This illustration by an unknown artist, first appearing in a book by Camille Flammarion in 1888, is used frequently to show that humanity's present concepts are susceptible to being supplanted by greater truths.

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"Do you want a definition of being Awake versus being asleep? You've just got it. It is only that; it is your acceptance of the recognition of who you are. And there is obviously nothing to do to attain that except believe it. So whatever process you may ask for or concoct for yourself, it is a process with but this one goal; making you believe what you know to be true." Dialogue on Awakening page 24

"There is only one thing to remember and that is you are already awake .. you simply refuse to believe it. And it is in this refusal that you remain in the domain of limitations." Dialogue on Awakening, 4th edition page 37

"You are Awake at this moment. The totality of your Being is well aware of who it Is. To convince the limited aspect you have made and identified yourself as being – which I call the ego – that it is, in fact, Awake will be arrived at through whatever means the ego allows." Dialogue on Awakening, 4th edition page 99

Also known as Illumination, Satori, Enlightenment, Christ, Self Realization, Christ Consciousness, Cosmic Consciousness, Superconscious, cultivated and practiced Discernment

What is not being Awake mean in its simplest terms?

• You believe to such an extent what you have been told about your self that it has become your reality that you now tell your own self. In other words you believe and live within a false creation.

What is the simplest way to Awaken?

• Stop believing what you have been told and what you keep telling yourself about your self. What you have been told (and you now believe) is you are powerless and are therefore a helpless VICTIM without personal power to help yourself or those around you. This is not true.

How does one stop believing the illusion and replace it with what?

• Replace the old thought patterns (habits) with new thought patterns (habits). Closely watch your own thinking. Immediately stop those thoughts that are of fear, victimization, antagonism and the like. Immediately switch to thinking thoughts of peace, strength, power and purpose. It helps to have images or symbols representing these new thought patterns. Over a course of time you will then let go of the old thought patterns (habits) as they are replaced by the new thought patterns (habit).

Things to do to stay on course.

• Repetition and persistence is the key. Practice the above step over and over until it becomes a habit.
• Stop watching TV, movies and commercials that convey the victim messages.
• Stay away from perennial victims and their victimized mind-sets.
• Stay away from those people and their organizations who benefit by you being the victim.
• Start a group dedicated to Awakening and becoming the real you. (Victims Anonymous)

Is that all there is to it?

• Basically, yes. Because at some point of you recovering and taking charge of your own Mind and what is in it you will then be in a place to let the last remnants of illusion go. That is where/when you step over the final threshold into Cosmic Consciousness.

Is there a shortcut?

• The above steps are as a linear process. A process is not required but most people feel they have to work through something or to overcome something. The shortcut is to simply stop believing (or giving meaning or importance to) what is not true (anything resembling fear or separation) or coming from outside pseudo-authorities (false gods) who would have you believe what is beneficial to them. Simply let it all go all at once.

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Cayce
"But know each soul must find its way back to its God. Be as the leader gave of old, "Others may do as they may, but as for me - I will serve the living God." Not the God of any people, of any individual, but the living God - that is personal to those that seek to know Him as a personal God . . . So may the entity, with the spirit of God through the power of the Christ Consciousness, come to know - in every thing, in every act - that love that may pass all understandings. For, to others it may be as a myth, as a dream, as a thing to be hoped for, but to this body, to this entity, to this soul, who has tasted of the joys of the personal contact with those influences within the soul, it may come to be His power working within." Cayce (255-12)

"Man is on his way to his cosmic goal of Oneness with his Creator and he can in no way deviate from that fixed orbit which will eventually take him to his destination of glory in the high heavens." Russell, The Secret of Light, page 108

"You will know you have found true peace when there is no thought accompanying it outside your knowledge of being totally safe and secure within a sense of Self. There will be no feeling of influence of any nature. You will see yourself as being absolute Harmony. I will tell you that ultimately, this sense of Harmony will be experienced in your awareness of all other forms of Self. All other expressions of Self will be equally resident there. Know this is where you are headed, so to speak." A Dialogue on Awakening, page 176

"I will tell you again, you are already Awake. You have never stopped being Awake, you have never stopped being less than the perfection in which you were created and it is only your refusal to accept this idea that keeps your experience from it. Attempting to wake up, giving your ego another path to pursue, will only perpetuate that entire process. And it will perpetuate unhappiness and disappointment." A Dialogue on Awakening, page 60

