The Map of Consciousness Explained

“I don’t see the books as mine. It wasn’t the personal self that wrote the books. God was looking around for a mind that wasn’t thinking. I was just a channel, a space that was empty. People see a body and a person, and they think that the person wrote the books. But that wasn’t the case. It was like a violin—it can’t play itself; it has to be played.” (Location 244)

Note: this is kind of like how i feel with xiandao

You have a cot, a piece of cheese, a candle, and a cat—what else do you need? Everyone was thinking, You’ve lost your mind. So, when all your friends think you’ve lost your mind, you’re probably in a good space!”16 He left his huge clinical practice and multimillion-dollar life in New York and moved across the country to Sedona, a small town in Arizona. For many years, he lived the life of a hermit, detached from the world. This period was crucial in that it gave him space to explore the nature of consciousness from the inside out. (Location 354)

Note: interesting coincidence - literally today read about the town of Marfa Texas, and how the artist forgot his name - Donald Judd - moved to Marfa to get away from the hustle and bustle of NYC i can see that it's great, but also great to get away syncronicity was the word i was looking for - not coincidence, and i found it a few pages later, there it goes again

Who hasn’t experienced suddenly tapping into this database via intuition, synchronicity, dreams, or premonition? (Location 390)

Dr. Hawkins instantly saw that kinesiology was a mechanism by which to access this unseen database of consciousness, “revealing the missing link and bridge between the mind and the body”; it was the interface between the visible dimension of the material world and the unseen (yet very real) dimension of mind and spirit, with the human body serving as the instrument of truth detection. How could this work? (Location 395)

The great Swiss psychoanalyst C. G. Jung (cal. 520), noting the ubiquity of archetypal patterns and symbols, deduced the “collective unconscious,” a bottomless, subconscious pool of all the shared experiences of the whole human race. We may think of it as a vast, hidden database of human awareness, characterized by powerful, universal organizing patterns. The great promise of the database—tapping into all that has ever been experienced anywhere in time—is its capacity to “know” virtually anything the moment it is “asked.” (Location 733)

A question cannot be asked unless there is already the potentiality of an answer. The reason for this is that both the question and answer are created out of the same paradigm and, therefore, are exactly concordant. There is no “up” without an already existent “down.” Causality occurs as simultaneity rather than as sequence; synchronicity is the term used by Dr. Jung to explain this phenomenon in human experience. As we understand from our examination of advanced physics, an event “here” in the universe does not “cause” an event “there” in the universe. Instead, both appear simultaneously, but perceptual observation puts a causal sequence on it. (Location 740)

Most important to our research is the discovery that some attractor patterns are very powerful (Willingness, for instance, or Love) and others are much weaker (Guilt or Anger, for example). There is a critical point that differentiates the two distinct classes. This phenomenon of consciousness is parallel and corollary to the high- and low-energy bonds in the mathematics of the chemical bond. (Location 777)

Therefore, nothing occurs in the world that is not first conceived “in here.” The idea of constructing the world’s tallest building produced an invisible concept, which eventually became the Empire State Building within the visible world. All expressions “out there” arise first from “within here.” This scientific insight corresponds with the view of reality experienced throughout history by enlightened sages, who have evolved beyond consciousness to the state of pure awareness. Consciousness itself is the key to the sought-for “unified field theory of everything” (statement calibrates at 1,000). (Location 809)

one of the secrets of the success of powerful people. Their entire lives are automatically and effortlessly organized by their complete and total alignment to very high and powerful principles. (Location 823)

Each level is suitable for that which it is. Somebody at 700 is not suitable as a carpenter, is not suitable to run a church, and is not suitable as a president. Most sages at 700 cannot function like that at all. They just sit in their ashram, and people come to say hello as they smile happily back at them. The 200s and the 300s—the builders of the world, the construction workers, the steelworkers, the people who go to work every day—are the backbone of our society. The 400s is the world of the intellect, with its logic and reasoning, that dominates America. The realm of Love, at 500, is rare, with Unconditional Love, at 540, being extremely rare, and upwards of 540 there’s practically nobody. It isn’t that 500 is better than 200. It’s just that you’re in a different space, like being at a different place on a map. Your problem to get from here to there is different if you start off in Albuquerque or if you start off in Denver. You’re at a different place, and therefore you’re looking at different terrain with different lessons. Everything is complete just as it is. There’s no deficiency anywhere. When you understand the universe, you see everything is going from “complete” to “complete.” Everything is complete and perfect right now. Everybody is just completely the perfect manifestation of their total karmic evolution up to this point in time. Everyone serves the whole no matter their condition or level. (Location 929)

Doubt and disbelief often presage major leaps of consciousness that may arise consequent to remotivation due to frustration, calamity, or merely maturation and the emergence of wisdom. This has been noted by many people, even saints, who went through major conversion experiences, including the miraculous. One such pathway can involve the loss of early-life religious faith due to catastrophic circumstances, which is then followed by years of seeking for confirmable truth. (Location 974)

the practice of meditation without an associated belief system. Thus, for the nonbeliever, Buddhism is often practical and attractive, as the Buddha taught the Eightfold Path without belief in “God.” (Location 977)

