There are 10 levels of consciousness between identifying with (internalizing) your environment or choosing to transform from within by heart.

At the first level of consciousness you identify completely with your environment whether rich or poor, peaceful or warlike, cruel or loving.

• you accept your social and physical environments as they are: You internalize their values and become them
• if you are wealthy you define yourself in terms of your salary, your net worth, your property and rich friends
• if you are poor you accept that you'll always be poor. You believe all efforts to become successful will fail
• if you live in a peaceful environment you believe that everyone you know lives among peace and prosperity
• if you live in a war zone, you believe you must constantly fight other people for survival or else die!
• if you grow up with parents who physically, sexually, and emotionally abuse you, you in turn abuse others
• if you grow up with parents/friends who give you love, support, and affection, you give lots of love to others
• you have no original thoughts or creativity inside you because you are a complete reflection of your community
• you cannot adapt to changing environments that operate under different principles. Thus, you become limited!
• you think dreamers and idealists, advocates and change-makers, are fools who have lost their grip on reality

You make your transition from the 1st level of consciousness to the second level of consciousness when you become disillusioned with reality.

You begin to enter the second level of consciousness when you realize that the physical and social reality you have internalized is not real.

When you enter 2nd level of consciousness you're surprised by your attraction to being alone so you can think instead of being around people.

At the 2nd level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 90% and become aware that you have an internal environment too.

• you define yourself by your family, your friends, your job, and your property, but you glimpse your creativity
• you are surprised by the fact that money and shopping no longer make you happy but that giving now thrills you
• you find yourself attracted to books about people instead of books about things: You want to learn about Self!
• you are shocked to realize that if you lose your job today and the money that goes with it, that is OK!
• you find yourself wanting to listen to a greater variety of people than just always talk about your job
• you begin to realize that a big house is just an empty home, lots of awards are just meaningless titles
• you realize that sex is not love, money and power are not influence, your job is not who you REALLY are
• you face a choice: Abandon your temporary physical and social illusions, or transform them from within!

When people reach the 2nd level of consciousness some of them quit their jobs, sell their houses, divorce their spouses, go search for Truth.

When people reach the 2nd level of consciousness, some of them embrace their current physical reality and place it on spiritual foundations!

You make the transition from the 2nd level of consciousness to the 3rd level when you decide to take time to develop your mind and heart now.

At 3rd level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 80% and start to feel and think for yourself, creating your heart!

• you become very sensitive to the energies in your body, your heart and your mind. You start cultivating them
• you allow yourself to cry, feel joy, experience pain, entertain strange thoughts, and see all of life's beauty
• you start developing your artistic sensibilities, your empathy, and your need for spiritual connections!
• you begin to put your time and energy into exploring the different sensations of life: You eat and think
• you start to explore your physical appetites, your sexual energies, your creativity, and your intuitions
• you can sense when people are happy and sad: You can console them and relate to them through communication
• you shift from being merely a colleague at work and a neighbor to being a true friend when people need you
• you shift from being a well-trained employee, living in your mind, to being a human being living in the heart!
• you stop reacting to people and events around you. Instead you start acting based on your values and ideas

You make the transition from the 3rd level of consciousness to the 4th level of consciousness when you begin to see that you influence life!

You make the transition to the 4th level of consciousness when you realize that training crushes your personality. You develop unique gifts!

At the 4th level of consciousness you identify with your environment 70% and start focusing more on your unique Spirit, changing who you are.

• you decide what kind of person you want to be regardless of the kind of person you have been or are now
• you decide what your lifestyle will be, what kind of friends you will have, and what resources you will use
• you change your thoughts and emotions to match who you want to be: You practice being mindful and attentive
• you realize that each second of consciousness counts because every thought you have defines who you are
• you systematically examine your own thoughts, emphasizing those that are healthy and eliminating the rest!
• you examine your emotions, feeling in full those that give you joy and eliminating those that make you sad
• you feel your body, choosing to eat only foods that make you healthy, eliminating the rest from your diet!
• you look at your daily routines: You keep the routines that make you happy and change routines that don't!
• you study your habits: Keep habits that are good and remove bad habits from your life to avoid self-judgments!