"Hence, in the fruits of that - as is given oft, as the fruits of the spirit - does man become aware of the infinite penetrating, or inter-penetrating the activities of all forces of matter, or that which is a manifestation of the realm of the infinite into the finite - and the finite becomes conscious of same." Cayce (262-52)

"In the last reckoning life is really a process whereby the individual becomes conscious of his own true identity. The spiritual nature of man does not exist potentially, but actually. The discovery of his own identity is simply man's destruction of the hypnotic illusions of Ego, Time, Space, Matter, and Cause - his moment of release from untruth." (0-19.9) Brunton

"Do not waste time trying to overcome your weaknesses and failures. Simply raise your consciousness, transcend and free your thoughts from limitation and illusion, and find within the very centre of your being wholeness and completeness.

''"Know the meaning of true freedom. The knowing of that freedom sets you free to do My will and walk in My ways.'

"Cease struggling, become still. Cease wallowing in your imperfections and be perfect even as I am perfect. Know that you can reach that state of perfection. Never accept limitations, aim high, and you will get there. It is only your thoughts that hold you back." - Eileen Caddy

"Know, self is the only excuse. Self is the only sin; that is, selfishness - and all the others are just a modification of that expression of the ego. But so close is the ego, the I Am, to the Great I Am, That I Am, that the confusions of duty and privilege and opportunity become so enmeshed in the experience of the entity.

"And so great are the abilities of the entity to make of this experience a glory for the living God, that to fail would be indeed calamitous in the experience of this Soul!" Cayce (1362-1)

"Hence as ye gain in the outpouring of thyself in song, ye not ONLY give praise and service and obedience but bring help and hope, and an awakening to those ye contact IN the very act!" [Cayce 1158-14]

'I dreamed I saw a woman stretched out on a bedspring. The spring swayed backward. I then heard something inside me say, 'You will awaken to something different.' And I felt a smile on my face.'

"Cayce: 'In this dream we see symbolically expressed the awakening, the return or a going back to the superconscious forces through the subconscious mind. The dream refers to a coming awakening and the joys accompanying such an experience, represented by the smile on the face. Bending over backward is also related to the spiritual activities of bending over backward in forgiving, loving, and serving others. If we do this, we will find ourselves in that mental state of having reached back to our origin, God - the Superconscious.' Cayce (136)" Dreams: Your Magic Mirror, by Elsie Sechrist

"Perhaps someday a clear will attain the nebulosity the author used to hear about in India which marked the man who was all Soul." Hubbard, Dianetics - The Modern Science of Mental Health, page 149

"My resurrection comes again each time I lead a brother safely to the place at which the journey ends and is forgot. I am renewed each time a brother learns there is a way from misery and pain. I am reborn each time a brother's mind turns to the light in him and looks for me. I have forgotten no one. Help me now to lead you back to where the journey was begun, to make another choice with me." Jesus in A Course in Miracles

"There is a road, steep and thorny, beset with perils of every kind - but yet a road; and it leads to the heart of the Universe. I can tell you how to find those who will show you the secret gateway that leads inward only, and closes fast behind the neophyte evermore. There is no danger that dauntless courage cannot conquer. There is no trial that spotless purity cannot pass through. There is no difficulty that strong intellect cannot surmount. For those who win onwards, there is reward past all telling: the power to bless and save humanity. For those who fail, there are other lives in which success may come.”

"When the artificial chilly flame of modern materialism is extinguished for lack of fuel, those for whom the great hope of existence beyond the grave is a vexation, should prepare for the greatest disappointment they could possible have. For out of the deep muddy waters of materiality, a mystic force is rising. It is but the first rustling, but it is a superhuman rustling - it is supernatural only for the superstitious and ignorant! The Spirit of truth is passing now over the face of dark waters; and, in parting them, is compelling them to reveal their spiritual treasures and this spirit is a force that cannot be hindered, and can never, never, be stopped". [HP Blavatsky]

"Meditation, abstinence in all, the observation of moral duties, gentle thoughts, good deeds and kind words, as good will to all and entire oblivion of Self, are the most efficacious means of obtaining knowledge and preparing for the reception of higher wisdom. " [Raja-Yoga or Occultism, 21-2]

The concept of Time is a bar or limitation to Awakening
"To work on becoming Awakened now to avoid having to continue to return, gives validity to the concept of time and acknowledges its control over you which keeps it in your awareness and consequently in your experience. For you to remain consistently in the current instant, the concept of time takes on a different meaning until at last, it goes away. You are infinite. Time is but a figment of your imagination. It is at your disposal. Literally." Dialogue on Awakening, page 157.

