The Top 20 Ways to Raise YourConsciousness
1. Meditate
Almost every spiritual path includes meditation as a powerful practice,
because it allows you to detach yourself from the constant stream of
thoughts that bombard you every day – most of which, by the way, are
negative, destructive and not in your highest interest to act upon.
Meditation helps us become aware of what is driving us, and creates a
gap between the watcher and the watched, the observer and the observed,
giving us a chance to step back and act from a higher place, rather than
rashly or impulsively. By remaining centered in your heart and the front
part of your brain (the neo cortex), you are overall much more likely to
make a better decision than if you stay in the lower part of your brain (the
amygdala or reptilian brain).
Meditation is also a very useful tool because it brings you in touch with
your essence, which is consciousness itself. You are consciousness,
embodied. Think about it. If you want to raise your consciousness, you
need to first get in touch with your consciousness. It’s obvious, isn’t it?
It’s the soul, the spirit, the “I Am” essence which exists before any
thought or feeling comes along. Get to know it. There is something divine
about consciousness. We are all part of “God” or All That Is. By knowing
yourself, you come to God or All That Is in the best way possible: through
your own personal experience.
Lastly, meditation will allow you space to ponder a very important
question: if you are not your thoughts, then what are your thoughts?
Where do they come from? There is evidence to suggest that not only are
we being bombarded with governmental mind control broadcasts
(especially with ubiquitous cell phone towers, HAARP and other emerging
technologies), but we may also be under psychic attack from otherdimensional
entities (such as Archons), who easily trick us into doing
their bidding by getting us to identify with (and act upon) their deceptive
thoughts.
2. Pray and Use the Power of Your Intention
It has been said that while meditation is listening to God, prayer is talking
to God. If you have a religious inclination, use the notion of prayer; if you
have a more spiritual or new age inclination, use the notion of intention.
Either way, the idea is to give thanks, express and let go of regret, sorrow,
sadness, frustration and anger, and get clear and ask for what you want,
realizing the power to manifest it is already within you – since you are
part of God (All That Is).
Although it is important to condense your wishes and intentions into
words, it is crucial to use the power of emotion – the power of raw energy
in motion – to amplify your intent and help give birth to it in this reality.
Feeling what it would be like to have already achieved your desire will
help bring it about faster than anything. This is the true meaning of trust
and having the faith to move a mountain. You are a part of God. You have
the power to do anything. Use it!
3. Practice Deep Breathing
Breath is life. We can go without food (as shown by those who live by
sungazing) and even without water for quite a few hours, but we cannot
go without breathing. Our society has become one of shallow breathing;
and as a natural consequence many suffer from stress and burn out.
Breathing deeply allows us to relax, to feel fully in our body and to draw
life giving energy from the air.
Oxygen is quite incredible. In high enough quantity, its presence is
enough to kill any parasite in the human body. Disease cannot survive in
an oxygen-rich environment. Oxygen deficiency may be the one true
precursor to cancer. This would explain why in several spiritual traditions
– including yoga from India – there is a practice called Pranayama, which
is the art of breath control. Yogis or advanced adepts gain tremendous
health and other benefits from mastering their breath.
4. Exercise
Your body is designed to move, as shown by the fact that it releases
endorphins (“feel-good“ hormones) when you exercise. Like anything, the
key is finding the right balance. Too much exercise can deplete you and
too little can leave you overweight, lazy, apathetic, weak, stagnant or
complacent. However, with the advent of labor-saving technology,
machines and millions of desk jobs, mankind is in danger of exercising
too little.
Play. Do something you love – walk, run, jog, hike, cycle, row, swim,
skate – and feel life pulsing through you. Children play all the time and
exercise without even seeing it as such. Exercising is a great way to feel
really alive, and an important way to raise your consciousness.
5. Eat Healthy Food
You are what you eat. Food has a tremendously significant effect on
mood, health and energy levels. The father of Western medicine,
Hippocrates, said, “Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy
food.”
