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THE JOURNEY TO HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS<\/h1>\n

by Ford Johnson<\/h2>\n

EVERYONE IS ON THIS JOURNEY: THAT IS THE DIVINE PLAN<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"To

\u00a0The Search For Truth<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Who are we anyway and why are we here? At many stages in my life, I thought I had the clear answers to these, the two most perplexing yet necessary questions we must ask and answer as humans. Through many re-awakenings, I have discovered one immutable truth…every time I thought I had the final answer…I had it all together… I was wrong. Well, I had a few things right but on the big issues I had just scratched the surface. I\u2019m not talking about acquiring more facts and information, for that is never-ending as is our understanding of the complex nature of the world in which we live. No, I am talking about something more transcendent than that. Something approaching the existence of a Divine Plan for each of us.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some years ago I wrote in the introduction to my book,\u00a0<\/span>\u201c<\/span>Confessions of a God Seeker: A Journey to Higher Consciousness\u201d ,\u00a0<\/span>a series of \u00a0ideas that have<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>continued as my beacon, a longing that continues to drive me onward…somewhere …on this journey to higher conscioiusness.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe events of November and December of 2001 were the turning points in a search for God-awareness that has been the center of my life. These events were the catalyst that led me to challenge and ultimately change my paradigm of the God-experience. As a result, my consciousness expanded from a modest house into what felt like a coliseum. This is what happens when old paradigms are shattered and new perspectives, based on truth, come into view.<\/span><\/p>\n

This book chronicles that expansion of consciousness. It began in earnest more than thirty years ago. As the title suggests,\u00a0Confessions<\/span>\u00a0reflects the journey of a God-seeker to discover truth. Truth, of course, takes many forms and exists at many levels. In the final analysis, it is what each person chooses to believe and act upon. Yet, there is the conception of eternal truth that does not bend to the whim of each predilection. This has always intrigued me. I longed for something eternal, not a childhood construct like Santa Claus that was designed to be shattered, or the dubious mythical foundations of most religious dogma. Indeed, it was this longing that propelled my initial search for spiritual truth.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"THE

\u00a0 \u00a0The\u00a0Questions of Life<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Over many years and many spiritual teachings, paths, and religions, my journey has taken me to what I have come to view as the heart of truth, the eternal bedrock that is unchanging and just is. In this book, I describe this journey and the often astounding discoveries and captivating revelations along the way. As you might imagine, it is a roller coaster ride at times. But that is the nature of spiritual growth, especially for the God-seeker.” [<\/sup>1]<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

LIFE LEADS YOU TO YOUR SPIRITUAL PURPOSE<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

It has been more than 15 years since those words were written and the sentiments they reflect so deeply felt and believed. I felt the truths pointed out in that book were of an enduring, transcendent nature. Those unvarnished truths is what my search had been about from the very beginning. The astounding number of\u00a0five-star\u00a0reviews the book garnered at Amazon.com were somewhat confirming and reassuring. They revealed my journey had touched upon many truths even as they exposed deceptions and intentional distortions of truth in many major religions. I had naively thought no genuine spiritual seeker\u00a0would intentionally\u00a0distort spiritual truths, without themselves having some major mental aberration. In one notable case, mental abberations of the religions spiritual leader proved to be the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0MAJOR GROWTH FROM\u00a0 PAINFUL EXPERIENCES<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

As a former member of that teaching, I experienced the \u00a0embarrassment of being deceived, as were thousands of others whose eyes were also opened by the publishing of the book. \u00a0 Through this experience I uncovered virtually\u00a0every trick of spiritual deception, someone so inclined, could use to enthrall and maintain the allegiance of his followers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Opening the\u00a0floodgates\u00a0of truth to thousands of other seekers whose ranks included scientists, laborers, physicians, scholars, home workers writers, lawyers and almost every other group one could imagine was a necessary experience on my journey. From a sound legal training, I had penetrated all levels of this type of deception, educating myself and others about the danger of accepting any pronouncement as truth without a scrutiny that tests the person and their facts.<\/span><\/p>\n

TRUTH-SEEKERS vs. GATE KEEPERS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The experience of writing the book and the backlash that followed was of a nature so astounding that the most creative fiction writer would be envious of the life drama the book uncovered and exposed. But, far beyond merely chronicling the experiences and revelations that this search for truth uncovered, the inner communications that kept me running to my tape recorder late at night and harassing my<\/span><\/p>\n

\"The

\u00a0 \u00a0Gatekeepers Guard \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Against Change<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

wife with the urgency of hearing the experiences, opened new doors to insights I thought I would never understand. This journey to higher consciousness was enthralling and expansive.<\/span><\/p>\n

WHEN THE INNER VOICE BECKONS – DO WE HEAR IT?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

From seeing, experiencing and communicating with everything from an inner burning bush\u2014 the Sacred Fire symbolizing the creator reality\u2014 to hearing celestial symphonies, traveling to the face of inner suns, and meeting and being taught by many inner masters, it was clear that all of this was leading me somewhere… for some purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n

