Consciousness is our thought and feeling self, which abides within the bodies God and the elemental kingdom have provided for us. Every experience we have adds to the sum total of Wisdom or foolishness which makes up our individual, distinctive consciousness. 

In the years between infancy and maturity, every individual – through choice and circumstance- adds to and changes their consciousness for better or for worse. We can experience both terror and ecstasy without using the medium of the physical body, for all have known the joys of happy dreams and the horrors of nightmares. In the fields of drama, literature and art, humanity has learned to free his/her consciousness from the prosaic environments from whence s/he views this ‘imagery’. 

Consciousness endures beyond the dissolution of the physical body at the time of so-called death through the intermediate life and returns as the personal heritage of the re-incarnating lifestream, forming the foundation of her/his new life experience. Therefore, the richer and more perceptive our individual consciousness, the more rapid our growth in this and succeeding lives.

When we ask the gentle reader to travel in consciousness, we are but encouraging her/him to use the same faculties which s/he transfers themselves temporarily into the world of the dramatist, the poet, or the master of literature. A good formula for such travel is outlined here. 

1)      Determine where you want to go. Nourish the outer mind through reading about and contemplating upon the sphere or location which is to be your goal, until you can close your eyes and picture your objective. The Presence of God and cosmic messengers are your compass charts. Your mind is like the sail of a boat.

2)     Will, through your feelings, that you will reach your destination. Your feeling world is like the wind in the sails. Use your feelings also to generate joy and anticipation for your journey.

3)     Relax and let God through you do the work. When you are going to sit down before the fire with a good book, you anticipate a time of relaxation. In like manner, if you are going to attend the opera or the theatre, you welcome it as an opportunity, to relieve the conscious or unconscious tensions of the work a day world. Spiritual journeys and exercises should also be a mode of relaxation and enjoyment and not be entered into with mental strain, restraint, and the accompanying uncertainty of either your ability to make the journey or to retain the benefits received. Be assured that over eighty percent of your benefits are to the unfolding soul, and the mental retention of your experience will come with time.

4)       Utilize the results of your experience in your daily living. To look at a vision, to smell a rose, to contemplate and recognize a truth is commendable, but to translate the vision and truth into action is to serve God’s Purpose! Also the balance, your return to life for any expansion of consciousness, determines how much you will receive on your next visitation to the Cosmic Well.