Conscious Evolution

May 16, 1999 by Rev. Christine

Today my talk is about "Conscious Evolution" verses unconscious evolution. We have a choice to evolve from love, or from the experiences of fear and doubt. The more we are in a consciousness or vibration of love, the more accelerated is our evolution. We live by the gift of grace -- here we take no thought. The power of silence in God, conscious union with our Divine Source is the direct path to higher consciousness and our spiritual evolution.

Many think of evolution as a physical change - animal adapting to its environment. In today's world there is much concern about extinction of certain animals because there habitant is no longer supportive for their kind. Yet, we observe through history that animals have always changed form, and some left completely making way for the new kind. Is this bad, or just is God in creation.

We think of mankind as God's greatest creation - most evolved. We say because we have a sense of self, reasoning power, and can exercise control over our environment. Most are relating to their environment through the basic 5 senses, and these are interpreted by the 3 lower chakras. Many express these outwardly as power and control over others. The evolving man is also operating through the upper 4 chakras, and in some systems the number is 5; totally 7 or 8. These relate to Love of Self, Love for all mankind, Intuition, Wisdom from Higher Self or God.

When we are concerned over our physical environment and security, or feeling guilt, anger, rage, selfish desires, fear then we are acting out our humanness; our basic animal instincts. We can hardly see beyond our own nose and are in basic survival. We are not aware of the world that is truly all around us. A beautiful loving world, instead we see threat all around us. When in truth the universe and our higher Self is just waiting for our recognition. Every now and then we would get a glimpse of this marvelous world, a spark of inspiration or revelation would be received -- we then have a new paradigm from which we are experiencing life. And we call this evolution.

We say that when caveman sparked that first fire -- life as known was changed forever. Not too long after was the wheel, and modern mankind was born. The brain was expanded, the ability to speak, the spine was made tall leaving their arms and hands free to build structures with. So what really happened - there was a change in consciousness. A spark in the consciousness brought forth a new expanded concept of self. God so desired to more fully express love through its creation -- that mankind as it was then known so too desired to more fully live life.

The questions began - there must be a better way. "Ask and you shall receive" and those ready and receptive became those with a new vision. Open to new possibilities, the breakdown of false beliefs, gave forth the realization that the sun evolves around the earth, or earth is not the center of the universe. Mankind as developed believed they were the highest of God's creation. This changed for a more universal concept, opening up all kinds of new possibilities.

Next came that the world was not truly flat, but our earth is round. Mankind was still very focused to only what we can see, touch, smell, hear, and feel exists. With a round world we become aware that there is much more to explore. This opened up the concept in trusting something more than the basic 5 senses. Although mostly hidden, mysticism was growing in western European.

Every time a new idea came forth that contradicted the current authorities or experts it was first rejected, and the one giving birth to the idea was ridiculed, persecuted, and sometimes exiled or killed. These ideas could not be held back regardless of what authorities tried. We can see this in more modern times with the invention of the steam engine, cotton gin for automated picking, light bulb, the air plane to name a few. Yet these could not be stopped.

These have all had major impact on our society and how we view our world of reality. Most current is quantum physics with the advent of the atom bomb, the computer, the information age, our quest for outer space. There is also another vein being explored; it always has been but on a more global scale; our soul, our spirit. We are so close to the next quantum leap in consciousness.

We have explored our physical reality, the mental intellect, and yet the greatest is yet to be tapped. The invisible physics that one can only touch through inner discovery - "know thy self." Our evolution as a species so far has been at an unconscious level.

Today many are venturing the path given by all great prophets and spiritual teachers. As we have exhausted the outer world to bring happiness and extend physical life, there is a greater desire to know thy self. Get back to nature. Psychology has played a major role, but this too has its limits. Traditional orthodox religions leaves much unanswered for a suffering soul.

Many adventurous souls are on their own exploration being trailblazers. Those early explorers in the 1800 & 1900s paved the way for a new kind of spiritual reality giving a new thought to the teachings of Jesus the Christ. Conscious evolution has been born. We have always had the few that sprang out of the masses every few hundred years, but today we are looking at the masses consciously evolving. Each and everyone of us is part of it. And, those few who are stragglers will be carried by the masses, as in the book "The Hundredth Monkey." It only takes a small percentage of the worlds population to make this shift. And, a new mankind shall be born.

First we have to realize that the potential is already within us. Just as in the caveman was the potential to become modern man; or a worm to become a moth or a caterpillar to become a butterfly. Who are we, fully actualized, but the Christ; no longer a human physical being, but Spirit being. Spirit expressing fully through our soul, and our soul fully expressing through our ego and spiritualized body.

How do we get from here to there? First we must believe that there is more than what our 5 senses can attribute as our reality. Faith can take us a long way on our journey inward. For this is where we discover our true nature. "Ask and ye shall receive"; trust and you will know the truth that sets one free. It first comes in glimpses, little by little one knows more of ones relationship with self, creation, one with the universe and the All in All -- God.

The path is love. How many times and how many ways have we heard this. Love is the answer. Love of self, compassion for all others, forgiveness, and non judging. What we do to another we do upon our self for we are one in God. We are told of karma, for every action there is an equal reaction; we experience what we give out.

As we move up the chakras from the heart up we are activating our evolution. The heart is at the center, it is the gateway to our spiritual self. Raising mankind from just existing to truly living. The heart is where we have connection with our soul. The more we expand and express heart energy the more we are allowing our soul to express through us. Creativity is one of the callings of the soul. Right now there is a deep calling for self-expression, self-actualize. This is conscious evolution at the personal level.

As Barbara Marx Hubbard has said, "We are being called from self-reproduction to self-evolution; to chart our own path; to be not just a slightly better version of Homo Sapiens, but to move our species to the next level." We can do this by cultivating a deep sense of connectedness to the whole. We become aware of our creations in this reality of ours. We take responsibility of our thoughts, words, and actions; bringing them into alignment with the principle of love in this way we harness our power for greater purposes in creation. Through intuition our 5 sense capability is expanded. We become more sensitive to the unseen world; there is inner sight, knowing, hearing, feeling, and direct communication with our soul and God Self.

We become more connected to the world of cause, also known as the 4th dimension, and beyond. We come to know that there are many rooms in my Father's mansion. That we are multi-dimensional spiritual beings as Jesus the Christ demonstrated through his ascension; fully spiritualizing the cellular structure. A whole new universe of realities to explore.

The vital next step for every one of us is to know that the impulse within is calling us to something greater. That impulse may even be felt as fear, depression, or frustration, but it is important for us to recognize that it is the force of creation within us signaling a greater expression of self. The next step is to say yes to that creativity within and give birth to it. The truth is, if we are not of service to others, we cannot actualize ourselves. Service is the path for every disciple of the Christ way. I thank you for allowing me to serve you here.

Lets take a few minutes to open our heart, and allow that love energy to flow forth; igniting all our chakras. Bring your attention to the Thymus chakra; midway between throat and heart. Bring your attention to the throat & inner ears. Now to the center of your brow & forehead, and up to the crown of your head, and slightly above. Breathe in. All this I am and so much more.

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