Author, Philosopher, Spiritual Teacher, A Lead Facilitator at Sacred Media's Integral Mastery Academy, Founder of Yinnergy Meditation/Neurofeedback, Bodhi Mental Care & Wellness, Co-founder of KeMor Centre for Innovative Development
I’ll be hosting the Zoom experience for Transcendent Love this Saturday, September 26, as Ken Wilber and Sebastian Siegel come together for a special exploration of:
“Relationship as Pathway to Awakening”
This event celebrates the transcendent love story of Grace and Grit while opening a deeper dialogue around relationship as a pathway to awakening, including our relationship with self, other, lover, and beyond.
The day will include an intimate conversation, reflection, Q&A, and a live in-person screening of Grace and Grit, featuring Mena Suvari and Stuart Townsend.
📅 Saturday, September 26, 2026 🕚 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time 📍 Denver, Colorado + Live via Zoom
I’ll be present throughout the day as the main Zoom host. During the film, the Zoom room will remain open as a shared space where our online community can reflect, exchange thoughts, explore themes from the book and film, or simply watch quietly and reconnect afterward.
I’ll also be selecting some of the top questions from our Zoom participants to pass along to Ken and Sebastian during the Q&A.
Grace and Grit is currently available on several streaming platforms, including Tubi, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, Plex, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, YouTube, and others, depending on your region.
Looking forward to connecting with everyone joining us online for what should be a meaningful day of love, relationship, awakening, and Integral exploration.
What if many of humanity’s earliest ideas about God reveal as much about the psychological development of human beings as they do about the Divine?
The archaic, magical, and mythical God did not simply appear from nowhere. These images of God emerged through human consciousness at particular stages of individual and collective development.
A God who demands obedience.
A God who rewards loyalty and punishes disobedience.
A God who belongs to one tribe and fights against another.
A God who controls storms, harvests, fertility, illness, victory, and defeat.
A God who must be pleased through sacrifice.
A God who watches human behaviour and keeps score.
A God who condemns outsiders while protecting the chosen.
These conceptions make considerably more sense when understood through developmental psychology.
We Could Only Imagine God Through the Consciousness Available to Us
Human beings interpret reality through the cognitive, emotional, moral, and cultural capacities available to them.
A child does not understand authority the same way an adult does. A tribal society does not necessarily conceptualize identity the same way a modern pluralistic society does. A consciousness organized primarily around survival, kinship, magical causation, or mythic belonging will naturally interpret ultimate reality through those structures.
God becomes understandable by becoming psychologically recognizable.
When human authority is organized around powerful chiefs and kings, God becomes the greatest King.
When social order depends upon obedience, God becomes the ultimate Lawgiver.
When tribal survival depends upon distinguishing “us” from “them,” God becomes our God rather than their God.
When natural events cannot yet be understood through scientific causation, thunder, drought, disease, eclipses, fertility, and catastrophe can become expressions of supernatural intention.
Human beings did not necessarily fabricate these experiences from nothing. Mystical experiences, altered states, dreams, intuitions, visions, awe, terror, transcendence, and encounters with the unknown may have been entirely genuine.
The interpretation of those experiences, however, passed through the developmental structures available to the person and culture experiencing them.
That distinction changes everything.
The Experience of the Sacred Is Not the Same as Its Interpretation
Someone can have an extraordinary experience while interpreting it through a relatively limited worldview.
This remains true today.
A profound state of consciousness does not automatically produce profound interpretation.
A person can experience ego dissolution and interpret it psychologically, neurologically, Buddhistly, Christianly, Vedantically, magically, or through some entirely personal cosmology.
The experience and the explanation are not identical.
Ancient humanity faced the same problem.
A genuine encounter with something overwhelming, boundless, numinous, or transpersonal could subsequently be translated into the language of spirits, gods, ancestors, demons, cosmic battles, divine commandments, or supernatural intervention.
The sacred encounter may have been profound.
The conceptual container could still have been developmentally limited.
Then the Collective Reinforced the God It Could Understand
Individual consciousness does not develop separately from culture.
Once a particular image of God becomes embedded within a community, that image can be reinforced through stories, rituals, institutions, authority structures, family systems, and social expectations.
