One of the fundamental aspects of God’s created reality is consciousness. We hear a lot about it, and we all make use of it, but how many of us really know what it is, or how would works? If everything was first a thought, then what is the relationship between thought and consciousness? Which comes first, and is responsible for creation?
It is clear that each of us can think, and other people in certain circumstances, are even able to pick up our thoughts, an ability which we call “mental telepathy.” Whether we can pick up other people’s thoughts or project our own, our individual thoughts are not the medium by which we are able to think. There is a greater force at work, which allows the thought process to take place, and that process is consciousness itself. Just as there is one energetic, intelligent, benevolent, creative force, responsible for all creation, so too is there one consciousness whose source is God. It is from this singular God-consciousness which shares itself with all creation, that our own consciousness is derived. In fact, everything in creation has some level of consciousness in it. This is what allows God to be in intimate contact with everything in creation.
You could say that the aspect of God-consciousness in everything, is what gives it its programming and directs it to function according to its design. We call this function by different names, such as instinct, nature, genetic programming, heredity, but essentially it is the God-consciousness that everything is imbued with. Literally, everything has some level of consciousness in it, including, mineral, vegetable, water, animal, man, and all things spiritual. It is important to understand and remember that, just because something contains consciousness, does not mean it is self-aware. On earth man is self-aware, and with a few possible exceptions of mammals such as dolphins and whales, we are the only beings on the planet which are aware of themselves. Animals can think, but they do not think about what they are thinking about. In other words, they can not mentally stand apart from themselves and analyze their own behavior. People can, although many people do not use that ability to its fullest advantage. Self awareness is what allows us to analyze and change our beliefs, so if you rarely change any of your beliefs, then how self-aware are you?
What role does consciousness play in manifesting our desires? The answer is that, consciousness is always intimately responsible for the grand design which allows thought to manifest into whatever pattern is being vibrationally projected into creation. Design information is held either within, such as in the case of seeds, or genetic cellular structure, or atomic structure, or is held outside, such as is the case with our higher selves.
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