The mind as a doorway or barrier to higher consciousness.The conscious mind is a rugged task master, always pushing you to perform, do, and accomplish, rather than be present in the moment, be at peace, and be one with yourself.

1. Connecting to Self
The Mind as a Barrier or Doorway to Higher Consciousness
By
Deborah L. Ohl
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of
Master of Metaphysical Science in the Department of Graduate Studies
of the University of Sedona.
October 1, 2007

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Table of Contents

3. I.
Introduction
II.
Review of Literature
III.
Findings
IV.
Discussion
V.
Summary and Conclusions
Bibliography
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The Mind as a Barrier or Doorway to Higher Consciousness

4. INTRODUCTION – CHAPTER 1
Aligning, evolving, and connecting the human spirit to its source, the God-Mind
or Universal Conscious, is the mission of all human beings. Though one could assert that
the lessons to be learned in this life are chosen prior to birth, the incarnate soul is usually,
on a conscious level, unaware of their task. 1 The conundrum then, for those of us actively
walking the metaphysic path home, is to create openings for all of us to experience the
connection, the love, the joy that is our essence. To realize the mission, moving the spirit
to the God-self, it is necessary for the human to become consciously aware that there is
much more to their life than the physical reality they perceive. In human form, we have a
mind, a body, and a spirit. The body represents the physical realm, the spirit represents
the eternal soul, and the mind is the vehicle making the mission back to the God-self a
possibility. The key to the mission lies in the mind.
The mind, for purposes of this discussion, will be viewed as having three layers.
The conscious, or outward bound intellect, presenting itself in the physical world; the
subconscious, or protector, capable of moving inward or outward; it lacks judgment and
always seeks to protect; and the super-conscious, or inward bound psyche that travels
through the universe .88 Although simplistic, I believe it is a necessary approach for the
average person who is struggling, in pain, and feeling alone, if they are to see the
possibility of manifesting a better life.
The uppermost part of the mind is the super-conscious; it is the place of knowing.
This part of the mind contains the light, the things that dreams are made of. Here the
universe is in oneness.* Here a glimpse into the soul and God-self resides. Here the spirit
of each individual is as one. Connection with this aspect of the mind is indeed possible,

5. though discipline and dedication are required to access it. Sustaining the right of entry to
it is a life long challenge.
The subconscious is considered the middle layer. It can be thought of as a conduit
or link; it can be likened to a computer software program
88
The subconscious acts as a
barrier or a bridge between the human and the spirit. The subconscious can function as a
liberator, facilitating the re-connect to the higher self. **This is the being part of the
human: the aspect that experiences joy, love, and universal oneness. ** The subconscious
also, and most often, functions as a malefactor, scoundrel, and troublemaker causing
pain, suffering, and alienation from the true self. It does not do this intentionally. It
believes it is protecting the human. The subconscious tends to act as a shield, trying to
protect the easily broken human; it creates the great disconnect resulting in a sense of
isolation, loneliness, and at its worst, abandonment.** The subconscious mind that seeks
to protect the human, often results in the human behaving as a do-er. Doing everything,
that is, except allowing the human to feel peace and contentment, oneness, and
connection. Like a computer program with a virus, it can result in the human running
amuck.88 The challenge then, is to unlock the key to the subconscious, creating a bridge
from the physical world to the higher self. **
The conscious intellect is the outermost layer mind. **This part of the mind is
awake and aware of its physical universe, its feelings, and its emotions; it takes action
based on its perception of what is occurring. These perceptions are based on past
teachings and beliefs, programs and conditioning accumulated through life, as well as the
feelings about self in that moment.* How the person feels about himself and why, is a
subject that requires far more discussion than the scope of this thesis. Suffice it to say,

