The greatest illusion in this world is the illusion of separation. Things you think are separate and different are actually one and the same. — Guru Pathik

Melissa Joy Jonsson – Often our individual and collective experiences are a result of fields with which we are knowingly or unknowingly in resonance through the hologram of consciousness. Change a field resonance in the hologram, and everything can change.

Although an understanding of science is not necessary for practical application and experience of the Fields, a general synopsis of principles relating to the science of consciousness and the possible nature of reality is provided here to support empowered interactive reality creation. However one does not need to understand the science to experience the power, love, and grace of the Fields.

In fact, experience is a form of understanding. Embodied experience ignites curiosity that propels movement in our awareness. The moment we think we completely understand or know anything, we limit what we might discover. The moment we immerse ourselves in experience, we create references and distinctions for ourselves as placeholders in our personal maps of reality.

Consider that the science in this article may be understood as a language to map the heart of love as consciousness. The science offers us the scenic route to inner truth as wisdom. Realize that the truth of the matter is that the heart always knows and understands what the mind may not yet see.

Approach the science with an open heart. Rather than attempting to assimilate the information from an analytical perspective, allow for comprehension to occur at the level of the heart’s innate intelligence. Allow for knowledge to be revealed to you by the integrative wisdom of the heart, a balance of personal truth as love in relation to all that is . . . love too.

Conversations in Consciousness

Science is a dialog between truth and reality. — Glenda Green, Love Without End

The Science of Consciousness is a vast, complex, and evolving field of study that includes a plethora of theories. The true spirit of science has always been a quest for knowledge. The word science comes from the Latin word scientia, which means “knowledge.”

Science itself has been defined as “the state of knowing: knowledge as distinguished from ignorance or misunderstanding.” Consider the possibility that much of what has been proven in so-called science may have misunderstanding at its root. A false premise proven true is still false at some level. Perhaps the true–false dichotomy is where science has gone awry? Perhaps true or false in science is more a matter of hidden or revealed? Perhaps true or false is more a function of resonance and revelations?

Our revelations may bring us to a new level of awareness, an understanding not as knowledge but as wisdom. Truth in science based on knowledge is only ever partly true. What is dismissed as false may simply be that which is not yet resonant in awareness, recognized, evident, and/or experienced. What may appear false from one vantage point may indeed be something entirely true from a different angle, perspective, or experience of consciousness.

The Science of Consciousness in Defined Parameters

The words consciousness, conscious, and conscience all derive from the same Latin word conscius, meaning “with” and “to know.” So if conscience means “with and to know,” and literally the science in conscience means the same thing as science itself, what is consciousness?

A common dictionary definition of consciousness is “the state of being awake and aware of one’s surroundings” or “the ability to be aware of, and to be able to perceive the relationship between oneself and one’s environment.” The most basic definition is simply “awareness.” Awareness.

According to the ancient Vedas, the definition of consciousness is “to be self-aware,” and a primary function of self-awareness is self-reference. [1]

So then, what exactly is the Science of Consciousness? According to Christian de Quincey, PhD, professor of philosophy and consciousness studies at John F. Kennedy University, science is about the external objective world; but consciousness is interior, it is subjective. We turn to science for reliable knowledge about the external physical cosmos, and turn to spiritual traditions for knowledge and wisdom about the “inner cosmos” of consciousness, mind, experience. To know how science knows anything, we need a different kind of science—a science of consciousness, a “noetic” science. All knowledge of the external objective world relies ultimately on nonobjective consciousness. [2]

In other words, all objective knowledge relies on subjective interpretation. So, even through science, we can never really know objective reality. Rather, we can only know our experience of reality though how we subjectively perceive reality. Our experience of reality is shaped by the apertures of our awareness, serving as windows for our subjective perceptions. Our experience of reality is affected by our perception.

Being Conscious of the Consciousness Adventure

This somewhat paradoxical notion regarding the subjective–objective nature of reality and the science of consciousness evokes memory of an amusement park ride I thoroughly enjoyed as a child: Adventure Thru Inner Space.

