Consciousness Matters

Moments in the Flow: The 9 Levels of Consciousness

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Not sure how this happened, but the Audio Version inserted in the middle of the First Level Spiritual section. Please scroll down and you will find it not far below the image of a Guru.

Prompted by the dramatic nature of the continuing division in the astrology community and in this country, and on the day of the Leo Solar Eclipse, I thought it would be a good time to relay what Evolutionary Astrology founder Jeff Green said about knowing the level of consciousness before reading a birth chart.

It’s hard to imagine now, but at the time I studied with him (London School, 1999) Astrology was still considered unusual at best or a crazy idea at worst. Even in the upsurge of astrology and the availability of thousands of readers via the internet, a lot of people still believe that. And this, too, has to do with levels of consciousness.

In 1999 Jeff believed that most of the world population was in the first two to three levels. And this is known as Herd Consciousness.

Level One of Herd Consciousness represents people who may be here on earth for the first or second time. We all start in our root chakra with the need to survive and with level one, this remains the most important thing. They follow what others are saying and doing and don’t question authority. They feel supported by it. They won’t step out of line or contemplate new ideas. They follow the leader and partake in what psychologists have called ‘team mentality.’

In our current age, this is the easiest level to manipulate into following without question and creating and sustaining division.

Level Two of Herd Consciousness has looked around and wanted to improve its circumstances, get a bigger home, buy an upscale car, have some respect, etc... At the same time, it believes it will achieve this if it ‘follows the leader’ in the way they have moved forward.

In our current age, this is the level that is more prone to blame others for the fact that the way forward has changed or is not available to them. They feel their strength through holding onto this attitude, and believe there is power in their anger, especially if the leader encourages this.

These first two levels are unlikely to visit an astrologer or engage in any alternative spiritual or medical experiences.

Level Three of Herd Consciousness may sound surprising but it encompasses those who have found their way through to achieving a far higher status. They are the Boss, the CEO, the leader of a country, or in any position deemed to be at the top of the pyramid in cultural hierarchy. They want things to stay the same and to preserve their position. These people will and do consult astrologers for the purpose of strategy and finding out when they will get what they are after.

In our current age, we see these people maintaining the ways to manipulate the two lower levels and seeking ways to dominate the next levels of consciousness, too. Understanding how the gradual introduction over a long period of time through television and film will bring many things once thought shameful into acceptance. We see how it has changed the landscape of those at the top.

After these first three levels some will begin to think for themselves and enter the Individuated Level of Consciousness. When I asked Jeff about this, he agreed that people can go through levels of consciousness in their life and usually in an upward movement.

For instance, entering the teenage years can cause some to break from the full allegiance to the cultural consensus. And in the sense of Ages, we have seen mass movements into Individuated level occur during recent centuries. This also relates to the discovery of the planet Uranus in Gemini…mind and thought…in the 18^th century. We saw the “discovery” of electricity and several Revolutions occur in the late 1700s. However, not everyone who participated left the Herd, just following new leaders who may have also been in the Herd Consciousness.

Another shift occurred when the Uranus in Gemini generation had their coming of age in the 1960s. And we can expect another one when the babies born with Uranus in Gemini now come of age in the early 2040s.

Level One of Individuated

The crack in the cosmic egg occurs and the thought ‘there’s more out there than what I have learned’ leads to some exploration and break from the family or cultural consensus. However, while they may explore (getting astrology and other readings and taking classes in these and other unusual subjects), at Level One, they may not tell anyone else about it. They still need to feel accepted by the Herd and don’t want to appear too radical and incur rejection. They may gradually grow new friendships with others they’ve met on their exploration.

In our Age, former occult knowledge and exploration of ancestral or other sacred traditions and rituals and previously scoffed-at things like aromatherapy and acupuncture, has become more common and so it is less threatening to their place in society and then Level One Individuated may be a short phase for many.

Level Two Individuated

This is a dangerous place to be for self and others and for most the transition through this level is very brief…just a twinge of anger, maybe, for not being told the truth about things. But for those who embody Level Two anger is their default setting. Their anger against groups or society leads them to destructive behavior from major to minor. Bombers, fire setters, mass shooters, terrorists, would fall into this category. And an Astrologer won’t be consulted. In fact, no one will be as this is a ‘driven’ mode.