6. that what the person thinks, results in what they experience.** Thought will cause the
human to feel happy, sad, fulfilled or unfulfilled, empty or complete. How the conscious
is thinking determines its reality and state of contentment. Thoughts are things; what you
think about, you bring about. ***
Unfortunately, human thought often operate on automatic pilot, driven by
subconscious motivation and something known as ego. Modern society has many
meanings for the ego. “ It could mean one’s self-esteem; an inflated sense of self-worth;
or in philosophical terms, one’s self. However, according to the psychologist Sigmund
Freud, the ego is the part of the mind which contains the consciousness that according to
Feud, lingers in both the conscious and unconscious.”** (Wikipedia) FIND AND ADD
OTHER EGO REFERENCE
The conscious mind is a rugged task master, always pushing the human to
perform, do, and accomplish, rather than be present in the moment, be at peace, and be
One with Self. The conscious human doing is always running. Running from the pain,
suffering, and unhappiness they feel, trying to fill the emptiness.** Lives are filled with
things; relationships lack contentment and are filled with judgments and animosity,
disappointments, or they are totally absent. The outcome is a sense of separation from the
Self. The human self, the self that is not worthy, always believes it has done something
wrong, or believes it can never do enough.8 These beliefs are inculcated and perpetuated
by society and most established religions; both are designed to perpetuate the myth that
we are alone, separated and unworthy. **

7. Each individual is given the challenge to find their way back to their Source of
greatness, joy, and connection. The field of Metaphysics has opened the doors wide to
exploring the mind, the thoughts it contains, and the outcomes it receives. Can it be as
simple, yet difficult, as breaking through the subconscious barrier to connect to the higher
self? What obstacles discourage the Human from their natural state of Being?

8. CHAPER 2
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
“Thoughts are things, and as their currents run they become miracles or crimes in the
experiences of individual life.” Cayce The Mind is a terrible thing to waste. This saying
originally penned by ------------- creates an excellent backdrop for a discussion of the
mind and its impact on any given human being’s experience of reality The psychological
mind is defined as the totality of conscious and unconscious mental processes and activities.
Dictionary.com
Cayce identifies three levels of consciousness or dimensions of mind:
conscious, subconscious, and superconscious. The conscious, outer mind is the level we
physical beings think are more powerful. The subconscious is that part of our minds that
bridges the outer self with the spiritual self. ** According to Cayce, the subconscious is
both in the body and beyond the body, in the soul realms of telepathy, non-physical life,
and timelessness. **inner vision Cayce noted that each entity has a three-dimensional
phase of existence or experience: the world without (conscious), the world within
(superconscious), and the mind that may span or bridge the two (subconscious).”
In order to reach the world within or the higher self, we must learn to pay attention to our
thinking. For this to come about, we must earn how to take charge of our thoughts. This
is challenging because the subconscious mind is really controlling our lives most of the
time. Studies have shown that the subconscious mind is 30,000 times more powerful
than the conscious mind and that the majority of the thoughts held in the subconscious
mind are limiting. The subconscious mind is actually serving in an attempt to protect the
person from things it fears. Cultural transformation 2005 Our subconscious and even our

9. conscious mind focuses on what it fears, which then creates exactly what it is fearing.
Our subconscious is our conscience, our policing power. “That is, the police, the
subconscious mind, represent the law that guides, directs, and that way upon which the
entity, which any entity, may rely for the enforcement of that which will keep in peace, in
war, in any condition, that straight way for the best interest of each and every individual.”
However, even as physical police departments can become corrupt, so can our
subconscious police become misdirected by powerful suggestions of self-doubt, selfcondemnation. “In the same way and manner as these (the police) may become subject to
all of the vicissitudes that are ever present within the conditions in life, so may the
subconscious forces, misdirected, misguided, or seeking to belittle the self ... through its
experience in the Earth’s plane.” Inner vision
In the book, The Power of the Subconscious Mind, written in 1963 by Dr. Joseph
Murphy it states: Once you learn the truth about the interaction of your conscious and
subconscious minds, you will able to transform your whole life. If you want to change
external conditions, you must change the cause. Most people try to change conditions and
circumstances by working on the conditions and circumstances. This is a terrible waste of
time and effort. They fail to see that their conditions flow from a cause. To remove
discord, confusion, lack, and limitation from your life, you must remove the cause. That
cause is the way you use your conscious mind, the thoughts and images you encourage in
it. Change the cause, and you change the effects. It is just that simple.

