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Enlightenment Now
Exploring the Spiritual Nature of Reality
by
Owen Waters
A 7-Part CourseEnlightenment is the divine birthright of all people. Now, you can discover the way the
universe works all the way from the first spark of Creation through to your ultimate human
destiny as a self-empowered, enlightened human being. This course provides the tools that
can transform your life into a truly wonderful experience!
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Part 1. Spiritual MetaphysicsPart 2. The Conscious Universe
Part 3. Long Live God!
Part 4. How to Create a Better LifePart 5. The Secret of Personal Magnetism
Part 6. The Global Shift to Higher Consciousness Part 7. Unprecedented Spiritual Growth
Enlightenment Now
A 7-part course by Owen Waters
Part 1 - Spiritual Metaphysics
Welcome to the 7-part course, Enlightenment Now!
Enlightenment is a goal of all people, whether they realize it or not! If its not a
conscious goal, then its an unconscious goal because enlightenment is something
we are designed to achieve along the way to the ultimate stage of fulfillment.
The meaning of the word enlightenment is, literally, to add light to something. By
adding light to your understanding of the nature of reality, you can gain an uncanny
ability to master the challenges of life.
Once a person realizes that there is a spiritual dimension to reality, lifes mysteries
are more easily explained. The workings of the universe are, in essence, simplicity
itself. In fact, when you come to understand how this reality was created, it all boils
down to one big, Aha!
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Once you know the basic spiritual principles, life becomes remarkably easy because
then it all makes sense! These basic principles add to your existing knowledge and
your existing faith in the spiritual dimension of life.
As a dedicated spiritual researcher, I have come to realize that a new version of the
science of metaphysics is needed as the bridge that will bring spirituality and science
together. Lets face it, the division between science and spirituality has gone on far
too long. Today, people are becoming more enlightened and they expect spiritual
teachings to explain the mysteries of the cosmos, just as they expect science to
explain a lot more than just nuts-and-bolts materialism!
The meaning of the word metaphysics is the study of the nature of that which is
beyond the physical. It is a science that deals with the mundane as well as withhigher consciousness. Spirituality focuses on higher consciousness, but often relies
on faith alone, without the support of the knowledge provided by metaphysics.
My focus has always been on the spiritual aspects of metaphysics so, in 2005, I
decided to put the two words together and began using the term, spiritual
metaphysics. This gives definition to a field of study that brings the light of
understanding to spirituality and goes beyond basic metaphysics.
An all-inclusive definition of Spiritual Metaphysics has to include the ultimate
consciousness which is behind all of Creation:
Spiritual Metaphysics defines the nature of reality based upon the all-pervasive
consciousness which is behind Creation and all of its manifestations.
In this 7-week course, we will look closely at the all-pervasive consciousness which
is behind Creation. We will see how Creation was achieved and learn new ways to
apply this knowledge to our own lives.
We will see why change is so rampant in the world today, why everything seems to
be speeding up, and how to apply that insight into gaining mastery of the emerging
New Reality.
Next, we will examine the cosmic scale of Creation and see what that means to our
perception of the nature of God. Now that humanity has abandoned the idea that the
Earth is the center of the universe, we are ready to appreciate the vastness of
Creation and therefore the scale of its Creator. More importantly, we will also see
why, paradoxically, this brings us closer to the presence of God than ever.
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Part 2 - The Conscious Universe
In Part 1, Spiritual Metaphysics was defined as the study of the nature of
reality based upon the all-pervasive consciousness which is behind Creationand all of its manifestations.
Everything in existence is composed of 100% consciousness. It may seem
like a solid, physical world. It certainly acts like one. Once in a while, I am
reminded of just how solid it is when I bump into something!
However, if you consult a book on general physics, it will point out that
matter is actually composed of energy particles. That doesnt sound so solid
after all. It also raises the question, What is energy? To find the answer to
that, you have to go beyond todays physics and into the realm of spiritual
metaphysics.
Energy is compressed consciousness.
Just like everything in the universe, energy is 100% consciousness. It has to
be, because the Creator had nothing else to work with besides
consciousness. Therefore, the material world, with its apparent solidity, wascreated from compressed consciousness.
Going back to the very beginning of the universe, Infinite Being was stirred
by its initial motivation to go into action and create a way to see itself from
an infinite number of viewpoints.
