Raising Our Consciousness

Let's take responsibility for our thoughts!

My eyes brimmed with tears as I watched the first African American being sworn into the highest ranking office in this country, perhaps the most powerful position in the world. How could anyone not be inspired by the inauguration of President Barack Obama? It is clear to me that Mr. Obama is a living example how we can accomplish anything when we believe in ourselves and set our minds to it.

President Obama certainly didn't candy coat the state of our nation. In our lifetime, we have never faced such daunting challenges: the economy, Iraq, Afghanistan, war on terror, and healthcare, to name a few. At the conclusion of this determined man's inaugural speech, the crowd roared with excitement ... change had arrived. Images of expressive, tear-streaked faces being broadcast around the world kindled a renewed sense of hope that we have reached a turning point.

Yet, President Obama admitted that he cannot turn this nation around alone. He can't bring this country out of its darkness by himself. He needs everyone to play their part in getting our nation back on track. How fitting that his first official act as president was to "proclaim January 20, 2009, a National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation," asking, "All Americans to serve each other to remake this county."

I asked myself, 'How will I serve?'

For me, the answer is clear. In order to lift ourselves out of the fire, we must raise our consciousness. Before I lose you with this woo-woo term, let me explain. When we understand how powerful we are and the impact we have on this nation and the world, we realize we must take responsibility. We must stop pointing fingers and blaming others for the turmoil of our nation. We must change our thoughts.

Quantum physics shows us that our thoughts and prayers influence everything. Thoughts are energy and when fueled with intention and purpose they create. We all have the ability to manifest everything we desire. Good or bad. Thoughts manifest miracles or traumas. They bring joy or sorrow, peace or conflict, prosperity or poverty. Remember that what we focus on will expand. So, what are you thinking about?

If you're worried about the fallen stock market, then you're fueling a plunging market. If you're concerned that you won't be able to pay for your healthcare next month, then situations will develop which will make healthcare unaffordable to you. If you're nervous about keeping your job, chances are you'll be filing for unemployment. If you think President Obama lacks the experience to do his job, you're feeding fear that will prohibit him from making highest and best decisions for us. Need I go on?

How can each of us participate in raising the consciousness?

The greatest gift we can give ourselves is to turn inward, whether through the practice of meditation, prayer, visioning or visualization. There are also a few practical things we can do to change our lives for the better, and at the same time raise the collective consciousness. Consider the following practices:

Set the intention that you are going to think responsibly.

Stop focusing on how bad things are. There is something to be said about focusing on what's right rather than what's wrong. Consider how grand life truly is and how blessed we are. Express gratitude for what you have. When you hear how far the stock market dropped, consider in that moment how fortunate you are that you even have assets to watch.

Guard your thoughts! Guard your words! Often times we focus on what's wrong rather than what's right. I love how Mother Theresa responded when she was invited to an anti-war rally. "If you hold an anti-war rally, I shall not attend. But if you hold a Pro-Peace rally invite me." Be aware of simple word-choice and stop focusing on negative or "what if" scenarios. Rather than worrying about being laid off, think how grateful you are to have a job.

When you catch yourself saying or thinking something with a negative spin, follow it with, "however that is changing." Don't be hard on yourself. Just the fact that you are recognizing your negative thoughts or words is huge, and you are thinking responsibly by correcting yourself. If a thought crosses your mind and you find yourself wondering, 'How is that serving me?' Chances are it's not.

Consider your power and send positive thoughts and energy, including prayer, to our president and all world leaders so they are guided to make decisions that are highest and best for everyone.

When you've experienced a hiccup in your life, expect your "unexpected good." Know that something bigger and better is manifesting in your life. Don't dwell on the minor setback - believe that it's happening for a reason and trust you are being guided to something much grander. Trusting, believing in the miracle of serendipity is thinking responsibly.

It's time that we take responsibility for our thoughts. We all have an extraordinary role to play in this world. Turn inward and recognize that part of our mission, our reason for being here, is to think responsibly and raise the consciousness so that we all can live more joyful lives.

Alex Marcoux is a three-time published novelist. Her titles are A MATTER OF DEGREES, BACK TO SALEM and FACADES. She's also a screenwriter and currently writing her first nonfiction practical spirituality book. She's an inspirational speaker and conducts workshops on writing, creativity, and spirituality, all of which encourage people to take their creativity to a new level.

