07/09/2020
*CONSCIOUNESS (THE LIVING SOUL) AND GOD 1*
On this great planet lie deep, vast oceans with their cool refreshing waters, their tranquil scenery, and their hidden mysteries. People often go to the seashore to bathe in these waters or gaze upon their beauty.
There is another ocean, far greater than the physical waters of this earth. It is an ocean that is far more permanent than the seas. It is an ocean that offers not only refreshing waters to bathe the body, but also refreshing waters to nourish the soul. It is the ocean of spiritual consciousness, of God, waiting to be tapped within each of us. It lies within, waiting to be discovered. It is there for everyone who seeks it.
*Physical Consciousness And Spiritual Consciousness*
Before we discuss ways to tap into our spiritual consciousness, let us examine what it is. It is becoming conscious of the soul within us and God. Some people are only aware of the body, of the thoughts passing through the mind, and of the world around us. This is called body consciousness or physical consciousness. But we are more than our body and mind. We are actually a soul, a conscious entity which inhabits the body.
The soul comes from God and is a part of God and is the power that enlivens the body (Genesis 2:7). This consciousness at the level of soul, independent of our body and mind, is what is termed spiritual consciousness. When we tap into our spiritual consciousness, we experience the qualities of spiritual consciousness – all-consciousness, love, peace, unity, bliss and freedom from fear. Let us look at each of these.
*Qualities of Spiritual Consciousness*
*Love*
Anyone who has experienced spiritual consciousness has spoken of coming in contact with divine love. God is love, our soul being of the same essence as that of God is love, and the way back to God is through love. The ocean of spiritual consciousness is an ocean of love. It is hard for us to understand this, because we as human beings think of love in a limited and narrow sense.
The love we think of as love is but a reflection of a much higher love, a divine love. It is an all-embracing, fulfilling, satisfying love that pulls close to its heart all that exists. We are all swimming in God’s love but do not know it. It embraces each of us equally, and is an unconditional love that does not see our outer differences. We may lose the love of everyone in the world, but we are sustained by a much higher and more permanent love—the divine love of God embracing us from within through the Holy Spirit.
When we tap into our spiritual consciousness, we not only experience love ourselves, but we expand in our own capacity to love others. Whereas now the list of people we love may be short, including only our spouse, partner, family members, and close friends, the list will grow to encompass every person in creation and even every living thing in creation - "14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge —that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God" -.Ephesians 3:14-19. To be continued ,,,