Infinite Being the perfect, unchanging Absolute or Godhead then
formed an aspect of itself that we call the Creator. This aspect was charged
with a mission to take action and create what we now know as the universe.
The problem was, how to achieve Creation using nothing but
consciousness.
It cant be achieved by simply swirling consciousness around inside a
doughnut-shaped shell of a universe. What was needed was a way to
separate original consciousness into two complementary aspects and then
have them interact with each other in a productive manner.
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An example of an interplay of energies is the production of light. Light
energy manifests when electricity and magnetism are intertwined at a
certain frequency and then projected across the universe.
Its not hard to imagine that our physical bodies are a form of solidified
sunlight. Its rather like the Jedi master Yoda said in the original Star Wars
trilogy:
Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.
Indeed, our physical bodies are made of luminous energies and our non-
physical souls are even more luminous examples of the works of the
Creator.
Its little wonder that yogi masters have referred to physical reality as the
great illusion because it simply isnt what it seems. You could go even
further and realize that this world of solidified consciousness is really a
dream world created in the mind of God and not just this world, but the
entire universe.
The scale of Creation is staggering. Knowing, as we do today, that we live
in a huge cosmos filled with trillions of suns and planets, how do we relate
to a Creator which, by definition, has to be greater in size than its creation?
Whatever happened to the old, familiar idea of God in the sky? How do we
relate to a God that is bigger than we can possibly imagine?
The answer lies in the traditional, but little-understood, concept of the
three Os. Its a concept I was taught as a child in Sunday School, that God
is Omnipotent, Omnipresent, and Omniscient. The all-powerful part goes
without saying, but its the all-present and all-knowing parts that point the
way to the answer to this quandary.
The consciousness of Infinite Being, courtesy of its Creator aspect, is
present in every molecule and every subatomic particle in existence. It is
present and aware in every part of your body, mind and soul. Every
molecule of your body is an aspect of the Creator, looking at life from its
own unique point of view.
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Not only is every molecule in existence part of the consciousness of Infinite
Being, we, as humans, have the added faculty of self-awareness. We were
created to act as self-empowered individuals who, like actors upon the stage
of life, experience the effects of our own decisions and actions.
The analogy of life as a theater filled with actors is quite appropriate. In the
fabricated-reality world seen in the movie The Matrix, the lead character
Neo woke up to the fact that his limitations were largely self-imposed and
that his mind could be developed to rise above them. We, too, find
ourselves in a world filled with many kinds of apparent limitations, many of
which are not as solid as they seem.
Materialistic science claims that you are an accident of biological evolution.In truth, you are so much more: You are an aspect of the Creator, looking at
life from your own unique point of view. You are an aspect of the
omnipresent awareness of Infinite Being.
You dont have to look outside of yourself for God because God is within
you!
As you experience life through your eyes and ears and senses, you areInfinite Being, acting through yet another viewpoint of the infinite variety
of life. Every fiber of your body is Infinite Being, every dream that you
manifest is Infinite Being in action, every tear of joy that you shed in the
finer experiences of life is a tear shed by Infinite Being in its form as you.
You can be closer to God than ever before when you realize that every part
of your body, mind and spirit is God. Even in this strange world where we
appear to be separate from everyone else, the conscious awareness of thepresence of God is a mere thought away.
Next, well see how we reflect the abilities of the Creator by examining our
inbuilt, creative power.
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Part 3 - Long Live God!
God is dead. Long live God!
It is a centuries-old European tradition that, when a King died, he was
promptly replaced by his successor so that no vacuum of power came into
existence. In the streets, the people heard both items of news at the same
time, that the old king was dead and the new king had been crowned.
They would then voice their support for the new king by shouting,
The king is dead. Long live the king!
In Part 2 of this course, we noted the fading away of the old image of
God above us in the sky due to the growing awareness of the enormous
size of the universe. After all, for the universe to be filled with the
Creators omnipresent consciousness, the Creator has to be greater in size
than the Creation.
It has taken time to let go of the general belief that we on Earth are the
center of all Creation. Fortunately, while the old concept of God in the
sky has faded away, the new concept of God within brings us so much
closer to the Creator and all of Creation. It is therefore fair to say, Long
live the new, expanded concept of God!
We are aspects of the one Creator, as are all things in existence. Better
yet, as human beings, we are endowed with self-awareness, with the
curiosity to learn new things, and also with one especially undervalued
faculty imagination.
