Waking up "out of body"

[native]

Placing your will in the hands of hope denies the power of the creative energy that lies behind the use of the will. When you are waiting or hoping, you are no longer existing in the present, rather, you have forfeited your creative potential to something that has not yet happened. Hope feels slightly empty or has a small amount of insecurity attached to it, whereas faith feels abundant and is reassuring. One innately knows when their thoughts exist in hope, because there is a lingering amount of doubt in the back of the mind that can't be done away with.

Faith seems to be the quality of the mind where the application of the will manifests from. It is different from hope in that it doesn't place your thoughts solely in the future, but rather it has a carrying quality to it. Faith therefore carries you in the present towards your inner manifestations.

The more ingrained you become in the present, the more your environment changes. A simple illustration of this is acceptance of the self. The more you learn of and accept yourself, the more your perception shifts and moves into another state of consciousness. This is the movement through the sub-densities of experience that Ra talks about. You can retrace and re-experience this movement when you reflect on your development from childhood to adulthood. I've noticed that changes in myself manifested changes in how others perceive me. Or is that really what is happening? It seems that you are simply becoming detached from what others think and you no longer 'feel' the societal pull of the social mind. The more you embrace yourself, the more you will improve the quality of your being and the environment around you. This can only be done by acknowledging what is available in the present.