By Jim Self
Published 11/15/2008 http://lightworker.com/Spectrum//articles/182/1/What-ARE-the-3rd-and-4th-Dimensions/Page1.html
Many of us know or intuitively feel that we are transitioning from the third-dimensional reality, passing through the fourth and are on our way to the fifth dimension. Dimensions are not places but instead levels of consciousness, each with its own characteristics and ways of thinking and feeling.
Our Third Dimensional Experience
The third dimension is very dense and operates within a specific set of rules and structures that hold many vibrations of thought and emotion. One of those vibrations is known as fear. In our spiritual quest to fully explore All-That-Is we went deeper and deeper into density choosing to incarnate many times upon the Earth. To maximize our third-dimensional experience we purposely left behind Higher Aspects of ourselves and lost our sense of connection to the Creator. In this perceived sense of separation we lost our way and,like abandoned children, we began to experience the energy we call fear. This state of fear created rigidity and made it more difficult for us to move freely. As we continued to passionately play in this rigid third dimension we began to take on many uncomfortable attributes such as dis-ease, victim, guilt, lack and resistance. We chose to do all this in order to know ourselves better, and in spite of what we may think, we have been very successful at playing in this third-dimensional game.
Many who cling to fear have created a default system which gives them a false sense of security. “If I just go inside my house and close the door, I’ll be safeâ€. This reaction has closed down our ability to expand and grow, re-merge with our Soul, and re-member our Higher Selves. Too many humans have stopped living their passion as they argue for their limitations within a web of fear.
Third Dimensional Structures
Let’s explore the composition of this third dimensional world we live in. If we look carefully, we can see three structures of this playing field or ‘game board’. Understanding these will allow our transition through the Grand Shift of Consciousness to occur more comfortably.
1 – Duality. The purpose of duality has been to help us learn how to walk in balance while experiencing contrast. Our intention was to have experiences without becoming affected by them.Living within the field of duality was simply meant to provide us with a broad array of choices and opportunities to ‘Know Ourselves’.
To assist in this adventure, Creator made the Law of Attraction available. Like a compass, this unwavering Law reliably shows us where we are and what we are experiencing at all times. The Law of Attraction simply says ‘what you place your attention on is what will be given to you’. This also means that ‘what we resist will persist’. As we resisted our fears, a greater range of duality or polarity came about—good and bad, right and wrong, should and shouldn’t—and with our attention on the uncomfortable experiences, these fears magnified. We resisted this discomfort, submerging many of our fears in our unconscious mind where we would not have to look at them or deal with them (we hoped). But the Law of Attraction doesn’t just bring us the ‘good stuff, it responds to the loudest feelings and thoughts we broadcast (those holding the greatest emotional charge) whether they are conscious or unconscious, comfortable or uncomfortable, desired or unwanted.
2 – Reactionary Present-Time. As we learned fear, we also began to project experiences which did not feel good a moment ago (past) out in front of us (future) thinking “I hope this never happens to me againâ€, and thus we began to create Time. Third-dimensional time was not created as a straight line of events with a beginning, middle and end. It was actually a time-loop consisting of past and future, with a single insertion point known as the ‘present moment’ where we make new choices based on past experiences and future desires. By reacting to situations from fear, we began making fear-based choices. Our decisions about the future were based upon the past. Our 3-D life became a series of reactionary experiences founded in resisting rather than allowing, thereby dragging the past with us into the future. And because the Universe adores us, the Law of Attraction will never object to, or challenge, what we place our attention on; it simply delivers what we ask for. Most of us waste a great deal of our energy ensnared in an endless cycle where our past haunts our future and our future echoes our past in a continuous 3-D Time loop.?Also built into the structure of 3-D Time is a wonderful mechanism that can keep us out of trouble in this adventure. A buffer or lag-time gives us the chance to reconsider the consequences of our actions, reactions, thoughts and emotions before we react and create something we might have to clean up or apologize for afterwards. This built-in structure allows us a moment of Choice. During the Shift this buffer is getting shorter and things are manifesting faster than ever.
3 – The Rational Mind. Our analytical, reasoning thought process is known as the rational mind. When we came to play in this adventure we disconnected 90% of our available awareness in order to have this experience. The development of the rational mind served us well in this environment. Its purpose is to keep us safe and fit in. But due to fear and misuse, the rational mind operates more in limitation than in possibility and opportunity. Because we have given assignments to the mind that it was not designed for, our awareness and spiritual ranges of choice have greatly diminished. While the logical mind is a wonderful tool for measuring, comparing and storing information, it only knows what it knows and does not know what it does not know. For thousands of years the rational mind has kept humanity tightly focused in the three-dimensional realm. This is now changing.
These three energetic structures are intricately woven into the fabric of the third-dimensional matrix. If you focus on only one of these, the other two intensify, creating more distraction and more pressure until you reset your focus and allow them to come back into balance. By becoming aware of the underlying templates from which the third dimension is born, we can begin to reconstruct and re-member a significant part of ourselves, freeing us to move beyond the limits of the third dimension and begin to experience the possibilities of the fourth and fifth.
Fourth Dimensional Structures
Now let’s explore the elements of the fourth dimension.
1 – Eternal Present-Time. Where 3-D time is a charged, Reactionary Present-Time, 4-D time is the Eternal Present-Time. NOW. In 4-D the past is simply history without emotional charge and the future is an opportunity waiting to be fashioned in this now moment through choice. Yesterday has no bearing on tomorrow. The eternal present is all there is. We can plan for a future event using information gathered from the past, but decisions are conscious choices that are made in the present moment. What we think is what we will experience in the moment. There is no lag-time in 4-D. What you think about will manifest so be mindful of what you think!
