How to Raise Your Consciousness

First of all before I give you my 4 favorite tips on how to raise your consciousness let’s define what consciousness is. I’m not going into it very deeply; besides it is hard to understand with the “thinking mind”. It is easier to feel “consciousness.

Here is my idea of it though:

Think of a pink elephant! Who’s aware of that you actually thought of a pink elephant? “That” thing is consciousness or awareness itself.

Consciousness is your true nature, that’s what you essentially are.

Society is identified with form. What I mean by that is people think and believe that they are what they do or have. They think that they are their bodies. They also think that they are their thoughts and they take those thoughts very seriously. That’s also called being identified with content or with thought. You carry and idea of yourself with you everywhere, believing that that is who you are.

The egoistic mind is very dangerous as we have seen examples in the past. (Mussolini, Hitler…etc)

How to Raise Your Consciousness

Remember  you don’t have consciousness, so the title “how to raise your consciousness” doesn’t even make sense.  You ARE consciousness. Period. Your primary purpose in life is self-realization, that is to raise your consciousness. Everything else is secondary. I know it is hard to grasp at it at first but as you go deep into spirituality you will realize the truth behind it.

You come to this World with nothing (no thing) and you leave with nothing.

Here are some of my favorite tips on how to raise your consciousness

- getting in touch with nature. Plants and animals are here to teach us a lesson, since they kept their touch with their true nature; consciousness that is.

-breathing. Pay attention to your breathing. When you do that the thinking mind stops and you are “forced into the NOW” which is the only time you ever have to deal with since past and future are nothing but bundle of thoughts.

-yoga helps you to get in touch with your inner energy field within your body where consciousness resides.

-reading spiritual books. This activity  is my number one recommendation on how to raise your consciousness. You need to have a general knowledge about awareness, but remember the words on the pages are only signpost that point toward the truth. Study the teachings of Buddha, Dr Wayne Dyer, Eckhart Tolle…etc.

These four activities will certainly will get you on the right path if you’re in a search of how to raise your consciousness.