CHAPTER ONE What Is Conscious Awareness? “If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.” —Wang Fou, Hua Hu Chin Have you ever uttered the words, “I didn’t realize what I was doing,” or “I’m not sure where that came from” after doing something you later regretted? If you’re an average human being, the answer is probably yes. We all, at times, find ourselves doing and saying things without knowing why, reacting in ways that surprise ourselves, and tripping over invisible obstacles in our own psyches. As human beings, we are blessed with the ability to be conscious of ourselves—to be self-aware. But for most of us, conscious awareness is not an ongoing experience. We have the capacity to observe the movements of our thoughts and feelings and make choices about whether to act on them or not. We are not blindly driven by impulse and instinct—at least, not entirely. But our degree of consciousness can vary dramatically. We all, at times, feel like victims of our own unconsciousness, driven to make the same mistakes over and over again by patterns and beliefs we can’t even see. To liberate ourselves from this experience, we need to actively cultivate greater consciousness. Conscious awareness is the state of being aware of one’s own existence—one’s unique thoughts, memories, feelings, sensations, surroundings and external environment. It is a state of wakefulness of the mind. Consciousness is an enigma. Science generally considers consciousness to be a complex activity of the brain, but the truth is that no one has yet explained exactly where it comes from. The idea that it arises out of the brain seems implausible—if you dissect the brain, you cannot see consciousness, just as you cannot see thoughts or beliefs. I like to think of the brain is its conduit. We need the brain to process consciousness. Spiritual teachers and thinkers are less concerned with where consciousness comes from; in fact, many of them believe that everything comes from it. Deepak Chopra, in The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, writes: “The source of all creation is pure consciousness … pure potentiality seeking expression from the unmanifest to the manifest. And when we realize that our true Self is one of pure potentiality we align with the power that manifests everything in the universe.”1 Like Chopra, I see consciousness as being both a human faculty and a divine state of being. In the human sense, consciousness is our awareness, cognition, perceptions, beliefs, emotions and so on; in the divine sense, it is a field of infinite possibilities; the source of all creation and potentiality. Divine or higher consciousness is the origin of everything, and therefore it is also the nature of our true selves. The premise of this book is that, when we align our human consciousness to higher consciousness, we become consciously aware beings, connected to our true selves. We come closer to understanding the relationship between our human nature and our spiritual nature and we integrate them in a meaningful way. If you are not trapped in the limiting beliefs of your past, you can start pulling any possibility you want to become from the field of the unmanifest. In this book, I have tried my best to create a process that can clear our thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and patterns to allow us to connect to divine consciousness, the universal light. There are many terms in the spiritual and religious traditions for this ultimate dimension. You can use the term God if you are comfortable with it. Or you may prefer Supreme Intelligence, Great Spirit, Creator, Higher Power, the One, or any other name that represents that all-encompassing light. I like to use several of these terms interchangeably, but I often choose “the Source” as it points to this dimension as the origin of everything. Conscious awareness is not something that we “get.” It is something we unearth within ourselves. Within all of us there is an awareness that is still and conscious at all times. It is that awareness that we need to connect to the Source or higher consciousness. Conscious awareness is a dance with the Universe—a dance between self-awareness and a conscious recognition of our union with the Source. The problem, for most of us, is that we are disconnected from our true self. We have built up layer upon layer of a false identity, based on our conditioning, our beliefs, and our traumatic experiences. To put it simply, this constructed identity is what spiritual teachers refer to as the ego, although there are many different ways this term is used in academic psychology. For the purposes of this book, I define ego as the constructed identity that obscures our true self. Contemporary spiritual teacher Ekhart Tolle refers to the ego as the illusory self, because it embodies a misperception of who we are. He writes, “Ego is always identification with form, seeking yourself and thereby losing yourself in some form. Forms are not just material objects and physical bodies. More fundamental than the external forms-things and bodies- are the thought forms that continuously arise in the field of consciousness.”2 All that we have to do is to reconnect with this awareness. Most of our frustrations stem from the fact that we believe something is wrong inside and needs to be fixed; in reality, nothing needs to be fixed, only uncovered. It all begins with self-awareness. My intention for you is that each day as you complete the chapters and do the work, your awareness will expand and will awaken to the origin of your true nature. Each day, through your readings and the stillness of the moment, you will learn how to connect deeply to your true self. You will feel joy, passion and abundant love as you reconnect […]
THE STORY
Theon E. Rex is no ordinary boy. Discovered as an infant in a symbol-riddled well near Manor Clos Lucé, Leonardo Da Vinci’s former residence, he soon manifests extraordinary powers ranging from the stunning to the devastating, attracting the attention of the Vatican and other powerful organizations bent on exploiting or destroying him. Terrified the secret behind his mysterious origins will reduce biblical doctrine to ashes and crush his empire, the Pope himself orders his death.
Even Satan has designs on Theon. Hell’s fury descends upon him as the Dragon Lord whisks the boy-prodigy to his infernal realm, determined to weaponize him and bring destruction and desolation to the Kingdom of Heaven…and to Earth. Of all the Echoes—restored human souls—roaming Heaven and Hell, Leonardo Da Vinci comes to Theon’s aid, helped by Satan’s crossbred daughter and other unlikely allies.
A frantic race ensues across Hell and into Heaven, in hopes of finding a cure to Theon’s explosive curse. But a misguided God swears the boy will not cross Heaven’s borders. What they discover about his origins, no one—neither Da Vinci nor even God himself—could have imagined.
Main Cast of Characters
- Theon E. Rex, hero and boy-prodigy
- FBI agent Cameron Rex and wife Sarah, Theon's adoptive parents
- Leonardo Da Vinci, famed painter and inventor
- Akara, Satan's young estranged daughter
- Tholen of the Kalidrone, a race deformed beyond belief, alienated from God
- Amadeo Da Verdi, ex-Templar Knight and agent of the Vatican
- NASA Director Bill Adams, Mars Exploration program
- FBI assistant-director Scott Dumont
- Cardinal Pierre Nadeau, double agent
- Doctor George Lapierre and Maurice Lefoux, members of the Circle of the Eight, leadership group of the Priory of Sion
- U.S. President Karl Armstrong
- Pope Benvenuto, born Carsten Maximilian Reiniger
- Child serial killer (unnamed)
- Young Michel de Nostredame, prior to becoming known as Nostradamus
- King Deus, Lord God
- Maitreya, God's Holy Spirit
- Jesus Christ
- Maria Magdalena
- Mary, mother of Jesus, and sister Bethel
- Satan, Dragon Lord
- Demahon, Dark Lord and Satan' master
- Archangels Michael and Gabriel
- Archdemons Thevetat and Aurignacia
- Adolf Hitler, former leader of the Third Reich and mass murderer