States of Consciousness

[Rosechalice]

Going back to the quote from Lynna Teer’s book . . .

A state of consciousness is far more than a passing mood or temporary emotion.

It is an organized structure of identity that shapes belief, perception, emotional response, habitual reaction, inner conversation, and assumption.

Every experience encountered in the outer world reflects the state (that) consciousness is presently occupying.

A state of consciousness is a “structure”. It’s like a universe and you are the only inhabitant. But, it’s not “you”.

You might have been in that state for so long that you have accepted it as you, but it is only a filter, like when Neo asked Morpheus what the matrix is, and he replied:

“It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.”

Your state of consciousness could be the best place in the whole world, full of love, joy, peace, companionship, abundance of every kind, yet

It is not the Truth

Beingness, the essence of life, life without filter, is who you are. Any state of consciousness is only a vehicle from which you perceive life.

Is life a simulation? Maybe. But for us it doesn’t really matter. Our job is to use the law, even the law of assumption, to practice the mastery of “mind over matter”.

Neville was teaching from experience. He had experimented with law until he glimpsed the truth. Once he had found what he called The Promise, he spoke about it to everyone he met. He lectured constantly, first teaching how to use The Law, and then revealing The Promise, where beings in bodies come to know who they are and where they are going.

In one of his lectures, Neville recounted a story from when he was 19 years old. He was a professional dancer and was a guest of the Manager of an establishment. There was a party going on but the manager didn’t think Neville should attend since he was not a member.

Neville went to bed early and did something he said wasn’t his usual pattern - he took a book to read in bed. The book was “Light of Buddha”.

The next morning he woke up flat on his back with the book on his chest. He had not moved or turned all night.

But he remembered, he had contemplated the saying “I AM the Light of the World” and in that dream he became the embodiment of golden liquid light.

[Rosechalice]

In Neville’s book “Your Faith is Your Fortune”, there is a chapter called The Twelve Disciples. Someone posted about it years ago in this forum. I think it’s most meaningful to someone who has read the christian scriptures and maybe grew up hearing the names of the apostles, maybe even being named for one of them.

I will start slow with only a few so that we can get our bearings.

In the context of his book Your Faith Is Your Fortune, discipleship takes on a psychological meaning. It refers to the process of disciplining the twelve qualities of mind (represented by the twelve biblical disciples) so they obey the command of the individual’s consciousness (the “Lord”).

These are quotes of Neville from that chapter:

The twelve disciples represent the twelve qualities of mind which can be controlled and disciplined by man. If disciplined, they will at all times obey the command of the one who has disciplined them.

These twelve qualities in man are potentials of every mind. Undisciplined, their actions resemble more the actions of a mob than they do of a trained and disciplined army. All the storms and confusions that engulf man can be traced directly to these twelve ill-related characteristics of the human mind in its present slumbering state. Until they are awakened and disciplined, they will permit every rumor and sensuous emotion to move them.

The names of the twelve qualities reveal their natures. These names are not given to them until they are called to discipleship. They are: Simon (who was later surnamed Peter), Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Canaanite, and Judas.

We are to remember that each one of these names are really states of consciousness. Neville taught that they were not to be thought of as flesh and blood people, but were examples of the states that bore their natures.

Simon (Peter): The first quality to be called and disciplined is Simon, or the attribute of hearing. This faculty, when lifted to the level of a disciple, permits only such impressions to reach consciousness as those which his hearing has commanded him to let enter.

No matter what the wisdom of man might suggest or the evidence of his senses convey, if such suggestions and ideas are not in keeping with that which he hears, he remains unmoved. When Simon proves himself faithful, he receives the surname Peter (the rock), the unmoved disciple who cannot be bribed or coerced.

Disciplined hearing is the foundation stone upon which the Temple rests.