Because we live in a three dimensional plane of space and time there is a tendency among spiritual teachers to use terms that imply relative space, such as “As above, so below,” “Going within,” “Reaching the other side,” “Ascending to a higher plane.” Naturally, this form of speech is employed by guides and teachers so that the human mind can grasp and relate to concepts that would otherwise be ineffable. This does not mean that enlightenment is a place or that it is somewhere over our heads. Nor does it mean that your spiritual heart and your soul are compact little things that reside somewhere inside your body. Everything is here and now, it is only our consciousness that has cut itself off from true reality.  
            Since the human mind is so accustomed to translating otherworldly concepts into terms of space, try experimenting with different versions of your perception. Instead of thinking of your soul/overself as being a little thing crammed inside you head or your chest, think of it as a big sphere that surrounds your body. In other words, picture your physical self as being inside your spiritual self, instead of the other way around. Your consciousness fills this overself – in fact it can extend out into the fullness of the universe. This idea is not only metaphysical, it is also part of new research by neuroscientists, who are applying a classic branch of math called algebraic topology in a whole new way.

BRILLIANT MOMENT
Dr. Dirk K.F. Meijer, a professor at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, hypothesizes that consciousness resides in a field surrounding the brain in another dimension. The entire body is a conduit and a collaborator with consciousness as a feedback loop. This implies you are a multidimensional being . Your body isn’t big enough to contain you.
            Scientists admit that what consciousness is, and where it resides, is still only theory to date. In the September 2017 issue of NeuroQuantology, a peer-reviewed journal of neuroscience and quantum physics published a ground-breaking paper that could accelerate science’s understanding of consciousness: “Our brain is not a ‘stand alone’ information processing organ: it acts as a central part of our integral nervous system with recurrent information exchange with the entire organism and the cosmos. In this study, the brain is conceived to be embedded in a holographic structured field that interacts with resonant sensitive structures in the various cell types in our body.” See the entire article here: http://www.yourbrilliantfutureherenow.com/consciousness-doesnt-reside-in-the-brain/

WHAT ARE THE LIMITS?
Should you wish to try a meditation visualizing your consciousness expanding out into space, you will actually find that there are no limits. In this dimension it is only limited by the size of the Cosmos, which may well be infinite, while on the multidimensional level there are no space limitations to begin with.
 
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