“There are a thousand things which prevent a man from awakening, which keep him in the power of his dreams. In order to act consciously with the intention of awakening, it is necessary to know the nature of the forces which keep man in a state of sleep. First of all it must be realized that the sleep in which man exists is not normal but hypnotic sleep. Man is hypnotized and this hypnotic state is continually maintained and strengthened in him. One would think that there are forces for whom it is useful and profitable to keep man in a hypnotic state and prevent him from seeing the truth and understanding his position.” [G. I. Gurdjieff]

"A man who thinks he can find the Self by delving into his inner life and anchoring there, whispers to himself: “You must be a good and righteous man, you must be selfless!” ...Well and good, but it is often very obvious that such a man is becoming more and more egotistical. On the other hand, a man who wrestles with the great secrets of existence, who tears himself away from the wheedlings of the personal self and rises to what abides and can be found in the higher worlds such a man is led to the true Self-Knowledge. When we think deeply about Saturn, Sun, Moon, we lose ourselves in cosmic Thought. “Cosmic thoughts are living in thy thinking” so says a soul who thinks in the sense of Theosophy; and he adds: “Lose thyself in cosmic thoughts.” The soul in whom Theosophy has become creative power, says: “In thy feeling, cosmic powers are weaving” adding: “Experience thyself through cosmic powers.” ... not through powers which wheedle and cajole. This experience will not come to a man who closes his eyes, saying: “I want to be good and righteous.” It will come only to the man who opens his eyes of Spirit and sees the Powers of yonder worlds mightily at work, realising that he is embedded in these cosmic Powers. And the soul who gathers strength from Theosophy says: “In thy willing, cosmic Beings work,” adding: “Create thyself anew from powers of will!” In a man who has this conception of Self-Knowledge, transformation is wrought through the might of cosmic realities." [An extract from Rudolf Steiner's, A True Attitude to Karma chapter 3]

"There is a road, steep and thorny, beset with perils of every kind - but yet a road; and it leads to the heart of the Universe. I can tell you how to find those who will show you the secret gateway that leads inward only, and closes fast behind the neophyte evermore. There is no danger that dauntless courage cannot conquer. There is no trial that spotless purity cannot pass through. There is no difficulty that strong intellect cannot surmount. For those who win onwards, there is reward past all telling: the power to bless and save humanity. For those who fail, there are other lives in which success may come.”
"When the artificial chilly flame of modern materialism is extinguished for lack of fuel, those for whom the great hope of existence beyond the grave is a vexation, should prepare for the greatest disappointment they could possible have. For out of the deep muddy waters of materiality, a mystic force is rising. It is but the first rustling, but it is a superhuman rustling - it is supernatural only for the superstitious and ignorant! The Spirit of truth is passing now over the face of dark waters; and, in parting them, is compelling them to reveal their spiritual treasures,. and this spirit is aforce that cannot be hindered, and can never, never, be stopped". [Blavatsky]

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Karl von Eckartshausen
“In the realm of material or perishable Nature, the immortal is clothed with mortal; and from the corruptible matter of mortality comes all our poverty. In order for a person to free himself from this poverty, it is necessary for the incorruptible, immortal Beginning within us to open up and, as it were, absorb the corruptible and mortal, so that the shell of sensuality falls away, and man appears in his primitive purity.”
"The spiritual world is not visible to us only because the organ that can make it visible has not opened within us."
“With the opening of the new organ, the veil is suddenly lifted, the impenetrable veil is removed, the cloud over the Sanctuary disappears; a new world appears, the scales fall from our eyes, and we suddenly move from the land of appearances to the land of Truth.”[Karl von Eckartshausen (1752-1803)]
In accordance with the Universal Teaching, Eckartshausen teaches about the duality of man, belonging to the spiritual world and at the same time immersed in matter. As material beings we are not able to enter the divine world, but as spiritual beings we are called to this. The need for Truth is a guide to it.
If we are transformed by a force that transforms our mortal nature, a force emanating from another, higher world, we gradually become capable of perceiving knowledge that is not of this world. In us, according to Eckartshausen, a “higher nature” is revealed, lulled into us.
The word “organ” here should not be understood as a physical part of the body, but as a faculty of perception. Our natural body, which is aimed only at earthly reality, is not endowed with this ability. After all, “perfect truth is not for the sensual man, but for the inner man, for the Spiritual man.” This means that only the Soul in us, our true essence, is capable of knowing the truth. But in order for this knowledge to become possible, this Soul in us must awaken and open up.