You make the transition from the 4th level of consciousness to the 5th level of consciousness by discovering your spiritual self within you!

You enter the 5th level of consciousness when you successfully maintain your health + balance. You now have abundant love, energy and ideas!

At the 5th level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 60% and start spending more time with your true spiritual self.

• you've entered the 5th dimension: You have expanded from point, to line, to object, to being in time, to being
• you stop living for other people and you start living for yourself: You offer service based on your spirit
• we spend most of our leisure time meditating, praying, singing, composing, loving, caring, rejoicing, thanking
• you choose to live instead of forcing yourself to live. If you have a job you have a renewed sense of purpose!
• you make compromises with people so that you can be your true, Higher Self more and your other selves less
• you stop taking every job that will make you money and start taking only jobs that match your spirituality
• you apply your abundant love and energy to making a concrete difference in other people's lives every day!
• you generate ideas for turning your spiritual being into physical changes and your love into relationships
• you get your greatest joys from being around people who enhance your loving energy and natural creativity!
• you dig into yourself deeply in a never-ending quest to know your true, Higher Self, then manifest reality

You make transition from 5th level of consciousness to 6th level when all physical reality starts running parallel to your spiritual reality.

You enter the 6th level of consciousness when you put all of your energies into spiritual development and physical realities derive from you.

At the 6th level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 50% and start living a double life, in the world but not of it.

• you are in the world, not of it: You show people the physical realities they know, not the true spirit inside!
• you are bridging between spirituality and physical realities: You are a dual ambassador, a great double-agent!
• you are constantly translating between spirituality and various social and physical realities, creating fusion
• you spend half the time physically manifesting inspiration, and half the time interpreting spiritual signs
• you are a person of many masks, many social roles and identities, but only one true, Higher Self: YOU ARE LOVE
• you play many games, you learn the rules of systems, and you adapt to each one so that spirit lives in you
• you identify the right time, the right place, and the right person to receive a spiritual message from you
• you meditate while working so that you can mediate people's conflicts and help humanity move toward Heaven
• you have parallel thoughts in your mind, parallel emotions in your heart, because you are a spirit bridge!

You make transition from 6th level of consciousness to 7th level when you are no longer a spiritual bridge because everyone is now spiritual.

You enter the 7th level of consciousness when you create Heaven on Earth with each thought, feeling and action every single day of your life.

At 7th level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 40% and start living from your heart, mind, spirit and soul daily!

• you live from your heart, mind, spirit, body and soul, all simultaneously, as a complete, balanced human being
• you live from your heart by connecting with people, animals and plants emotionally, communicating with energy!
• you sense what is inside people's hearts, what hurts them the most, what gives them joy, and you heal them
• you live from your mind by connecting with people psychically, reading their minds, knowing their thoughts
• you see the thoughts that motivate every action and you help people change those thoughts so they have clarity
• you live from your spirit, connecting with people, animals, plants and energies over vast distances and times!
• you see people's spiritual paths, their deepest yearnings, and you help them to stay connected to spirituality
• you live from your body, hugging people with warm, overwhelming embraces and touching their emotional centers!
• you live from your soul, knowing intuitively how the human race is evolving and taking actions to help it!

You make transition from 7th to 8th level of consciousness when you expand your spirit to connect with all energies around you every second!

You enter 8th level of consciousness when you become symbiotically connected to every person you meet, animal you touch, and every vibration.

At the 8th level of consciousness you identify with your environment 30% but connect within yourself, with other people, and other energies!

• we realize that all feeling, thought and action is based on greater and lesser degrees of vibrating energy
• you learn how to change your vibrations to match the vibration of each form of energy you communicate with
• you are able to sense intense vibrations from very far away: You know when people are in pain or feeling loved
• you communicate with people and other forms of energy through your dreams and spiritual exercises each day
• you know immediately when you must stop everything you are doing to send spiritual messages to someone in need
• you can influence other people's actions with your vibrations, somewhat like the Jedi mind trick in Star Wars!
• you are a servant of Spirit: You use material resources as needed to serve the purpose of awakening others
• you sense the spiritual needs of each energy in your environment: Their energies enter you, you enter them

You make transition from 8th to 9th level of consciousness when your thoughts and feelings become so strong that they transform every person.