The expression, Its only your imagination, is one that belittles your
greatest faculty. The true situation is revealed in another expression; We
were made in the image of God. The word image here does not mean
looks like. After all, it would be hard to envisage a Creator larger than
its creation the universe having two arms and two legs. The word
image really means that we were created in the imagination of the
Creator.
Imagination is your one creative faculty.
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Now, if someone tells you that love is in the air, now you can reply
knowingly, Yes, it is! You just have to reach out and touch the love of
that aspect of the Creator to know that you are made from love and that
you are loved, now and for all time.
As humans, we have inherited the power to create. Granted, our field of
influence is human-size instead of universe-size, but the principle
remains the same.
In the human realm, the Law of Creation is best stated in this form:
Creation = Intention + Attention + Action
And thatis the key to creating a better life!
Next week, we will discuss the keys to making this formula
work successfully and effectively. Until then...
Part 4 - How to Create a Better Life
You can create anything you want in your life. For a start, how about true
happiness, vibrant wellness, and profound spiritual awakening? Anything
that you desire and can imagine will manifest in your life provided you
follow the rules of the Law of Creation:
Creation = Intention + Attention + Action
The Law of Creation itself looks simple enough but people oftenmisinterpret it and meet with disappointment instead of the success that
can so easily be theirs. The Law of Creation was powerful enough to
create the universe, so you can be certain that it can also create any new
conditions that you desire in your life.
Imagination is the greatest power in the universe because it creates
everything. It is your God-given creative faculty. With it, you can reach
your greatest potential and fill your life with an amazing sense of
achievement.
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People labor under the misapprehension that they are bound by
circumstances. This is merely an appearance. The reality is that your
creative faculty holds incredible power over your circumstances. Once
you appreciate your inbuilt transformative ability, that power is yours to
wield and your life will immediately change for the better.
Imagination gives you the power to engineer entire new realities that
develop your lifes potential to the maximum. You should be free to
achieve everything that you are capable of achieving. Using your
imagination to create new realities is a solid feat of design engineering,
not something vague in a realm of non-reality.
Circumstances can easily be changed by the creative power ofimagination, applied with intent and energy so that a desired new reality
materializes into existence. In order to express this creative capability,
you need to attend to every part of the Law of Creation:
Creation = Intention + Attention + Action
Intention After deciding upon a desired goal, you need to imagine what
that goal will look like once it is made manifest. Imagine yourselfexperiencing the end result. Do not imagine the process that leads up to
the end result as the universe will find the shortest route in its own way,
just as water always finds its own particular route from the hills to lower
ground.
Attention Then, add the feeling part of the formula. This is the energy
that gives life to the intention. This is where you feel the excitement of
what it is like to be a part of that manifested goal. Imagine how it feels toexperience that new reality. Catch the mood in order to fully immerse
yourself in that new reality. To be in balance, the feeling part of this
exercise should receive as much focus and energy as the creative-thought
part. Energize the feelings that will come with your experience of the end
result.
Action Finally, there is the Action part of the formula. Even though the
process of creation will facilitate the manifestation of your intention, you
still have to take the series of actions that will lead to the manifestation of
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the desired goal. You are the physical agent through which the power of
the new creation will transform your circumstances.
Making It All Work
The key to success is to allow your soul or superconscious mind to
orchestrate the circumstances leading up to the manifestation of your
desire. Helping behind the scenes is what the soul part of you does
anyway. That part of you has an expanded view of your reality, of your
possibilities, and it has complete communication with all other souls in
existence. When you want something organized behind the scenes, your
soul is the part of you that will achieve this with ease and elegance.
There is a gestation time in which you need to let go of the idea from
your conscious mind and let things begin to be organized by your soul
consciousness in the background. After inner gestation, ideas will begin
to come to mind about possible ways to move toward your goal. These
intuitive ideas will flash into your mind, often two or three times in one
day so that your conscious mind gets the message.
Make sure that your desired goal has a practical way to come intomanifestation. Most unsuccessful attempts at creating more financial
abundance fail in this, the action stage. For example, if a person wanted
extra income but did nothing to increase the value of their services, then
theyve blocked the way for its manifestation. There is no magic wand
that will compel people to overpay another person.
A free market pays what a person is worth, so the answer to your finding
more abundance is to manifest ways that make you worth more to otherpeople. You can either expand your skills or use the skills you already
possess to serve more people. Either way, use the process of creating a
better reality to transform the dream into a reality.
