Hi Marcy and everyone,??
I was looking at some of my notes I took when trying to comprehend Ken Wapnick's amazing chart in helping us understand the metaphysics of ACIM.? I think he said that the first split was that of the tiny mad idea, tmi, - a separate mind that has consciousness and independence from its Source (split of mind from Mind).? It did not really happen but we dream this dream of separation now as individual separate beings having individual separate thoughts and beliefs and stories.??
Before the tmi (the tiny mad idea) the Son of God and God are One, not as One, but One, and there in TRUTH is no separation from where God is and the Son begins.? ?
In this Oneness, God Is,? my question is:? Is there Consciousness?? ?is God conscious?? Is there consciousness in Heaven??
In our right mind's here below HEAVEN, do we in fact have consciousness in the Holy Spirit?? Yet it is referred to as only a reflection of HEAVEN.? Is that what is referred to as Christ Consciousness, but still there is my question of before the tmi.??
It seems that consciousness is something that sees something, is aware of something; but still is not IT.??
Here in this dream, as a split mind that has two parts, (ego vs. Holy Spirit) do we have that GOD consciousness in the Holy Spirit, yet it is still not HEAVEN/GOD.??
In his chart, Kenneth illustrates the line above the tmi with words such as? HEAVEN? ?MIND? ?GOD? ?CHRIST? UNITY? ?KNOWLEDGE? ? ? (all beautiful words to describe something that is indescribeable) I am wondering if Kenneth taught that GOD is Consciousness.? ?I don't think Kenneth ever said that GOD 'has' consciousness because GOD couldn't have something that could be gotten.? ?GOD IS.? and GOD doesn't have something outside of WHAT GOD IS.? So would it be closer to what Kenneth taught that GOD IS CONSCIOUSNESS? or is consciousness something other than GOD???
I hope this question and pondering makes sense.? I hear so many teachers talk about consciousness in the right Mind that reflects Holy Spirit, the memory of GOD, and that we all are consciousness in that Mind.
But I seem to be delving into a space of experiencing consciousness in a space that is abstract and very silent and It has no thoughts; it's an empty 'no thing' experience; no thoughts are there but I'm conscious of the 'nothingness, which is expansively 'all',? ?and I wonder if this is another word for CONSCIOUSNESS.? ?
thanks for any of your mind's thoughts on consciousness
Humbly, Carole H.
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