You enter the 9th level of consciousness when you walk into rooms and everyone instantly feels pure love, changing their feelings and being!

At 9th level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 20%. You are becoming pure energy within and you transform others!

• you transform people you meet and communicate with, improving their lives by raising their spiritual awareness
• you develop a powerful presence that penetrates the being of people you know: You overwhelm them with LOVE
• your mind, heart, body, spirit, and soul are fused together in a constant state of meditation and praying!
• you no longer see yourself as mind, heart, body, spirit and soul because you are connected with universal love
• you lead social movements, start religions, transform communities, and raise people's energy levels constantly
• you are a healer, a mystic, a clairvoyant, a psychic, a seer, a prophet, a magician, a fortune teller. Spirit!
• you generate so much love that people and animals make existence effortless. Work is replaced by pleasure!
• you have millions of "children" from thousands of spiritual partners, people you have inspired with pure love!
• you spread love, joy, and peace everywhere, creating peaceful communities wherever you go and ending war!

You make transition from 9th to 10th level of consciousness when you no longer have to be in a place for your loving existence to be enjoyed.

You enter the 10th level of consciousness when you dream and people's lives change; you talk and people act; you write and the world changes.

At 10th level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 10%. Your spirit absorbs so much that you feel/act through others

• you can perform seemingly amazing feats of physical and mental activities because love makes you super-human!
• you live in your own spiritual universe: You move and everyone moves with you. You accelerate your evolution!
• your total being integrates with other people to form a collective spirit: When you act, you act together
• you communicate with all beings, all energies, on all levels of consciousness simultaneously in pure form
• your total being absorbs the universe, focusing infinite divine power on all things around you to create!
• you become God's magnifying glass: Wherever your attention focuses you spread the fire of inner lightning
• you are not only a constant enhanced version of yourself, you enhance other people with your loving mind!
• you project so much energy that the foolish become wise, the poor feel rich, the hungry feel full inside!
• you can share your love with all sentient beings on Earth, from those in poverty to the rich and powerful
• you become aware of your spiritual mission on Earth: You focus on completing your mission, then transcending!

Once you reach the 10th level of consciousness you can stay connected with the 10% of your physical environment, or you can leave and travel

you complete your soul's purpose for being in physical form. You confront a choice: Leave Earth, or stay?

if you decide to leave Earth you enter the 1st level of cosmic being; if you decide to stay, you guide Spirit.  - Author Unknown

"Enlightenment is construed as seeing things as they really are rather than as they appear; it is a direct insight into, and discernment of, the nature of reality that is apprehended only by wisdom, which transcends and is prior to the activity of discriminative thought. In this view, delusion is defined as all that is opposed to enlightenment." - Hee-Jin Kim

All blog postings are designed to disseminate a wide spectrum of views on educational topics such as alternative healing therapies, medicine, psychiatry, psychotherapy, humanities, lifestyle and nutrition. The views or opinions expressed on Inspired Pathways Blog pages do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Karyn Klapecki or Inspired Pathways.  - Karyn Klapecki, M.D.

Here is another example of how we can feel bathed by energy that we were raised in - this is a really common one that I have been noticing in a lot of people.  If you are raisedin a family where there has been a lot of controlling, where your parents are quite controlling and one or the other of them is always demanding and having strict rules, that could be a religious upbringing, or any number of things, but just constantly feeling controlled like there's really a lot of definition of what's right, what's wrong, what's expected. And people grow up really feeling controlled! 

