Preparing For Ascension (A Study Course)
Part
5, Our Multidimensional Selves
by Mary Mageau
May 1, 2010
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It seems to be a human requirement that we spend
much of our time nurturing and nourishing our physical bodies. Perhaps this is so because our physical body is the one we
most clearly perceive with our five external senses. This body roots us into the physical world and dominates our perceptions
when we are alive. It is the most limited body with the most solid definition. Yet we must possess a physical body in order
to develop spiritually and ultimately realize enlightenment.
But we are so much more than just a physical
body. We are in fact a combination of four different bodies, one that is physical and three that are energetic. The latter
three are known as the mental, emotional and spiritual bodies. All these bodies are four different sheaths composed of four
distinct vibrations of matter that surround each life stream. They provide the necessary vehicles for the personal entity’s
journey through time and space. The mental, emotional and spiritual bodies are located only in subtle matter – that
is matter that has a vibratory frequency that lies beyond our physical sensory perceptions. They are composed of fields of
energy moving around and through our physical bodies. The sum of these various energetic layers is also known as our aura.
Our mental body is the energy field in which
we store all of our core beliefs about ourselves, about others and the universe. It assists us to process information, solve
problems and generate higher abstract thought. This is where mundane thoughts, analytical reason, logic and everyday memories
are produced. Whereas positive feelings like love tend to make ourselves accept and connect with other things and people,
the mind always keeps us separate. This happens because it compares and contrasts the current situation with memories from
previous experiences, trying to find a pattern or label with which to classify the situation. This means that the thoughts
of our lower mind lie always in the past and always create separation. When we clear our negative thoughts and limiting understandings
we shift our external perceptions, allowing for greater clarity and love to infuse our being. And then when the mental body
is fully cleared, we can link to our heart centre (or chakra) and begin to follow our higher self rather than our ego.
Our emotional body is the centre of our feelings
and emotions - love and hate, attraction and repulsion. With the mind it gives us desire and imagination. It is the location
for sensual enjoyment and aesthetic appreciation. When we sleep we interpret astral perceptions received by our astral senses
as dreams. The emotional body holds all the memories and experiences we have ever encountered. We often refer to its sum total
as our 'emotional baggage.' In Jungian typology the emotional body corresponds to our feeling faculty. In popular speech
the emotional body is referred to as the ‘heart’ and the mental body as the head.' These labels correspond to
the location of the different energy centres predominant in each of these two bodies.
Our spiritual body is our soul link to the universe.
When this body is purified from limiting beliefs and perceptions we can more fully connect to the Divine Will and to unity
consciousness. This body organizes and vitalizes the physical body and acts as a bridge between the physical, mental and emotional
energies, by way of the chakra centres and the median connections. This is the body that acupuncture, healing, homoeopathy,
yoga and meditation directly acts upon. Often identified as our ‘body double or etheric double’ the spiritual
body holds the blueprint for our ascended or glorified body – the one we will inhabit when we have evolved into full
consciousness or enlightenment.
Often our three non-physical (or etheric) bodies
are described by clairvoyants as being of a blue or violet colour, consisting of a matrix or network of lines of energetic
force. The emotional body is known to be composed of ever-changing swirls of colour. Because of the vibratory nature of light
from which all creation is expressed, certain colours and shapes represent the predominant emotional characteristics of each
particular person. An angry or aggressive person will have much dirty red in his or her aura, an intellectual person will
project a large quantity of yellow, a spiritual person blue or violet, and so on.
The higher self is a term used and understood
by many different schools of spiritual teaching. The lower self, or ego personality, is not our true self because the ego
is trapped by a plethora of its own desires, wants, needs, likes and dislikes. As soon as an ego based person achieves its
immediate desire or acquires an object, a new one springs forth in a never ending sequence. Ultimately however the ego personality
must be understood to be the illusion that it actually is. By engaging in spiritual practices such as meditation, study and
prayer, a person is enabled to transcend his/her ego personality and begin to realize their higher self. When your personality
is fully developed, evolved and integrated it becomes your higher self and functions as the instrument through which your
soul can then fulfil its goals.