2 – Choice. In the fourth dimension, ‘choice’ replaces ‘reaction’. Reaction is an emotional 3-D response, whereas choice provides flexibility. Flexibility creates expanded opportunity and a greater ability to combine possibilities to produce a variety of outcomes. In the fourth dimension you take back your power to choose.
3 – Paradox. In 4-D the past and future become points of reference or information and have no emotional attachments. What was true a moment ago is not necessarily true in this present moment and what was false may not necessarily be false any longer. This opens up more possibilities to experience, releases judgments, and increases our ability to allow.
4 – Alignment/Balance. In the fourth dimension we are constantly moving towards balance and re-alignment. This structure is very open, entertaining and allowing of all possibilities. Well-being, Beauty, the Inner Smile, Appreciation, and Love are options in 4-D. Whereas Fear is a choice which will place us back in 3-D reaction and limitation.
Our spiritual journey includes the movement toward a higher, lighter way of life. This is a life of community, cooperation and co-creation in 4-D while we walk in the density of 3-D. 5-D opportunities are not far behind. This is remembering how to be in the world but not of the world. This is remembering who you came here to be.
Published 12/15/2008 at http://lightworker.com/Spectrum//articles/203/1/The-Way-of-Life-in-the-Fifth-Dimension/Page1.htm
lThe previous article compared the third and fourth dimensions. In this article we bring in the fifth dimension. Let’s briefly review the structures of the third and fourth dimensions.
The third dimension operates with a specific set of rules and has certain characteristics, aspects, boundaries, edges, mutations and structures. We see three main structures sustaining this dimension.
Rigid Structures of the Third Dimension
Duality – A dual mode of perception: right-wrong, positive-negative, good-bad, should-shouldn’t, up-down, black-white
.Linear Time – The perception that time only moves in a straight line (one direction) and is experienced as past, present and future.
Rational Mind – The GPS of the third dimension. The analytical, reasoning thought processor designed to make comparisons, draw conclusions, store information, calculate, and make determinations.
Flexible Structures of the Fourth Dimension
Now Time – This is your point of power. Each now moment is a threshold to new beginnings and fresh choices.
Choice – The power to consciously choose to initiate something else in any moment.
Paradox – Contradictory truths. Something that was true a moment ago but may not be true in the next now moment.
Alignment/Balance – A state of equilibrium which neutralizes opposing forces.
In the Fifth Dimension, 3-D ‘Reaction’ and 4-D ‘Response’ Give Way to Integration
Reintegration – When you attain fifth-dimensional consciousness you experience the reintegration with your Higher Self. This reconnection with the higher parts of you brings higher awareness and allows you to know yourself at the Soul level. You begin to Be who you came here to be. Your innate spiritual abilities increase and reveal themselves. These include clairvoyance, telepathy and abstract intuition.
Access the Wisdom You Know – Life in the fifth-dimension is stunning because you are fully conscious again. You are aware of and can access the wisdom and information available within your Being that resides in all the dimensions. There is no separation. You are one with the All and All is you.
Experience Higher, Lighter Energy – In 5D, you vibrate in feelings like reverence, beauty and kindness. The coat you choose to wear each day bears no resemblance to what you typically walk around wearing in 3D. And much of what you experience is no longer expressed from the mind or in words (intellect/brain) but pours forth from the heart and the feelings (the senses recombine forming a sixth sense). You achieve a quiet knowingness.
Higher Mind – In this level of living, when the mental and emotional bodies merge, the union activates the Higher Mind and you operate from the mind of your Soul. You begin to know what the Soul knows and make Soul-guided choices.
Simultaneous Time – Living in 5D, you move into Simultaneous Time which allows you to see the broader perspective of All That Is. All the answers to your questions lie exactly where the question is asked and you are able to view all possibilities before taking action.
So, why did we choose to leave this wonderful place where all is known and go to the third dimension, anyway? When Creator wanted to know Himself/Herself better He/She asked for volunteers, and guess who ran to the front of the line saying “Pick me, pick me!†You did! Creator sent the brightest and the best (you) on this special quest to explore the outermost regions of existence. It was, and is, a grand adventure that only the biggest and most enthusiastic spirits signed up for.
Why did we choose the third dimension and not another? Duality does not exist in the higher dimensions and duality is an important part of what we wanted to experience. Our explorations took us many places but as we went deeper into density we eventually found ourselves playing in the slower vibrations of the world of form (matter). Here we could delve into cause and effect and discover the results of our choices and actions. Here we had free will to explore the most divergent ranges of frequencies (including fear, hate, anger, betrayal, etc). When we signed up for this adventure we did not know that we would become immersed in it or that we would forget who we are, where we came from, why we came, and how to get back Home. We now have an opportunity to remember who we are and return Home.
The Long-Awaited “Shift of the Ages†is Upon Us
We have taken the third-dimensional adventure as far as we can. We have been wildly successful at what we set out to accomplish and explore in this diverse, dense, duality. A huge vibrational up-shift (on every level) is what the Earth and her inhabitants are undergoing right now. You are a very important part of this Shift. You are big, not small. You are significant, not insignificant. You make a difference and your contribution is valued by all of humanity and by All That Is. Welcome the change to a new way of life, dear friends, for together we have begun the process of bringing Heaven to the Earth.
Jim Self is an international teacher, speaker and author. He has been a leader in the field of spiritual development for over 27 years. He offers us the Tools of Mastering Alchemy as a Way of Life. This work is co-created with the Archangels, Ascended Masters and Teachers of Light. Free DVD and Free Tele-classes are available.
Jim presents free local evening classes and a weekend seminar ‘Creating the Personal Power Field’ across North America. www.MasteringAlchemy.com (775) 851-8950.
