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Raise your consciousness - change the world.

Exploring the human condition — breaking down the blockages that limit our capacity to give and receive love.

Issue 27 - Read Time: 4 Minutes 15 Seconds

The Quickest Way to Raise Your Consciousness

I started working in the mental health world nearly ten years ago. I had no idea what therapy was, and I never imagined that I would become a therapist.

As time passed, I realized I had a passion for therapy and a knack for it. When I decided to go back to school, it was apparent to me that I had found my calling.

My work has deepened professionally and personally, and I’ve realized that my interest in therapy is actually a front. What I am truly interested in is consciousness.

I am continually fascinated by how consciousness expresses itself through different human vessels. I am obsessed with raising my consciousness and the consciousness of the people I come in contact with.

Ultimately, this pursuit of raising consciousness is about finding greater access to love. So today, we will talk about the quickest way to start climbing that ladder. 

Today, we will cover:

1. Where to start when there is no love?

2. Subtleties of truth.

3. Implications of telling the truth.

Where to start?

For many of us, self-love is a nebulous term. It’s hard to start something when it feels far out of reach. But it’s not. It’s actually quite simple.

In my experience, the most significant barrier to self-love is disconnection.

Disconnection shows up in all kinds of ways. However, one of the primary manifestations is the inability to speak your truth. Both to others and to yourself.

If you do not know how to speak your truth, you are in a continual state of disconnection and rejection. You are out of integrity, which instantly creates disconnection.

There is a spectrum here. It starts with more harmless examples, such as not stating where you want to go to dinner when you have an opinion. A more acutely damaging example is staying in a toxic relationship when the other person’s behavior diminishes you. 

Subtleties of Truth.

Telling the truth immediately begins to break down internal disconnection and to create more congruence.

And here is the kicker. Telling the truth does not necessarily mean you get your way or your actions change. But it does mean you will find a bit more internal harmony.

Take the example of choosing a dinner spot. Let's say your partner asks where you want to go to dinner, and you say, "I don't care," even though you have a strong preference.

In this example, you have lied. You are out of integrity and have shown yourself on a deep unconscious level that you are not willing to advocate for yourself.

Let's try it again.

Your partner says, "Where do you want to go to dinner?" You respond by saying, "I want Indian food. Can we go to Mumbai House?"

Your partner says, "I am not feeling it. Can we pick something else?"

You agree, and you find a different location.

In this example, you did not get your way. But you told the truth, and your unconscious recognizes that you will stand up for what you want or need.

This is a harmless example. It doesn't matter in the grand scheme, but it GREATLY matters for your internal environment.

Again - your unconscious knows the truth. If you do not speak these "harmless" truths, your unconscious internalizes the lack of integrity and connection.

If that persists, then self-love will continue to be out of reach. 

Implications of truth.

David Hawkins, author, psychiatrist, philosopher, and speaker, writes at length about the necessity of truth for spiritual progression.

Hawkins explains that as individuals ascend through the levels of consciousness, they naturally come into greater alignment with truth, which brings about self-love.

Lower states of consciousness, such as shame, guilt, and fear, affect one's ability to love oneself.

This is a critical point. You have to ask yourself, what is at the root of the lies I have told?

If you are honest with yourself, you will find that lies always come down to shame, guilt, or fear.

So if you're unable to express your truth, even simple ones like your preference for dinner, at the root of it is shame, guilt, or fear.

This is your internal state.

And if that is your internal state, love can not take root and bloom.

These feelings are influenced by the limitations of an ego that seeks comfort and security at all else. EVEN at the expense of your truth.

At higher levels of consciousness — like courage, acceptance, love, and peace— people start to see their true nature as divine and worthy, which fosters self-love.

As you move beyonego's ego's limitations, self-love becomes a natural state of being.

Wrapping Up

This is a simple concept, but it takes work to live in to. It has taken me years to understand how important this is to personal development.

If this “truth=self-love” part of the equation is not mastered, then personal and spiritual development can not progress sustainably.

Your foundation will get rocked, and you will find yourself back at level one, working to integrate self-love.

I encourage you to take this insight seriously. And work diligently to integrate it into your life!

If you are interested in learning more about this, I recommend David Hawkins’ books, Power vs. Force and Transcending the Levels of Consciousness.

Here is a YouTube video of him speaking about Truth vs. Falsehood.

Need More Support?

If you feel like you want some extra support, here are some ways Attunement and I can help you:

1. Individual therapy or coaching with a provider at our clinic (In-Person or Virtual Offering)

2. How to Feel Your Feelings Course and Community (Virtual Offering)

Thank you!

I love that you are interested in exploring yourself in the pursuit of growth and expansion. 

And I love that you are diving deeper into the unconscious patterns that limit our capacity as a species to transcend this paradigm. 

You are becoming the change you want to see in the world, and that is incredibly inspiring!

Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your journey ✨✨

With Love,

Christian