Eventually, questioning the image of God becomes almost indistinguishable from questioning the community itself.
This is where developmental structures become collective structures.
The mythical God is no longer simply believed.
The mythical God organizes reality.
He determines morality, identity, belonging, sexuality, authority, social hierarchy, acceptable knowledge, and sometimes who deserves protection or punishment.
The collective then reproduces the developmental worldview that produced its God.
Children inherit it before possessing the cognitive capacity to examine it.
Adults defend it because their identity has formed around it.
Institutions preserve it because their authority may depend upon it.
What began as an interpretation of the sacred can eventually become an unquestionable description of reality.
God Evolves Because Our Capacity to Conceive God Evolves
This does not necessarily mean God evolves.
Our conception of God evolves.
That difference is crucial.
The Absolute may not become more sophisticated because human beings become more sophisticated.
Human beings become capable of recognizing dimensions of reality that previous structures of consciousness could not adequately conceptualize.
God as tribal protector can become God as universal Creator.
God as cosmic ruler can become God as unconditional Love.
God as separate supernatural Being can become Ground of Being.
God as object can dissolve into God as the very condition within which subject and object arise.
Eventually, even the word God begins to become problematic.
Advaita speaks of Brahman.
Mahayana Buddhism points toward emptiness.
Taoism warns that the Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao.
Christian mystics speak of a God beyond concepts.
Apophatic traditions approach the Divine through negation, stripping away every description until nothing conceptual remains to grasp.
At sufficient depth, the question changes.
Instead of asking, “What kind of being is God?”
we begin asking,
“Why did we assume Ultimate Reality was a being at all?”
The Death of the Mythical God Is Not Necessarily the Death of God
This may explain one of the great tensions between religion, atheism, mysticism, and developmental spirituality.
Modern rational consciousness examines the mythical God and finds contradictions.
Where is this supernatural ruler?
Why would an omnipotent being require worship?
Why would an infinite intelligence possess human emotions such as jealousy?
Why would the creator of billions of galaxies privilege one tribe, scripture, denomination, or historical period?
Why would eternal truth depend upon accepting propositions produced within a particular ancient culture?
These are powerful criticisms.
Yet atheism can sometimes reject the developmental representation of God while assuming it has rejected every possible meaning of the Divine.
The mystic makes a different move.
Rather than defending the old image, the mystic penetrates beneath it.
The question is no longer whether an invisible cosmic personality exists somewhere beyond the universe.
The inquiry becomes consciousness itself.
Being itself.
Existence itself.
Awareness itself.
Nothingness.
Infinity.
The mystery that remains when every concept has collapsed.
Perhaps Humanity Created God in Its Own Developmental Image
The famous claim that human beings created God in their own image may contain more truth than either believers or atheists usually recognize.
But the statement does not settle the question of Ultimate Reality.
It opens it.
Human beings may repeatedly construct images of the Divine according to their developmental capacity while something immeasurably deeper remains prior to every construction.
The mistake is not necessarily believing in God.
The mistake may be confusing our representation of God with whatever the word God is attempting to indicate.
A magical consciousness creates a magical God.
A mythical consciousness creates a mythical God.
A rational consciousness critiques that God.
A pluralistic consciousness discovers many Gods.
An integral consciousness begins recognizing the developmental structures producing all of these perspectives.
Mystical consciousness eventually encounters something stranger still:
Reality does not need our concepts.
The Absolute does not require mythology.
Brahman does not need to become an object of belief.
Perhaps spiritual maturation ultimately requires allowing our image of God to die repeatedly.
Not because there is nothing beyond it.
Because every God the mind can construct remains smaller than that which cannot be contained by mind.
And perhaps what humanity called God was never the old man above the clouds.
Perhaps that was simply as far as consciousness could see at the time.
When people argue about God, they often assume they are speaking about the same reality. Yet many disagreements arise because each person is referring to an entirely different understanding of God, one shaped by their own stage of psychological, cultural, and spiritual development.
Our concept of God often evolves as our own consciousness evolves.
An archaic understanding of God is rooted in survival. The divine is experienced as mysterious, unpredictable, and inseparable from the raw forces of nature. Fear and awe become the primary forms of worship because existence itself feels fragile.
