Principles of Holographic Awareness, Part 1: Morphing Atmospheres of Light

Holographic awareness is not the exclusive property of any person, group, religion, or branch of science, nor is training needed to acquire it. It is the original awareness that you were born with and have been using all your life. As natural as light flowing from the sun and beautiful trees that grow in quiet meadows, it is the media of expression for the Holographic Universe that is shared and reflected everywhere.

Everything that we know about ourselves, our family, this world and the universe is seen, felt and known through awareness. Awareness is made-up of sense perceptions, thoughts, feelings, memories, imagination, dreams and knowing that flows through our inner world.

Even the so-called "external world" is actually seen and experienced inside ourselves, as our senses gather streams of incoming light, sounds, feelings, and waves of energy from the surrounding environment and projects them into our inner world, for us to experience. In a very real sense ... in a scientific sense ... we see and interact with life through a reflection of the outside world that is displayed INSIDE ourselves.

Therefore, reflections of the external physical world are seen side-by-side with our thoughts and dreams. In fact, awareness of the outside world and awareness of the inner world are experienced in the same inner theater and are made of the same raw materials of consciousness.

Have you ever looked at a memory or a thought and asked yourself "what is it made of?"

or instance: pick a favorite place or environment, and watch what happens inside yourself ... you instantly see an image of it, hear its name, and/or spontaneously recall memories associated with it.

Now, instead of getting involved with the story of that place, just look at the thought itself, for what it is.

sing your imagination, freeze-frame that thought and hold it steady. See it. Feel it. Dissect it. What is that thought made of? What are the raw materials that form the essential structure of the image that you see inside yourself?

Morphing atmospheric shapes made of light, energy and feeling

We can usefully describe the raw materials that form the essential structure of perceptions, thoughts, memories, dreams, imagination and inspiration as: light in colors and shapes, space that is structured into forms, feelings, sensations, energy, sound, knowing, and emptiness. Everything in our awareness is made of these raw materials.

In this context we can say that all that we've ever known about ourselves, this world and this life ... on the most essential level of actual experience ... is made of light, color, structured space, feeling, sensations, sound, knowing and emptiness. Everything.

Hence, all our relationships and even the sense of who we are as individuals are made of these materials.

Of course, these things are not solid. They are atmospheric.

Even the most solid things are really made of pure space

The atmospheric principle of awareness runs curiously parallel with the common understanding in physics about the non-material nature of the so-called physical universe. It’s now known that even the most densest materials are truly not solid in the ways that we use to think, but are made of nearly pure space.

Therefore, not only is our awareness of everything in life atmospheric in nature, but everything in the physical universe is made of pure space as well. The nature of our awareness is a living reflection the nature of the cosmos. I boldly say that the atmospheric nature of our awareness and the atmospheric nature of the physical universe are directly and intimately related.

Awareness is like an ever-changing holographic movie

A few seconds ago, you made a thought of a favorite place stop for a while so that it could be dissected and explored, but as you well know: perceptions, thoughts, memories and sensations do not stop for very long. They are always coming and going in an endless kaleidoscope of living experience. They pulse into consciousness and instantly disappear until recalled at a future time ... or they arise in our awareness and with the greatest of ease they may spontaneously become part of an internal movie ... which also disappears rather quickly.

Here-and-now experiences of the outside world and experiences and sensations of our thoughts, dreams, memories and imagination play together in a symphony. These impressions form a psycho-dynamic environment of morphing light, shapes and atmospheres that tell the story of our lives.

"Morphing shapes of light and atmospheres" is a simple, beautiful definition for our awareness and also a common way that holograms are expressed in the media of the modern world. Combine those two words and we have the phrase "Holographic Awareness" ... which more accurately describes the actuality of awareness and suggests how it lives and moves.

Perceptions of the external world and our thoughts and memories from the inner world are closely related as all are holographic

et's say that you're driving down the highway at 60 miles per hour, and you see a wonderful old oak tree in a nearby field. For sure, the oak exists in the world "out there" but you're actually seeing light that is reflected from the oak, inside yourself. In this scenario, your eyes are actually looking at the oak for a moment ... and the next second your eyes move back to the highway to stay in touch with the traffic. But, even though you're not looking at the oak at that particular moment, you're thinking of its beautiful form and in that thought you’re seeing the magnificent old tree as clearly as if your eyes are on it. Your eyes may go back and forth several times from the tree to the road, but one way or the other, the image of the oak stays present inside yourself.

What is happening in this situation is that your brain is holding onto a holographic impression of the oak tree for you to experience. It does not matter so much if the image is coming from actual eye sight or from memory, as both perceptions are atmospheric holograms that you're seeing inside yourself. Both holograms are made of the same materials. You can even say that they are the same hologram as they come from the same source -- the ancient oak -- and they carry the same patterns of energy, imagery and feeling.