Astral Awareness Consciousness Continuum

[Xanth]

I made this graphic to illustrate how your awareness is a continuum within consciousness and how the varying levels all relate.

If you know anything about me, you know that I don't believe "dreams" are an objective experience within our human experience here.  I don't believe we "dream".

Instead, I believe you project, but with what I call a "dream awareness" - what that means is that you are non-physical and you do not know that.  You're kinda just going with the flow.

Then your awareness can go up from there to a "lucid awareness", right up to the full "astral awareness".  The astral awareness level simply indicates that you're experiencing the non-physical and you have your full waking awareness.  This means that you know who you truly are, what you are, and all your memories in tact of your physical life.

[Xanth]

I wanted to expand on this a bit...

The illustration shows that you can enter the non-physical at any level of awareness.

Would it surprise you to know that these same levels of awareness also work while you're physically awake as well?  The EXACT same levels of awareness.

For example, you could be so drunk off your butt that you don't or barely remember that night.  That's you being physically awake with a DREAM AWARENESS.

Your normal operating level of awareness in this physical reality is actually one of an ASTRAL AWARENESS - but to separate it from the non-physical, I call it the "waking awareness".  This is the awareness level you compare to when you're non-physical to know if you're astrally aware.

When you're reading a good book or get sucked into a really good movie or tv show... that's you being physically awake with a LUCID AWARENESS.

Your level of awareness really shifts and is very fluid throughout your entire day.  First thing upon waking you're groggy, waking up with a stronger lucid awareness.  Then some people might not gain their full astral awareness until they've sat down and had that first cup of coffee! 

All of these levels of awareness are a property OF awareness, which means they seem to apply to you regardless of the reality you find yourself in.  Each level of awareness, even while physically awake, come with a certain clarity or feeling of clarity to them.  While you're drunk off your butt, your experience might feel a lot like a dream.  I know I've personally experienced that more than once in my life.  haha

[tides2dust]

I wanted to expand on this a bit...

The illustration shows that you can enter the non-physical at any level of awareness.

Would it surprise you to know that these same levels of awareness also work while you're physically awake as well?  The EXACT same levels of awareness.

For example, you could be so drunk off your butt that you don't or barely remember that night.  That's you being physically awake with a DREAM AWARENESS.

Your normal operating level of awareness in this physical reality is actually one of an ASTRAL AWARENESS - but to separate it from the non-physical, I call it the "waking awareness".  This is the awareness level you compare to when you're non-physical to know if you're astrally aware.

When you're reading a good book or get sucked into a really good movie or tv show... that's you being physically awake with a LUCID AWARENESS.

Your level of awareness really shifts and is very fluid throughout your entire day.  First thing upon waking you're groggy, waking up with a stronger lucid awareness.  Then some people might not gain their full astral awareness until they've sat down and had that first cup of coffee! 

All of these levels of awareness are a property OF awareness, which means they seem to apply to you regardless of the reality you find yourself in.  Each level of awareness, even while physically awake, come with a certain clarity or feeling of clarity to them.  While you're drunk off your butt, your experience might feel a lot like a dream.  I know I've personally experienced that more than once in my life.  haha

Xanth this is a powerful observation. Sometimes even while awake I feel like I'm residing just outside the normal, "anchor point" of my awareness/observation. In this state, I feel an elevated sense of appreciation, of in-tune-ment, a feeling of interconnectedness and responsiveness to the Present as all belonging to One. Everything is in perfect flow, and sometimes I see pale lights or sharp electric lines in front of me or in my peripheral. 

My friend just bumped a chapter of Autobiography of a Yogi... Wherein Babaji tells Yukteswar:
"'Child, you must meditate more,' he said. 'Your gaze is not yet faultless-you could not see me hiding behind the sunlight.' With these words in the voice of a celestial flute, Babaji disappeared into the hidden radiance.

https://www.learnkriyayoga.com/sri-yukteswar-meets-babaji/

It tells me we can perceive, even awake, things that we sometimes think are reserved for the nightly sojourns we call OBE's.

Thank you for the awesome post.

[Lumaza]

It tells me we can perceive, even awake, things that we sometimes think are reserved for the nightly sojourns we call OBE's.

Very true. Once we learn to rid ourselves of the constant distractions that we are constantly being bombarded with, we can finally open "all" of our eyes and see, sometimes for the first time!  !