Expand Your Consciousness with Meditation
by Ronald Alexander
I am pleased to have Brian Culkin B.A. as a contributor for this article.
If one were to describe the makeup of the universe in one word, the most apparent word would be MOTION. The word we use to describe the motion of objects through space is ENERGY. All objects are made up of both as you’ll recall learning in high school physics that what we perceive in life to be solid is actually not motionless; in fact that table, the chair you sit on, and all other pieces of matter are also in motion, moving at an incredibly high rate that the human eye can not quite perceive. The universe and the world as we know and comprehend are one of constant movement, fluctuation and flow.
Even the relatively new science of quantum physics has discovered that our thoughts and words have energy and motion so that everything we think and speak emanates from us in waves. This is one reason why wise speech is so important as our negative words can literally attack and drain someone on an energetic level. This also applies to our consciousness. It too has the ability to expand or contract on a personal and spiritual level. Many believe one of the reasons we are here upon this planet is to learn certain life lessons thereby expanding our consciousness.
An individual is not a body. An individual has a body. An individual just IS. There have been many names to describe this phenomena- the human soul, the spirit, consciousness, and the variety of other names attributed throughout the ages.
There are several pathways that help us enhance our awareness but one very effective way is through Mindfulness Meditation, which may seem paradoxical as it emphasizes sitting in stillness. But when you look at the effect that meditation has on the brain it too is subtlety in motion. Our brains have been referred to as a system of neuronal pathways exchanging information and energy flow. Mindfulness meditation creates new neuronal tracks in both the prefrontal cortex as well as the mid-insular regions of the brain. This means that as we learn to sit quietly and to meditate we engage billions of brain cells to fire, and when Neurons fire (learn new activities) they wire together. So you can if you meditate and desire change in effect teach an old dog new tricks. Thus the axiom Change Your Mind Change Your Brain gives new meaning to the activity called Mindfulness.
Through mindfulness meditation you can tune in and listen to the wisdom of your soul or unconscious, the state in which core creativity takes place, beyond the limitations of the mind’s thought processes. Whenever you reconnect to this core, authentic self through open mind, the temporary circumstances of life stop distracting you. You’re able to trust that the creative process will produce opportunities and possibilities in due time. Meditation is essentially the action of becoming what you already are. It is the action of remembering the total stillness, silence, and the energetic state that all beings truly are.