A magical understanding sees God actively intervening in everyday events. Blessings, curses, rituals, omens, and supernatural signs become central. The world feels enchanted, and divine power appears to operate through symbolic acts and sacred objects.
A mythical understanding presents God through sacred stories, unquestionable doctrines, and absolute moral laws. Faithfulness often means loyalty to one’s tradition, while competing beliefs are viewed with suspicion or rejection.
A rational understanding asks difficult questions. Science, philosophy, evidence, and critical thinking become important. God may still exist, but beliefs are expected to withstand intellectual scrutiny rather than rely solely on tradition or revelation.
A pluralistic understanding recognizes wisdom across many religions and philosophies. Rather than insisting that one path possesses the whole truth, it appreciates the possibility that different traditions illuminate different aspects of the same mystery.
An integral understanding attempts to include every previous perspective without dismissing them. Each view is understood as expressing something meaningful within its own context. The question shifts from “Which one is right?” to “What truth is each perspective trying to reveal?”
A super integral understanding goes even further. God is no longer merely an object of belief or a concept to defend. The distinction between God, self, and reality begins to dissolve. Divinity is not encountered as something separate from experience. It is recognized as the very ground from which all experience arises. Every stage, every worldview, every certainty, and every doubt appears as an expression of the same limitless reality.
This progression does not suggest that one stage is morally superior to another or that everyone must follow the same sequence. Human development is complex, and people often embody several perspectives simultaneously depending on the circumstances.
The more interesting question is not whether God exists.
The more revealing question is this.
Which version of God are we talking about?
Our answer may reveal far more about the structure of our own consciousness than about God.
Perhaps the deepest spiritual maturity arrives when we no longer need God to conform to our ideas. Instead, we allow our ideas to dissolve into the mystery they were always pointing toward.
Most people eventually outgrow their childhood ideas about almost everything.
Our tastes in food become more refined. Our understanding of relationships deepens. Our appreciation for music changes. Fashion evolves. Culture shifts. Even our political, moral, and philosophical views often undergo profound transformation as life teaches us new lessons.
Yet there is one idea that frequently remains frozen in time.
Paradise.
For many adults, heaven still resembles the picture they accepted as children. A beautiful place somewhere above the clouds where good people are rewarded, reunited with loved ones, and live happily forever. Although our understanding of nearly every other aspect of life matures, our image of paradise often remains untouched.
Why?
The answer may have less to do with religion than with psychological development.
Paradise Grows as Consciousness Grows
Every stage of psychological development interprets reality according to its own capacity. Paradise is no exception.
The earliest stage is concerned only with survival. Paradise simply means warmth, food, shelter, and freedom from danger.
As tribal consciousness develops, paradise becomes reunion with ancestors, spirits, and one’s people. Belonging is eternal.
The egocentric stage imagines paradise as limitless pleasure, power, success, and personal fulfillment. Heaven exists for the individual.
The mythic stage transforms paradise into a divine kingdom governed by justice. Those who obey are rewarded. Those who reject divine law are excluded. This is where many traditional religious images of heaven take shape.
The rational stage begins questioning whether heaven exists at all. Paradise may become symbolic, psychological, or simply an unanswered mystery.
The pluralistic stage opens paradise to everyone. Love replaces exclusivity. Compassion becomes more important than belief. Humanity itself becomes the family.
Integral consciousness recognizes that every previous view reflects a particular stage of development rather than an absolute truth. Paradise is increasingly understood as a way of being rather than merely a destination.
Finally, holistic consciousness dissolves the distinction altogether. Paradise is not somewhere else. Reality itself is recognized as the living expression of the Absolute.
The Expanding Circle of Identity
Our understanding of paradise also changes according to the size of our identity.
The egocentric perspective asks:
“How do I get into heaven?”
The ethnocentric perspective asks:
“Which group is chosen?”
The worldcentric perspective asks:
“How can everyone be included?”
The Kosmocentric perspective asks something entirely different.
“Who is it that seeks paradise in the first place?”
Here, the search begins to collapse.
The seeker, the destination, and the journey are all recognized as appearances within one indivisible reality.
Why Do We Stay Attached to Childhood Images?
Children require certainty.