That really are all these things that you have to be on the lookout for and that you've got to be doing and that you actually have to guide yourself with. So you grow up actually with an energy that is quite familiar where you feel controlled.  You are told what to do so you don't have to think, so it's not as though you are that spontaneous or eager to think outside the box.  When we grow up we often find ourselves in a situation where we are very busy all the time, we're very busy achievers. We are running around with this to do and that to do; we could be sitting still just thinking "I have to do this, I have to do that", and you make up lists and you have all these things that put a structure around you so that it again feels just like it did growing up - that so many things are controlling you. There are so many things that you have to do or attend to. 

So if you feel that way, could you welcome that?

Could you welcome that sense of how busy you are and how important things are and how much you have to do - which kind of feels like "I want to control"?

Just welcome how many things you feel responsible for that you have to control.  And then can you welcome how in fact things are just things and  they may or may not be that important, but just check to see how familiar those childhood patterns of feeling controlled might be. 

Karyn Klapecki, M.D. FCFP, CGPP, Founder of Inspired Pathways, International, licensed Sedona Method® Instructor and psychotherapist.

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This story helps to put into focus how goals can manifest, if you believe and know them to be true.

At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question:
 
'When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?' The audience was stilled by the query.
 
The father continued. 'I believe that when a child like Shay, who was mentally and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.' Then he told the following story:

‘Shay and I had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, 'Do you think they'll let me play?' I knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but as a father I also understood that if my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his limitations.
 

I approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and said, 'We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning.'
 
Shay struggled over to the team's bench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. I watched with a small tear in my eye and warmth in my heart. The boys saw my joy at my son being accepted.
 
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as I waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat. At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game?
 
Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball. However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact.

The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher. The game would now be over. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game. Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman's head, out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, 'Shay, run to first! Run to first!' Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled. Everyone yelled, 'Run to second, run to second!' Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base. By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball. He was the smallest guy on their team, who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team. He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head. Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home. All were screaming, 'Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay.' Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, 'Run to third! Shay! Run to third!' As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet screaming, 'Shay, run home! Run home!' Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team.
 
'That day', said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, 'the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world'. Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making me so happy, and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!’

THOUGHTS

What we call ‘miracles’, as described above when we perceive ‘remarkable’ outcomes, is ‘normal’ in the energy of ‘one’. For Shay, by simply not holding limitations and instead just doing what he does in the moment, similar to Forrest Gump, he participates in the world as it unfolds with perfection. It doesn’t even occur to him that he is making it happen – it just happens; with NO thought. Likewise, there are no thoughts of ‘can’t’ or visions of what has to happen first in order to achieve a certain outcome.

Yet all of those observing his experience, or listening to this story, often assign a conscious role to each baseball player involved, as if they were responsible for making that a great day for Shay. We give meaning, after the fact, to what we ‘think’ just happened. It is a habit of mind, which assigns importance to ‘our’ roles – and entices us with the idea of how to be ‘good’ and generous. The ego loves to tell spiritually prideful stories too! It’s an ironic ‘twist’ or ‘joke’ to step back and realize, each of us does exactly what we do in a perfect harmony - and that we do not control any of it – the joke is on us. Being like Shay or Forrest simply frees every moment up to be just as it is – perfect.

In order to live your goals, it is necessary to be open and free to the moment – with no thought of ‘how’ or holdback of ‘what is necessary’. The universe will send in every person and situation to allow the unfolding (even though many of those people ‘sent in’ may want to take credit, after the fact, about their role in your creating happiness)!

Have a Shay Day every day, and allow it to be easier to BE - let go of those limitations and complicated thoughts and ideas about self as best you can!  Luv, Karyn  xox

Aloha!  Today, I arrived in good old Zurich. Although it was a 24-hour journey from Hawaii, it was quite effortless.  (As it should be, after attending an Effortless Creation Intensive Seminar!)

Just wanted to thank all of you for this amazing week in Hawaii! It was such a good week and I feel very grateful for this gift!  Thank you Karyn for making it possible and thanks to everyone who was a part of it!!

A beautiful effortless creation happened for me on Sunday, April 1.  A couple of us wanted to see the north of the island. So, we had to rent a car (we thought). I did not feel completely comfortable with that idea of renting a car though, for various reasons. But if we wanted to get to see some nice places, we had to rent one, of course.