A short film based on her second novel, BACK TO SALEM was produced by Atlantis Moon Production in 2008. The feature screenplay is in development. More infomation is available on Alex at http://www.alexmarcoux.com

Raising Your Level of Consciousness Is Real - Quantum Leaping?

According to the "Scientific Quantum Physicists" who base their theories on the Big Bang, there are multiple Universes.

In fact they claim there are infinite number of Universes and all a person has to do to experience an alternate Universe is to "Quantum Jump" there.

To myself, a Spiritual Quantum Physicist, I say this does not make any sense. It is just a high level abstraction that they use to explain their theories based on chaos.

I say that there is a Creator God, a Divine intelligence, a Prime Mover, a Grand Architect who created this Universe.

We humans are individual souls who live, move and have our being within an infinite Soul, called the Mind of God.

The Infinite ocean of thinking, intelligent energy called the Quantum Ocean is really the Mind of God.

Why do we Souls 'blink out' of the Quantum Ocean, Mind of God?

To experience physical, mental, emotional life. The Quantum Ocean, has no time, nor space. It is an infinite, timeless, space less point where everything that was, is or will be exists in non-manifested, non physical form.

We cannot experience physical, emotional or mental life in the Quantum Ocean.

So we 'blink out' because we need the dimensions of time and space to "experience." We need a "Playing field."

Everything that we are aware of in Consciousness becomes our Universe.

You could say that we Quantum Jumped out of the Quantum Ocean into our present reality.

The time we were born, the place we were born, the parents we have are all key ingredients in our present reality. They constitute our Universe.

If we are not aware or conscious of a rare flower or an undiscovered insect or animal in some deep jungle; then they are not part of our Universe.

Some other soul, explorer, or botanist may be aware of them. Then they will be added to the Collective Consciousness and become available to other souls.

But if we are not aware of them, they will not be part of our reality.

We 'blinked out' of the Quantum Ocean, Mind of God to continue to experience life. We have 'blinked out' and "blinked back in' many times before. It is a continuous learning process.

Where we find ourselves now, exactly where we find ourselves now, is where we are supposed to be.

What we are doing, who we are relating with is also a exact. We need it all to learn and experience.

If you are a struggling writer, artist, or musician well that is what you are supposed to be doing.

To become a famous writer or artist requires a process. This is a process of time, practice, patience and work.

To believe, as the Scientific Quantum Physicists believe that you can Quantum Jump to an alternate Universe; where you are an accomplished and famous artist or writer goes against natural and spiritual law. It avoids the "process."

By Quantum Leaping, even if it were possible, to an alternate Universe, where you are a great artist or writer would cheat you. It would cheat you of all the experiences, and of all the steps that it takes to become a famous writer or artist.

Each one of those steps from writing a book, painting a picture to becoming famous has merit. Each individual step is an experience that you soul needed to learn.

To leap to an 'Alternate Universe' by passes all the wonderful experiences. They would be lost.

Beethoven, when he started to compose his music at 3, was destined in that incarnation to be famous.

But, he experienced every step towards fame, good and bad in a previous 'blink out.'

Work with what you have on your plate, what is in front of you now?

Stop fantasizing about "Quantum Jumping" to a better, richer or more famous Universe.

The rewards of life are in the voyage not in the final destination.

If your destination is to become a famous writer and/or painter then enjoy the step by step trip. "The trip of a 1000 miles begins with a single step."

Inch by Inch, life's a cinch. Yard by yard life is too hard.

But here is the good news. It is your level of consciousness that dictates where you will be born and what lessons you need to learn.

Where you find yourself now is your level of consciousness.

Don't try to Quantum Leap to an alternate Universe to change your present reality. Instead raise your level of consciousness and your reality will automatically change.

You can learn to live 100 lifetimes in one life time by raising your conscious. No need to jump ahead. Just Be!

Ragnar Storyteller (AKA Ellis Peterson is a Korean War Vet living with his wife Lory and dog Dixie in the boonies of the Pocono Mountains. He is a retired math professor and electronics engineer. He has written over 200 articles and booklets on runes, radionics, quantum physics, viking history, orgone generators and alternate healing methods. Ragnar is 70+ but looks 50's thanks to his inventions. You can see more of his works on his website: Ragnar Storyteller's un-politcally correct writings on quantum physics and other stuff. click:
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Raising Consciousness One Thought At A Time

Raising Consciousness.

