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Unity Or Isolation?

Posted on October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 by Metroman

Getting to unity from isolation The opposite of isolation is unity. It is the bond and loss of boundaries between a mother and her newborn. It is the sense of love and closeness experienced with family during the holidays or a special occasion. It is the timelessness and sense of oneness experienced by two people in love. It is the state of mind experienced by all enlightened humans throughout history. We have all felt examples of this type of unity in our life but unfortunately it erodes away with a growing ego. Love and unity is a natural spiritual state that exist between all things until we start down the path of isolation (see previous post on"Isolation") Unity is a conscious choice If we choose to live a life of love and unity then we must allow our spiritual nature to guide our life. Choosing love and unity i...

Life Purpose – A different view

Posted on September 20, 2018November 8, 2018 by Metroman

Finding life purpose Many start out life with no real conception of a life purpose. In fact most people go through a significant portion of their life wanting only to satisfy their own personal desires. These desires are usually ego driven such as the accumulation of wealth or material possessions, or to rise to a position of power or recognition. This life purpose may also include wanting to satisfy a host of physical bodily desires. Finding purpose in life is something we eventually arrive at when most of those other desires are fulfilled. Once all those other desires are fulfilled people find they are still left with a certain emptiness. In other words, they find out fulfilling all their physical desires did not bring lasting happiness, contentment, satisfaction or sense of fulfillment. How to analyze your life pu...

Life Lessons From The Old

Posted on September 13, 2018November 8, 2018 by Metroman

What life lessons can older people teach us? The old and elderly are probably the most qualified authority on life lessons. They acquire this knowledge through the perspective of living a full life while looking back at its end. If you are familiar with my Abyss theory of life, you will see this is the clear perspective of having risen to new plateaus while being able to look back on life and the lessons learned at the lower levels. What most people don't realize is all these life lessons involve learning about ourselves, specifically they are lessons in choosing between the ego and spirit. In reviewing many "Top Ten List" of life lessons learned from the elderly I have compiled a list of common advice. The common thread to all this advice is personal truths about our own growth in life. If you examine each more cl...

Are you having happy thoughts ?

Posted on August 16, 2018November 8, 2018 by Metroman

How can we start to think happy thoughts ? First, let’s figure out what happy thoughts are. What if you found out your private thoughts and conversations are not private at all; you might be terrified. Suppose your every thought and every conversation through the day was posted on your social media account? Terrifying? Yes, for most people this would be more terrifying then death itself. As a matter of fact many would choose suicide over the consequence of exposing our true thoughts. Yet this example will help to highlight the nature of our thoughts. The truth is many people are thinking thoughts which do not lead to happiness. The truth of this is available for anyone willing to seek it and ponder this social media scenario. No, of course your thoughts will not be broadcast through the internet, but your thoughts an...

Unconditional Love – or – Loving someone like a pet

Posted on August 9, 2018October 24, 2018 by Metroman

Loving someone like a pet. To love a pet is a demonstration of unconditional love. First let me clarify the statement of loving someone like a pet, this title can sound either condescending or downright disrespectful. Let me also clarify I am talking about a pet you love, not one that bears the brunt of ones anger and ignorance. Pets are wonderful for providing companionship but they mostly become the object of our affection. In other words, they become an object in which we can express our unconditional love. I have to be very clear about defining the type of pet owner I am referring to. Unfortunately there are some pet owners that seem to have pets to express their frustrations, anger, intolerance and ignorance, or they wish to have control over another creature. Oh these pet owners will show their pets love when...

Human Experience – Understanding The Soul – Part 6 of 6

Posted on April 26, 2018November 17, 2018 by Metroman

Understanding The Soul - Human Experience - Part 6 of 6 In this series we have talked about all aspects of the soul, its attributes, its purpose and its progression. Ok, so now let’s bring it back down to earth to discuss the human experience... Evolution in the physical phase of human experience is a long process. Souls who have mingled in the physical plane have experienced a great fall. They find themselves in bodies with minds more similar to animals rather than the spiritual beings which they are. Observing our closest relatives in the animal world we see many of those traits remain as part of the human experience. In the animal world we find territorial wars, male or female domination over a group, fighting for the right to mate, fighting for resources, etc.. The soul - Human experience - Animal instincts ...

Understanding Consciousness Part 5 Consciousness Energy Levels

Posted on March 8, 2018October 10, 2018 by Metroman

Consciousness energy level Understanding the characteristics of each level of consciousness chriswmetz.com

Consciousness Energy Level As we review a detailed description of each consciousness energy level keep in mind that a person can be at various levels in different aspects of their life. It is the average aggregate of a persons overall consciousness that determines the level they are at. For instance someone may jump between Desire, Anger and Pride and therefore their average level may be Anger. It is not uncommon for someone to relate to many of these states at some time or another in their life, but one of them will tend to dominate our consciousness. Level descriptions Consciousness energy level 20: Shame Shame is a level at which death may be chosen through active suicide or the failure to actively prolong life. Shamed people feel humiliation or a sense of being discredited or of "losing face." They seek to hide...

Understanding Consciousness – Part 3 – Evolutionary Consciousness

Posted on February 22, 2018October 10, 2018 by Metroman

Evolutionary consciousness diagram rings of consciousness

Evolutionary Consciousness We have looked at various ways of understanding consciousness in the first and second post in this series. Now we will try to understand consciousness from an evolutionary standpoint. Reviewing evolutionary consciousness will help us better understand how consciousness has developed over time. Evolutionary Consciousness - Instinctual animal tendencies It is easy to forget that man has evolved over many thousands of years. The higher levels of consciousness we experience is a recent advance in our species. We humans have evolved from a primitive beginning rising up from ape like creatures. During this evolution natural selection favored certain characteristics, such as aggression, selfishness, paranoia and fear. These traits were advantageous to survival and procreation. The instinct to...

Seeking The Source Of Truth Inside Yourself

Posted on January 11, 2018November 14, 2018 by Metroman

There is a great deal of wisdom and truth inside each of us. So, where do we go to find truth? Why are we so ignorant sometimes? Perhaps this is because we tend to only seek information to prove we are right or to make a point. This allows us to feel justified in our feelings, judgments and behaviors. We rarely if ever seek out information to highlight our ignorance or to prove we are wrong. Why would we ever want to validate our ignorance? ⇒ Because ⇐ This is how we gain a higher level of awareness in life. Truth and ignorance abounds in the world. Whether we seek truth or stumble around in ignorance is a matter of personal preference and free will. But wait, doesn't everyone want to know truth? Not necessarily.......suppose that knowing truth exposed the not so good parts of yourself (namely ignorance.) Who w...

Taking The First Step – Hello World!

Posted on January 4, 2018April 3, 2018 by Metroman

The first step - how do we accomplish anything? Every journey we have ever gone on and every chapter of our life experience started with a "First Step." Sometimes those steps are taken unconsciously, accidentally, inadvertently or they are well thought out and planned. Sometimes there is a great deal of fear associated with taking that first step. The ego is forever trying to protect us and is fearful of anything new. Maintaining the status quo is safe and well proven. This is why the ego prefers not to take risk. The ego's desire for the status quo can prevent us from achieving many of our desires in life by making us: Procrastinate - The best way to eliminate risk is to put it off indefinitely. Fearful - What if? I might fail; People might laugh at me; People will think I'm stupid; I don't want to risk m...