CONSCIOUSNESS

FOR LIVING

STRESS-FREE

By: Eileen Bild

The age of wisdom is always knocking on our door and today it is more relevant than ever to pay attention. Consciousness is the state of being awake and aware of one’ s surroundings. How many people, including you, are aware? When you take an observer view of your life, your state of being, your experiences and how you perceive what is happening both within you and around you; what is the reality?

Realty shifts, consciousness evolves and our inner most being expands. It seems many are walking this earth in a hazy daze, reacting rather than listening; responding in anger rather than calm resolve; and creating a life filled with stress and strife rather than love and compassion. How do you know when you are conscious, discovering who you are, why you are here and how you can be in the world of contrast and polarity?

We are all humans who come into this world alone, live a span of time, then transition back from where we came. When you consider this void in space and time; what it represents to you; only then will you be able to tune into your deepest corners of the soul. The consciousness from which you operate is the trickle up from the sub-conscious and the trickle down from the super-conscious. Both are running, like a computer program, in the background. It is only when you use the program, are you able to add to, remove from and develop more to the experience you are having.

Expanding your consciousness is a gift you can give yourself by allowing the wisdom available to come through you in the most

beautiful way. The stress of life is only an illusion of what we are not attuned to. Worry, concern, fear of the unknown and dragging the past along the way inhibits you from being fully conscious. Why encumber the mind and spirit with what is yet to be? Focusing on the NOW with the knowledge gained thus far is a stepping stone to peaceful living.

What is consciousness and the essence of awareness? We all have a spark within, sometimes it is dim and small, other times it is bright and expansive. This spark is US, the you in the unconscious and superconscious, which has an awareness of the self and the world we live in. Without this awareness, we live in the zombie like state, making the motions but with little or no investment and engagement. What you want is a basis from which to be curious, to

seek insight and look through the window of time and space to understand your journey.

The human brain has one hundred billion interacting neurons which compute information ultimately filtering through our brains making us aware. Hippocrates once stated,“ And men ought to know that from nothing else but thence( from the brain) comes joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations. And by this, in an especial manner, we acquire wisdom and knowledge, and see and hear, and know what are good, what are sweet, and what unsavory …. And by the same organ we become mad and delirious, and fears and terrors assail us. All these things we endure from the brain, when it is not healthy … In these ways I am of the opinion that the brain exercises the greatest power in the man. This is the interpreter to us of those things which emanate from the air, when it( the brain) happens to be in a sound state.”

Just as a magician makes things happen that we cannot see, the brain makes things happen. We cannot explain what happens, only the awareness of thought and action can we grasp the nature of consciousness. There seems to be a mysterious energy of connection that swirls through, around, to and from us co-mingling together forming an experience. If we peek behind the curtain, as in the Wizard of Oz, or we look within the trick of the magician, we will discover the man behind the curtain and the illusion of the magic. In the end, we are the visionary and the one behind the illusion.

Living stress free is therefore possible when removing the smoke and mirrors, unleashing the truth beyond the illusion. When you are stressed, take a moment to feel where this stress is coming from. Why is it there? Is it your truth or is it a response to fear, the unknown, the uncertainty, feeling out of control or not in control, anger or not feeling you have a voice? When we hold back and don’ t express ourselves, stress is triggered in the mind, sometimes settling into the body. The more aware you are of your thoughts and feelings, the better you can deflect the stressors creating better life experiences.

Life is but a blip in time and space, combined in past, present and future. Expanding your consciousness of the illusions of your daily experiences, you can live in a way that reflects who you are. This is a spirit living the human experience to learn, grow, evolve and expand. Without the trials and tribulations, the joys and excitement, the polarity of what feels good and what does not;

we would be like a robot moving mechanically throughout our day. Think about what you have been through, who has been in your life, the knowledge you have gained because of your life journey thus far. Are you not stronger, wiser, and more aware than you were yesterday?

When you take the positive out of the past and bring it forward to the present, making choices that are healthier and better for optimal outcomes; you can relax into a peaceful state of being. One in which the consciousness is aware, awake and

observing. Through the eyes of the observer, you see what is beyond the wall of illusion and can learn to recognize the yellow brick road leads to a destination. The end of the road is a return to the self. Rising above the chaos, the chatter, the polarity; you can use the infusion of information from the subconscious and superconscious filtering into the conscious as a resource for seeing life as an extraordinary opportunity to become the best version of yourself.

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