Contact with our higher self
is demonstrated by:
· A growing sense of responsibility
and purpose for living
· A willingness to accept responsibility
for all of one’s thoughts, word and actions
· A desire to openly practice forgiveness
· Making choices that lead to
a growth in wisdom, inner peace and gratitude
· Practicing spiritual will
and genuine service
· Reflecting joy, harmony and
unconditional love
We can draw our higher self to us through the
following exercise. Sit quietly and relax with several deep gentle breaths. Release unnecessary thoughts and identify with
the higher self by visualizing or imagining a bright column of healing light that comes from above your head (where the higher
self is located). See this enter your body and move downward radiating outward and bathing every organ and cell in your body
with white light. Then see it continue down into the earth under your feet, grounding you into the planet. Now call lovingly
to your higher self, inviting it to come forward and to co-create with you. Ask it to fulfil your life, to become your ultimate
coach and partner in order to express its qualities. Your higher self loves you truthfully and totally and will reply to your
request. But you must first begin this process through your desire and conscious invitation. It is the task of your personality
self to become aware of the higher self, thereby achieving the state of higher consciousness. This is a major goal of spiritual
development and self-realization.
The soul is not the same as the higher self
since both are energetically different. Your soul has been directly created by God, it holds a particle/s of God’s energy
and it lives in a dimension of light and vibration that is much closer to this Divine Source. Your soul is radiantly beautiful,
it is filled with light and goodness and it loves and nurtures you totally and unconditionally. It is infused with spirit,
which is the consciousness that gives life to your soul, just as your soul permeates and gives life to you. Your soul is the
link between spirit and your higher self. It is the intelligence that directs the building of your physical, mental, emotional
and spiritual bodies. It contains and sustains your essence between life times and holds all the patterns that created you
in this lifetime. It actively guides you on your journey through life. This guidance manifests itself in many subtle ways:
as the still, small voice within (conscience) or it may communicate directly by vivid images or pictures, through flashes
of insight and feelings and as intuition or direct knowingness. The soul lives in a very high spiritual dimension and brings
the light and energy of this dimension to you. Your soul knows the complete divine plan for humanity and all life and it knows
the part that you are to play in that plan.
And as you consciously connect with your soul
and continually draw it into your life, your soul begins to put more attention and energy into you. At that point your spiritual
growth is accelerated rapidly. As your soul sends its light downward, it experiences itself through your earth consciousness.
Your soul can then fulfill its higher purpose – that of mastering and bringing its light into the world of form and
matter in which you live. And as you blend with your soul and radiate its energy in your daily life, you serve humanity in
a valuable way. You become a distributor of soul energy. You will then emanate love, light, beauty and joy to others.
Questions for Your Journal
Physical body care:
1. Do you drink 8 – 10 glasses
of clean water daily and regularly eat live foods, (fresh fruit and vegetables)?
2. Does your body receive enough sleep
and do you exercise regularly by walking, dancing, playing a sport or engaging in Tai Chi, Qigong or Yoga to maintain a supple
body?
Mental body care:
1. Do you carefully monitor all the
inputs from all forms of media, removing yourself from those that carry low vibrational or negative energy?
2. Are you watching your words, eliminating
gossip and low frequency language by replacing these with positive words of empowerment?
Emotional body care:
1. Are your relationships generally
loving, positive and peaceful?
2. Are you able to remove yourself
from relationships that no longer serve you, or friendships that you have outgrown?
3. Can you appreciate and love others
by allowing them to follow their own truth as you express your truth?
Spiritual body care:
1. Do you pray or practice some form
of meditation?
2. Do you make time for spiritual
reading or study?
3. Do you try to still your mind in
order to sense God’s presence or that of your guardian angel?
One of the most beautiful explanations of meditation
has come from St Benedict, when he described meditation simply as, 'Divine Listening.'
Write down any other items that could contribute
toward your efforts to become your higher self.
Mary Mageau * My new FREE e-books
are now available for download on the internet through Richard Presser’s website * E-book 1, Preparing
For Ascension * E-book 2, Preparing the Body for Ascension *
E-book 3, Journey Into Meditation * E-book 4, Our Chakra System –
A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness * I have removed all copyright restrictions so the material
can be freely shared.
