The expansion of consciousness

As consciousness has evolved, it has evolved (like all systems/organisms/organizations) because of the pressure exerted upon it. There is nothing mystical about the process, as arcane and occult as it may be. The pressure is coming from the ever-increasing influx of information. When man had to survive by finding food and running away from predators, his mind had necessary limits. As the needs of man changed so did his developing self-awareness. Unlike the tendency to believe that we are still using our cave-man mentality, our bodies react and adapt to environmental changes with ease (sometimes with dis-ease...) so, of course, does our ethereal counterpart.

Now, unlike a balloon being blown up by more and more breath, our structures are open-ended and infinite. Thus we are just filling up an "empty" space. That space is, however, organized and ordered according to the way that other aspects of our consciousness and awareness impinge upon it. The instauration of conscious awareness was an integral part of the process. We started with a fully functional machine that was turned off. It was then started but left to idle while other inputs and connections were waiting to be made. (No point in having systems functioning for no good reason. The universe and the source are the ultimate in efficiency and effectiveness when left to their own devices.

Like a reservoir that needs to build up a pressure, we had to reach a "tipping point" in our development before the next level of awareness and functionality was reached and enabled. Many philosophers and sages (Sri Orobindo and Mother come to mind) intuited the imminent arrival of the use of the supramental region of the ethereal person.

We are on the threshold of a significant shift in the evolution of the consciousness of man. Humanity will support and endure this changeover much as it has all of those that came before it and will undoubtedly follow. Our job, such as it is, requires that we invest ourselves and undertake the opening of all apertures in the communication structures of our beings. Otherwise, we will go past the fill line on the transmission of our ethereal engine and not be able to benefit and profit from our newfound presence.