Over the past few days I have been stopping and noticing things that I may normally walk past. In life it is easy to get busy and then only focus on what we are doing rather than being aware of the things around us. 
The universe is busy talking to us, however if we don't stop and notice it then we won't make sense of it. 

You cannot understand something if you're not conscious of it. 
Some people are able to extend their conscious back to the time when they were ten years old. Others can be conscious of their birth and have full recall of their life. This is dictated by the expansiveness of the consciousness they are creating. Every consciousness has a certain amount of space and time and therefore has its limitations. For this reason it is important to remain flexible in our ability to create consciousnesses.

What is in our in our consciousness is what we can be aware of: What is outside our consciousness is that which we are unaware of and in effect of. We say it is in our unconscious. We bring something from the unconscious to the conscious by expanding our consciousness to include it.

Spiritually, our consciousness can extend through time and space as far as we intend. It is not a physical skill, therefore it is not subject to the restrictions of the physical body or the laws of the physical universe. Every person has different levels of consciousness in different areas, depending on the information they need to gather to achieve whatever it is they've decided to do. 

When we apply consciousness, we are viewing - we are simply aware. We are not doing anything. We are not thinking or altering the situation. There is no significance or judgement. Significance of any kind distorts our reality and our perception becomes inaccurate. By applying our consciousness, we are in a space outside right and wrong, outside good and bad: A space where we simply view things as they are. This is a bird's eye view, a detached view - the natural view you have as a spirit.

The difference between consciousness and perception.
If we extend our consciousness to a specific area, we can occupy with that consciousness the exact space we choose depending on the size of the playing field we require. Once we have this consciousness, we are able to apply our perception. 
Perception isolates a particular area, directing our attention like a torch that magnifies. We become aware of something specific and use our perception to understand it in detail. 

If we need to perceive across a number of areas to play a game, we simply extend our consciousness further. If a situation calls for only limited perception, our consciousness can be reduced. The more consciousness you have access to, the more freedom you have to be selective with your perception. Importantly, the more our consciousness becomes associated with the physical, the less we can apply to the spiritual. 

Consciousness and perception work hand in hand and with meditation, we can increase our skill in using both.

The restriction of only one consciousness.
A person can restrict themselves by viewing events in their life from one consciousness. This is surprisingly common. This means that they can only see things one way; from one perspective. It starts at an early age when they begin to replace their own consciousness with the consciousness of others. If they take on board particular ways of looking at things from a parent, teacher or friends enough times, they can lose touch with their own natural perception. They can then very quickly lose trust in their own consciousness and become restricted.
To return to our own natural expansive consciousness, we need to detach from those consciousnesses we've identified with: This is done by recalling the times where we've replaced our consciousnesses with ones that are not ours. By recalling these times, our natural ability to use consciousness begins to re-emerge. When we become physically, emotionally and spiritually still during Energy Conversion Meditation, we can clearly identify the consciousnesses we have adopted, and separate from the energy that binds them to us. 
If I am aware that the consciousness I am using is not me, rather, a way of looking at things, I am on the way to spiritual detachment.

Aware of being aware.
By realising there are many consciousnesses we can create, we regain the flexibility that comes with being aware of being aware. Spiritually we are not any specific awareness, we simply create a consciousness that suits each moment. Therefore we are outside of any one way of perceiving and our awareness is greatly enhanced.

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