Most conventional food is tainted and poisoned in one way or another,
containing thousands of toxic chemicals (food colorings, preservatives,
growth enhancers, etc. and even chemicals approved by the fraudulent
FDA such as aspartame). Chicken has arsenic, fish has mercury and a lot
of meat contains chemical growth hormones like rBGH (Recombinant
Bovine Growth Hormone) which is injected so the animal will grow faster
and produce more meat, but which ends up in people’s bodies and
causes disease. Even food packaging is contaminated, e.g. many soup
cans contain a toxic plastic known as BPA (Bisphenol A).
The solution to all this is know where your food comes from (grow some
yourself or buy local from Farmers’ markets) and increase the amount of
raw, organic food in your diet – especially fruit and vegetables. Many
people derive great health benefits from adopting a plant-based diet and
either reducing or eliminating animal products (meat, fish, eggs and
dairy). Plants have everything the human body needs to function properly
– vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, proteins and fats – in a form that is
usually easily digested and assimilated.
Lastly, try adding superfoods to your diet. Foods such as spirulina,
chlorella, maca, ashwagandha, ginseng, goji berries, chia seeds, cacao
and astaxanthin possess an extraordinary nutritional profile that gives
you a real bang for you buck. With a strong and healthy body, your
consciousness will naturally ascend.
6. Drink Clean Water
The human body is somewhere around 75% water. Many people today
walk around chronically dehydrated. Did you know that even mild
dehydration can cause headaches, migraines, dizziness, fatigue, muscle
cramps, heartburn and other ailments? It is very important to remain
hydrated whatever you do during the day. Even those who are sedentary
need water because our bodies lose moisture continually - through
urination, elimination of waste and toxins, sweating and even breathing.
Without enough water, the cells of your body cannot do their job of
eliminating toxins, which leads to toxic buildup and thus disease.
Sadly, much municipal water today is fluoridated. Sodium fluoride is a
toxic industrial byproduct and a main ingredient of rat poison. It was first
used by the Nazis in their concentration camps to make their prisoners
more docile. When ingested, fluoride accumulates in the pineal gland and
shuts it down, thus making it more difficult for us to access higher states
of consciousness.
Therefore, it is crucial that you find a source of clean water. Spring water
is the best, but if you don’t have access to that, get a decent water filter
that will remove many of the pathogens, heavy metals and bacteria
lurking in the water. For those who live in a place that doesn’t fluoridate
the water, a regular filter will do; for those who live in a place that does
fluoridate the water, you will need a special filter that takes out fluoride.
Lastly, use nascent iodine to detox the fluoride already in your body.
7. Follow Your Passion
Many people today are afraid of doing what they really love for one
reason or another, finding excuses and procrastinating. However, it is
crucial to follow your passion (or excitement, bliss or joy) and spend time
doing what you love. Excitement is the language of the soul. Each
person’s excitement is unique; what excites one person won’t excite
another. Excitement is the way that the Universe communicates with us.
It’s a clue leading us back to our Higher Self. It’s a way of reconnecting
with why you incarnated and what you came to Earth to do. Follow your
passion and your consciousness will automatically rise; follow your
excitement and trust the Universe will adequately support you in one way
or another. It always does.
8. Align Your Work with Your Ideals
Many people today are stuck in jobs they hate or dislike, afraid of quitting
and not finding anything better. However, if you do that, you are giving
your energy away to a cause that you don’t really believe in, which will be
deeply unfulfilling to your soul.
The Buddha prescribed an eightfold path for those wanting to attain
Enlightenment (or raise their consciousness), and one of the eight
recommendations was “right livelihood”. This involves getting clear on
what your ideals, values and principles are and what gift you want to
bring to humanity. It also involves trust that the Universe will support you,
and creativity in finding a way to make money from your gift to support
yourself.
The more you can align everything you do in your life (of which work or
your primary source of income is a big part) with Who You Really Are, the
happier you‘ll be, and the more your consciousness will be raised.
9. Maintain a Daily Spiritual Practice
Life can be tough. It’s easy to get sucked in to the world of stress, worry,
fear, anger, running around, business and never-ending “to-do” lists.
