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		<title>Our True Essence is of Growth and Expansion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Christodoulou</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many of us tend to repeat the same cycles day in and day out? Whether it be going to the same job that we don&#8217;t enjoy, getting angry over someone cutting us off in traffic, eating that Mcdonald&#8217;s Big Mac every Monday or even possibly being frustrated that it&#8217;s Monday again and wishing our ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How many of us tend to repeat the same cycles day in and day out? Whether it be going to the same job that we don&#8217;t enjoy, getting angry over someone cutting us off in traffic, eating that Mcdonald&#8217;s Big Mac every Monday or even possibly being frustrated that it&#8217;s Monday again and wishing our week away for the weekend to come. No matter what the experience may be, human beings tend to be creatures of routine. However, this is not our natural state. We were never designed to be stagnant or repetitive within our experience here on Earth. Our true essence is of growth and expansion. Playing and learning through creation and expanding our awareness and consciousness through all experiences.</p>
<p>The reason why I am writing about this topic is because of the fact that if we are not growing or expanding, we are limiting ourselves. We may convince ourselves that staying within a so-called &#8220;comfort zone&#8221; feels comfortable, but does it really? Or is that just our minds convincing us to stay within the confines of our routines. Many of us can feel how heavy it is to be continuing to carry all of our emotional baggage. If you pay attention to what&#8217;s going on within our local communities as well as on a global scale, you can see that our experience here is intensifying in many ways. Our emotions are coming to the surface and we&#8217;re really being pushed to let them go. Our society is designed to keep us locked in within the experience of our emotions so that they drive us. It&#8217;s designed to keep us locked in fear. The reason for this is to stifle creativity and expansion and promote separation and chaos. It&#8217;s designed to keep us locked within a repetitive cycle of being enslaved to the stories we create in our minds that define who we are and our purpose for being on the planet.</p>
<p>The truth is&#8230;We are infinite potentiality. Any stories outside of that knowing is an illusion.</p>
<p>I encourage everyone, even if it&#8217;s just for one day, to bring your awareness to an observer state where you observe everything that you do for the day. As you are going about your experience you can ask yourself, &#8220;Am I growing from this experience or is it something that I have been doing for a long time now and believe that I have to continue it to feel good?&#8221;. We can also go within and feel if the experience we are having truly resonates with our heart and soul desire.</p>
<p>As we begin to start to observe our experiences, the power of repetitiveness starts to dissolve as we realize that we always have a choice from moment to moment as to how we want to create our lives. The stories we create aren&#8217;t real&#8230;Is our mind in the drive seat or is our soul? Am I listening to the emotional fear based stories or am I listening to the faint but strong and neutral voice within? I&#8217;ve found that it&#8217;s very easy to become influenced by external sources and we forget about our own inner guidance. We&#8217;ll go to a chinese buffet and break open a fortune cookie and think that the quotes can be profound or useful, and they can be, but we all have that guidance within us. The voice that&#8217;s helping us to move forward and the essence that wants to expand and play!</p>
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<p>The next time you observe your experience and realize that you&#8217;ve been repeating it for a long time, make the choice to try something new. Maybe apply for a different job, say thank you to the guy who cuts you off in traffic for assisting you in seeing what emotions you are holding on to, maybe order a salad instead of a Big Mac or even bring your own salad, and maybe, just maybe, the next time you feel frustrated about it being the beginning of a work week, take a few deep breathes and bring yourself to the present moment. Wishing our week away takes away from experiencing peace right now. When we bring ourselves to a state of peace and are present within the moment, we then can see that we are creators and nothing is stopping us from creating as we wish. If you&#8217;re sitting at a desk or doing whatever it is and you are at peace with it, but feel inside that what you are doing isn&#8217;t what you want to do anymore, try something new! Be yourself and try something less limiting and that is beneficial for the greater good of humanity. We don&#8217;t need to be afraid of change as we are creators and as we know inside that we have the power to manifest anything. Even a simple shift like changing jobs or changing our eating habits can open the door for not only ourselves to a whole new level of experience, but it&#8217;s assisting others as well. As we each step out of the norm and dissolve our fears, we allow others to do the same. We then become beacons of light. Guiding our brothers and sisters through change. A simple shift like this can change your world individually and our world collectively.</p>
<p>Our true essence is of growth and expansion. Our natural state is peace and we create through unconditional love. This is who and what we truly are. Try something new. Make a change! You just might never look back <img src='http://www.collective-evolution.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Much Love!</p>
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		<title>CE on Spiritual Broadcasting Network Tues Feb 28th 9PM EST</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Collective Evolution</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joe has the privilege of being be on the Spiritual Broadcasting Network with host George Lewis on his show Spiritual But Not Religious. You can tune in an check out the show at 9pm EST on Tuesday February 28th at the following link http://sbnvideo.com/live-show/ George has many amazing guests on his show who all share ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Joe has the privilege of being be on the Spiritual Broadcasting Network with host George Lewis on his show Spiritual But Not Religious. You can tune in an check out the show at 9pm EST on Tuesday February 28th at the following link <a href="http://sbnvideo.com/live-show/" target="_blank">http://sbnvideo.com/live-show/</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">George has many amazing guests on his show who all share awesome insights and information with others so please check out the archives as well to check out other guests. This show will be another great one as it will cover a wide variety of topics all geared towards the amazing times we are in right now.</p>
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		<title>Oneness = One World Government?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 05:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consciousness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to the New World Order/One World Government, I notice that many individuals are policing everything and everyone that speaks of &#8220;Unity&#8221;, &#8220;Togetherness&#8221;, &#8220;Connectedness&#8221;, &#8220;Oneness&#8221;, as if they would automatically be connected to the elite&#8217;s plan for a one world government. But quite frankly, this is a myth that can be easily debunked. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When it comes to the New World Order/One World Government, I notice that many individuals are policing everything and everyone that speaks of &#8220;Unity&#8221;, &#8220;Togetherness&#8221;, &#8220;Connectedness&#8221;, &#8220;Oneness&#8221;, as if they would automatically be connected to the elite&#8217;s plan for a one world government. But quite frankly, this is a myth that can be easily debunked.</p>