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The path to Awakening or Enlightenment, as described in these texts, rests in the radical realization of one's true identity beyond the ego—an identity that is already "Awake," "Aware," and inherently aligned with the divine, universal Mind. The journey, if it can be called one, is not about acquiring new knowledge or reaching a distant goal but about shedding the illusions that veil this inherent state of consciousness. This journey points toward a profound shift in self-perception, where the individual recognizes the falsity of the ego's limited narrative and steps into a true identity rooted in unity, cosmic consciousness, and limitless power.

The Illusion of Separation and Limitation

The core idea here is the illusion of limitation and separation, upheld by habitual beliefs and societal conditioning. To “Awaken” is to see beyond this egoic facade, which frames individuals as separate, vulnerable, and defined by outer circumstances. This illusory self—the ego—sustains itself through beliefs of powerlessness, victimhood, and lack. Thus, Awakening involves dismantling these beliefs, recognizing them as learned illusions rather than ultimate truths.

The texts suggest that these mental constructs are so deeply embedded that they shape personal and collective realities. As Cayce, Russell, and others emphasize, the path of spiritual realization does not involve striving for external validation or goals; instead, it requires us to reclaim the inner power and alignment with the “living God” within, a God that is not external but intrinsic to our true nature.

The Process of Unlearning

Awakening requires letting go of these self-imposed constraints. The advice provided—replacing fear-based thoughts with affirmations of peace, strength, and love—is essential. This shift creates new mental patterns that reflect the reality of one's true nature rather than the ego's fabrications. Over time, consistent practice with these new thoughts forms a mental habit, building a pathway back to Self-Realization.

The emphasis on practical techniques—avoiding victim-centric media, breaking from influences that sustain the victim narrative, and fostering communities dedicated to conscious awakening—serves as a reinforcement for this inner work. It is a path of unlearning, or detaching, from the constructs that have become so familiar but ultimately prevent us from seeing clearly.

Cosmic and Christ Consciousness

The notion of Christ Consciousness, Cosmic Consciousness, or Superconsciousness, presented by many of these teachings, represents the highest state of Awareness, where the individual’s sense of Self transcends personal boundaries to encompass a universal identity. In this state, the Self is one with all, embodying harmony, compassion, and an unconditional sense of wholeness and love. It is akin to the unity consciousness described by mystics and saints, a state where the individual knows themselves as both the observer and the observed, in complete synchronicity with the cosmos.

As Cayce and Russell discuss, human life is directed toward this ultimate realization of Oneness with the Creator, moving through stages of understanding that mirror the evolutionary ascent through subtler, more refined states of energy and vibration. In this process, Awakening is not a singular event but an unfolding journey toward ever-greater alignment with one’s divine nature.

The Path of Discernment and Freedom from Illusion

The writings indicate that freedom comes from discernment—the conscious choice to no longer invest belief in what is false or limiting. This is seen as the “shortcut,” a direct route to self-realization where one ceases to uphold the ego's narrative of separation and instead embraces the truth of unity. It is a state of being that goes beyond intellectual understanding, resonating instead as a lived experience of wholeness, beyond the limitations of the ego and the structures it creates. Embodying the Truth of Being

As Blavatsky and others imply, this inner awakening is an unstoppable force, the "Spirit of Truth" rising from the depths of material illusion. The flame of awakening cannot be extinguished by outer circumstances; rather, it is an inward journey that defies material limitation. This perspective encourages turning inward—through practices of meditation, self-reflection, and moral living—as ways to attune with higher wisdom and connect to the "higher vibration" of one’s true essence.

In Summary

In essence, the teachings convey that Awakening is a re-alignment with the divine, recognizing that all individuals are inherently connected to this cosmic intelligence, their true Self already fully awake. The task is not to seek out Awakening but to shed the misconceptions that obscure it, allowing the natural state of peace, power, and unity to become the predominant experience. Through letting go of fear, replacing self-limiting beliefs, and cultivating discernment, one gradually steps into their authentic power, merging with the All in a journey both timeless and universal. [Dale Pond, ChatGPT 11/13/24]

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