How can raising consciousness help you? Will it help you? What does it mean? How does it work on a group level?

Its interesting when you search on the internet the words, "Raising Consciousness," the answers Google bring up are so wide and varied, everything from it being the outcome of radical feminist movements, (not true) to something that can either benefit or harm you in various ways. It all gets quite confusing, to the seeker on the path to find a better way to live. Raising consciousness is the act of changing ones thoughts, to align with the betterment of the whole. In other words, it relates to changing ones life experiences one thought at a time. In life we all do things the hard way, our emotions get in the way, our anger our intolerance pushes us to react to other people and other external stimuli.

When one individual changes and let's go of one reactive belief pattern, did you know the ripples flow out to the whole world? This is not just some fancy idealistic idea its actual proven fact, Quantum Physics. By each person becoming aware of why they hook in to reactive patterns, they then have the ability to change those patterns. By changing from reactive behaviour to proactive behaviour they then extend their life experiences in ways which bring new interactions and challenges. This is the way the universe of thought evolves. It is only through raising consciousness can new ways be found to resolve old issues. However, if the individual is still motivated by emotions and hooked into the drama of the situation then it is unlikely that a full resolution of conflict will be achieved. To put that in English, if you are still angry, emotional and blaming other people for your life, nothing will in fact change.

The key to raising consciousness it to fully understand and take responsibility for how we respond to others, and at the same time our actions in response. The answer to will raising your consciousness help you is YES! Without a doubt, it will empower you to stop repeating patterns which cause you to suffer financially, mentally and physically. Undoubtedly when the individual changes, it must flow on to change the patterns of humanity's collective consciousness. At this time on the planet, the majority of the population suffer the consequences of not being aware that every second of every day, we have incredible opportunities to change and grow, we have the wonderful gift of being able to step out of old ways, and consciously change our lives, in ways which release the perceptions which keep us fighting and struggling.

In a sense the majority of people are prisoners, victims of their own past experiences without even knowing they are held prisoner in an invisible cage. The patterns limit their lives, their relationships, their opportunities, like a program in a computer, they just go about their lives doing what they always did, getting what they always get. There is an old saying, "if you do what you have always done you will get what you have always got," I am not sure who wrote that saying originally but how true is that? Someone looks at us in a certain way, or says something in a certain tone and we are off on a tirade of self protection and its kill the messenger, before he hurts us with words. Well this is where raising consciousness comes into play. Did you know at any minute you can simply make the choice not to buy into that instant where your old habit, takes you round doing the same thing you always do, and getting the same result you always get. Humanity has the incredible ability to move forward in thinking, to set ourselves free, simply by using our own discernment.

I recently had cause to tell this little story to someone close to me, now this person gets all het up over small things and always thinks the worst of people and wants to prove they are right, they react to everything as though it's a drama. My words were, " if a big rock fell on your head today, and you lost your memory, all except that you knew who you were, but not any life details, how do you think you would respond to people you meet today? How would you respond if you could meet people in a way that had you free from all those old preconceptions and all that history? How different would your greeting be? How different would your meeting be? Well as a conscious human being, you have this ability, you can at any moment make the choice to see life fresh, and in doing so change the way you interact with people who cause you to react. You can either simply acknowledge their life is their life and its their reality not yours, or, you can keep buying into the old patterns of interaction that keep you having to deal with people who are pushing your buttons. What do you want, to be conscious in your actions or to unconsciously keep playing out all those old memories, over and over and over?

At www.wanabelong.com [http://www.wanabelong.com/] and www.truityonline.com my aim is to prompt people to heal their lives, not through some magic course, or instant fix, but to heal your life, "one thought at a time." Truity Online, deals with more the esoteric side of life, the spiritual aspects of raising consciousness through developing an intuitive relationship with yourself. While www.wanabelong.com [http://www.wanabelong.com/] is aimed more towards an environmental lifting of consciousness. I trust you enjoy this monthly news update. If I can do anything to assist you please contact me through the website or email me at Lesley@truityonline.com