<p>The science behind this claim is this: Because it is called a &#8220;one world government&#8221;, anything that relates to the word &#8220;one&#8221; = NWO AGENDA.</p>
<p><strong>The truth is, there is a very big difference between a human race coming together to create a world of FREEDOM&#8230;</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.299193280093837.85062.116687938344373&amp;type=3"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-16666" title="Oneness" src="http://www.collective-evolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Capture-d’écran-2012-02-25-à-22.11.10.png" alt="" width="579" height="450" /></a></p>
<p><strong>And a single political authority bringing humanity together under its DOMINION.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/theLOVEvolution"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16664" title="NWO" src="http://www.collective-evolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Capture-d’écran-2012-02-25-à-22.01.022.png" alt="" width="600" height="252" /></a></p>
<p>A consciousness of oneness has nothing to do with a form of government. It has nothing to do with a reality in which everyone is microchipped and expected to experience their lives as obedient workers. In fact, for a one world government to work, humanity would have to operate from the same state of <strong>separation </strong>in which they believe they are powerless, need to be led, and are separate from everyone and everything. The new world order isn&#8217;t interested in us working/creating together. It is interested in <strong>numbing</strong> our unique creativity and willingness to think outside the box in order to breed and train a standardized citizenry.</p>
<p>Oneness, on the other hand, is all about <strong>awakening</strong> our <strong>unique gifts</strong> and <strong>creativity</strong>. When coming from this state of consciousness, creating an enslaving dependency to a form of &#8220;authority&#8221; simply does not make any sense. Instead of promoting a stagnant, repetitive existence, oneness promotes an expansive existence. Oneness is all about working with each other in order to create a world that is harmonious with all beings. It is a state in which it is natural for us to think in terms of &#8216;what can serve or harm the WHOLE&#8217;, instead of &#8216;what can serve or harm ME&#8217;. It transcends our need to bicker with each other, control each other, and harm each other, simply because it see&#8217;s through the veils of separation, and understands that we are all interconnected. Differences in cultures, skin colors, and experiences are embraced, yet they no longer create segregation and judgment.</p>
<p>We are all brothers and sisters, we are all earthlings, and we all co-create our reality together.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;The time has come for you to look at things in a new way. This is the moment of your rebirth, as an individual and a society. We are All One. Everything we are doing, we are doing in concert with each other.&#8221; - Neale Donald Walsch</p>
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<p>Instead of judging information according to the words you have labeled as &#8220;dangerous&#8221;, I encourage you to take a moment to intuitively feel out the content. Your intuition isn&#8217;t the voice that screams, labels, judges and fears. It isn&#8217;t the perception that is conditioned by countless concepts and interpretations of what is there. It is the peaceful voice within you that see&#8217;s things for what they truly are, and simply knows what does and does not makes sense.</p>
<blockquote>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#8220;Your original <strong>unconditioned</strong> consciousness exists only in you, so going elsewhere can never give you access to your essential nature, to who you really are.&#8221; - Byron Brown<br />
</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Elina</p>
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		<title>FREE March Open Discussion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark DeNicola</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, March 12th, The Enlightened Path in association with Collective Evolution is hosting it&#8217;s third monthly FREE open discussion in the City of Toronto.  Just like the previous gatherings, the discussion will be open to a variety of subjects, and everyone is welcome to bring their own views and opinions. Whether it be about 2012, change ]]></description>
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<p>On Monday, March 12th, <a href="http://www.theenlightenedpath.ca/">The Enlightened Path</a> in association with Collective Evolution is hosting it&#8217;s third monthly FREE open discussion in the City of Toronto.  Just like the previous gatherings, the discussion will be open to a variety of subjects, and everyone is welcome to bring their own views and opinions. Whether it be about 2012, change on the planet, the control structure, disclosure, or anything else that might come up. Everyone is welcome!</p>
<p>NOTE: We are still holding the event at UofT, however we have changed buildings a 3rd straight time, this time to accommodate the larger attendance we seem to be getting. Which is wonderful. The building this time is just across the street from last month&#8217;s building, so it should be simple to find.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Let’s Talk Toronto<br />
</strong>University of Toronto – Downtown Campus<br />
Health Sciences Building  – Room 106<br />
155 College Street<br />
Toronto, ON</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Monday, March 12th, 2012<br />
6:30PM – 8:30PM</p>
<p>To confirm your attendance join our Meetup group <a href="http://www.meetup.com/Collective-Evolution-Toronto/">HERE</a> or contact us at: contact@collective-evolution.com</p>
<p>See you then!</p>
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		<title>The World Is Our Canvas And We’re Holding The Paintbrush</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Christodoulou</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was really inspired to write this article after I had a profound eye-opening experience in how I realized that by truly shifting myself within and beginning to live my life in a higher frequency, it shifted my external world. This shift has come through a lot of internal reflection and release of the old ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.collective-evolution.com/2012/02/21/the-world-is-our-canvas-and-were-holding-the-paintbrush/paintheworldladder/" rel="attachment wp-att-16007"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-16007" title="paintheworldladder" src="http://www.collective-evolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/paintheworldladder.jpeg" alt="" width="219" height="230" /></a>I was really inspired to write this article after I had a profound eye-opening experience in how I realized that by truly shifting myself within and beginning to live my life in a higher frequency, it shifted my external world. This shift has come through a lot of internal reflection and release of the old way of thinking and functioning on the planet.</p>
