In law, a
sovereign is defined as “one who possesses supreme
authority...” Funk and Wagnalls Dictionary.
“Supreme
in power, rank or authority.” “Independent of all
others.” Websters Collegiate Dictionary .
“Self-governing, independent.” American Heritage
Dictionary.
In law, a
sovereign is a conscious, flesh and blood human being.
It is understood in law that one always has a free-will
choice to engage in any activity, and that a human being
is responsible for his or her own choices and actions.
In other
words, if a policeman stops you and asks you to roll
down your window and you do, you have given your
free-will consent to engage in a contract with the
policeman, which usually results in getting a traffic
ticket!
Of course
one could argue that there are sanctions for not
participating, but that is legally irrelevant. The law
recognizes that if a person is placed under duress, no
contract of any sort can be legally binding.
In law a
flesh and blood human being is ALWAYS recognized as
having free-will choice, in all matters relating to his
or her life.
As in law,
so to in life. This idea of sovereignty can be applied
with great effectiveness on a deeper level, by any
individual.
For
example, when one is approached by an 'authority'
figure, many times one meekly condescends to give out
any information that is requested, even though one has a
free-will choice and legal right not to do so. This
behavior has been drummed into us since birth, first by
our parents, then by our teachers. By the time we reach
adulthood, we have either learned to meekly submit, or
rebel. Rebelling is almost the same as submitting; both
actions involve habitual responses and are really a
disconnect from self. Both actions are not mindful.
“Mass
Consciousness”
I define
‘mass consciousness’ as the collective thought forms of
the human species. Jung defined the ‘collective
unconscious’ as the collective aspects of
consciousness, such as community history, that are
imprinted in the individual unconscious minds of each
member of the human race. The idea of mass consciousness
just gives the Jungian idea a little fillip. We replace
the collective un–conscious with the collective
consciousness. (Because there is no unanimous agreement
on what ‘mind’ really is, or where it originates, I
think we’re safe in our definition. We reject utterly
the backwards notion that consciousness originates from
physical matter).
The idea of
a collective consciousness is consistent with the
assumption of a non–physical basis for consciousness
that we have used throughout these essays. Without going
into this subject too deeply we can point out that
intuition and ESP are recognized concepts that depend
upon transfer of information without the use of
machines, and independent of direct contact with any of
the five human senses.
Consider
the idea that thoughts have an independent existence.
This is not such a strange concept if you consider that
a photon has zero mass, but yet is the basic unit
(quantum) of electromagnetic energy (light). One might
argue that it is possible to observe a photon; however,
it is also possible to pick up on another’s thoughts.
Consider
that there are presently 6 billion humans on the earth,
and you can imagine how many thoughts enter the
collective conscious every day! We are, literally,
immersed in a sea of thought. Imagine that similar
thoughts combine to form streams, or rivers. The more
powerful the thought stream, the easier it is to tap
into. For example, thoughts of hatred and violence are
very powerful, as are thoughts of love and
understanding. Your vibrational orientation determines
the range of thought you can receive. A happy person
will pick up on cheerful thoughts, and an angry person
might pick up on thoughts of hatred and revenge. I would
be willing to bet that not all of your thoughts in a
typical day are consciously self-generated, but is
thought from mass consciousness.
Instead of
consciously directing their own lives, many people are
buffeted about by the ideas of others all day long. And
therefore they are very easy to manipulate, through
mass media, friends, bosses, authority figures, etc.
Their lives are directed by others, because they are not
mindful enough to script it themselves!
A
sovereign, however, is one who consciously generates his
or her own thought and who can recognize the difference
between his own conscious thought and one from mass
consciousness. A sovereign does not let the opinions of
authority figures or mass media influence or sway him or
her unless by conscious choice.
When one
exists a sovereign, one has conscious control of his
destiny. When one is a robot, mindlessly following the
thought stream of mass consciousness, one's life is
dictated by the decisions of others.