However, if you don’t take some out to reconnect with your underlying
mission or purpose for being here, you’ll end up running around like a
chicken without a head, not doing anything of real meaning.
It’s vital to take some time each day to do a spiritual practice – whether
that be meditation, yoga, tai chi, prayer, walking in the forest or along
the beach or whatever works best for you. That way, you reconnect with
your essence, your consciousness. We are human beings, not human
doings! Find some time each day to nourish your being. It’s sure to help
uplift your consciousness.
10. Spend Time in Nature
Modern civilization may have brought us many conveniences and luxuries,
but it has brought about a profound disconnection between mankind and
nature. Big corporations treat nature as the enemy; something to be
fought over, possessed, exploited, harnessed and raped. Yet the
absurdity of this is fast becoming apparent, since we are entirely
dependent on nature for our very life. If there were no more trees or plant
life, we would die; if we contaminate the air and water too much so that
there are insufficient quantities left for us, we would also die.
Most of us live in houses, shut off from the outside world, and in big
cities, away from mountains, forests and wildlife. Spending time in nature
is a fantastic way to raise your consciousness. Walk barefoot on the Earth
– get your feet connected with the Earth’s telluric energy. Go camping.
Take a hike to the mountaintop. Swim in the lake, river or ocean. Pick
wild fruit and berries. Take a stroll through the forest. In whatever way
you can, spend more time and nature and you will be amazed at how
recharged you feel.
11. Turn Off the Television
Although television in and of itself is just a medium for information and
communication, the overwhelmingly majority of people are addicted to
TV and under its hypnotic spell. Did you ever wonder why the shows on
television are named “programs”? That’s exactly what they’re doing to
you – programming you. The Controllers who run the planet love the fact
that the majority of the population is hooked on TV, because it’s such an
effective tool to brainwash people. When you watch television, you relax
and your brain goes into alpha-waves, which are much more receptive
than the normal beta-wave frequency we use during daily tasks. In alphawave,
people are more susceptible to suggestion, and messages both
overt and subliminal can more easily bypass the conscious filter. In this
way people are programmed to believe what the Controllers want them to
believe and act the way the Controllers want them to act.
Take a break from the TV. Use the time instead to connect with your
loved ones, read a book, relax, watch the stars at night, be creative (draw,
paint, write a poem, make a piece of art), meditate or practice a new
hobby. Too much TV squelches your imagination and creativity. Reduce
or eliminate your TV time and you’ll be surprised how much
consciousness is freed up as a result.
12. Get your Information from Alternative Sources
The mainstream media is totally controlled and has been for a long time.
It doesn’t matter if it’s CNN, MSNBC, ABC, Fox, the NY Times or the
Washington Post; at the end of the day, there a handful of CEOs at the
top who control hundreds and hundreds of TV and radio stations,
websites, magazines and newspapers under one giant corporate banner.
Don’t think for a minute that these stations are “fair and unbiased”; their
owners have a definite agenda. They use their power to influence billions
of minds, often subliminally without the audience realizing it.
It’s critical to get your information from alternative sources, outside of
the mainstream media, so you can get the truth and understand what is
really happening in the world. Without that, you be blindly led along and
play right into the hands of the Controllers, who will use the media to
mold and sway your opinion to further their agenda. Use the internet. Get
to know reputable, alternative websites such as www.davidicke.com,
www.infowars.com, www.rense.com, www.theintelhub.com,
www.projectcamelot.org and www.activistpost.com. The better informed
you are about the state of the world and Who You Are, the more aware
and therefore conscious you will be.
13. Create Win/Win Situations with Everyone
We have been brought up under the law of the jungle, the competitive
win/lose model, where in order for someone to win, someone else has to
lose. This is even embodied in mainstream scientific thought with the
Darwinian theory of the survival of the fittest. However, we never really
win if we do so at the expense of another, because we are one giant
human organism, totally interconnected and interdependent. If you are
constantly causing people to lose, chances are you will feel their anger or
revenge at some point, and it will be hard for you to fully relax and enjoy
your so-called “win” knowing there are some out there plotting your
downfall. This will keep your consciousness locked into a lower mode of
survival, defense and territorialness.