<p>It’s been about 3 years now since the inception of <a href="http://www.collective-evolution.com">www.collective-evolution.com</a> and so much amazing growth and expansion has come of it not only within myself but through so many people who have taken part in this movement of shifting our consciousness. I remember how even just 3 years ago things seemed so different. It was a lot more difficult to be open and share what has now become more public domain. It allowed me to take on many challenges of opposition within my own mind and the limiting belief systems that I have played with as well as what other souls have presented for me to assist me along my journey.</p>
<p>I look back now 3 years ago and remember sitting in fellow CE Team member Joe Martino’s basement being so excited about the experiences that we were having and how we wanted to create an opportunity to share them with others. We had a dream in wanting to change the world so strongly that it drove us to want to change ourselves, not only because it would assist others in helping them to do the same, but because it just resonated with us to want to experience more than what we had been experiencing for most of our lives. We began to go beyond the conventional ways of functioning on the planet and it has opened us up to an unbelievable array of experiences that have brought us wisdom and knowledge of ourselves and the grand universe that we are all a part of and connected with. We&#8217;ve met so many beautiful, amazing souls and had so many amazing experiences!</p>
<p>With how we have grown and where it’s brought us to at this point, so many things are opening up for us because it is in alignment with what humanity is collectively asking for at this time. I want to make it clear that through the work that we do, we do it solely out of great love for humanity and the planet because we can see a world that is a possibility for all of us to experience and we want to assist in awakening people to that possibility and turn it into a reality that we truly can experience as a whole.</p>
<p>We started Collective Evolution from ground zero with it being a simple blog site where we wrote and shared articles about our personal experiences. Today, over the span of a few years we have grown into an international outlet assisting thousands of people worldwide through platforms such as documentary films, articles and videos, seminars, gatherings and meditations, consultations, radio and web-based interviews, etc.  All of this has been made possible through our own contributions as well as the loving donated gifts from others.</p>
<p>The reason why I’m sharing this is because I want to show others that when you truly put your heart and soul into something and it serves the whole of humanity, it is absolutely possible to manifest whatever your heart desires. You will be supported if you trust, put yourself in the moment and go with the flow with whatever comes your way along your journey. We all hold an innate love and connectedness as brothers and sisters and in unity, and only through unity has our work been made possible. Nothing else makes us feel more like ourselves than to be sharing and playing with humanity in the way that we do. We want to let all of you who may read this article know that through your own love and shining your light is absolutely making a difference for the world as we are the world and change starts with each of us individually.</p>
<p>All in all, the lives we live is our creation and our choice and at the end of the day it is what we choose to experience that brings us the experiences that we have and it’s perfect! We are creators in essence and we can create anything. The world is our canvas and we hold the paintbrush!</p>
<p>Thank you to all of you who are choosing to be a part of this shift for being you and contributing in the way that you are!</p>
<p>The future is up to us in what we wish to create and it’s exciting to see how it is all going to unfold from here!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Much Love!</p>
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		<title>BPA: Why &amp; How To Avoid It</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark DeNicola</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bisphenol A, more commonly referred to as BPA, is a compound regularly used in the production of plastics and cans. For several years now it has been well-documented that exposure to BPA in any amount is more than unhealthy to the human physicality. In fact, exposure to it has been linked to several problematic symptoms ]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Bisphenol A, more commonly referred to as BPA, is a compound regularly used in the production of plastics and cans. For several years now it has been well-documented that exposure to BPA in any amount is more than unhealthy to the human physicality. In fact, exposure to it has been linked to several problematic symptoms -impaired female reproductive elements, diabetes and prostrate diseases to name a few.  Despite this being the case, BPA can still be found in an abundance of canned foods, plastic food storage bags, water bottles and much more.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">With the public becoming more and more aware of its effects, some organizations have taken the step or have at least flirted with the idea of removing BPA from their production processes. Until that transition fully kicks in, there are two things that you can do:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.collective-evolution.com/2012/02/21/bpa-why-how-to-avoid-it/grocery-store1/" rel="attachment wp-att-15969"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15969" title="Grocery Store" src="http://www.collective-evolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Grocery-Store1-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>(1) Spread awareness of the truth to BPA (Either in direct communication, or by sharing articles such as this one)</p>
<p>(2) Look out for and make the choice to purchase BPA-Free products (they do exist)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Many food manufacturers, such as Eden Organic, pride themselves on selling popular canned foods -such as beans and chick peas -in cans that are BPA free (a fact that they blatantly publicize on the label of the item). Locating these products often doesn&#8217;t even require a natural or health food store, most of these products exist on your normal grocer&#8217;s shelf.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Now are these BPA-free products higher priced than their worse-to-consume alternative? At this point, yes. But that&#8217;s where taking the first step of spreading awareness becomes increasingly important. As much as I don&#8217;t like to play with the economic system, even basic economics tell you that as demand rises the price point of a product can shift. Meaning as more people make the choice to purchase BPA-free products, manufacturers such as Eden Organics won&#8217;t need to charge as much for their products to still be profitable. Mind you, the difference in price isn&#8217;t even that drastic!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To finish off this article on a lighter note, I figured I would share a simple and delicious recipe using BPA-Free chick peas.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Chick Pea Salad</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">- 1 Can of BPA Free Organic Chick Peas<br />
- 1 Large Organic Tomato<br />
- 1/2 cup of Chopped Red or White Onion<br />
- Olive Oil<br />
- <a href="http://www.avogel.ca/en/shop/health_food/herbamare_orig.php">A. Vogel Herbamare Seasoning Salt</a> To Taste<br />
