. It means caring enough to clean the fridge shelves- after all, no one really sees them but you. And that layer of dust that caught your eye while you were on the floor hugging your dog, well who gets down on the floor by the armoire besides you? It's an inner thing and you don't have to take the responsibility until you want to. The want seems to come with living consciously.

There is a joyfulness in cleaning and everday tasks in our homes. The joy comes from the knowing that as you clean your home you are  cleaning The Universal  home. In essence, you are saying to the sacred home of all living things "I will take care of you, just as the Universal Source of all things takes care of me."

The difference is people shut their eyes on their responsibilities sometimes and The Universe never does. 

Few people would disagree that the mundane aspect of life can be difficult, unappreciated and tedious. It seems never ending and for not a short time later. Yet spiritual leaders teach us to learn to love the uncomfortable. Embrace the uncomfortable tasks, events, even crisies in our life, for within these experiences lies the next opportunity for deepening your conscious awareness and spiritual understanding.

Consciously living every opportunity in your daily activities, offers you the discovery of a deeper meaning, perhaps a deeper understanding of your spiritual path. In either case it helps to lighten the task at hand, as cleaning with a joyful sacred approach makes it  easier and go faster. Embrace the mundane for it is rich with opportunity.

Living to Make Sense of It All http://livingtomakesenseofitall.com discusses and provides insight into conscious living, spirituality, meditation, journaling, green living as they relate to every day life and more. Written by Kimberly Wulfert, PhD, psychologist. The complete article with a most unusual picture of a refridgerator in desperate need of cleaning continues at http://livingtomakesenseofitall.com/2009/06/13/conscious-living-is-also-cleaning-out-your-fridge/

Living Consciously is More Than What Happens in Meditation

When you read or hear people talk about conscious living it is most often in the context of meditation, spirituality, yoga, eating vegan and other green or healthy ways of living.  But  what happens to the mundane side of life when you live more consciously?  When you are awake you also become conscious of your dirty refrigerator shelves, dust under  the armoire, and  dust-balls, pens and paperclips stuck between your couch cushions. Or more precisely, the thought to look between your couch cushions will enter your heightened state of awareness.

Living consciously carries a responsibility of a more mundane sort too. It means caring enough to clean the fridge shelves- after all, no one really sees them but you. And that layer of dust that caught your eye while you were on the floor hugging your dog, well who gets down on the floor by the armoire besides you? It's an inner thing and you don't have to take the responsibility until you want to. The want seems to come with living consciously.

There is a joyfulness in cleaning and everday tasks in our homes. The joy comes from the knowing that as you clean your home you are  cleaning The Universal  home. In essence, you are saying to the sacred home of all living things "I will take care of you, just as the Universal Source of all things takes care of me."

The difference is people shut their eyes on their responsibilities sometimes and The Universe never does. 

Few people would disagree that the mundane aspect of life can be difficult, unappreciated and tedious. It seems never ending and for not a short time later. Yet spiritual leaders teach us to learn to love the uncomfortable. Embrace the uncomfortable tasks, events, even crisies in our life, for within these experiences lies the next opportunity for deepening your conscious awareness and spiritual understanding.

Consciously living every opportunity in your daily activities, offers you the discovery of a deeper meaning, perhaps a deeper understanding of your spiritual path. In either case it helps to lighten the task at hand, as cleaning with a joyful sacred approach makes it  easier and go faster. Embrace the mundane for it is rich with opportunity.

Living to Make Sense of It All http://livingtomakesenseofitall.com discusses and provides insight into conscious living, spirituality, meditation, journaling, green living as they relate to every day life and more. Written by Kimberly Wulfert, PhD, psychologist. The complete article with a most unusual picture of a refridgerator in desperate need of cleaning continues at http://livingtomakesenseofitall.com/2009/06/13/conscious-living-is-also-cleaning-out-your-fridge/