Often times when we are in the midst of some event we cannot see outside of ourselves.  We have a tendency to look only through the two eyes in our body, but not outside of our own self.   In these times it is easy for us to feel separation from the people around us.  We feel like they are almost adversaries in our approach to obtain the objective we are there to obtain.

Take for example a trip to Disney World.  There are thousands of other people  at the park wanting to have fun with their family.  However, it may feel almost like a competition with each other to get on a ride, find a table for lunch, or get into a show.  If you are not careful you can see how this might happen.  That is when we sink deep into our physical bodies and do not look at the world from “above.”

Looking at the world from “above” is exactly what it sounds like – taking inventory of yourself and your physical surroundings from outside of your physical body.  Some people can literally lift themselves out of their body while looking down on themselves.  This we refer to as “looking from above”.

In order to look at the world from above you must first realize when you have sunk deep into the world “below.”  When you are in that state, where you feel rather low on your level of consciousness and connectedness to your physical surroundings and to other people and animals you need to slowly lift yourself up.  You can do this by entering a state of gratitude.  By stopping and taking in the sights the smells, and having a connection with other people.

You can have a connection without communicating, at least in the physical form.   Suppose you see a mother sitting on a bench at the amusement park.  She has a stroller parked next to her with a sleeping toddler.  Sitting next to her on the bench is a young child working feverishly to lick all sides of an ice cream cone as it melts in the hot sun.  Can you feel a connection to this family?  Maybe you have experienced something like this yourself – either as the child or the parent.  When you look at that scene and feel a sense of joy because deep down you are experiencing the ice cream and the feeling of peace by the mother.

We can look at scenes like this and raise ourselves from “below” to higher up in the physical plane.  Eventually, we continue to do this until we can see things outside of the physical plane, in the view from “above.”

Now let’s look at another scene.  The mother begins to scold the child for spilling ice cream on her clothes.  The baby in the stroller begins to cry and the child with the ice cream protests when the mother takes away her treat.   The mother’s moment of peace appears to have disintegrated and the family is now in a state of stress.

As the observer, you send the family love and energy to help “lift them” from “below” to higher up.  You feel empathy for the mother, for you’ve been in those situations yourself, and you understand the frustration of the child.

Neither scene is good or bad, they simply just “are.”   You can help others in periods of stress by sending them love and providing encouragement, rather than pity.   People are lifted by encouraging words.   You can lift yourself with encouraging words.   Look to where you want to be, not where you want to avoid.

If you would like to see the world from “above,” look up.   When you would like to lift yourself up, look up.  When you look down the crevice below you, you will begin to worry about falling.   When you keep your head up, you will begin to feel yourself rise.

<P> Do you literally mean to “look up” and to see the “view from above,”  or are those metaphors?

That is a good question.  In general, we speak in metaphors, however in this case we are speaking more literally.  The view from above is when you can start to see your body from outside of yourself.  Think about how you can see yourself from a mirror.  You are seeing the outside of your body from a vantage point that is different from how you see your body only through your eyes.

Look into the mirror and observe how different you look than what you see without a mirror.  For instance, you cannot see your eyes, your nose, or your face without the mirror.  The mirror provides a view outside of yourself.  When you look at yourself without the mirror, you feel as though you are “behind” your face, almost like you feel when you are wearing a mask.

With practice, you can begin to shift your “vantage point” from behind your face to above your head and body.  When you do that, you do not “see” things as you do through your eyes, but rather you will “see” things through your other senses.  Senses that you may have not yet developed, such as, the ability to sense other energies.

<P> So when you talk about seeing the “view from above” you are really talking about experiencing a vantage point above yourself, rather than from within your body?

Yes, that’s exactly what we are saying.  Think of your experience as being a camera.  Wherever that camera is placed and pointed is what it sees.   When you remove yourself from the physical body you can experience and see things that were once invisible to you.  This is the first step in becoming the “fish that jumps out of the water,” which we spoke about a few days ago.

Know that your essence feels like it’s behind your face inside of your body, but it can also move freely outside of yourself to experience other planes and other things that you currently do not see.  Again, it’s like the fish that sees a whole other world for the brief instant it is out of the water.  The fish leaves its safe world of water and sees that is only a small bit of what’s really “out there.”

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When you feel yourself sinking into the physical world, find a lifeline to pull yourself back upward to provide the vantage point necessary to view what’s really “out there.”

Written Oct 30, 2013