- Garlic Powder To Taste<br />
- Oregano To Taste</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Have a BPA-Free recipe of your own, or possibly some other alternatives that you want to share? Be sure to post it as a comment below.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">For a more complete list of what BPA has been linked to: <a href="http://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/bpa/bpa_side_effects.php">HEALTH PROBLEMS LINKED WITH BPA</a><br />
For a list of some products to help you avoid BPA: <a href="http://nutrition.about.com/od/ahealthykitchen/tp/bpa-free.htm">LIST OF BPA FREE PRODUCTS</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Christodoulou</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello viewers A few months ago this article was given to me by my girlfriend’s mother, as she had seen it in our local health food store. Now, I have heard of the Codex Alimentarius plan to shut down sources of natural foods and vitamins as well as stories that this was happening but it ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello viewers <img src='http://www.collective-evolution.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  A few months ago this article was given to me by my girlfriend’s mother, as she had seen it in our local health food store. Now, I have heard of the Codex Alimentarius plan to shut down sources of natural foods and vitamins as well as stories that this was happening but it was much more eye-opening to me to see it happening in my own backyard so to speak. Many think that Canada is a humble country and very serving to it’s citizens, but we have to pose the question…Is our government truly serving our best interests? Check out this article and see what surfaces for you.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.collective-evolution.com/2012/02/20/is-our-government-truly-serving-our-best-interests/pete-orange/" rel="attachment wp-att-15830"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-15830" title="Pete Orange" src="http://www.collective-evolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Pete-Orange-791x1024.jpg" alt="" width="665" height="860" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Clearly after reading the article it&#8217;s obvious that the Canadian government is conducting unlawful raids, but why? Why would Health Canada want to suppress natural forms of medicine? It&#8217;s not because of profit as many may think. It&#8217;s also not because it&#8217;s dangerous to public health. It&#8217;s simply about control. Health Canada is an organization that regulates what types of medicines and procedures are being taken for public health measures. They have an agenda to keep people dumbed down and sick. Why? Because unhealthy people are easy to control and manipulate. Health care is another example of how backwards everything is on Earth. Their agenda is the exact opposite of what we are led to believe. There are loads of various natural cures and remedies that humanity could be using to treat illness and raise public health but they are kept secret by our governments so that we don&#8217;t wake up to the truth of the corruption and manipulation at hand and the power that we truly have.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">For people who may be skeptical of the natural remedies being effective, think about this question&#8230;If these products were truly harmful and didn&#8217;t effectively help people, why haven&#8217;t they made it public knowledge and sent out mass warnings? Why is it that these raids are being conducted in secrecy and in unlawful ways? It&#8217;s because their claims can&#8217;t be backed. They are false claims and they really have no proof of natural remedies being dangerous to public health. If you really do your research, you&#8217;ll realize that regulated medicines and medical procedures that we endure and accept are the true dangers to our health.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">All I can say is that desperate times call for desperate measures&#8230;The control system is collapsing and they are becoming quite desperate in keeping their control alive. But of course, the governments of the world have never abided by the laws they put in place for the masses anyway. This is nothing new, it&#8217;s just now becoming more publicly profound as we are awakening and taking the steps to move forward in the global consciousness shift.</p>
<p>The important thing to understand is that this isn&#8217;t something we need to judge. It&#8217;s simply something we need to be aware of and it&#8217;s awesome that this stuff is all coming to the surface as it is giving us an opportunity to move forward greatly within the human experience. As we become aware of what is truly playing out on the planet we can come to the understanding that we have the power to change things as we wish and that the current structures and government that are in place don&#8217;t have to be there. If it&#8217;s not truly serving the whole of humanity is it really worth playing with anymore? We could eliminate all poverty, disease, war, etc just by changing our belief systems in how we believe we need to function as human beings on the planet. We&#8217;ve been going about our daily lives not really questioning many things like &#8220;why are things the way they are?&#8221;. But, with articles like this and more and more people sharing their truth, things are shifting beautifully! Feel free to share this article if you wish <img src='http://www.collective-evolution.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Much Love!</p>
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		<title>Try This: Sit in Public &amp; Don’t Judge Anything You See</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Martino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is something I like to do when I am out or even when I am at home but it&#8217;s definitely more challenging when being in public. Here it is.. you sit and observe everything around you. The environment you are in, the people, the sounds, the smells, everything! While you are doing it try ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.collective-evolution.com/2012/02/20/try-this-sit-in-public-dont-judge-anything-you-see/bench/" rel="attachment wp-att-15799"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-15799" title="bench" src="http://www.collective-evolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bench-300x241.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="241" /></a>This is something I like to do when I am out or even when I am at home but it&#8217;s definitely more challenging when being in public. Here it is.. you sit and observe everything around you. The environment you are in, the people, the sounds, the smells, everything! While you are doing it try to just observe it. Don&#8217;t classify, categorize or judge any of it. Even go beyond the name of something you are looking at. ex. a tree. Don&#8217;t see the tree and say &#8220;OK there is a tree and it has leaves on it. It&#8217;s brown and green and tilts slightly to the side. Oh there&#8217;s a squirrel on the tree! He just jumped from one branch to the other! Oh geez the squirrel almost just fell, crazy squirrel.&#8221; Instead, just look at the tree and see it as simply something that is there.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">What this lets us do is pay attention to the moment. It reveals all the stories, the mind chatter and the effect the ego has on every moment we are awake.  This is a very relaxing and profound experience to play with as it&#8217;s something we generally don&#8217;t do often in our every day lives.. simply observe. We are usually always going somewhere or waiting for what&#8217;s next or watching something intently. We don&#8217;t take the time to just sit and observe, feel and not judge. My most creative an profound moments have come from doing stuff like this.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Give it a try!</p>