Use the process of creating a better reality. Use the power of intention to
create the desired effect, then get ready to watch the universe adapt to
your new vision of who you are. Turn your visualization over to your
soul consciousness to find the best path to success, and doors will openeasily in your path towards improving your value to others.
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How to Make Successful Decisions
Sometimes, along the path towards your goal, you find yourself faced
with two or more possibilities and you have to choose one of them. How
will you know what steps to take and when? Fortunately, you have an
inner compass which always points in the right direction.
Every time you think of your desired new reality, ask yourself what
course of action fills you with the most inner joy. What is the most
exciting thing you could do now to bring you closer to that goal?
Inner joy comes from your soul and, when you detect more joy in the idea
of taking Course of Action A rather than Course of Action B, then youhave detected a stronger alignment with your soul awareness relating to
Course of Action A.
The most joyful idea at any moment is the next step in your journey
towards your self-made destiny.
Inner joy is the compass towards your hearts desire.
Part 5 - The Secret of Personal
Magnetism
Healthy relationships are critical to peoples happiness and yet, most
people are not aware of the energetics of attraction. People of good heart
are drawn to you primarily, not by some combination of your physicalfeatures, but by the personal magnetism that radiates from your heart.
When people open their hearts to unselfish, unconditional love, a whole
new world of possibilities opens. This is heart-centered awareness. Rather
than spending effort avoiding the selfishness of others, they spend time
making sure that the way they choose to serve society is done in the best
way possible. When people can trust others to treat each other with love
and respect rather than as competitors, then everyone gains.
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As heart-centered awareness grows and blooms within society, peoples
primary focus will shift away from service to self and towards service to
others. When it does, the world will transform out of all recognition.
But you dont have to wait for all of society to catch up. In both your
personal and professional dealings with people, you have a reputation,
and it is fed by word-of-mouth recommendation. Build your reputation as
someone who tends to give more than is expected of them, and you will
find yourself becoming increasingly popular in both your business and
personal lives. People respond to heartfelt action and, as they say, What
goes around comes around.
Action and reaction are opposite and equal in all types of thought andaction. Your heartfelt action, by automatic reaction, will create a heartfelt
reality among you and the people who are attracted to your energy. When
you operate mainly out of a heart-centered frequency, you will notice that
people are attracted to you in all aspects of your life. Friends, lovers,
professional associates, and everyone will be attracted to your magnetic
personality.
Personal magnetism has been one of the great mysteries of life simplybecause, in the past, so few people have operated from that heart-centered
frequency of awareness on a routine basis. However, its really no secret.
Its just one of those common-sense facts of life.
The secret of personal magnetism is that the more you unconditionally
love people, the more they love you. You dont have to make a big deal
out of it. You dont have to stand there like some transmitter beacon,
radiating huge amounts of heart energy. Perhaps top stage performers do,but you dont. You can be very quiet about it and everyone will be quietly
drawn to you. Everyone of a similar nature, that is. Everyone who
appreciates kindness and a truly warm, genuine smile.
In other words, youll attract the very best of friends.
Theres nothing more attractive than a warm smile from a
person who quietly radiates a sense of unconditional love for
themselves and all others.
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Part 6 - The Global Shift to Higher
Consciousness
A day is coming when the Earth will rise in the heavens vibrationally. This
beautiful Mother Earth will experience an increase in the frequency of all
matter in a quantum leap that takes her, us, and everything in the world to a
higher plane of existence.
We have been experiencing a gradual rise in the frequency of all physical
matter since the 1960s, when the Earth was imbued with the cosmicenergies, which will eventually culminate in the main event of The Shift.
The increasing rate of change that we have been experiencing in the world
is symptomatic of the increasing presence of these cosmic energies in the
human realm.
The Shift is the greatest evolutionary leap in the history of humankind. It is
the spiritual and creative awakening of humanity. In the emerging New
Reality consciousness, we experience new vistas of awareness, new levels
of creativity, and follow our hearts to make our own meaningfulcontributions towards the betterment of the world.
There are specific stages in the evolution of the humanity, both at the
individual and societal level. You can tell that these stages are encoded into
the design of the human experience because they correspond exactly to the
main chakras or energy centers in the subtle anatomy of each human.
