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10 Ways to Raise your Consciousness
by Dr. Paul E. Jones
Life can be a GIFT or a NIGHTMARE, depending on where you
choose to operate from consciously... Practiced regularly, the following 10 tips
will assist you in shining your beautiful unique light so brightly that your
resulting raised consciousness will be a GIFT to yourself, humanity, and the
Cosmos...
1) Forgive yourself and others: Life is too short to hold on to regrets,
grudges, miscommunications, or disappointments; Free yourself by forgiving and
letting go of any negative energy you're holding on to about yourself and/or
others; There are many ways to do this; One way is to write down anything you're
ready to let go of and ceremonially tear it into small pieces and throw it away
as you forgive; You may even choose to verbally forgive anyone you've been
resenting; Either way, the process of forgiving yourself and others will result
in your feeling light and free, and consequently raise your vibration!
2) Practice gratitude
and appreciation: Whatever you focus on grows; So, when you
focus on every thing in your life you have to feel grateful for and all the
wonderful people you appreciate, the universe hands you more to feel grateful
about; It's a wonderfully reciprocal consciousness raising process!
3) Live each day as
though it were your last: If today was your last known day in this
lifetime, with what type of people would you surround yourself? What would you
say to the people you care about? What personal gifts would you make sure you
imparted to humanity and the earth? Live each day as if it was your last, and
you will be living in a state of light, love and unconditional contribution!
4) Meditate/Pray: You
open up a direct link between yourself and the spiritual realm when you meditate
and/or pray; Meditation and prayer can be used to bring you closer to your
creator energy, raise your vibration, bring you peace, clarity, joy, and
connection, as well assist you in experiencing a perfectly balanced state
between your mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual bodies!
5) Suspend judgment: This
world is laden with judgment, irresponsibility, and finger pointing; One judges
another to feel less guilty about one's own misgivings; Judgment energy is
dense, dark, and heavy; On the other hand, unconditional acceptance is light,
free, and accepting; Let go of judging and criticizing yourself and others;
Everyone is on a different path, and some appear to be further ahead on their
path than others' Neither path is better nor worse than another; Raise your
consciousness to one of acceptance!
6) View every
experience as a GIFT: If you look back at occurrences in your
life, you can easily see how even the worst situations you experienced in your
life ended up teaching you invaluable lessons and therefore ended up putting you
in the perfect place for your continuing development; When you view every
experience, the good, the bad, and the ugly as a GIFT, life flows more like a
gentle, inspiring breeze!
7) Stay consciously
aware of all of your thoughts and feelings: Until you raise
the consciousness of the entire human race, it is extremely easy to fall back in
to all pervasive negative patterns of complaining and feeling like a victim of
society and a victim of your life; To stay out of these patterns, check in with
yourself your present thoughts and feelings several times a day; When you catch
yourself in the Negative zone, don't feel badly about it and beat yourself up;
Simply choose to switch your consciousness to one of gratitude and positive
thinking; Remain conscious!
8) Treat your physical
body as your temple: Your body is the only vehicle you've been
given for this ride called LIFE.
9) View the world
through the eyes of a child: Observe a baby or a
young child; It won't take you long to notice that young children are constantly
totally enthralled by the process of observing and experiencing the wonder and
beauty in every single thing, color, texture, and person they meet! They can't
get enough! Look at every tree, sunset, cloud, and human being as a child would
and you'll be in a constant state of wonder, joy, surprise, acceptance, and
enlightenment!
10) Give LOVE, LOVE, LOVE from your heart: It's all about love! Do you remember the feeling of being in love for the first time? Why was it so wonderful? That's because love is the highest vibration! Allow yourself to receive love unconditionally from others! Give love from your heart unconditionally to yourself and others, and you will experience the highest state of consciousness possible!