So we did. Or at least, we tried. One person made the calls. But it didn’t work out well. So, we walked to one of the local tourist agencies. And there, after some talking, all of the sudden, the advisor asked us something like: “Why not renting a car WITH a driver?”

That was unexpected. My mind needed a couple of seconds to catch up with this new idea, but then I thought: “How perfect!”

No one needed to drive, no searching around where the nicest places are, no figuring out, how to pick up the car and to bring it back later… All was taken care of without us doing anything.

And it turned out to be even better than that. Our driver was a very funny guy, so we had to laugh a lot on our ride through the north of the island. And he took lot’s of pictures for us, managing all three of our cameras…)

(And we found at the end of the trip even a solution for whom we could give the rest of the food we wouldn’t need…)

It’s a bit hard to describe in a few words here, but it was just such a beautiful unfolding, an effortless creation: It started with us having and intention. Our minds made a suggestion (rent a car). Then life jumped in and orchestrated a much better solution. Then, we allowed it to happen, we sad yes to it. (That’s an important point, I think... We could have gone the other way, we could have interfered with the flow: "Oh it costs a bit more, we have planded something else...")

But fortunately, we allowed the flow...And the result was beyond my best expectations!

But it was even better than that. We had planned to do our trip on Sunday. But because of not getting a car on Sunday, it was not possible. And that was perfect. Perfectly orchestrated as well. On Sunday, sadness did arise in “my” consciousness. Like waves of energy. Wave after wave. And because there was all of the sudden no trip on Sunday, I had time, time to just focus on allowing all the feelings to come up. And to welcome any wanting to change it, wanting control. And to welcome how very personal it felt…

I was simply walking up and down on the shore of Kona village and doing releasing.

And then, as I woke up the next day, I felt peaceful and ready for an adventurous trip to the north…

It was amazing to see the flow, the perfection… simply unfolding on it’s own.

I wish you all the best!

Warm regards,

M. from Switerland

The Experience of the Death of a Friend

If you have recently experienced the death of a close friend or relative it can be a very traumatic experience. You have lost a close confidant and also you may be reminded of your own mortality. Depending on the circumstances, if the death was sudden you may also be feeling shock and disbelief, or you may even feel guilty that your friend has died while you're still living. All these reactions are natural, personal and the emotions can be observed. Simply give yourself permission to have the emotions without trying to figure it all out! 

You may most assuredly expect to enter into the five stages of grief:

1.  Disbelief

2.  Yearning

3.  Anger

4.  Depression

5.  Acceptance

However, at any stage of your grieving process, you can use The Sedona Method to help you let go of the pain you are feeling.
 
When you feel you are ready to let go, use any of the basic tools of the Sedona method and you may find you can genuinely skip or compress the stages of grief.

How to Use The Sedona Method to Let Go of Grief

Whenever you find yourself yearning for your lost friend, wishing you could change the situation or worrying about your own mortality, ask yourself one of these questions:

• Could I let this feeling go?
• Could I allow this feeling to be here?
• Could I welcome this feeling?

Your answer may be either yes or no, it doesn’t particularly matter. But once you have answered, ask yourself:

• Would I let it go?

The purpose of this is to determine if you are willing to let the feeling go. Do not debate whether or not you should let it go, simply remember that you are doing this process for yourself -- for the purpose of gaining your own freedom and clarity. But whether your answer is ultimately yes or no, move on to question #3.

• When?

This is an invitation to just let the negative feeling go NOW.

Repeat these three questions as often as needed until you feel free of that particular feeling.

Release not only on missing the person but also on the feelings it brings up about your apparent mortality.  Every body does die, however what you are is birthless, deathless and ever present.

Finally, when you are able to move past your grief, you will find that you are able to feel closer to your friend.

The grief you may be feeling does not tie you to your lost friend. Once you are ready, letting go of the grief will actually help you to feel closer to them and open your heart to an even deeper love for them and a oneness with all. Love, Karyn