A Sovereign
understands that in order to accomplish something, one
must have a vision and align one's energies to that
vision. Action that is performed is then along the path
of least resistance. When one is aligned energetically
towards one's desire, the universe lines up resources
and people to make it happen, through the operation of
the law of 'like attracts like', or the Law of
Attraction.
In this
scenario, BEING controls DOING and ACTION. You, by your
conscious thought, are the director of your life. Like
the king on his throne, you have the capability of a
Sovereign. But you have to consciously and mindfully use
that power!
There is
always a split-second free will choice made for every
situation in life, even if it is something as trivial as
what to have for breakfast, or making that left turn
into the parking lot at work. The life of a physical
being is a series of free-will choices!
This may
seem incorrect, because so many of the decisions we make
every day seem to be already defined. We cannot decide
to take a week off and go sailing, otherwise our job is
in jeopardy. And if the mortgage isn't paid, we will
wind up with our fannies on the street! That is how the
mantra goes from mass consciousness, anyway. But there
is always another choice that can be made. If one gets
fired from one's job, there is another job out there. Or
you can create your own job.
A Sovereign
knows this because he or she has been making conscious
decisions for a long time. He or she has realized the
truth of the idea that you create the conditions of your
life. But if you are new to the concept of Sovereign,
there may be doubts. The only way to find out is to try
it! Begin making conscious decisions and see how it
feels. Don't just slide off into the old thought pattern
or old routine. Take a careful look at your life and see
where you would like it to be better, then, as one with
'supreme authority', begin making conscious,
self-generated and mindful decisions in more and more
areas of your life, and watch what happens.
The idea of
the Sovereign becomes somewhat difficult to understand,
given man’s acceptance of the subconscious mind.
This idea,
all by itself, is responsible for so many abandoning
their positions as sovereign and becoming a slave to the
group mind.
When many
people think of the subconscious mind, they think of a
compartment of their minds that is hidden from them, and
that (unless under hypnosis) cannot be accessed. This
leads to the idea that at any time, their conscious
minds can be controlled from the subconscious. This is
sometimes used as an explanation for inexplicable
behavior, or for failure.
However, if
we replace the subconscious mind with the idea of a
collective consciousness, then we allow human beings to
stay in control. Otherwise, we are victims inside our
own heads!
Because
‘subconscious’ thoughts are, by definition, below the
level of awareness they cannot have that much power
anyway.
We can then
use the Law of Free Will, the Law of Vibration and the
Law of Attraction to describe, in a much more rational
fashion, how impulses that were formerly explained by
the subconscious get into our heads. We say that these
impulses are actually the result of a conscious
vibrational orientation that draws more thoughts like
them into the consciousness awareness. The more focus
is placed on something, proportionally more thought that
matches it is drawn from the ocean of the collective
consciousness. When the
buildup of thought energy gets strong enough, an impulse
to act results.
(These ideas may come from physical sources like TV,
radio, newspapers, peers, etc. or directly from the
collective consciousness. In the spirit/mind/body
paradigm and consistent with the vibrational universe
model, every individual interfaces directly with the
collective species consciousness).
Habitual
Thought
Habitual
thought generates an ‘attitude.’ An attitude is a
preferred way of reacting to certain situations, based
on personal preferences. A belligerent person, for
example, prefers to respond antagonistically to almost
anything. Perhaps at one time he or she had success in
overcoming another and felt a sense of empowerment, and
has decided to continue this successful action. Another
may react to criticism by going into a shell. All
attitudes are established by choice or preference.
However, habitual thought is not mindful, and does not
lead to the causative state of sovereign. It is a sloppy
way to direct a life.
Habitual
thought can be recognized by the way you interact with
yourself and others. If you can just be aware of how
you’re feeling, you may be able to uncover a host of old
thought patterns that, upon inspection, you might choose
to do away with. In other words, negative emotion is a
red flag that tells you that you have activated a belief
that is no longer serving you. So you don't need
hypnosis or years of therapy to become aware of these
seemingly inaccessible thoughts. In fact, I’ve found
that I don’t have to go digging around for destructive
‘subconscious’ thoughts at all – they just automatically
bubble up to the surface when my vibe gets really high.