Years later I reflected on these events and understood more clearly, this is the nature of the journey to higher consciousness. It is always unfolding, always expanding, ever broadening our awareness to enable us to take the next step. I now understand these experiences and numerous others \u00a0I did not fully apprecieate\u00a0at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0THE TRUTH SEEKER IS\u00a0ANNOINTED<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

All of this was a\u00a0precursor to the Higher Consciousness Society and my mission to help others on their journey. Today, my journey has become more intense, exhilarating , and magical than ever before. How else can one explain a change in\u00a0lifestyle\u00a0that now involves an average of 12-hour work days. \u00a0I read all I am guided to read, continue my twice monthly spiritual classes (called Gatherings) teach advanced classes twice monthly, conduct Decree sessions and write Wisdom Notes and other books.<\/span><\/p>\n

This\u00a0website\u00a0and several that connect with it, is the early\u00a0phase of this\u00a0work. I welcome you to read the various articles and other\u00a0efforts we are undertaking to introduce the public\u00a0to concepts and writings that expand consciousness and\u00a0embrace the totality of our being.\u00a0\u00a0This website will encompass the broad scope of scientific and spiritual information available to the truth seeker. What often astounds me is the amount of consciousness expanding information that lies trapped\u00a0behind copyrights, trademarks, and numerous other legal devices which, while necessary to protect the interests of the writer, are\u00a0a massive impediment to\u00a0the widespread dissemination of these materials to the public. The best of them, we will make available in our store, which books and other materials will be carefully screened to see that they indeed are consciousness expanding.<\/span><\/p>\n

WHERE THE JOURNEY LEADS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

This process of scientific discovery has separated truth into a thousand parts, with a thousand names of individuals attached to each factual discovery, or improvement to some preexisting natural phenomena. But, \u00a0there is usually\u00a0no regard for any precursor process or intelligence that lay behind any\u00a0discovery. As humans, we are so busy exploiting the manifold creations that preexisted our arrival on this planet, we have failed to see or grasp that a process of conscious creation lay behind everything we casually take for granted. It is difficult to understand how so many can conclude, all this just got here through some random process unassociated with an underlying\u00a0intelligence or consciousness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of our greatest scientists, at the risk of evoking peer disapproval, seriously question this premise.\u00a0 One of the great arguments voiced in challenge to the immutability of Darwin\u2019s natural selection is the oft-quoted example first voiced by England’s Dr.\u00a0Fred\u00a0Hoyle:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Boeing

\u00a0 \u00a0Boeing 747: Not a Random Creation<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cA junkyard contains all the bits and pieces of a Boeing-747, dismembered and in disarray. A whirlwind happens to blow through the yard. What is the chance that after its passage a fully assembled 747, ready to fly, will be found standing there?”[2]<\/span><\/p>\n

Hoyle\u2019s point is clear. The likelihood of life spontaneously occurring through some random process or exclusively through natural selection is as probable as the whirlwind assembling\u00a0that Boeing 747. \u00a0While a scientist professing no organized religious affiliation, his courage in making this and other pronouncements that were mathematically\u00a0 based were equally prescient. He was sniffing out traces of an underlying intelligence and purpose behind his conclusions.<\/span><\/p>\n

THE BREADCRUMB TRAIL OUT OF THE FOREST<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Somehow the religionists and the truth-seekers \u00a0seemed to divide what truth had been\u00a0discerned, into a thousand little pieces with a different religion around every corner along with their competing God(s). All approaches of this nature miss the simple, but all too clear truth; there is but one story, not one thousand. We live on a single planet, within a single solar system, that is part of a single galaxy, governed by the same set of laws and subject to the same set of constraints. There also appears to be one creation story and creation process that explains every aspect of how we got here, what the purpose is and where we are going. \u00a0This is the puzzle I have spent my life trying to solve. The most gratifying part of this search is that there are clear answers to these questions written and spoken about for centuries, but scattered as bits and pieces of paper requiring assembly to discern the unifying\u00a0story.<\/span><\/p>\n

WORKING WITH MASTERS AND CREATORS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Working

Masters of Wisdom<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Over the months and years ahead, we will tell this story in such a way as to show the continuity and unity in the various revelations about the nature of the creation process and the Divine Plan behind everything that has and will happen. Sounds like a big goal and task! Yet, it is achievable. This will require a dedication to truth and a deeper understanding of how truth is discerned amidst\u00a0the plethora of alternate ideas and politically and emotionally charged positions. \u00a0In the end, these\u00a0have little to do with truth, but much to do with that which\u00a0masquerade as truth.<\/span><\/p>\n

[1] Confessions of a God Seeker: A Journey to Higher Consciousness<\/em><\/strong>, One Publishing, Inc. 2004, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. [https:\/\/goo.gl\/oxjoSD<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Fred Hoyle (1983): “The Intelligent Universe”, page 19. The Boeing 747 metaphor is reported in\u00a0Nature,<\/i>\u00a0Gert Korthof updated 26 Aug 2014 (first published 10 Oct 1999<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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