Observing a Light Show

fireworks with thanks to Ethan scienceblogs.com

It was Guy Fawke’s Night last night. This is the night when New Zealander’s light fireworks. The historical significance for this former British colony is seldom known or remarked upon. In fact the occasion fits nicely with the fire and light symbolism of Diwali and Beltane. This year the fire risk was greatly reduced by nature putting on a light show of her own. We had a spectacular electrical storm. The bursts of lightening and rolling thunder definitely outclassed the coloured showers of sky rockets.

These things are both expressions of energy contained and then released to spectacular effect. All life we see around us, including ourselves, are expressions of light and energy playing out to some effect. The particular qualities of vibratory rate or colour give us our unique characteristics.

These are soul qualities expressing through that interplay of spirit with matter as a conscious human being.

You may not have thought of yourself this way before. Consider this hypothesis: You are not your body, or your mind, or your emotions. You are in fact that mediating awareness between the spirit of life and the form you occupy. You are the Observer, the Soul.

It is a tricky word that one. Soul is a religious concept for many and a fallacy or unproven theory for many more.

If you take up this hypothesis it must certainly be followed by the assertion that all life has a soul of some sort. It is there in a flower’s response to the sun’s rays, in an animal carrying out its instinctual activity to hunt prey or cooperate with its group. It is there in the human aware of himself as an actor among the stage cast of his community. We may even notice the human soul is dual in nature, being part instinctual and part aspirational – divine even. It is this aspect of being self conscious as well as group conscious which sets the human soul apart from the others.

How do we go about detecting the soul’s presence?

The first step in testing the hypothetical soul presence is to deliberately choose to observe ourselves. Placing out attention on what we are saying, doing and feeling does more than make us self aware. It allows us to discern the Quality of our activity response. Very quickly we can learn to identify what is instinctual response and what is beyond instinct. Some of our activity will be shown to be coloured by discernment according to an inner ethical code. Could this be a clue to soul presence?

The second step is to attempt to still the mind by such techniques as meditation. With proficiency we become aware of the Observer, of a conscious existence outside of our thoughts and responses. By controlling thought in this way a calming effect is felt in daily life, from which the discerning aspect or soul qualities become more evident.

The third step is to use our sense perceptions to observe the energetic quality of those around us. We are testing for evidence of soul quality, for tell -tale signs of discerning navigation through life’s choices. We can use our physical senses to achieve this. Pay attention to what is said and how, watch behaviour and body language, sense a quality to touch. We can also use the intuitional senses available to us by observing the information coming to us from our inner perception. This “knowing” often registers in the body. We get a “feeling” which is difficult to express in language. When we sense another’s presence or distress without the assistance of physical clues we are intuiting their energy expression.

Having perceived this energetic activity in others we can turn the gaze of the Observer back to ourselves to perceive the soul presence more clearly. Now we can notice how our awareness of a Presence is changing our lives. Our attention has lit the fuse which will blow apart the restrictive container of form habits. We notice some things we are involved with are now distasteful too us. We hear how our patterns of speech have changed. It may be that we speak negatively less often for example.

At this point we recognise a quality of expression which is higher and finer than any we were aware of before. It literally changes the colour of our days. This change may come gently like the slow burning of an incandescent sparkler or it may break the surface with all the force of a lightning bolt. However it occurs the observation of soul presence changes our life profoundly. We become conscious of our Selves.