Mary Rivas, Contributor
Waking Times

“How can I know who I am, when I am all this?” he said, sweeping the surroundings with a gesture of his head. – Don Juan Matus, Journey to Ixtlan

Early man, and seers like don Juan, conceived of their reality as multi-dimensional. They knew they held within themselves the very same elements as their surroundings. They knew they were connected with the stones, rain, wind, trees, plants, animals, stars and merged their consciousness with nature. They communicated with nature and lived by the wisdom of the Spirit that moves through all things.

The ancients saw their universe as multiple, with consciousness existing in myriad of layers, unseen to the eye of the average man; seen only with the inner eye of the seer.

Contrast this with our dominant belief in a ‘one-dimensional’ world view. We are taught the concept of ‘one’ way of being and ‘one’ reality existing at a time. This gives rise to separation from our surroundings and each other, to narrowing our vast talents into a socially accepted groove, to thinking in limited ways–to perceiving life in linear ways…

We can integrate spiritual truths into our daily life to expand our ways of thinking and empower ourselves. In my audiobook, The Warrior Spirit, I explain how we tend to limit ourselves with linear ways of thinking when it comes to financial goals.

A common trap, for example, is to think and feel that you will be happy only after you achieve your financial goals. This is a narrow-minded view that limits your power to manifest your heart-felt desires. That way of thinking implies that events have to follow in a certain order–first the financial success then the effect (happiness). The truth is it works both ways. Reality is non-linear. By being happy first, you can actually speed up the process of achieving your financial goals.

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