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		<title>We’re Looking For Your Ideas and Inventions!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Christodoulou</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello to all our viewers! The CE Team is currently working on two projects, a third documentary as well as an exciting new project called The S.H.I.F.T. Project (www.shift-project.org). With these, we are looking for revolutionary, clean and free energy technologies that can be potentially implemented on a global scale, thus shifting human society as ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.collective-evolution.com/2012/02/19/15599/new-technology-2012/" rel="attachment wp-att-15601"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-15601" title="new-technology-2012" src="http://www.collective-evolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/new-technology-2012-300x205.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="205" /></a>Hello to all our viewers! The CE Team is currently working on two projects, a third documentary as well as an exciting new project called The S.H.I.F.T. Project (www.shift-project.org). With these, we are looking for revolutionary, clean and free energy technologies that can be potentially implemented on a global scale, thus shifting human society as a whole into a more harmonious and peaceful society.</p>
<p>For example, we are looking for technologies that can produce clean water, replace combustion engines for transportation, replace man labour with automated devices, provide free electricity for powering/heating/cooling homes and businesses, etc.</p>
<p>We are looking for your ideas! We will be reviewing all submissions and the ones we feel that can benefit humanity the most will be featured in our upcoming projects. We would love to be able to interview inventors and provide detailed explanations and demonstrations of these technologies in regards to how they came about, inspiration behind the work, how they work, how they can be used in society and how they can be implemented on a global scale.</p>
<p>If you yourself have ideas or inventions or you know someone who does, please contact us at contact@collective-evolution.com.</p>
<p>We look forward to what will present!!!</p>
<p>Much Love,</p>
<p>The CE Team</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an excerpt from a book that I have been working on for quite some time and hope to release in the near future. Hope you enjoy! With Love, Elina It seems that mankind has come up with a multitude of stories and rationalizations in order to explain the reason and purpose of our ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>This is an excerpt from a book that I have been working on for quite some time and hope to release in the near future. Hope you enjoy!</strong></p>
<p><strong>With Love,</strong><br />
<strong> Elina</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/theLOVEvolution"><img class=" wp-image-15173 aligncenter" title="Duality" src="http://www.collective-evolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Capture-d’écran-2012-02-17-à-17.09.30.png" alt="" width="554" height="280" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It seems that mankind has come up with a multitude of stories and rationalizations in order to explain the reason and purpose of our existence. The traditionally endorsed answers to existential questions tend to come from either religion or atheistic science. Religion generally dismisses a large number of scientific facts, while usually promoting a spiritual savior figure, guidelines, and an ultimate reward and punishment system. Science, on the other hand, studies no further than the material world, and “praises” coincidence, rather than acknowledging a consciousness or purpose behind the existence of life.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">While humanity has largely divided itself into these two mindsets, the only alternative that seems to be left out of the loop is the merging of both science and spirituality. Could they be linked to one another, or are they bound to contradiction? Without referring to another dogmatic and deity-based theology, could an essence of consciousness possibly be involved in nature? Or is life nothing but a purposeless phenomenon in the midst of a universe of dead matter?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Let’s take a moment to reflect on the galaxies, the solar system, the ecosystem, the fauna, the flora, the cells, DNA, or any other ingenious mechanisms that make up our reality. Ever wondered why snowflakes show flawlessly geometrical patterns, or why plants know when to bloom and birds when to migrate? Ever wondered why you even have the conscious ability to witness such phenomena?</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/theLOVEvolution?sk=app_167969729896883"><img class="wp-image-15153 aligncenter" title="Consciousness Pattern" src="http://www.collective-evolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/videogodscience-1024x454.jpg" alt="" width="581" height="257" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">“<em>The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.” </em><em>–</em><em> Albert Einstein</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">It is obvious that science is simply a tool assisting us in understanding the <strong>already conscious</strong> mechanics of nature. We attempt to learn about it, yet it already existed in perfect harmony before we tried to. However, many scientists insist in describing such a rich, conscious and lively existence as a mere coincidence, with no intelligence involved in its inception. The only intelligence or consciousness that mainstream science seems to acknowledge is the intellect of our brain.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>CONSCIOUSNESS BEFORE THE BRAIN, OR AFTER THE BRAIN?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To this day, we read in most science books that consciousness is merely an outcome of chemical processes in the brain, as if it emerged<em>—</em>by coincidence<em>—</em>out of brain tissue. But does this claim make any sense?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If consciousness only exists in the brain, then how could &#8220;unconsciousness&#8221; create a brain that is not only conscious, but that has a capacity for complex subjective experience? Did superficial brain processes invent the brain itself, the body, the earth, and the entire universe? Why do conscious and experiencing beings<em>—</em>such as us<em>—</em>even exist in the first place? WHY is there consciousness?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Such questions are undoubtably a problem that the scientific community seems to ignore<em>—</em>perhaps to avoid a more metaphysical perspective.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"> <em>“</em><em>How is it that something as unconscious as the matter of the brain ever gives rise to something as immaterial as an experience? (…) </em><em>Scientists find themselves in the strange position of being confronted daily by the indisputable fact of their own consciousness, yet with no means to account for it.</em><em>”</em><em> &#8211; <a href="http://www.peterrussell.com/" target="_blank">Peter Russell</a> <em>(M.A., D.C.S., F.S.P.)