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DETAILED EXAMINATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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KRISHNIC CONSCIOUSNESS
What is the difference between God, Christ, Cosmic, Buddhic and Krishnic consciousness?
In the last several Excerpts we have looked at the primordial structure of each kind of consciousness. Now we will look at “Krishnic consciousness” and then proceed on to “God consciousness”.
Krishnic consciousness was so named after its chief practitioner Lord Krishna best know to us from the Bhagavad-Gita. This part of consciousness represents the return from white light (in the never ending circle) to the material planes or 3D.
Note: Technically, Krishnic consciousness is said to be representative of Vishnu the preserver which represents both birth and death. Originally Vishnu represented the complete wheel of life and death which would include Buddhic consciousness as one half of the wheel. When I refer to Krishnic consciousness, however, I am referring only to the descending masculine side of the wheel. (The Buddhist's refer to this consciousness as "Buddha's of Compassion").The major distinguishing characteristic of Krishnic consciousness is that of a continual selfless giving regardless of consequence. (The practitioner finds himself descending from an exalted level of consciousness to lower levels of consciousness to help those less fortunate then himself. Unfortunately, there is an inadvertent reduction of vibration resulting in the practitioner arriving with the same level of consciousness as those he would help. (We humorously call this the "Law of Punishment for the Good Samaritan").We can identify it by the Time Traveler definitions, as a coming from the light, going towards lower vibrations (physical planes). This identifies it as belonging to the Aries principle. We know that Aries is the outward expansion of consciousness from the light (or Sun) to the void. This includes all outward motion.
Its polarization in relation to its twin sister, "Buddhic consciousness", is male. If you will recall, there are three major principles in creation regarding vibration and motion. We have labeled these; outward motion or Aries, inward motion or Sagittarius and stationary centralization or Leo.
We could say that all motion and conscious viewpoints under Aries are outward bound (doing ness/physicalness). This is also our definition of the Third dimension. We could also say that all motion and conscious viewpoints under Sagittarius are inward bound (being ness/spirituality). This is also our definition of the Fourth dimension.
We could say that all in dwelling or centralized and static consciousness and viewpoints (knowing ness/self realization) belong to Leo (this is also the "Christ principle"). This is also (loosely) our definition of the Fifth dimension.
And lastly, we could say that all of the above principles belong to something we call "God consciousness" which is a gestalt beyond all that we have studied.
GOD CONSCIOUSNESS
As has been stated previously in the "A Course in Time Travel", our goal is the never ending pursuit of God consciousness. It is never ending because there is no end to the possibilities and levels of being that can be experienced. Here I quote from an earlier Excerpt, "Mystics that have experienced some little of what is available have all been at a loss to even begin to express what they experienced! These "little touches" are so far beyond our everyday existence that it is impossible to communicate in words, and indeed in anything less than the experience itself, what it is like! We are reduced to terms like ineffable and consummate when trying to describe in words what these mystics have reported. It would be like trying to say to a blind person what the starry night looked like, or trying to verbalize to a child the delights of adulthood." As we have said, God consciousness is a perfectly balanced array of all other consciousness and viewpoints. This basic combined viewpoint once achieved can be enhanced as to quality (intensity of Christ consciousness), ability and understanding. This means that one can attain "God consciousness" and appear very flat and uninteresting in the beginning levels.
HOW TO KNOW ONE CONSCIOUSNESS FROM ANOTHER
How can a person tell the difference between one consciousness and another, whether it be in another person or within themselves? Listed below are some guidelines that may help you understand Christ consciousness.
CHRIST CONSCIOUSNESS
This consciousness is characterized by a centralization of the self from which all expression emanates. The key element here is the position of the self within the Self! Its chief component is Love.
Lesser levels denote possessive love and self-centered-ness. Often an overriding desire to save the world is evident believing that they are the one and only true Christ returning to the world to reign for a thousand years. (Called the Messianic complex). Lesser levels of this can be found in people whom we call "long suffering", (Or what we humorously call "Polyanna's", "do gooders", "Christers", etc.. They all revolve around an out-of-balance positive position. When pursued to extremes, some of
these people are haunted by a paranoia of self created consummate evil sometimes referred to as
"demons" or the "AntiChrist". This is not to say that these manifestations are unreal. To those
who suffer in this state of reality, these manifestations are terrifyingly real! They are, however, the
product of a forced spiritual out-of-balance condition.
Although we know instinctively that there is something terribly wrong and out-of-balance when we see these conditions in others or in loved ones, it is almost impossible to know that there is something wrong when it is happening to us!!! In fact, it is quite the opposite! While in Christ consciousness, we perceive everyone else as being somehow infected with "evil", and they must "repent" in order to be like us . . .
More complete levels of Christ consciousness denote Universal Love, overwhelming feelings of compassion and bliss, and a desperate need to share these feelings. While on the surface it is hard to fault universal love and compassion, especially in this spiritually dark Age we live in, it is none-the-less, an out-of-balanced condition that results in a sort of divine paranoia within the practitioner. Specifically, it violates the "Law of Equality". This means that the Christ is always the central figure while adoring (and usually sickly) crowds of people surround him, basking in his light, further adding to the delusion. To effectively help replicate greater levels of consciousness from higher potentials to lower potentials, (from multidimensional consciousness to three dimensional consciousness), it is necessary to maintain a strict level of equality! Otherwise there will be a strong tendency to inadvertently promote inequality! This is usually followed by the Deification of the Avatar/Teacher, further widening the gap in the potential for multidimensional consciousness, rather than promoting it. We must fervently avoid the tendency of "Man worshiping Man"!
The Christ, as portrayed by Jesus, combined out-of-balance good, and a polarization with what he perceived as "Satan" or the "AntiChrist", which made for a predictable potential for martyrdom as was purportedly witnessed two thousand years ago.
NECESSITY TO EXPERIENCE CHRIST CONSCIOUSNESS
Let me be quick to add that at a point in spiritual development it is necessary to experience Christ consciousness and eventually transcend it! Those who have not the wherewithal to transcend it shall follow this lesson into the after life, to be repeated in subsequent incarnations, and this is how it should be. Those of us who find that we no longer call ourselves "Christians" need not feel guilty or harbor a shadow of doubt that we are somehow the "AntiChrist". All of the brain washing that has resulted from this two thousand year old cult is designed to place doubt and fear into you for purposes of control. This was a good and necessary moral step for the church to take in that much simpler time when we as the people were also much simpler. Far from invalidating the lesson, you have simply out grown it, and now it is time to go on the next lesson. . . .!
In the next Excerpt we will examine Cosmic consciousness and compare it to Christ, Buddhic and Krishnic consciousness. We will begin to see how all of these component consciousness fit together to eventually form God consciousness.
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