Consciousness: Your Door To Reality: Part 1

Written By: Prophet Elvis Mbonye

If I were, in one word, asked to give a reason why some in life seem to walk the extraordinary or
transcendent road while others remain enslaved to the dictates of natural forces I would answer –
‘consciousness’.

Consciousness is the state of being aware of what is going on around you. Consciousness is therefore
awareness.

In the beginning, man was created a living being; with a body outside to contact the natural material world,
and with a spirit inside to be in touch with the spirit world of God. With his soul, man would be conscious
of either of these worlds to the degree he wills. The human soul, therefore, is the seat of consciousness or
awareness.

Taking this a step further, your consciousness is what dictates reality to you. There’s nothing real but what
you are conscious of .Whatever you are unconscious or unaware of is unreal to you.

Now, it is with the different faculties of our being – physical or spiritual – that we are given or develop our
consciousness .We may will to be led by our spirit instinct, which is bound to develop in us a higher state
of consciousness, or be ruled by the physical faculties, which are bound to the natural and physical
elements and therefore bound to limit our consciousness or awareness to what is natural only.

You now do realize how important it is for you to understand this; don’t you?

You see, to the blind man, the world of light is unreal. The world of sounds is unreal to the deaf man but
aren’t both of these worlds very real to you? Aren’t they your experiences every waking moment? They
are! And this is not because they are a creation of your own utopia, but rather because you are advantaged
with faculties over the blind or the deaf. And, it is with those faculties of sight and sound you possess that
you are aware or conscious of these respective worlds.

Have you yet realized that God seems to be more of a reality to some people than to you? Haven’t you
admired the lives and experiences some have had and wished you would as well have them. Be honest.
Probably in your quest to experience the higher life of God you have come to the conclusion that it was
never meant for you? That you were born a loser! Can I be honest with you, you were never born to lose
but to walk with God and be victorious in every situation!

Do I know what I am talking about? I certainly do! This is my life’s story; I walk with God in a real way. He
speaks, and I hear. I see visions of him .The spirit world is not, to me, something I merely hear or read
about but it is my experience. And, I know what it is to derive my hope, yes, and my very livelihood, from
the infinite world of the spirit –Gods world.

So what does it take to experience this higher life? Well, incline your soul – the seat of your consciousness
– to what is infinite, to what is God like. When you do this, you will develop a higher state of consciousness.
And, this will channel you to that higher reality.

Your soul comprises of your mind, will and emotions. These faculties of the soul must be attuned to what
is infinite or what transcends the finite realm of the physical for them to be transformed thereby. When
your soul is constantly attuned with words or thoughts from above, it will take on that higher form, and
in turn, awaken you to those higher realities of life beyond the grasp of the natural senses.

To one man, there is the lord Jesus Christ, angels and spiritual forces in his world .To another man,
however, his world is void of God or anything that transcends himself .He is alone in his world, and his
expectations cannot transcend his physical abilities and resources. His life starts and ends with himself.
What is the difference between these two men? ” Their consciousness!”

The reality one experiences is determined by what he or she wills to be conscious of – physical or spiritual,
finite or infinite. If you choose the finite, your life will be bound to the elements or realities of the physical
world. However, if you choose the infinite, your world will be a manifestation of the infinite, of the higher
realities of God.

To be continued…………………..

Consciousness: Your Door To Reality: Part 2

God is not lost, nor has He chosen to hide Himself from His creation. When it does appear so, leading to
the quest many have embarked on to find Him, it is precisely because man is either lost or somewhat
hidden from God’s realm.

From the genesis of time, this has always been the reason God seemed hidden from man – man’s ‘fallen’
state. Do you remember when the first man Adam, like so many today, attempted to hide himself from
God. Who found the other? It was God, not man, because, unlike man, God is never lost. God is always
where He was and is and will be eternally.