</em></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/theLOVEvolution"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-15208" title="Consciousness Within and Without" src="http://www.collective-evolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Consciousness-Not-Brain-1-32.jpeg" alt="" width="324" height="250" /></a>Physics, biology, chemistry or any other science<em>—</em>despite their success in analyzing the material world<em>—</em>simply cannot explain the purpose of it all, or where it all really came from. They cannot account for the fundamental essence that makes us conscious individuals with a deep sense of self and of subjective experience. Our spark of being<em>—</em>the one that makes us creators, thinkers and observers with such a rich and multifaceted inner world<em>—</em>is undeniably beyond the bounds of mainstream science.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“</em><em>In one way or another, they are trying to accommodate the anomaly of consciousness within an intrinsically materialist worldview. Like the mediaeval astronomers who kept on adding more and more epicycles, the <strong>underlying metaparadigm</strong> is seldom, if ever, questioned.” </em><em>–</em><em> <a href="http://www.peterrussell.com/" target="_blank">Peter Russell</a> (M.A., D.C.S., F.S.P.)</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Such observations are generally avoided in our society. After all, how relevant are “mysterious” existential questions in a system in which mindlessness,  material consumption and financial success are the primary focus? However, this book is not meant to abide with either preconceptions nor popular stances. We are not going to address the cause of a celebrity’s weight gain, recite bible verses, talk about politics and economics or inform you of sport statistics. We are going to delve into the realm of the unresolved.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In order to understand who we are and why we are here, we have to explore the deepest level of our reality. What are we made of? What is the very source of all that exists?</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>&#8220;My studies in mathematics and quantum physics explained how the entire material universe could have evolved from the simplest of the elements—hydrogen. Yet the most fascinating question for me had now become: How had hydrogen—a single electron orbiting a single proton—evolved into a system that could be aware of itself? How had the universe become conscious?&#8221;</strong> &#8211; <a href="http://www.peterrussell.com/" target="_blank">Peter Russell</a> (M.A., D.C.S., F.S.P.)</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/theLOVEvolution"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15555" title="Observing Itself" src="http://www.collective-evolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/starGazing.jpeg" alt="" width="540" height="240" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">REALITY BEYOND THE BRAIN</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">When basing our understanding on a three-dimensional experience, our automatic reasoning will surely be that reality is made up of matter. Not to mention that the word “real” is mostly tagged upon all that is perceivable through our 5 senses. However, quantum experiments and neurological studies have proven this impression to be inaccurate. Reality is actually quite different from the images filtered by the brain.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The mind may find it ridiculous to even consider that what it so clearly perceives is not exactly as it seems. But who is to say that the human brain<em>—</em><strong>which only serves as a decoder of abstract electrical signals<em>—</em></strong>is the ultimate point of reference as to what is real and what is not?</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“</em><em>Remember how electrical currents and &#8216;unseen waves&#8217; were laughed at? The knowledge about man is still in its infancy.” &#8211; Albert Einstein.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">As much as Cartesian minds may conquer, it is primordial to set aside the scientific ego and open ourselves up to a path of uncertainty. Because the first step to understanding the fundamental construct of reality is to accept that it is quite unlike our mind’s perception of what is “out there”. As the great physicist Erwin Schrödinger stated, <strong><em>“</em><em>Every man</em><em>’</em><em>s world picture is and always remains a construct of his mind, and cannot be proved to have any other existence.”</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There is indeed no evidence, which could prove that the reality we experience “out there” is not a mere reconstruction of information/codes received and filtered through our nervous system.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As a matter of fact, studies show that the world we perceive through our eyes is merely our brain&#8217;s interpretation of<strong> </strong>electrical signals derived from <strong>light</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Light<strong> </strong>is scientifically referred to as <strong>electromagnetic radiation</strong>, or simply as <strong>energy</strong>. We often think of light as the brightness we can see with our eyes, yet visible light is but a very small portion within a vast range of light frequencies.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The light frequencies known to the scientific community have been categorized and labelled in what is called the electromagnetic spectrum.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/theLOVEvolution"><img class=" wp-image-15221 aligncenter" title="Electromagnetic Spectrum" src="http://www.collective-evolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Capture-d’écran-2012-02-17-à-20.18.08.png" alt="" width="491" height="206" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Visible light is a range of frequencies that project our three-dimensional reality. As these light frequencies enter the eye, it triggers chemical reactions in the retina, which produce electro-chemical impulses. These travel along nerve fibers to the back of the brain, which is where vision is interpreted. The brain then analyses the data it receives, and recreates its own picture of what is “out there”. However, what is “out there” is quite unlike the coherent and conceivable world we experience through our senses.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“</em><em>Consider our experience of the colour green. In the physical, there is light of a certain frequency, but the light itself is not green. Nor are the electrical impulses that are transmitted from the eye to the brain. No colour exists there. The green we see is a quality appearing in the mind in response to this frequency of light. It exists only as a subjective experience in the mind.” </em><em>–</em><em> <em><a href="http://www.peterrussell.com/" target="_blank">Peter Russell</a> (M.A., D.C.S., F.S.P.)</em></em></p>