Simple stories offer comfort in the face of death and uncertainty. Those early images become emotionally rooted long before critical thinking fully develops.
Unlike our opinions about careers, relationships, or politics, our beliefs about paradise are rarely revisited with the same willingness to question them. Religious traditions often preserve these images because they provide stability, identity, and hope.
There is nothing inherently wrong with that.
Every stage serves an important purpose.
Problems arise only when we assume that the understanding which comforted us at age five must also satisfy us at age fifty.
The Ultimate Shift
The greatest transformation may not involve discovering a better description of heaven.
It may involve recognizing that paradise was never meant to describe a location.
Perhaps heaven is a symbol pointing toward a realization.
A realization that nothing has ever existed outside the infinite.
A realization that separation was never ultimately real.
A realization that the very awareness reading these words is not traveling toward paradise.
It is the ground from which every idea of paradise has always appeared.
Perhaps the deepest question is not whether heaven exists after death.
Perhaps the deeper question is whether consciousness can awaken enough to recognize paradise before death.
If consciousness itself is the Absolute, then paradise is no longer a promise waiting in the future.
It is reality, seen without the illusion of separation.
Every relationship you form with people, ideas, environments, challenges, and even suffering becomes part of your inner architecture. Nothing exists independently. Each connection enlarges the field through which life recognizes itself. What many call “growth” is often the gradual dissolution of false separation.
An integral human being does not merely collect information or experiences. They become increasingly interconnected with existence itself.
The more integral you become, the more relationships emerge naturally. Those relationships are not limited to human interaction. A relationship can exist between you and music, silence, nature, philosophy, responsibility, creativity, discipline, grief, or stillness. Every authentic connection widens consciousness.
Expanded relationship leads to expanded inheritance.
Inheritance is not only financial. It includes wisdom, opportunity, insight, support, emotional intelligence, resilience, creativity, intuition, and access to dimensions of reality that remain hidden to fragmented awareness. A disconnected mind sees scarcity because it perceives itself as separate from the whole. An integrated mind begins to recognize that life is constantly offering resources through connection.
Access creates abundance.
Abundance is frequently misunderstood as accumulation. Real abundance is access. Access to insight. Access to support. Access to clarity. Access to meaningful relationships. Access to inner stability. Access to possibility.
A person with few inner or outer connections may possess money yet still feel impoverished. Another person may possess little materially yet move through life with deep richness because they are profoundly connected to existence.
Connection multiplies options.
Options reduce limitation.
Limitation often originates less from external circumstance and more from contracted identity. When consciousness identifies itself as isolated, separate, or incomplete, possibilities narrow. Fear increases. Defensiveness grows. Rigidity forms.
As awareness expands through relationship, identity softens. The walls separating “self” from “other” begin to weaken. Life no longer appears as a battlefield of competing fragments but as an interconnected movement expressing itself through countless forms.
This movement gradually reveals The Self.
Not the egoic self built from memory and social conditioning, but the deeper Self prior to division. The Self that exists before identity becomes trapped inside labels, roles, status, beliefs, or psychological boundaries.
Realizing The Self reduces distinction.
Distinction is necessary within functional reality, yet psychological separation creates suffering. The mind continuously divides existence into categories: mine and yours, success and failure, worthy and unworthy, sacred and ordinary.
Awareness beyond fragmentation begins to perceive unity without erasing diversity. Differences still exist, but hostility toward difference dissolves. Separation loosens its grip.
As separation fades, love ceases to be an emotion directed toward selected objects.
Love becomes the natural condition of unobstructed consciousness.
Not sentimental love.
Not transactional love.
Not possessive love.
A deeper form emerges when the illusion of absolute separateness begins to collapse. That love expresses itself through compassion, patience, understanding, generosity, listening, forgiveness, and presence. It does not arise because reality becomes perfect. It arises because resistance to reality weakens.
Integral living is therefore not simply a developmental achievement.
It is participation in wholeness.
Every meaningful relationship becomes a doorway beyond limitation.
Every moment of genuine connection becomes a form of remembrance.
Every dissolution of separation reveals more of what has always been here.