It’s better to embrace the new model of win/win, and find solutions
where everyone gets what they want, at least partially if not fully. This
requires creativity, good communication and deft negotiation skills, but
in doing so, you will earn many new friends, a lot of appreciation and
respect, and assuredly raise your consciousness to a new level.
14. Resolve Conflict Peacefully
If we want world peace, then we need to have peace in our own lives. If
we want war and conflict to end on a global scale, we need to ensure we
are not fighting with those around us. Wars between nations, states and
communities are a reflection of our inability to resolve conflict peacefully
on an interpersonal level.
One great method of resolving conflict peacefully is NVC (Non-Violent
Communication) pioneered by Marshall Rosenberg. The idea is to stick to
“I” statements instead of “You” statements, e.g. “I feel annoyed” or “I feel
irritated by your actions” or “I’m having a hard time dealing with this
right now” rather than lashing out or name calling “You did this to me” or
“It’s your fault”. By sticking to what you observe (rather than judgements),
what you feel and what you need, you can make a request of another to
change their behavior whilst still maintaining the connection. Sharing
what you feel and need often disarms another who can then relate to it.
We all share a basic humanity and common feelings and needs.
By emanating peace and practicing the art of resolving conflict
compassionately, you will inspire many people and uplift your own
consciousness.
15. Be Authentic and Honest with your Feelings
Many people were raised in a culture where it was not okay to have
certain feelings. Sadly, we learnt to hide and squash them, first from
others like our parents, and later even from ourselves, falling into selfdenial.
However, what you don’t consciously express or transmute, you
end up repressing. Suppressed emotion can lead to dark behavior,
depression, anxiety and disease.
By learning to be authentic and honest with yourself and appropriately
express your feelings as they arise, you will allow the energy of the
feeling to rise, pass through you and go on its way like a wave, without
any resistance. The best way to deal with emotions is to have full
acceptance of them. They will come and go, rise and fall; you don’t need
to judge them, deny them or beat yourself up because you feel them. Just
accept them, and use ones like anger, sadness, frustration or
disappointment as a warning that something is not working in your life
and needs attention or adjustment – much like the warning sign on you
car dashboard might show you that you’re low on water or oil. By
authentically accepting and appropriately expressing your feelings, you
will access a raised level of consciousness with increased easefulness,
peace and power.
16. Spin
Everything in the universe spins. Moons revolve around planets which
revolve around stars which form spiraling galaxies. Not only that, but
everything rotates as it revolves, because everything is composed of
atoms which rotate. If you look closely, you can see this in the growth of
plants, flowers and vegetables as well as in the stars.
The ancient yogis of India (and probably many other traditions too)
realized the human body contained 7 power centers or chakras, which
ascend from the base of the spine to the crown of the head. These
chakras are spinning discs; the faster they spin, the higher your energy
levels. By simply spinning clockwise and counterclockwise 33 times every
day (as recommended by higher ET intelligence, the Pleidians, in Barbara
Marciniak’s book “Bringers of the Dawn”), your atoms and chakras will be
more charged, and consequently, your consciousness will rise.
17. Take Retreats
Today’s overly busy and super stressed world can you leave you depleted
and disconnected from your inner purpose. We are being so constantly
inundated with advertising, entertainment and offers that our senses
have become saturated and numb.
Taking a silent or spiritual retreat, preferably in a quiet area with no
television, radio, traffic or city noises, is a great way to “unplug from the
Matrix” and return to the greatest wonder of all: you. Practice being
yourself, or your Self, which is the creator and guide behind all you
experience. Going into retreat every so often is like going into
hibernation. You give your mind, body and spirit a chance to relax,
rejuvenate and process difficult or traumatic emotions and experiences
that you may have previously buried, because it wasn’t the time to deal
with them then. You must eventually deal with these things; no one else
can, and they will simply fester in the dark until they are examined and
integrated. After a retreat, you will emerge like a butterfly from a cocoon,
feeling like a new being and looking at the world differently. It is an
important way to raise your consciousness.