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<p><img class="size-full wp-image-15234 aligncenter" title="Light Eye" src="http://www.collective-evolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Capture-d’écran-2012-02-17-à-20.54.43.png" alt="" width="280" height="180" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Even though we have labelled certain light frequencies with names such as ultraviolet or gamma rays, they are all just light/energy. There are no definitive breaks or boundaries when it comes to light, but only a continuous range of energy, which can lower or raise its vibration speed. It is within this ocean of light, that our ingenious brain is able to translate a specific frequency range into what we call our visible “reality”.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">THE SECRET OF THE QUANTUM WORLD</span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“What we have called matter is energy (light), whose vibration has been so lowered as to be perceptible to the senses. There is no matter.” - Albert Einstein</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Everything is inherently made of light in different frequencies, and this does not exclude solidity. Just as light can manifest itself in a frequency range that is visible to our senses, it can also manifest itself in a frequency range that is touchable to our senses. It doesn’t mean that the objects we experience are solid by nature; it only means that our brain interprets them as solid.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Of course, the thought of matter being “immaterial” will seem farfetched to the mind, because its only reference point is the human <strong>senses</strong>. But let’s not forget that <strong>all of our</strong> <strong>senses</strong> are the product of an ingenious computer called “the brain”, which<em>—</em>again<em>—</em>is only a decoder of electrical signals. Our 5 senses will never give us an accurate picture of what is truly “out there”, because they can only experience what they are designed to experience. Without a brain programmed to transform light into electrical signals, and electrical signals into visible shapes, colors, sounds and sensations, there is only light of different frequencies and vibrations. As the great inventor, electrical engineer, and scientist Nikola Tesla stated, <strong><em>“</em></strong><em><strong>If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”</strong>.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“</em><em>Are not millions and millions of blobs of energy and light, photons and electrons? They make up this imaginary three-dimensional solid world, which does not exist at all according to Relativity or Quantum Mechanics. (…)</em> <em>The only realities we know are the ones our brain manufactures. A brain receives millions of signals every minute. And we organize them into holograms which we project outside ourselves and call it </em><em>‘</em><em>Reality</em><em>’”</em><em> &#8211; Dr. Robert Anton Wilson</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">As the quote above states, “blobs of energy” or “light” are terms that would best describe the smallest, most elementary particles that make up the material world. Most linear minds would hope to find proof of their solidity, but the truth turns out to be more puzzling than the easy to grasp concept of size and mass.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">We all know that matter is composed of atoms. Yet studies now reveal that each atom is composed of 99.9999999 % empty space. They are nothing like the “solid balls” that science has used to describe them for two thousand years. The remaining 0.0000001% of the atom represents the elementary particles that are hundreds of thousands times smaller. This means that if we enlarge an atom to the size of a football stadium, the nucleus of the atom would only be as large as a tiny grain of rice, and so are the electrons orbiting around it. As the early twentieth-century British physicist Sir Arthur Eddington stated, <strong><em>&#8220;Matter is mostly ghostly empty space.&#8221;</em></strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The discovery that matter is mostly immaterial seemed too uncomfortable for the minds of physicists to grasp. Therefore, in an attempt to at least ascribe solid properties and measurements to the elementary particles of matter, physicists have encountered another so-called “anomaly” within the quantum world. Experiments show that elementary particles can behave and look like particles, but are not solid in essence. They are truly and inherently <strong>waves of potential existence</strong>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“</em><em>With the advent of quantum theory, it was found that even these minute subatomic particles were themselves far from solid. In fact, they are not much like matter at all<em>—</em>at </em><em>least nothing like matter as we know it. They can&#8217;t be pinned down and measured precisely. They are more like fuzzy clouds of potential existence, with no definite location. Much of the time they seem more like waves than particles. Whatever matter is, it has little, if any, substance to it.” </em><em>–</em><em> <em><em><a href="http://www.peterrussell.com/" target="_blank">Peter Russell</a> (M.A., D.C.S., F.S.P.)</em></em></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The reason for this abstract description is precisely because what appears to be elementary “particles” behave in a most abstract manner. They are inherently spread out as waves of light<em><em>—</em></em>without a defined and measurable substance or location like we would expect &#8220;solid&#8221; particles to have. However, this light carries all potentialities for manifestation. In other words, light has the potential to manifest itself in many ways, which would explain why<em><em>—</em></em>despite there being only light<em><em>—</em></em>we experience a world of many particles, textures, colors, sounds, and so forth.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>“</em><em>This isn</em><em>’</em><em>t the world of electrons. It</em><em>’</em><em>s the world of potential electrons.</em><em>”</em></strong><em> </em><em>–</em><em> John Hagelin, Particle Physicist, Ph. D.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">According to quantum studies such as the <a href="http://youtu.be/DfPeprQ7oGc" target="_blank">double slit experiment</a>, that which defines what potentiality the wave will “choose”, is the presence of a conscious and observing mind. Physicists can now say for a fact that the very presence of a conscious mind observing and intending to define or measure a particle, consequently determines the aspect and location in which it takes form. The only question our science cannot answer is WHY light defines itself as a particle the moment we observe and define it. This quantum anomaly is scientifically known as the measurement problem.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“</em><em>The measurement problem is this: an atom only appears in a particular place if you measure it. In other words, an atom is spread out all over the place until a conscious observer decides to look at it.” &#8211; Prof. Jim Al-Khalili</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“</em><em>And anytime we attempt to look at particles beyond a certain level, the very act of observation changes (their) lanes.” &#8211; Dr. Dean Radin</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">To put it simply, the fundamental nature of reality is originally &#8220;open” to all potential outcomes, yet our very consciousness is intimately hooked to the one that shall be experienced. As the physicist Dr. York Dobyns stated, <strong>“<em>Without us, (conscious beings) there would just be this expanding superposition of possibilities with nothing definite ever actually happening.”</em></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">MYSTERIOUS LIGHT</span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“</em><em>Any exchange of energy between any two atoms in the universe involves the exchange of photons. Every interaction in the material world is mediated by light. In this way, <strong>light penetrates and interconnects the entire cosmos</strong>. (…) Although all we ever see is light, paradoxically, we never know light directly. The light that strikes the eye is known only through the energy it releases. This energy is translated into a visual image in the mind, and that image seems to be composed of light<em><em>—</em></em>but that light is a quality of mind. We never know the light itself. </em><em>”</em><em> </em><em>–</em><em> <em><em><em><a href="http://www.peterrussell.com/" target="_blank">Peter Russell</a> (M.A., D.C.S., F.S.P.)