Another pathway suitable for the nonbeliever is provided by the ancient Vedas and Upanishads that anticipated the discoveries of quantum mechanics. They also spoke of the Ultimate Reality of the Absolute Principle and the infinite field of consciousness itself as the primordial Reality that is beyond the illusions of perception as well as mentation. The pathway of Advaita (nonduality) is the pristine avenue for the integrous search for Truth that excludes all belief systems. (This has been described in detail in prior works, The Eye of the I and I: Reality and Subjectivity.) Although nonduality leads to Enlightenment, the study of Vedanta can lead to overinvolvement in various Indian schools of philosophy that may then become distractive belief systems. (Location 979)

Note: related to ruliad

The shortcomings of this level are the failure to clearly distinguish the difference between symbols and what they represent, and confusion between the objective and subjective worlds that limits the understanding of causality. At this level, it is easy to lose sight of the forest for the trees, to become infatuated with concepts and theories, ending up in intellectualism and missing the essential point. Intellectualizing can become an end in itself. Reason is limited in that it does not afford the capacity for the discernment of essence or of the critical point of a complex issue. And it generally disregards context. (Location 1176)

Love as depicted in the mass media is not what this level implies. On the contrary, what the world generally refers to as love is an intense emotionality, combining physical attraction, possessiveness, control, addiction, eroticism, and novelty. It is usually evanescent and fluctuating, waxing and waning with varying conditions. When frustrated, this emotion often reveals an underlying anger and dependency that it had masked. That love can turn to hate is a common concept, but what is being spoken about, rather than Love, is an addictive sentimentality and attachment. Hate stems from Pride, not Love. There probably never was actual Love in such a relationship. (Location 1186)

One’s sense of responsibility for others at this level is of a different quality from that shown at the lower levels. There is a desire to use one’s state of consciousness for the benefit of life itself rather than for particular individuals. (Location 1216)

Near-death experiences, characteristically transformative in their effect, have frequently allowed people to experience the energy level between 540 and 600. (Location 1224)

Perception at the level of 600 and above is sometimes reported as occurring in slow motion—suspended in time and space—though nothing is stationary; all is alive and radiant. Although this world is the same world as the one seen by others, it has become continuously flowing, evolving in an exquisitely coordinated evolutionary dance in which significance and source are overwhelming. This awesome revelation takes place nonrationally, so that there is an infinite silence in the mind, which has stopped conceptualizing. That which is witnessing and that which is witnessed take on the same identity; the observer dissolves into the landscape and becomes equally the observed. Everything is connected to everything else by a Presence whose power is infinite, exquisitely gentle, yet rock-solid. (Location 1233)

Great teachings uplift the masses and raise the level of awareness of all humanity. To have such vision is called grace, and the gift it brings is infinite peace, described as ineffable, beyond words. At this level of realization, the sense of one’s existence transcends all time and all individuality. There is no longer any identification with the physical body as “me,” and therefore, its fate is of no concern. The body is seen as merely a tool of consciousness through the intervention of mind, its prime value that of communication. The self merges back into the Self. This is the level of nonduality, or complete Oneness. There is no localization of consciousness; awareness is everywhere equally present. (Location 1247)

Note: this is what i've been writing about for six months same concept

At level 600 (Peace), he is revealed as our own inner self in its temporary expression. When approached, the old man would also vary in his response to these different levels of consciousness. With some people, he would feel secure; with others, frightened or dejected. Some would make him angry, and others would delight him. Some people he would therefore avoid, and others greet with pleasure. (Thus it is said that what we meet is actually a mirror.) (Location 1295)

As perception itself evolves with your level of consciousness, it becomes apparent that what the world calls the domain of causes is in fact the domain of effects. (Location 1316)

If life is viewed as a teacher, it then becomes just that. Unless the painful lessons of life are transformed through humility into gateways of growth and development, they are wasted. (Location 1361)

Just witness the sacredness of all existence, approach all life with reverence and goodwill, and by doing so, you’re changing the world by virtue of Heisenberg’s principle, which states that the observation of something changes it. I don’t know if the kitty’s purr was at 500 before we contemplated it, but it is now. (Location 1366)

Everything we look at, if we love it and forgive it for being what it is—if we witness the sacredness of it, if we see it as an expression of evolution, and that it serves some ultimate purpose—then our observation influences it. (Location 1375)

Do you see how consciousness is evolving simply by our being aware that it is evolving? The desire to know the truth tends to pull the truth to us. The higher your level of consciousness, the greater your lovingness, and thus the greater the impact of your observation and intention. (Location 1386)

Note: of course - it's unlikley you'll get to truth if you're not looking for it step one is to start the search, the desire

This level of beingness is typical of anonymous self-help groups, where no one is interested in what others do in the world, what they have, or even their last names. They are only interested in whether or not they have achieved certain inner goals, such as those of honesty, openness, lovingness, willingness to help, humility, and awareness. They are interested in the quality of beingness. (Location 1417)

Note: Similar vibe at burning man

Left-brain dominance in right-handed people Right-brain dominance (Location 1512)

Note: My evolution to want to be an artist? The exploration of yin

It also gives evidence that prayer itself is more than just wishful thinking. (Location 1562)

Note: What evidence?

Ordinary endeavors, done out of love, carry great power. (Location 1564)

85 percent of the world population is below 200, motivated by greed, hate, pride, and other self-centered goals. They are not trustworthy or teachable. (Location 1598)

“Question Authority” is hostile and calibrates at 160, honest disagreement calibrates at 495. (Location 1638)

Note: The specificity and confident nature of the calibrations is a bit weird Skeptical a bit still