As you will see in the diagram, the root and the crown chakras are singular
energy centers while the other five chakras are dual in nature, having both
front and back faces.
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The Twelve Faces of the Major Chakras
Stages in the Current Development of Society
Stage Chakra face Characteristic Expression
1 Root chakra Instinctual. Personal survival
2Sex chakra
frontEmotional-receptive Clans
3 Sex chakra back
Emotional-active Courage
4 Solar plexus front Intellectual-receptive Ordered purpose
5 Solar plexus back Intellectual-active Achievement
6Heart chakra
frontHolistic-receptive Caring community
7 Heart chakra back Holistic-active Responsible freedom
8Throat chakrafront Creative-receptive Intuitive development
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In the earliest days of Stone Age experience, the individual drive for basic
survival in stage 1 gave way to the gathering of clans for mutual protection.
Once safety was established, stage 3 emerged where the more adventurous
people went exploring far and wide to find better opportunities for their
clans.
As the ethic of courage developed, so did conflict and disorder among the
young and the restless. Stage 4 emerged as the solution an era where
natural leaders rose into position to maintain an ordered sense of purpose.
Rules were made, which were to be followed for the good of the whole.
As people settled into this era of feudal society, the foundation for stage 5
and the Age of Reason was slowly being prepared. Ordered purpose is one
thing, the foremost thinkers began to say, but how long are you supposed to
wait for the promised rewards of obeying orders?
The dawning of intellectual reasoning brought greater vistas of human
possibility than before. The application of intellect brought forth new
inventions and new ways of catering to the needs of society. The spreading
waves of initiative and opportunity led onwards to the Industrial
Revolution, which transformed the all-pervasive peasant class into wage-
earners of comparative prosperity.
Today, the stage 5 era of self-serving intellect is drawing to a close as the
new, heart-centered consciousness emerges. More than one in five adults
today have stepped into stage 6 consciousness and beyond.
When a person begins to explore heart-centered consciousness, they
typically develop environmental awareness. As more people do this,
increasing pressures are applied to contain the polluting side-effects of
rampant industrial growth and to introduce long-term sustainability. Stage 6
is where the vistas of awareness expand yet again to include issues that are
important for the greater good of society.
Stage 7 is of particular significance because it is the first stage of spiritual
awareness. While stage 6 allowed people to acclimatize to the feel of
holistic, heart-centered consciousness, stage 7 springs this potential into
action. With this holistic-active chakra, people learn how to express the all-
inclusive vision of the heart and start to make a real difference in the world.
While the sixth chakra face in stage 6 is heartfelt, the seventh chakra face is
heart-powered.
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Part 7 - Unprecedented Spiritual
Growth
The main event of The Shift will occur when the Earth makes asignificant rise in frequency, carrying us into a more subtle level of
physical existence. At the same time, those in the afterlife will be risen to
a higher frequency of existence, as in the Biblical prediction that, the
dead shall be risen.
People will be aware that the physical world has changed. They will
notice that colors are brighter, sounds have a deeper dimension, the sky
looks different, the stars are brighter, and telepathy is a lot easier to
achieve. This will be the start of life in a less dense physical reality. For
spiritual seekers, what happens next is the really exciting part.
Higher states of consciousness will become even easier to achieve when
you have a physical body which, like all matter, will be made up of less
dense physical matter than before. Extended forays into soul
consciousness and its joyful state of beingness will become popular as the
new frontier of exploration. Body and spirit will work hand in hand for
rapid evolution and transformation.
As your consciousness continues to rise, so too will the frequency of your
physical body. You will be able to explore even higher realms of
vibratory existence. As you do, your life span will extend, making still
more progress possible while in the same physical body. A great push for
higher potential will emerge among spiritual seekers simply because the
floodgates of progress will be wide open as, indeed, they already are
today.
Never before in the history of humanity have we faced such enormous
potential for advancement and spiritual progress as we do today. If you
acquire one life-enhancing new habit right now, it should be to take
advantage of every opportunity for spiritual development because the
results can be phenomenal.
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Every step that you take today from spiritual study to healing to
creating a better world will be a giant leap in your personal evolution.
Never before has such progress been possible in such a short period of
time.
At our Recommended Reading page there are many suggestions for
classic spiritual metaphysics books that deliver a wonderfully expanded
view of life and the universe:
http://www.infinitebeing.com/reading.htm