</em></em></em></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><em><em><em></em></em></em></em><strong><em style="text-align: justify;">“</em><em style="text-align: justify;">For the rest of my life I want to reflect on what light is.</em><em style="text-align: justify;">”</em></strong><em style="text-align: justify;"> </em><em style="text-align: justify;">–</em><em style="text-align: justify;"> Albert Einstein</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Days could be spent studying the behavior of the quantum world, and more problems and anomalies could be discussed. Yet these so-called quantum anomalies all involve the dimensions and behaviors of <strong>light</strong>.<em></em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Modern science is not in the business of asking what this light, this energy, this empty space or this wave of potentiality is<em><em><em>—</em></em></em>all terms aimed at describing the fundamental construct of our reality. It aims at describing the way things work, but barely ever questions what or why it is this way.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Some claim that answering these questions is a job for philosophers, not physicists. However, everyone agrees that quantum theory works, but most of those who study it are not quite sure what it means.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“</em><em>If you are seeking the Infinite, what instruments do you have to seek the Infinite? Only sense organs, isn&#8217;t it? So through your sense organs, if you are seeking the Infinite, it is like wanting to go to moon with a bullock cart. Isn&#8217;t it so? That is the plight of humanity, right now: with a limited perception, they are trying to grasp that is which is beyond.” &#8211; Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">S</span></strong><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">UMMARY</span></strong></p>
<p>We have learned that</p>
<p>1.   The universe was already conscious and intelligent before humanity’s attempt to study it.</p>
<p>2.   The reality we perceive through our senses is the result of the brain acting as a decoder of light frequencies.</p>
<p>3.   Light is the all-encompassing source of this intelligent reality–permeating and interconnecting everything in existence.</p>
<p>4.   Light acts as a wave of many potentialities, while the mind defines the potential.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?</span></strong></p>
<p>It is simple really. The universe is conscious and intelligent, because its essence is <strong>CONSCIOUSNESS–</strong>not matter. <strong>Light is consciousness</strong>, and consciousness is the singular force that projects this entire reality in many levels of frequency. Below is a flowchart that demonstrates how quantum physicists have been led to this truth.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#8220;The tighter physics have tried to grasp on to physical reality, to understand what it&#8217;s really made of, what are the core building blocks of life at the basis of it all&#8230; life, the universe, slips through your fingers. And you come up with something that&#8217;s increasingly abstract, to come to the realm of pure abstraction. And that&#8217;s what the unified field is; pure abstract potential. Pure abstract being. Pure abstract self-aware <strong>consciousness</strong>, which rises in waves of vibration to give rise to the particles, the people, everything we see in the vast universe.&#8221; - John Hagelin, Particle Physicist, Ph. D.</em></p>
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<p>The truth is obvious. However, dogma<em><strong>—</strong></em>whether spiritual or scientific<em><strong><em><strong>—</strong></em></strong></em>seem to have clouded a truth that does not require adversity, with the desire to prove ourselves &#8220;right&#8221; and others &#8220;wrong&#8221;. But once we set aside our egos and allow our consciousness to expand beyond the beliefs we cling to, we will begin to wonder how we could have missed the obvious.</p>
<p>The parallels between the light of physics and the light of consciousness do not contradict each other, for they are each other. Both are immaterial. Both cannot be pinned down through senses or technological devices. And both are the fundamental construct of our reality, permeating everything in existence. From a scientific perspective, light is the source of everything we experience. And from a spiritual perspective, consciousness is the source of everything we experience. Both perspectives lead to the same truth: Light is consciousness. Light is all there is. Light is &#8220;God&#8221;.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#8220;I am the light. And so are you. And so is every sentient being in the universe.&#8221; </em><em>- </em><em><a href="http://www.peterrussell.com/" target="_blank">Peter Russell</a> (M.A., D.C.S., F.S.P.)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#8220;Matter is Energy. Energy is Light. We are all Light Beings.&#8221;</em><em> - Albert Einstein</em><em>‎</em></p>
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<p>This singular consciousness has divided itself into many fragments of light, which are what we call souls. The soul is who we truly are. It simply embodies a projected physicality designed to decipher this &#8220;light show&#8221; into an experiential playground. Why? Simply so that our consciousness could experience its creation in many ways, shapes and forms, allowing itself to play, become experientially rich, and evolve towards the complete remembrance of itself.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#8220;The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood there and they here. This is not so. (&#8230;) The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me. My eye and God&#8217;s eye is one eye, and one sight, and one knowledge, and one <strong>Love</strong>.&#8221; &#8211; Meister Eckhart</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>&#8220;We are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively.&#8221; - Bill Hicks</em></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">And why do our minds define the potentialities in which life takes it course? Because as consciousness<em><em><em>—</em></em></em>the creator<em><em><em><em><em><em>—</em></em></em></em></em></em>we are collectively co-creating our reality, moment by moment.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>‎&#8221;You are never who you were in the last moment. You are continually creating yourself from the field of infinite possibilities. You are, in every moment, born again. And so is everyone else. (&#8230;) The time has come for  you to look at things in a new way. This is the moment of your rebirth, as an individual and a society. We are all One. Everything we are doing, we are doing in concert with each other.&#8221; &#8211; Neale Donald Walsch</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;" lang="en-CA" align="LEFT"><span style="text-align: left;">Below is a video that I put together to help us feel and remember the beauty of creation, and why we would choose</span><em style="text-align: left;"><em><em>—</em></em></em><span style="text-align: left;">as the very source of life—to experience ourselves in this way.</span></p>
<p>Hope you enjoyed this excerpt!</p>
<p>Much Love,<br />
Elina</p>
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