Many spiritual paths appear radiant on the surface, filled with symbols, mantras, and promises of transcendence. Yet beneath the surface lies a crucial divide often overlooked: the difference between pre-rational and trans-rational spirituality. Both appear to reach beyond logic, yet one regresses beneath it while the other transcends it entirely. To the untrained eye, they can look identical.
The pre-rational domain is instinctive, emotional, and magical. It belongs to an earlier structure of consciousness that sees reality through myth, projection, and emotional fusion. The pre-rational individual feels connected to life, but that connection is often undifferentiated; there is no clear boundary between the self and the world. Intuition replaces discernment. Myth replaces direct knowing. This is the consciousness of the dreamer who mistakes imagination for revelation. Many who fall into this category speak the language of mysticism but remain bound by emotional dependency and unexamined belief.
The trans-rational individual, on the other hand, has journeyed through the rational mind, not around it. They have integrated logic, science, and self-reflection into their foundation. Their transcendence is not an escape from intellect but a movement beyond its limitations. The mind becomes a servant rather than a master. Awareness expands to include paradox, complexity, and the ineffable without denying the relative truth of reason. Where the pre-rational personality confuses fantasy with insight, the trans-rational sees through both fantasy and logic as partial mirrors of the Real.
Many spiritual communities confuse these two movements, what Ken Wilber calls the pre/trans fallacy. Mystical language, emotional intensity, or devotion can appear “advanced,” when in fact they may mask regression to earlier, unintegrated states. True trans-rational realization does not deny the world; it refines perception until all appearances reveal the same unbroken consciousness. It honours both matter and spirit as dimensions of the same reality, seeing no need to reject one for the other.
The pre-rational seeks comfort in transcendence; the trans-rational finds freedom in presence. The former escapes complexity; the latter embraces it as divine play. One dissolves into illusion; the other dissolves illusion itself. The difference is not about how high one climbs, but how fully one includes.
Morgan O. Smith
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Inspired by the work of Alexander Ngu and Amaya Odilon Kosso — “Intelligent Transformation: General Intelligence Theory” (2024)
Humanity has long searched for a bridge between consciousness and cosmos, between the ineffable pulse of awareness and the measurable rhythms of reality. Alexander Ngu and Amaya Odilon Kosso may have drawn that bridge with their revolutionary General Intelligence Theory (GIT), proposing a universal abstraction known as ∆∞Ο; the triarchic principle of the infinitesimal (∆), the infinite (∞), and the finite (Ο).
Their insight dismantles the old notion of equality as the foundation of understanding. The equal sign, they argue, limits the sensitivity of thought to the subtler play of transformation. Equality is static — it implies stillness between two mirrored sides. Transformation, however, is alive. It breathes through every exchange, allowing one form to become another without contradiction. ∆∞Ο is the language of that breath; the patternless rhythm by which energy becomes matter, idea becomes awareness, and self becomes all.
If you’ve read any of my past work, you’d know that my main focus is spiritual enlightenment. The moment I read their paper, I could conceptually see how their work may apply to my personal direct experience of The All. Though I could be jumping at this prematurely, my intuition said otherwise. I got the same feeling when I first discovered Bill Harris’ work regarding low-carrier frequency brainwave entrainment, Marko Rodin’s work in Vortex Based Mathematics, and my teacher and colleague, Ken Wilber’s work in Integral Theory. So far, I’ve never been wrong.
The spiritual implications are profound. The infinitesimal (∆) reflects the fleeting pulse of perception; each thought, sensation, or breath that rises and dissolves. The infinite (∞) mirrors the boundless consciousness in which those movements occur. The finite (Ο) represents the manifest world, the circle of appearances that seems to contain experience. The realization that ∆, ∞, and Ο are not separate but continuous is the essence of enlightenment. Awareness awakens to its own structure; the one relation that holds all opposites in seamless reciprocity.
This triarchic model suggests that intelligence, in its most universal sense, is the self-recognition of transformation. Every shift of perception, every oscillation between thought and stillness, is the cosmos contemplating itself through the medium of form. The so-called “theory of everything” becomes not a formula etched in numbers, but a recognition that everything is the formula; a living geometry of being that reconciles complexity, dimensionality, and spatiality in one infinite act of awareness.
