How do you ascend?

[Hissil]

What makes you say we aren't free? We all have free will. No excuse can deny that logic.

[Astrojewels]

Hissil, Free will is not the same as ‘being free’, and some of us actually do not have free will, it can become lost or entrapped in the journey of life.

most people feel the way you do William and that we are not free, but it all depends on how you translate the word ‘freedom’, for me personally I consider myself ‘free’ because my spirit and soul personality is not controlled, confined or delegated by an outside influence, however my physical body does not have that freedom, because for me to experience life I must follow certain rules and expectations, but at the end of the day- my physical body is merely the vehicle so that I can endure the destination, and when my life is over, I will be left with the energy of this life experience and not the vehicle!

[Acceptancedchange]

You mean, you want your sole/soul focus to be (concentrating) on a different level or reality. There are realities in you where you are free and you know what is true. In this reality we are not so unfortunate as the truth IS out there - or rather is WITHIN. We are in all realities, on all levels simultaneously. Why? How? Because in true reality there is no "time." Not as we know it. There are no weeks, days... why should there be hours and minutes?

In terms of translating the word freedom I agree.
We are not free of our dependency on air, water, food, or our dependency on God.
But in other aspects we are free non physically of these things, and in other aspects we are God and part of God, though we may not remember or consciously realize.
We are still free to choose physical life or not choose it, to rise to the top of our game (or the never ending story) and become as independent as we can be. The only one stopping us, ultimately, is not the agenda, is not anyone else, the only one stopping us is us. Sometimes that is okay because we do things on our own time. Sometimes it is time to move on.

We are our will, aren't we? Our will is our focus and energy really, and energy is what we are, however many forms we manifest ourselves in - anger, happiness... so on. (Oh the many so-ons.)
And our will is free. We are free to will whatever we want. If we decide to, we might even "will" ourselves free!

The question THEN is, are we free from ourselves?

[Astrojewels]

Good question Acceptancedchange,

Well for me personally, I would never want to be free from myself, because that is why I am here, to learn about who I really am without the interference and manipulation of actually living. Physical life restricts us, and constructs our pattern of thought to absorb the emotions that can only be experienced in an existence of physical matter.  Yes we are energy, yet for most of us that energy becomes lodged with disappointment instead of advancement, there are not many people on this planet that have the ability to move on and balance the two bodies within the one life-stream!

[Acceptancedchange]

Thank you,

I asked the question because as I said, and Janet says... and Stewart probably says... and we probably know inside, the only one in our way is us.

Many times we are prisoner to our own ego, fear, and so on.

It is true physical reality restricts us, but God-Mind chooses this as the best ground for learning and "ascending."
Physical life can be wonderful, terrible, whatever we want it to be.
I can understand if you have at all any frustrations in this pursuit, anyone might after the fun wears off and they still find themselves "stuck" here, (even if we chose wisely to be here in the first place!)
As Janet says in one of her wise-Janet articles, we compartmentalize and compartmentalize until we can go no further. (Then reintegrates.) The soul personality which separates into sub personalities and so on finds itself angry because it feels that it is getting increasingly further from God-Mind and desperately tries to get back.
But aside from the learning, there are other positive things about physical reality. I feel it defines all experiences and situations. And definition is a type of enhancement. It allows us to complete the experiencing of everything in all ways.
... And it is also what we make it.
The thing that first enters my mind which is positive about physical reality is an example suited for logic: like a cage, it offers restriction, and it offers stability. Security, boundaries, so on... Point is, it can be positive or negative - and actually, both restriction and stability themselves can each be positive and negative.
I no longer condemn physical reality, or judge the material world; I am no longer "religious." Instead I have a greater perception of how wise Mother Earth is and what she has to offer - and of course am grateful for all she has to offer and all she does. So for all that I'm glad!
I have my own patient issues as well, but patience persists. "Patience," It tells me. "... Some things are supposed to happen on their own time..." Or "It will happen when it will happen." Which might be most annoying - and most true!

[Hissil]

I'm asking how to ascend consciousness above the Earth plane. You say we are operating on all realities at once but if that was true we would have awareness of them.

[Acceptancedchange]

If we had awareness of them - conscious awareness - of all realities - on all levels at once - we would go mad!

That's what kundalini activation is about. It is associated with greater awareness, but if it does not happen on its own time it can be overwhelming.
This is why Expansions offers the brown "curved" kundalini archetype to stop premature growth. Who knows, might come in handy! Important backup.

[Hissil]

how do you know we would go mad everyone is different so you cant speak for everyone

[Rod]

keeping track of multiple realities will send people mad, how can you NOT go mad, i can only imagine what its like, for me, i'd rather keep track of this miserable reality so i can make sure my next focus is a better one :D

[baniakash]

One can have their awareness on all levels of reality as is the default case.
The next is whether the individual is activated to function consciously in that level of awareness.
If that is done,then you are going to understand how to switch between levels of awareness and hence you won't go mad.
On the other hand without proper training and guidance ,if the vaults are opened to all the respective planes simultaneously,and the individual in question is not strengthened to hold or pass the energy pouring out of those realities then serious problems develop.
The whole case of kundalini activation and its associated problems only arise because all other inner bodies are not stabilized and aligned correctly to handle the energy flow.
There is another important factor many disregard related to Ascension and that is the Focal energy that sustains the region into which you are attempting to be a member of is not obliged to accept you into that region....
A lot of clearing spiritually and maintaining the state of balance is needed and this is to reflect through all the respective.
The factor of BEING is a key principle to grasp when Ascension is concerned,and unfortunately many of the Ascended beings are not really Ascended in the true sense..
Thanks..