Awareness

Throughout the centuries and in book after book on spirituality the word awareness is used regularly. I think it is a good idea to take a hard deep look at awareness and see what we can discover. Wiktionary says Aware is defined as conscious of or having knowledge of something. I feel this definition is somewhat lazy and narrow. First, a being does not have to be conscious to be aware, and knowledge has nothing to do with awareness. One can have awareness of certain knowledge or ideas. Awareness is the ability to perceive some aspect of the Unified Field. We, as humans, are aware of the infrared (heat) and light sections of the electromagnetic spectrum. We are aware of matter via touch, taste, and smell. We may be aware of different electrical patterns or frequencies which we have no language for. We are aware that we are aware, but we are not the only beings with awareness.

Plants will turn their leaves during the day as the sun''s rays hit a spot on the earth from different directions and angles. Trees will grown toward the sun if they are shaded from one direction. Various species of plant respond to tactile stimuli such as the Venus Fly Trap. Not only this but extensive scientific studies, some of which are described in the Secret Life of Plants, have shown that plants are aware when other plants are damaged, and even aware when one of their leaves, when removed, is damaged in another room.

All animals are aware their environment enough to move about, find food, and avoid predators. Must not a hawk, with its keen vision, be aware of a large area of surroundings? I have a dog and two cats. I have one cat since it was born. This cat has developed methods to communicate to me when she is hungry, or needs loving attention. We are far from the sole ownership of consciousness.

We are aware of a great many things. We have studied this world and universe with many sensory apparatus and stored these observations as knowledge. We are aware of this knowledge and of many possible ideas. We have developed a wide array of tools which enable us to be aware of energies we can''t see in addition to tools which augment our eyes and ears such as telescopes.

We are aware of ourselves, and we are aware that we are aware. We are aware of complex hormonal, chemical, and electric feelings flowing through our body. We call these feelings, or emotions, or desires, or thoughts. Sometimes we are even aware of events happening far away especially if it involves those we love.

We are aware of all these things...but what is it to truly be aware?

Your overall awareness of your environment is a cooperative effort of over 50 trillion cells organized into a unique pattern which is you. Your body. Scientists have recently begun to understand the cooperative interaction that takes place within cells, and among the cells themselves. Each cell is aware of its environment and can in turn affect the surrounding environment.

Every cell have proteins which are called receptors and effectors. There is a receptor and effector for a huge number of different proteins, chemicals, and molecules. The membrane of the cell is covered in a large variety of receptor, effector couplings. The receptor acts as an antenna, protruding from the cell membrane. When a compound comes along that resonates with the receptor protein actually transforms or switches into another shape. A connector protein will now be able to bond with it triggering the effector protein to all the compound into the cell. This compound will activate certain functions inside the cell basically programming the cells activity. Its interesting that resonance of molecules, whose bonds are electromagnetic in nature creates an extremely complex and organized communications network. In chemistry resonance is the property of a compound that can be visualized as having two structures differing only in the distribution of electrons.

Literally, our cells are receiving input of all kinds, constantly. These inputs are perceived and felt as a variety of physical feelings. These inputs immediately create physical responses. In a cell, perception and action are united. The receptor protein detects a chemical and immediately sets the effector in motion. I see no reason why input from sight and resulting action are not one. At every order of magnitude of the fractal pattern we call our being, the same rules apply. To sense is to act. There is only one movement, you are only one movement, sense-feel-act.

Now if you take another person''s cell and inject it into your body your body will kill it because the receptor''s resonance does not match. If you graft the other person''s receptors on your cell then the other''s body will accept the cell. Apparently each person has a particular frequency resonance. What of people traveling to a distant culture. If the traveler does not have or create the necessary receptivity to the new culture then he will be unable to integrate with that society.