Spiritual awakening, through this lens, is not an event within time but the cessation of all resistance to transformation. The individual dissolves into the very process that sustains existence; a process that requires no computation, no passage of time, no distance traversed. Enlightenment, therefore, is not achieved; it is realized as the zero-point of transformation, where the infinitesimal and infinite converge in perfect immediacy.
Ngu and Kosso’s ∆∞Ο does more than redefine intelligence; it redefines reality itself. It reveals that consciousness and existence are not two domains awaiting reconciliation, but one relational field eternally transforming within its own awareness. The ancient mystics called this unity Brahman, Tao, or the Absolute. The scientists now call it General Intelligence. Both are describing the same ineffable truth: that the universe is awake, and you are its knowing.
Morgan O. Smith
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The quadrants of experience—I, We, It, and Its—have long been a lens through which consciousness organizes reality. Each provides a vital perspective: the subjective interior of the self, the shared intersubjective domain, the objective forms of matter, and the interobjective systems of the whole. These lenses do not compete; they illuminate the multiple dimensions of existence. Yet, any frame cannot contain the essence of reality, no matter how inclusive or comprehensive it may be.
What reveals itself when awareness no longer clings to a particular quadrant? A vastness appears that cannot be named solely as an “I,” nor reduced to the communion of “We.” It is not confined to the world of objects, nor to the vast interplay of systems. The Supreme Identity both transcends and enfolds these domains, existing as their ground and source.
This Identity is not separate from the quadrants; it is their silent witness and animating force. Just as light contains within it every visible colour yet is itself colourless, the Supreme Identity contains every possible perspective while remaining free of perspective altogether. When seen clearly, the quadrants dissolve into expressions of a singular field that cannot be divided.
What makes this recognition so profound is that it shatters the tendency of consciousness to fixate. The mind grasps for a standpoint—self, relationship, object, or system—but here, every standpoint is unmasked as a partial gesture of the whole. The Supreme Identity does not stand against them; it whispers through them. The “I” speaking, the “We” sharing, the “It” observed, the “Its” interlinked—all are nothing other than its unfolding.
Realizing this does not negate the quadrants. Rather, it liberates them. Each becomes transparent, shining as a clear facet of a jewel that was never fractured to begin with. The Supreme Identity calls forth a recognition: the One is never elsewhere. It is already present, before all perspectives, yet manifesting as each.
To live from this recognition is not to abandon life’s frameworks but to embody their ground. Every conversation, every act, every encounter reveals the unbroken presence that cannot be named yet pervades all. The quadrants remain as tools of navigation, but the navigator is no longer lost.
Morgan O. Smith
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Integral Theory, a comprehensive framework developed by philosopher Ken Wilber, offers a unique lens to understand the evolution of human consciousness and culture. Through this lens, the concept of God, a central figure in many spiritual and religious traditions, has undergone a profound transformation. This blog post explores this transformation from the archaic to the super integral stage, shedding light on how our perception of the divine reflects our developmental stage.
The Archaic Understanding of God
In the archaic stage, the earliest human consciousness, God was perceived in a very elemental and life-centric manner. This stage, characterized by a deep connection with nature and the immediate physical environment, saw God as an omnipresent force, deeply intertwined with the natural world. The divine was not seen as a distinct entity but as an integral part of the living earth.
The Traditional View of God
As humanity entered the traditional stage, God began to take on a more anthropomorphic character. Here, God was often seen as a supreme being, ruling over the universe with omnipotence and omniscience. This stage reflected a hierarchical view of the world, with God at the apex, guiding and judging human affairs according to a set of moral and ethical codes.
The Modern Perspective on God
The modern stage brought a significant shift. The Enlightenment and the rise of scientific rationalism introduced a more skeptical view of God. The divine was often seen as a construct of human thought, a necessary idea to explain the unknown in a pre-scientific world. In this stage, God was often relegated to the margins of society, as human reason and empirical evidence took center stage.
The Postmodern Interpretation of God
Postmodernism, with its emphasis on relativism and subjectivity, offered a pluralistic view of God. Here, God was understood in multiple ways, reflecting the diverse perspectives of various cultures and individual experiences. The divine was no longer seen as a singular, absolute entity but as a concept open to interpretation and personal meaning. The Super Integral Conception of God
Finally, the super integral stage, a more recent development in human consciousness, presents a holistic and inclusive understanding of God. This stage integrates the insights of all previous stages, seeing God as a multifaceted and evolving concept. Here, God is not just a being or an idea but an all-encompassing reality that transcends and includes all stages of development. This view acknowledges the complexity and depth of the divine, embracing both the immanent and transcendent aspects of God.