Adventure Thru Inner Space was a popular Disneyland attraction in Anaheim, California, from 1967 to 1985. Patrons of the ride, children and adults alike, would embark upon the adventure by climbing into open-air trams called “atom-mobiles,” which would slowly move into a giant micro- scope. I recall feeling giddy anticipation each time the journey began.

While waiting in line for the ride, we would curiously look upon a giant microscope under which the visitors ahead of us would seemingly shrink and disappear from sight. When it was our turn to board the atom-mobiles, we were subjected to the illusory experience of being shrunk down to microscopic size.

After passing through the large simulated microscope, we were injected into the center of a snowflake. This virtual reality experience was created by rocking the cars side to side while the vehicles moved forward through a dark tunnel. It was hardly rocket science, but to those with innocent perception and the magical open heart of a child, the virtual experience seemed quite real.

Upon emerging from the dark tunnel, we were welcomed by gigantic, falling snowflakes surrounding us. As we shrunk further in size, the sights changed: giant snowflakes became molecules, and molecules became atoms. Overhead, we were aware of a gigantic eye that watched our entire journey through a microscope.

When the ride was over, we were mysteriously returned to full size. For a few moments, while our perceptual lenses adjusted, we weren’t really sure if we were still microscopic in size. Reality seemed somehow … different. We wondered whether we were the same as before the adventure, or did seeing the all in small somehow change us?

The now-obsolete ride at Disneyland is much like observing life in the hologram, as we shall soon discover. When we look through our microscopes, we see aspects of ourselves waving back. The object of our awareness is not separate from us. We are like the eye in the microscope on the Disneyland ride. We are self looking at other reflecting oneself looking back. We are that which subjectively perceives and that which we observe, objectified through the lens of our awareness in an interconnected holographic universe.

Curiosity of Connections

Science and physics can evoke our curiosity about the nature of consciousness through various perspectives that unto themselves create distinct possibilities, virtual realities, playgrounds, or playing fields for exploration.

None of the scientific theories may be absolutely true, and yet many of the theories may be relatively true in close approximation. Some theories appear closer to true than others, but any conceptual truth may simply be a matter of perspective. All theories, as working models, are reflections of perceptions, based on connections.

We are the same. We are working models, reflections of perceptions based on connections.

Consider the science of consciousness as not being separate from us but rather as a way of describing us in relation to … reality. In the same way a photograph of us is not us, but rather depicts us, science attempts to objectively (or subjectively) depict terrains of reality. Science is not reality. Science is a structure to portray reality.

Science of Consciousness offers maps or snapshots to describe reality. Similarly, we as human, conscious beings are far more complex than what is depicted in a photograph. The true nature of reality expands far beyond scientific perspectives or prisms of awareness. The true nature of reality is seemingly limitless, and some scientific models attempt to capture and reflect this vast and boundless notion too.

Perhaps the Science of Consciousness is really about the workability innate to all of reality? [3] From a practical standpoint, workable models in science can support us in our experience of interactive reality creation. We can look to a science of consciousness to point us toward possible truths that enable our inner worlds to match our outer experiences.

In this process, we may want to be more conscious and conscientious about our notions of consciousness, for fixating on any specific idea can limit the very continuum of what we are attempting to be aware of, flow with, notice, and experience.

Universe as a Hologram: Reality as Illusion?

A popular meme circulating through the collective consciousness is that reality is an illusion. Is this true? Is reality an illusion? Well, this meme is perhaps true AND not true simultaneously. Reality and the illusion of reality are both true and not true when we realize the universe may be a hologram. Reality is both virtual and actual.

The meme “reality is an illusion” may simply be an invitation for us to realize that what we perceive at one level may not be all there is. More importantly, what we can conceive of may be created and actualized when we understand the holographic principles at play.  Continue reading . . .

SF Source Wake Up World  Nov 2015