The information which passes into the cell membrane passes to the DNA and the DNA produces the necessary proteins for the specific situation. The DNA is like a hard drive of software. Accessed by the cell to create the necessary protein hardware. The brain of the cell is actually the membrane. This is the part of the cell which has the sensory inputs. The DNA is simply used as a database of protein coding possibilities for all situations the cell may encounter. This makes the fact that we share something like 66 percent of DNA with the carrot.

I recommend reading this great article which explains the molecular organization of the cell and its ability to perceive its environment and adapt accordingly.

Quite literately the cell is aware of its surroundings via these receptor proteins and the chemical messengers it receives are used to coordinate the cell's efforts with the whole or fight off infections. The cell is quite literally programmed by the surrounding environment. The surrounding environment is first, all the other cells in the body, and next the world itself. This may seem paradoxical but as each cell is affected by all the others, that same cell is also affecting all the other cells. Some gestalt of a complete unification of all parts makes a whole.

This gestalt is the harmonic resonance of all the communication between all the cells. This could be what we call feelings or emotions. Great waves of energy reverberate throughout our body as well as small ripples of day to day social interaction. Love and other strong emotions are stimulated through hormonal, nervous system cells mental imagery patterns, and sensory perceptions. All the universe is your environment and as you travel through its different variations of energy, you feel the universe from a moving perspective. Simultaneously the universe is creating you. This gestalt is a not only a summation of all your cells and energies, but also the entire universe surrounding you. What you see and feel as you grow affects your consciousness. It is impossible to create a barrier between you, your awareness, and the surrounding universe.

In a similar way we form groups of individuals which resonate with similar feelings, thoughts, and sensory data perceptions. Over time each of us cells has been organized into a great culture, a living breathing being, now born and grown. Untold thousands of cultural beings of all sizes and forms have inhabited this Earth each with the awareness of all its cells(humans) as we inhabit Earth through the awareness of our cells.

The difficult question is what is the source of the unique frequency that is you? Where does the broadcast come from which interacts with all the Unified Field and in one particular spot a resonant interference pattern creates a body. Might our frequency permeate the Universe? Might awareness permeate the universe and we are one group of "awareness frequencies" which resonate differently in different environments?

This felt experience of the sum total of all our cells, our feeling RIGHT NOW, is the closest to truth as we can get. To attend to our senses and feelings, now, is to be centered in the now. This is the foundation of awareness of Unified Field. From attending honestly to these fundamental facts we can act intelligently and creatively in the world. The same applies to cultures and civilizations. If a culture chooses to ignore reality and run into escapism and distraction then it is only a matter of time before the lack of attention will result in a gradual dissipation of power leading to disintegration and composting to be used as nutrients for new cultures.

When a group of individuals do cooperate, interact, communicate, and finally grow together as one unit, what happens? Might a resonant field of awareness grow made of all the fields of awareness of the individuals? The planet, and I assume, the universe is full of life, full of awareness. All energy is a field, albeit with a focal point, but every field emanates outward in all directions for ever as the strength diminished the farther out from the foci one observes. All these fields interact and form harmonic resonance patterns. An entire all pervasive universal harmonic resonance field of awareness is all around us. This is not a belief, this is a physical phenomenon. As the field constantly mutates in flux new harmonic foci are produced, and a new being is born. Each new being then grows and causes further flux in the field. Every foci is in a feedback loop with all other foci. You affect the universe as equally as the universe affects you. This Unified Field of awareness is growing, evolving. Who can say what we will be aware of next.

The interaction I have with my friends, colleagues, and adversaries is part of a complex interplay of harmonic resonance awareness patterns. Every perception/action affects everyone, and the closer, the stronger the feeling between people the stronger the effect. Even seemingly trivial individual actions, when alone, have an impact on everyone around you. It is your responsibility to grow your awareness through attention to the entire Unified Field so that that awareness resonates in those around you. Together the human race, and all beings on this planet, benefit from your growth.

Behold my friends, Now I see us moving beyond the Information Age to the Awareness Age.