Through energy expansion, I have loosened my attachment to the physical world. I am aware that my spirit exists as a much larger presence in the Universe and my physical manifestation is just the tip of that iceberg.

That could be a difficult concept for anyone immersed in a culture of materialism. In one sense, materialism means that we place a high value on material possessions and physical comfort. But materialism also goes hand in hand with the belief that nothing really exists except physical matter. We think we have to be able to “prove” something scientifically in order for it to exist (even though our measuring tools are limited).

Materialism is one way of seeing. There are others. Quantum theories, for example, show that everything we experience in the physical world is determined by our mind’s observation of it. Since everyone sees things from a different perspective, this means that more than one thing can be true in any given moment. In physics, something can be both a particle and a wave. In history, the past, present and future can occur at the same time. And in spirituality, we can exist simultaneously in both the material world and in cosmic consciousness.

I have come to understand that The Shift the Teachers want us to make is to honor our physical body as a beautiful singing bowl and then step into the echoes of cosmic consciousness––to connect with our greater spirit and experience a fuller range of energy activities.

The Library Man:  We want you to make this step. We also want you to be fully grounded when you do so, because it will be important to be able to come back and share what you have learned. As usual, it is not so much about the words, although words will be helpful to have down the line of Time. It is more about the state of your energy. You are being dissolved from attachment to the physical realm. This is necessary. 

I feel very expanded. As if all of my energy atoms are suspended with more space between them. It makes me think of two substances like water and oil—when you shake a jar of that mix you can see one suspended in the other. 

Yes. And you know that it is not so much about the arrangement of particles as the space between them. The amount of space. Think about the vastness of outer space, the outer space as humans have measured and defined it. Imagine your own energy being as big as outer space. Each one of the atoms in your body could be a planet, or a solar system. This is the scale in which your spirit resides. 

The physical plane includes these magnitudes also, but materialism has reduced your ability to conceptualize and feel this. It is why you feel so free in Nature. Nature exists without the usual limits placed on the world by humans. There are no edges or walls or boxes to contain it. Humans have allowed materialism to box in Nature, and this is the mindset that allows the use and abuse of Nature as merely a resource. But Nature actually follows the rules of the Universe, not the laws of humans. When you allow yourself to shift your thinking, you can see and feel Nature in its actual form. 

This same kind of allowing, of shifting, also applies to humans themselves. This is The Shift you are being asked to make: the shift to broader awareness of your existence beyond physical manifestation. That includes your physical presence, of course, but it places the physical arrangement within the context of the Universe. 

Humans have been trained to see their world through the lens of materialism. It is only one way to see the world. It has its limits, because this is not the way the actual Universe is aligned. Max Planck was really on to something [in the early 1900s]. People did not want to hear it because it disturbed their version of reality. This is the same with anything that appears to be new. Of course this was not exactly new information. Scientifically, yes. But practically, no.

Humans have evolved through the animal kingdom. Animals instinctively know about the greater arrangements of the Universe. They don’t have to think about it. It is part of their being. It used to be part of our being also. Humans are animals that have had the layering of cultural learning and technology added to their experience. Although there is continued growth in those areas, it is not necessarily to the betterment of humanity—unless it includes the betterment of humanity, which would require recognition that the path of humans is married to their place in the Universe. 

We want to you to practice this union in your daily life. Practice being in the expanded state. Practice connecting both with and from this expanded state. Find the Universe in every object and action. Allow your vibrations to align with the energy of the Universe. Indigenous peoples lived this way. They understood not only the value but also the critical importance of existing in such a way. You can do this. You can do this again. You can return to these ways. 

Practice this, and then we will come to a place where you are ready for the next step in traveling.