10. . If we believe, as underscored in the movie and book, “The Secret” that thoughts create
our reality, it is essential that we learn to pay attention to our thoughts in order to
experince the joy and peace that is ours to have…
There is agreement that thoughts affect perception, and perception gives us reality**
The validity of the perception is always in the mind of the perciever. This then begs the
question, what causes the perception? In----- it is stated that perception is based on past
teachings and beliefs, programming and conditioning, and how a person is feeling.
Feelings are the outcome of emotions and emotions are the result of what a person is
thinking. ** Statistcally, according to ----the subconscious controls 85% of our thoughts..
Given that the subconscious This
Edgar Cayce, ….. stated that mind is the light, the builder, and the bridge to liberation
and enlightment. Cayce, through his meditative state in harmony with Universal
consciousness, explained that all life begins in the spirit; it is the creative force bringing
everything into existence. John Van Auken, in his on article Inner Vision, highlights
Cayce’s core teachings. In essence, Edgar Cayce “the unseen forces are greater than the
seen.” If we want to change something, it must begin in the mind
“That upon which the mind feeds, it becomes”
“Thoughts are things, and as their currents run they become miracles or crimes in the
experiences of individual life.

11. Society, organized religion…. all contribute to the sense of separation. 2
actively work to keep the self from God, or so it seems. 3
These
entities
The conscious mind with
determination, effort, and commitment can be programmed to pay attention. It can be
used to unlock the subconscious that is driving the results, un-be-know to the outward
alert mind.
Given the ying and yang of the universe, the laws of physics, for everything there is an
equal and opposite reaction. that is for the paradox, however, is that the experiences the
human has are cataloged in the subconscious mind.
Separation
Freud introduced different terms to describe the division between the conscious and
unconscious, and superconsciuos. as the 'id,' 'ego,' and 'super-ego.' For the most part this
parralles the conscious, subsconsciuous and superconscious. In Freud's theory, the ego
the id is alert and fully unconscious mind), the super-ego and the external world.
Our lives contain a paradox. “The Law of Spiritual Perfection” Our lives are based
on two options: one is ego based, which is how we all begin, and the other is spirit based,
which is how we over world our human selves lives in
Engaging the power of the mind to experience a better life
From a metaphysical perspective, that which gets in the way of connecting to
the source could also be termed EGO--- Easing God Out.

12. Since the discovery of the subconscious mind and its ability to control our lives, many
methods of transforming the mind have been developed and have had plenty of time to be
tested.
DISCUSSION This soul is indeed sad, troubled, lost, and lonely.
Both the conscious and subconscious layers use the mind in an attempt to avoid
feeling bad, and to numb the pain of isolation and separateness. The conscious mind acts
in the form of doing, filling the void, temporarily escaping the feelings of discontent and
loneliness, a by-product of the subconscious, acting on old programs, hurt feelings, and
irrational beliefs.
Mind is our true nature. It is that portion of us that lives forever. What would it be like to
live our lives as minds in bodies, rather than bodies with minds? Surprisingly, Cayce
considered the mind to be a savior, a redeemer. It is that portion of our being that can
mend and restore us. Let’s engage our minds and fully awaken to our spiritual selves.
Inner vision auken
BIOGRAPHY
The Secret
Id, ego, and super-ego From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego#Ego
Gay, Peter (ed., 1989), The Freud Reader. W.W. Norton.
The Gnostic Wisdom Foundation
1 The Law of Spiritual Perfection
http://www.gnosticwisdom.org/site/719665/page/45029