In conclusion, the journey from the archaic to the super integral understanding of God reflects our evolutionary path as human beings. As our consciousness expands, so does our perception of the divine, revealing the limitless potential of both humanity and God.
Morgan O. Smith
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In the soft blush of dawn, I stirred awake at 5:40, surrendering to an hour of Yinnergy meditation before nestling back into slumber’s embrace. In my dream, I found myself standing amidst the familiar halls of a school with which I shared a work/community partnership. The peculiar morning sunlight bathed the main foyer where I found myself, the uncertainty of my presence there simmering in my mind—I had supposedly called in sick.
Attempting a swift, unseen exit, I brushed past the main entrance only to discover a quaint store tucked to the left. It served as my temporary refuge before I ventured forth into the daylight. To my amazement, the school’s parking lot had morphed into a sprawling mall parking, and my vehicle seemed to have vanished into thin air. A click on the car remote yielded a chirping sound, yet my car remained unseen. The chirps echoed eerily through the boundless maze of parked vehicles.
With resolve waning, I traced my steps back to the school. However, the once familiar school interior now sprawled before me as a vast complex, a labyrinth with countless sections awaiting exploration. As I delved deeper, descending a flight of stairs, I chanced upon a woman. In the realms of the waking, she was a librarian at the public library under another community partnership. But here, she had aged, her eyes lacking the spark of recognition. As I endeavoured to slip past unnoticed, our eyes met, casting a fleeting veil of fear over her face. The eerie thought of her calling the authorities hastened my escape down another stairwell.
There, I stumbled upon a colleague of mine, her lips spewing venom over the phone about another. The stark contrast between this avatar and her workplace demeanour was startling. I whisked myself away, leaving her unembarrassed in her secret slander.
The surreal escapade led me outside and then back into a stairwell, where fate unveiled a harrowing scene—a young mother, perhaps a teenager, with a newborn, suffered the misfortune of dropping her baby down the stairs. Accusations and exasperations filled the air, yet miraculously, the baby remained unscathed. The young mother’s stoic face stood as a testament to the resilience ingrained in the fabric of life.
The quest for my car resumed, turning futile until a gentle stranger extended his hand to aid in my search. Though unsuccessful, his kind gesture steered my way back to the library—a sanctuary that bore a resemblance to the one in my waking world.
In the quiet sanctum, I was warmly greeted by a former love. Our chatter soon took a magical turn as Ken Wilber, the revered philosopher, graced us with his presence. Recently, I completed a spiritually illuminating program under his guidance, hence his arrival felt serendipitous.
Our banter cascaded from the mundane to the mystical. With each shared thought, a strange familiarity wrapped around us. He voiced concerns about my serious demeanour, urging a smile. His inquiry into my spiritual saga met my story of awakening in 2008, which unfolded into the miraculous narrative of my life. Ken’s skepticism gradually crumbled, paving the way for a profound moment of connection.
With a gentle grasp, I held his face, our eyes serving as the conduit for the ethereal. An explosion of divine love, compassion, empathy, and bliss erupted within and around us, a phenomenon often described as satcitananda in ancient texts. The heavenly vibrations resonated through the library, igniting a flame of consciousness between Ken and me.
He sank to his knees, tears of profound realization streaming down his cheeks, echoing the eternal phrase “Aham Brahmasmi” – I am Brahman. His tears met mine as our cries of liberation filled the sacred space. This was an unveiling, a transcendence beyond the ordinary perception of reality.
As the new dawn caressed my waking eyes, my body curled into a ball, the reverberations of divine love still ringing through every cell. Tears of joy coursed down, without a drop to spare, as a celestial peace enveloped my being. Though bound within the ephemeral embrace of a dream, the profound spiritual dialogue orchestrated in that serendipitous encounter resonated through the ether, awakening a sublime reality nestled between the realms of the waking and the dream.
Morgan O. Smith
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