I don’t have to tell you that in our Age we have witnessed an accelerated number of people falling into this category.

Level Three Individuated

This is the ‘sweet spot’ where we find many people who open ‘centers’ and have holistic lifestyles of all kinds. They have individuated past the point where they need to defend their ideas, ideals, and lifestyle and can be comfortable ‘in the world but not always of it.’

In our Age we have seen an accelerated number in this category, too. In 1999, Jeff felt the percentage of Herd was about 93% and going further into higher levels, closer to finding a needle in a haystack. I think we have gotten to a point where the numbers of Third Level Individuated have increased enough to bring the Herd percentage down.

But now we come to another level and one that is tricky, too.

Spiritual Consciousness

Level One Spiritual

This is when an individual has a Spiritual interest and/or practice and so this is brought into the daily life. However, in this stage there can be overreliance on teachers and many moving into communities in this spiritual practice…one such is called an Ashram. They aspire to attain but remain believing they aren’t likely to reach the heights of their ‘guru.’ In a way this level is where we can backslide into division between people who believe what we believe and all others, and we may find people working hard to ‘convert’ others to their practice or to follow their teacher.

And now comes what Jeff called the most difficult level of all: Level Two Spiritual

At this point one becomes the Guru (or any other name for a person considered an elevated teacher). It is here that temptation creates a fall, and one that is masked for as long as possible. And it is hard to hear this but literally anyone you can name that has a large following in this way, is in the dangerous fall zone.

The problem is that in this position one can receive all that they want in desires of the world. Fame, money, material luxuries, and women or men as sexual partners. We’ve seen quite a few exposed, but my favorite example is the Temptation of Jesus in the Wilderness. He is offered all these things but says no to it and the phrase, ‘Get Thee behind me Satan,” comes from this meeting.

But those who also deny the temptations go on the Spiritual Level Three. In this self-realized state, there is no longing to have the attention of being known and the other lures of the mind. Jeff said this person is like the person with the flashlight in a theater that helps you find your seat.

And when Jeff was asked if there was anyone whose name was known he mentioned Jesus and we see how Jesus remained unaffected by worldly gain and carried on with his normal level of life. His purpose was not to start a new religion (we did that) but to uplift his own people to see how they could rise in consciousness. We’ll never know but we can imagine that in those ‘lost years’ he may have journeyed to study with Wise Men and bring back their methods of inner contemplation.

My favorite example of this level is The Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman. I haven’t read the book but was very impacted by the film. Nick Nolte plays the role of the ‘person with the flashlight’ whose name is not known and who leaves quietly when his work is done.

Jeff said Paramahansa Yogananda came close to this because he didn’t want to become the renowned teacher and was doing as his own teacher told him. I remember reading the story that a rich man came to Yogananda’s California temple and donated a lot of money to fund their newsletter, which was vital to grow the community. When Yogananda noticed the man was getting special attentions from the people in the ashram, he told the man he had to leave. The man was astounded…but how will you fund your newsletter? Yogananda said through faith in God. So, yes, I can understand that he has some of the Third Level Spiritual characteristics.

Jeff Green was not interested in astrology and never wanted to become an astrologer but was downloaded with information while dreaming by Yogananda’s teacher Swami Sri Yukteswar. Evolutionary Astrology, the Journey of the Soul, was quite unusual when it originally appeared and I had been an astrologer for about 25 years when I was given his first book. I had seen him speak twice in Florida and after reading the book, I tried to contact him to ask if he was coming back to Florida to lecture.

Somehow my email reached him as he emailed back and told me about the London School coming in the Spring. I loved England, had lived there for a few years and made two trips back. My immediate response was that I would be there for Part One and I went back for Part Two.

It is no coincidence that on the first trip I would meet the person who gave me the ‘assignment’ to write the story of a Druid Priestess that I published as the Revealing the Druid Legacy series. Pluto is the planet who shows the work of this lifetime. Mine is ruling the house of writing and in the house of secrets and ancestors.

I leave you with the idea of contemplating these levels and seeing how they operate. I would love to know what you find.

See you next time!

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