Active Consciousness: Awakening the Power Within

You will know you are getting somewhere if you start noticing any of these things: A sensation of stillness or space. A feeling as if you are moving toward objects or as if they are moving toward you. A heightened visual sense.

Homeopathic remedies are made from such extreme dilutions of plant, animal, and mineral matter that they do not contain even a single molecule of the original substances from which they are derived. Instead, homeopaths believe that they carry an energetic signature of these substances—a claim that only today is beginning to be scientifically verifi

I found myself drawn to books by Barbara Brennan, a medical intuitive who described her hands-on healing work and ability to see auras—the energy fields that she claims surround living things.

“Tucson II—Toward a Science of Consciousness.”

Here are some other ideas to play with while relaxing in outer sensation: Can you become “one” with an object? Can you sense the feeling of “being” a lamp or a tree? As you see and hear, do you feel any inner sensations in your body? Do this exercise (and all exercises in this book) in a spirit of playfulness.

about a new form of healing called EFT—Emotional Freedom Technique.2 Developed by engineer and self-help author Gary Craig,

the kahunas believe that by gaining mastery over our thoughts, and in particular by working in cooperation with a more knowing, interior part of ourselves, we can gain control over the world and the future we create.

Are these higher dimensions merely mathematical tools, or do they actually exist all around us, just outside our reach? In her recent book, Warped Passages, physicist Lisa Randall explains why a growing number of her colleagues are coming to believe that this may indeed be the case.7

STEP 1. Settle into the Now: “Feet. Seat. Back.”