https://www.michaelteachings.com/channeling/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:07:27 +0000 meditation - Michael Teachings Channeling - Q & A en https://www.michaelteachings.com/channeling/discussion/303/how-to-become-awake Mon, 27 May 2013 15:29:13 +0000 Spiritual Growth ubiquitous 303@/channeling/discussions Someone asked what must we do to become awake.

WE HAVE OF COURSE OUTLINED TO THIS CADRE THE STEPS THAT THEY MUST TAKE IF THEY ARE TO EVER BECOME SUFFICIENTLY AWAKE TO HEAR THE WORDS. WE HAVE TOLD THEM OF THE HIGHEST TRUTH, WHICH IS AGAPE, WHICH IS THE UNQUALIFIED ACCEPTANCE OF OTHER CREATURES AS THE GREATER PART OF SELF. WE HAVE GIVEN THEM THE TOOLS FOR ATTAINMENT OF THIS STATE, WHICH ARE YES, MEDITATION, CONCENTRATION, FASTING, AND STUDY. WE HAVE ENDEAVORED TO WARN THEM, OR RATHER APPRISE THEM, OF THE PITFALLS THEY MAY ENCOUNTER ON THE PATH. WE HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT THEY SIMPLIFY THEIR LIVES, THAT THEY MAY FREE THE NECESSARY ENERGIES FOR PURSUIT OF THIS OBJECTIVE. WE WOULD GIVE YOU THE SAME ADVICE. IT CANNOT CHANGE. THIS IS AS WE HAVE SAID MANY TIMES, THE SHORTEST PATH OF WHICH WE ARE AWARE. THE MOST PENETRATING BARRIERS ON THE PHYSICAL PLANE ARE THE “I CANNOT” BELIEF SYSTEMS THAT STAND IN THE WAY OF SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION. THE EASIEST WAY WE KNOW OF TO BREAK THROUGH THESE BARRIERS IS TO ELIMINATE THE ALIENATION, THE FRUSTRATING ISOLATION THAT YOUR CULTURE NOW IMPOSES.

SOURCE: Michael Teachings Transcripts


Q. How do you know if you're awakened or not?

A: When you are more awake than before, you are more engaged with the present. You feel more alive. There's more energy flowing in your life. You feel more thankful for what is now. Your senses are heightened. You find more beauty in everyday things.

There are certain thresholds of awakening that are quite marked, but we don't mean to imply that suddenly a light switch moves and everything is different. For most, awakening is in stages. It is likely that if you could somehow put how you are now side by side with how you were twenty years ago, you could see that you have awakened somewhat, that you have made progress. When progress is gradual, it is harder to validate. Sometimes, others can see a difference and help you validate.

It is a step-by-step process. All you really need to do right now is be as awake as you can. If you keep doing that, as you remember to do so, you will eventually be a lot more awake. Specific explorations into what is blocking your awakening may yield some big leaps forward. Looking at the bastions of your ego and being willing to give them up can result in great strides. Facing your fears head-on can often accelerate awakening.

What might be called "right action," meaning doing things that are a blessing to others and to the world, can accelerate awakening. The principle here is that you act as if you're already awake, and your awareness may start to mirror that. So when you model compassion for others, it may bring you into an experience that you didn't have as fully earlier.

If you have been feeling an inner urge to do something, maybe something creative that you have not acted on, doing so may open a flow in you that brings greater awakening because there's an aspect of yourself that now has a way to get out.

Life itself is a spiritual practice. For most human beings, simply, say, meditating all day would not actually bring the greatest awakening, because it would bring forth just one part of you. Living a full and varied life and seeking to bring as much awareness to everything you do can bring the most possible awakening.

However, being distracted by the ample distractions that this world has will keep you on automatic pilot. Taking the bull by the horns, as they say, slowing things down a little bit and working to be present in whatever you are doing will allow you as an eternal soul to catch up with your body and take things more in hand.

Channeled by Shepherd Hoodwin]]> https://www.michaelteachings.com/channeling/discussion/226/comments-on-meditation Sat, 25 May 2013 23:34:33 +0000 Meditation ubiquitous 226@/channeling/discussions Would fasting help meditation?

MANY TIMES IT DOES, YES. IT DEEPENS THE TRANCE.
ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS ON ONE SUBJECT, PREFERABLY SPIRITUAL GROWTH, FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD, SAY TWENTY MINUTES AT SUNSET. MEMORIES SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO FLOW BY, AND YOU SHOULD EXAMINE THEM UNEMOTIONALLY.

What happens in concentration?

TRANSCENDENCE OF THE PERSONALITY.

Someone asked about meditation experience. What is the nullness?

THAT IS WHAT MEDITATION IS ALL ABOUT — “MINDLESSNESS”. FOR SOME STUDENTS AT THIS POINT IN THEIR WORK, INVOLVEMENT IN ACTUAL TRANSACTIONS WOULD BE ANTI-GROWTH, FOR YOU ARE QUITE RIGHT IN THAT IT IS AN INTELLECTUAL CENTER FUNCTION, AND SHOULD NOT BE RELEGATED DOWNWARD. ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE ARE SOME OTHER STUDENTS WHOSE OVERLEAVES DO NOT AT THIS TIME PERMIT THEM TO BE SERIOUSLY ON THE PATH IN A WAY OTHER THAN A CONCRETE SERVICE ROLE, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES YOU SHOULD TAP. YOU ARE CONFUSING MEDITATION WITH CONCENTRATION. THE GOALS ARE VERY DIFFERENT: CONCENTRATION PREPARES YOU FOR A LEARNING EXPERIENCE, MEDITATION DOES NOT; CONCENTRATION LEADS YOU TO THE REALIZED MASTERS, MEDITATION DISCONNECTS THE COMPUTER.

LET US SAY RIGHT NOW: UNQUALIFIED, ALL FEARS COME FROM FALSE PERSONALITY. THE ESSENCE IS FEARLESS. ONLY THE OVERLEAVES FEEL FEAR. ONLY BALANCE WILL SATISFY. BY EXTINGUISHING YOUR CHIEF FEATURE, YOU WILL END THE PRESSURE YOU FEEL NOW. YOUR CHIEF FEATURE OF COURSE NOW STANDS IN THE WAY OF REALIZATION OF THIS, AND MANY OF YOUR “PRESSURED” FEELINGS. AGAPE IS THE GOAL. POSSESSION IS FROM THE OVERLEAVES.

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