When I inspect these old thought patterns they seem so
ridiculous that I can just laugh them away!
Unless you
are a sovereign and consciously directing your life, it
is almost impossible to avoid thought that comes from
the collective consciousness. In my experience, I have
noticed that this type of thought often starts when I
let myself lapse into undirected daydreaming, or when I
am bored, or when I am doing a chore that I have done a
million times and which does not require a lot of
conscious focus. Often my thoughts will be rambling
aimlessly and then all of a sudden a thought or feeling
will come up in response. For me this is usually some
sort of negative thought or feeling which I then allow
myself to go with. Soon I am really into it and after
awhile I stop and shake my head and wonder “how the heck
did I get here?”
The
interesting thing about this is that when I go back and
look at the progression of thought (and feeling), I
realize that I made a decision at each step to go with
it.
This
process of consciously directing your thoughts and
reaching for good feelings will enable a person to
become more and more conscious, more and more aware of
self. The more aware of self, the more positive will be
your outlook on life. And when that happens, you will
find that the direction of your mind will trend toward
empowering ideas. Even while living amongst so much
negativity, you can, like the boat on the water, float
above it.
None of it
will match your vibration. This is just the Law of
Attraction at work again.
Belief in
the idea of the subconscious mind is dis-empowering,
because it postulates an area of your mind that you
cannot consciously access. Belief in ANY dis-empowering
idea detracts from being a Sovereign and being the
supreme commander of your life.
Therefore,
do not think about or participate in thoughts, beliefs, or
activities that do not lead toward a feeling of your own
empowerment.
This is
fool-proof.
If you do
not feel empowered, then it is not right for you.
Period.
A Sovereign
never questions this, knows it consciously.
A Sovereign
is in control of his or her thoughts, his or her life,
his or her destiny.
A robot is
a slave to the ocean of thought called mass
consciousness.
A Sovereign
is able to recognize self-generated thought, and
consciously distinguish between it and the ideas from
mass consciousness.
The
collective consciousness contains many inverted beliefs
that can, if not carefully and consciously sifted, lead
to some pretty screwy ideas about life.
Examples:
“You have
to work hard for everything you get.”
“You can't
always have it your own way.”
“You have
to be tough to survive in this world.”
“In the
real world, things never turn out the way you want them
to.”
“Don’t talk
to strangers because they might hurt you.”
“Money
doesn’t grow on trees.”
I’m sure
the reader can think of dozens more.
There are
probably hundreds of beliefs just like this floating
about the species consciousness, most of them negative,
many of them completely irrational and disempowering.
A Sovereign
does not pay attention to the thoughts of others, unless
it feels like a great idea, in which case he or she
makes it his own and begins to consciously create with
it.
A Sovereign
makes conscious, free-will decisions in every moment.
A Sovereign
is aware that he or she is consciousness, the
source–point, the supreme commander of his or her own
life.
A Sovereign
realizes that the decisions and actions of others need
not have any effect on him; because he knows that the
universe responds uniquely to his own vibrational
signal.
A
Sovereign has practiced conscious creation and living;
it is not just a nice sounding theory, and has
demonstrated to himself the ability to positively direct
his life so many times that it is no longer in
question.
A Sovereign
NEVER believes in anything that does not advance his or
her feeling of empowerment and connection. This is the
same thing as saying, a Sovereign does not believe in
anything that does not truly make him or her feel good.
This is the same thing as saying that a Sovereign does
not believe in anything which does not connect him or
her to his or her source energy, to the energy of life.
All it
takes to become a Sovereign is a little conscious effort
each day to become aware of what you are thinking and
feeling. It doesn't have to take years of effort. It's
fun! You don't even have to be diligent about it. Just
whenever you think about it, try to become more
conscious in the moment. You don't have to study with
some guru or read self-help books or attend seminars or
wear crystals or meditate or any of that stuff.
By
practicing conscious awareness one may gradually and
easily become a Sovereign, gradually assume the
directorship of one's life, and even attain higher
states of awareness.