Part 3 of Rev. Dr. Grace Telesco’s 4-part series on “Kingdoms of Consciousness.” This Sunday: “Through Me” Consciousness.
The two former kingdoms of consciousness are informed by the notion of “duality”. The premise of duality is that we are separate somehow from the Divine and one another. In duality we sometimes see God as a vending machine to insert our requests (quarters) and pull the lever to receive the outcome we want. As we enter into this higher level of consciousness in Kingdom 3, we abandon the thought of duality and see recognize our connection to the Divine as “instruments of Grace”. In the Hindu practice we see Krishna with a flute and this signifies our commitment and awareness to being the flute in Krishna’s (God’s) hands. We allow Consciousness to flow through us and in that moment of surrender, the solution is revealed or the change manifests. If we find ourselves pushing, trying and forcing, we are in the lower kingdom of “By Me” consciousness rather than the energy of surrender, openness, and allowing Divine Grace to move through me without ego.