Soul in a suit

The Soul And Consciousness

 

 Consciousness – “The state of being aware and responsive to one’s surroundings.”

The above is how the dictionary describes  consciousness. “Being aware of one’s surroundings”. The question is though, what is consciousness and why does it exist in the first place. Is the soul and consciousness connected.

Your consciousness is you. Your awareness is who you are. Every thought that goes through your head is created by your consciousness. Consciousness does exist, but it is never seen. It is not physical matter, but we as individuals are aware of it.

 

So if consciousness does exist (which we know it does), what is it? Some people may call it our spiritual body or Etheric Body, but it is most commonly referred to as The Soul – our true selves. Our soul and consciousness is us.

 

Can We Prove The Soul Exists?

Proving that we are more than our physical body is something that even the most accomplished scientists would find impossible. Trying to find proof that something that can’t be seen exists is no easy task. Having said that though, as individuals, we know that we exist. We exist as non physical beings, inside a virtual reality meat suit. 

 

To take this theory a step further, lets look at the physical body that we inhabit. The human body is made up of several elements including oxygen, Carbon and Calcium.  We have skin, muscle, several organs and a lot of water in our bodies. All physical attributes. They all come together to create us as human beings. We manipulate our bodies to perform tasks. We use thoughts (which are non physical) to control our bodies to undertake these tasks. We know that our thoughts are who we really are, and that our bodies are controlled by these thoughts. So is it our soul (the soul being our true selves) that controls our bodies?

 

Do We Really Need A Body?

In respect to physical life and living, a body certainly helps. In relation to our conscious side of our existence, does having a body really matter?

We are born as babies with two arms and two legs. These limbs are very useful for us to get by in our busy lives. Now as you are reading this, think about your legs for instance. They are your legs. They are part of you. You control them with your thoughts.

Now imagine having both your legs removed from your body (not a happy thought I know, but you’ll see where this is going very soon). With your legs gone you are still alive. Your consciousness carries on. Now we are going to remove your arms. Same thing again, your still fully aware and alive.

This very unpleasant example (I appologise), is a way of proving that we are much more than our physical bodies. To take it that bit further we can also live without other parts and of our bodies too. Pretty much all of our organs can be removed and replaced with another persons organs.

Machines can also act as organs to keep us alive physically. Looking to the future now, how long will it be before science has created a machine capable of performing all the functions of the main organs simultaneously? If this came to be true, then a human head could be kept alive by this mechanical body. It all sounds a bit science fiction, but we are slowly heading in that direction. How many people are walking around today with artificial body parts or heart pacemakers for example?

So we have come to the conclusion that it could be possible with future technology to recreate the human body. Now what would happen if we could push the boundaries of science and recreate the human brain? With our experiment we had a man made machine and a human head. The head was fully conscious. Our consciousness resides inside this last remaining part of our body. Lets say we now remove the brain but still have it hooked up to the machine. We are now just a brain, but we are still conscious? So does our soul reside deep inside our brain?

The gray matter of the  brain is made up of 100 billion neurons and is the fattiest organ in the body. It weighs about 3 pounds and is made of 75% water. It is pure substance so it is not who we are. We are deeper than that. Our consciousness may feel like it resides in our brain, but our consciousness is definitely not our brain.

So taking all this into consideration, we can safely say that our body is only needed to keep our presence visible on this physical plane. When we die, it is only the physical part of us that dies. Our true self is free to move on to our next great adventure. Your soul and consciousness carries on past your physical demise.

 

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Astral Projection - The Controlled Out Of Body Experience

We all do it but most of us don't realise it. Astral Projection is the art of shifting ones consciousness or awareness, out of ones body. A hole new world awaits us.