18. Do Your Inner Spiritual Work
The outer is a reflection of the inner. What you experience in the outside
world is not random; you (and the others with whom you have
interactions) are orchestrating all of it on a deeper level, of which you
may not be consciously aware. The reason is that we are not just physical
beings. We are electromagnetic. It is the nature of magnets to attract and
repel. We attract certain people and situations into our life. Once you
realize and take responsibility for this, you know that you have the power
to change it for the better.
However, the only way you change the outside is to first change the
inside, just as the only way you can change a reflection in the mirror is to
first change the thing being reflected. It's identical. The world is a giant
reflection of what goes on inside of you.
That’s why, in order to rise above negative patterns and habits, you need
to take a good, hard look at your thoughts, beliefs and definitions and
work out why you are creating what you are. A therapist or counselor can
be a very useful tool for this purpose. They can often see your blockages
better than you can, and can help you unwind false and limiting beliefs.
In ancient Greece, there was an oracle at Delphi. Inscribed above the
entrance was the simple phrase, “Know Thyself”. You are a wonder, a
mystery, a divine part of All That Is. Before knowing anything else, you
must first truly know who you are. And to do that, you must do your
inner spiritual work. A greatly expanded consciousness and true
happiness is the profound reward awaiting you.
19. Use Natural Modalities to Heal Yourself
Big Pharma – the big multinational pharmaceutical conglomeration of
corporations – makes a lot of money selling pills which mask symptoms
and don’t address the root cause of disease. Not only that, but many of
their drugs have horrible side effects. Many people take a second drug to
offset the side effects of the first, and a third to offset the side effects of
the second, and so on, never ending, like a dog chasing its own tail. This
suits Big Pharma just fine, because a patient cured is a customer lost, and
they care about profit, not health.
Nature has provided us with everything we need. There is no point in
choosing drugs, surgery, radiation or chemotherapy if the side effects are
more disease (or death). That’s just trading one imbalance in the body for
another. Get familiar with the amazing array of plants and herbs on the
planet, which can cure just about every ailment under the sun. Try
alternative healing modalities, such as homeopathy, naturopathy, Chinese
medicine, Ayurveda, acupuncture, fasting, energy medicine, chiropractics,
aromatherapy, hydrotherapy, reiki and more. Countless people have had
success with these alternatives with no side effects.
20. Laugh, Play and Have Fun
The world is in a precarious state and it’s easy to get stressed out with
the worries, burdens and responsibilities of life. However, it’s important
to remember to laugh, play and have fun just as children do. That way,
you immerse yourself fully in the present without having to get anywhere
or do anything. A lot of us have forgotten the joy of simply being without
expectation or goal. This is probably why Jesus said that we need to be
more like children to enter the kingdom of heaven. One interpretation is
that we need to be more present, more attentive, less worrisome about
the future and less regretful about the past to be truly happy. The
kingdom of heaven is not a physical place. It’s a state of being, within
you. That’s what raising your consciousness is all about. It’s spending
more time in that state of love, joy, awareness and connectedness.
I hope the abovementioned suggestions help you to spend more time
being truly happy. Good luck!
People first coming into contact with the religious practice of the Soka Gakkai International may be struck by the stress placed on the phrase "Nam-myoho-renge-kyo." It may appear that everything starts from and returns to this single phrase. This does, however, accurately reflect Nichiren's (1222-82) view of its importance and the value he placed on its repeated invocation. As he put it: "[T]he soul of Nichiren is nothing other than Nam-myoho-renge-kyo." Indeed, Nichiren regarded Nam-myoho-renge-kyo as the Mystic Law, the natural principle governing the workings of life in the universe, the law to which all Buddhas are enlightened and the true aspect of our own lives. He saw the practice of repeatedly invoking this law as the "direct path to enlightenment."
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