Now, after being ‘found’ and Born Again, many still lapse back into a state in which God’s realities seem
lost to them, and they do not understand from whence they have fallen. For such, it is expedient that they
understand the role their consciousness plays to either open up or close down the realm of God to them.

It’s most probable that word has reached you about so-called ‘open heavens’ or ‘closed heavens’. Hasn’t
it? Well, that myth is only a symptom of the ignorance folks have about consciousness and its role in
experiencing realities at different levels. So, the conclusion that there must be a ‘closed heaven’ is arrived
at when at the moment folks seem to encounter difficulties in experiencing God. And the reverse
conclusion is reached when God’s realities seem easily accessed.

You may remember, however, that the heavens were opened the day Jesus was baptized, and, there’s no
record thereafter that they were ever closed again. Why some, therefore, insinuate about ‘open heavens’
or ‘closed heavens’, I do not know.

It is never an issue of either an open or closed heaven, but that of either an open or closed consciousness
to God.

No man or woman living on this side of the Cross – after Jesus’ death and resurrection – should ever
subscribe to this ‘hidden God’ or ‘out-of-reach God’ misconception. Don’t you remember that after Jesus’
death, the veil into God’s dwelling place (the holy of holies) was rent open, signifying that God would from
then be openly accessible to whomever?

What a great relief it is to know that God is not playing ‘hide and seek’ with us! God’s desire is that we may
find Him more real everyday than everything else we experience here on earth.
There is an instruction to this end. Romans 12:2 says, ‘And be not conformed to this world: but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and
perfect, will of God’.

Accordingly, we may only prove or experience God’s realities by transcending this present finite world or
age, and this can only be arrived at by having our minds or soul or consciousness renewed by words or
perceptions from the infinite realm of God!

Therefore, we must give ourselves over to all that tends to develop us towards the infinite, to the
attainment of a closer companioning with God.

To be continued…………………..

Consciousness: Your Door To Reality Part: 3

In our quest to find the relationship between consciousness and reality we must necessarily pose the
question why anything exists at all, instead of there simply being nothing.

Nothing can exist for you that does not have a specific effect upon you. And without having an effect upon
someone else, neither can it exist for them. Turn your back towards any object you previously had in view
and what happens? That’s right, the object simply disappears! Actually, the object remains in existence,
but for you it becomes non-existent at that moment.

Now, that is true on the physical level of existence as well as on the spiritual plane, your consciousness
being the knob of attunement.

We know that whatever we seek to comprehend reaches us physically through the five senses – sight,
smell, touch, hearing and taste. And that which is perceived is that which is real – to us. Someday, however,
we will make a discovery which some, this writer inclusive, have made that there is a greater range of
existence or reality than can be perceived by the natural field of vision. At that moment, the infinite field
of reality swings open to us, then we are able to view or perceive ‘hidden’ realities.

I have experienced transcendent moments where I have been able to view such entities of another realm
such as angels and demons. This, at times, has appeared as though it were those spiritual entities that did
break into my realm. However, several times it was because I, through a process of attunement, altered
my state of consciousness beyond my natural field of vision to a higher state of consciousness.

You too can develop your consciousness to a level it transcends your natural field of vision. What awe-
striking discoveries await you on this higher phase of existence! You see, behind all manifestations on this
physical plane of existence are spiritual forces and entities. And so reality is realized on this higher phase
of existence.

Again, attunement of consciousness is key in unveiling higher realms of reality. Reality unfolds where
conscious attention is focused.

The non-miraculous life is lived in the realm of the senses. It is a life that anticipates nothing but what
reason can account for. However, deep-seated within man is a yearning for a transcendent life. No one can
ever claim in all honesty that there’s never been a moment in their life when they’ve yearned for a miracle.
This deep-seated yearning for the miraculous actually testifies of a higher level of existence within our
being.
Now, our consciousness must be brought in harmony with this higher phase of existence for us to
experience the transcendent life. For you see, our lives are a manifestation of either the expanse or
limitation we set in our consciousness.

To be continued…