Center as a way of accepting and loving new tastes。 Or your food can be
appreciated from the point of view of the Cornucopia Center as a further
confirmation that you live in a beautiful world that gives you everything you
need in order to live in higher consciousness。 As you grow； you will begin to
experience your food from any bination of the five Centers or all of
them。
In each of the five preceding Centers； you will find that you are continually
judging yourself。 In greater or lesser degree； you are paring your
thoughts and actions with a Center of Consciousness to determine whether
you are meeting the standards of the Center。 Each Center presents you with
something to do ： （1） achieving security； （2） experiencing sensations； （3）
developing power； （4） attaining the ability to love and accept everyone and
everything unconditionally no matter what happens； and （5） experiencing the
friendliness and perfection of everything around you。
Even though you are not supposed to be driving yourself； you may constantly
be wondering whether you are really progressing rapidly。 You may be saying
inwardly； “Is Bob growing faster than I？” “What’s holding me back？ I
thought my consciousness was at the Love Center and I just became aware of
power aspects of our relationship。” “Did I just blow it？” “Does it help to
keep a record of how many minutes a day I am on each of the Centers？”
“Should I allow myself one month to get rid of most of the thoughts of the
lower three Centers？”
You will go through phases in which you are addicted to the Love Center and
the Cornucopia Center。 You may bee impatient because you thought you
were loving unconditionally and you find something that you could not
emotionally accept。 Then you may get the feeling。 “I’ve just got to rush this
through and then I can relax again and stop manipulating the people and
things around me。 I can really begin flowing for the rest of my life when I
work through this problem。”
Although your growth toward higher consciousness is associated with
unconditionally accepting yourself and others； you will find that you
experience each of the first five levels of consciousness as a standard by
which you measure yourself。 And isn’t this an addiction？ Each of these five
Centers of Consciousness may be regarded as chains that keep you vulnerable
to fear； resentment； anger； anxiety； worry； etc。 Even when your consciousness
resides most of the time in the Cornucopia Center； it is still chained
although it may be regarded as a light chain of fine gold。
THE SIXTH CENTER OF CONSCIOUSNESS
THE CONSCIOUS…AWARENESS CENTER
The way to bee free of these chains is to let your consciousness reside in
your Conscious…awareness Center。 This is a peaceful place that is
experienced from deep inside where you just witness your drama in all of the
other five Centers。 In this Center you do not judge or evaluate in any way。
You just witness yourself； “There he is in the unconditional Love Center。 He
just had a thought that he cannot really be loving when Mary gets mad at him。
He’s putting himself down because he cannot yet experience everything as a
form of love。”
From the detached Conscious…awareness Center； you just watch yourself
performing in all of the other five Centers。 You don’t pat yourself on the back
or criticize yourself in any way。 You blissfully enjoy the show。 You
impartially witness yourself。 You let your drama be anything and
everything。
You use the Conscious…awareness Center as a meta…center from which you
get free from your preoccupation with the preceding five Centers of
Consciousness for all the five Centers bind you in one way or another by
creating a special version of what’s happening。 You break through all chains
when you experience every moment of your life from that deep； calm place
inside you where you observe everything and accept everything。
The Conscious…awareness Center gives you a space between you and the
surrounding world。 From this Center you are no longer vulnerable to ups and
downs。 At last you are free nothing can disturb you or bring you down
even though your body and mind may be going through various types of
drama。 You still have to “chop wood and carry water” regardless of the
Center of Consciousness you are on。 You will still want to play an active part
in the world around you。 You will still be learning various things； interacting
with people； and doing your part in building a more beautiful world by living
a conscious life。 But YOU will not be doing it。 It will only be your body and
mind that are involved in these daily dramas of working； playing； feeling；
doing； etc。 Your Conscious…awareness will be watching it all as a magic
show from a beautiful place deep inside you where everything is peaceful
all the time。 Even if your body and mind go through the manifestations of
anger or jealousy； you are aware that you are only playing out one of your
addictive roles in your dramatic repertory。 For you are just silently witnessing
your body and mind picking up the cues and saying your lines as others recite
their lines in the daily drama of life。
When you live in the Sixth Center of Consciousness you will experience
yourself as an actor on the great stage of life。 Each day you act out the lines
that are dictated by the programming of your bioputer。 and you know
that the cues others pick up and their responses to them are a function of the
Centers of Consciousness that they are experiencing at the now moment in
their journey toward awakening。
Each of us creates a world that is generated by the Centers of Consciousness
that we are using in today’s script of the cosmic play。 Central casting has
furnished various people who are dressed up as actors for the purpose of
helping you in your consciousness growth。 But your higher consciousness is
out in the “audience” watching your body and mind interact with other bodies
and minds on stage。 And you view everything you do and say as part of your
growth toward freedom from your addictive traps。
Your addictive programs that activate your ego and your rational mind
constantly keep you from realizing who you really are。 The way to tell “what
you think you are” or “who you think you are” is to notice carefully what
your ego is guarding。 What are the “fronts” or social images that you are
now in the process of living out？ What things trigger anger； fear； jealousy； or
grief？ What “somebody” does your rational mind defend？ Whatever dance
you are now doing and backing up with your ego represents who you now
think you are。 All of this programming keeps you vulnerable and insecure。
What images do you have of yourself？ What kind of impression do you want
to make on others？ Do you project yourself as an achieving person； a
petent person； a “help…poor…me” person； someone that the world takes
advantage of； a good mother； a good father； a good businessman or
businesswoman； a “drop…out；” one who is versed in various knowledge
games； an artistic person； or a real expert in the sex games？ Or perhaps your
ego is guarding your image of being very perceptive of the foibles of our
civilization and definitely above it all。 Perhaps you have some hobbies and
you guard your image as a guitar player； motorcyclist； surfer； painter； poet；
singer； or whatever。 Or it may be that you are through with these mundane
projections of your self image。 Perhaps your ego is now guarding a “pure”
you as a climber of the mystical spiritual mountain。 Do you get upset when
someone points out that your way is not the only way or not the best way for
him or her？ What are the various games into which your ego is directing your
energy and consciousness at this time in your life？
When you clearly see your various activities； games； and personal boundaries
as a drama that your ego is now trying to guard and enhance； you will
understand who you now think you are 。 。 。 But you are not any of this “stuff。”
All of this stuff is simply a dance that you are going through to discover the
conscious being that you really are。 If you were to write a list of all the
activities； attributes； personality characteristics； and personal boundaries that
your ego is now defending； you will find that many of them were not on the
list ten years ago。 And if you grow toward higher consciousness； most of
them will not be on the list ten years from now。 As you increase in
consciousness； you see with perspective the way you are busily engaged in a
mechanical playing…out of the roles in which you have programmed yourself。
All of these things that your ego is busy defending act as a series of boxes
that keep you trapped。 Every box suffocates and is your ever…present source
of vulnerability on the roller…coaster of pleasure and pain。 Most of the
addictive models you are now guarding represent patterns of personality that
are a function of the time and place where you were born and grew up。 If you
had been born in a different social group； your ego would be busily engaged
in guarding a different set of roles。
The world is here for us to enjoy； but we can totally enjoy it only when we
are free from identifying with the roles we play in the drama of life。 the only
way to continuously enjoy a game of chess or checkers is to avoid taking it so
seriously that you get emotionally caught up in either winning or losing。
Human beings （with their big rational minds） enjoy solving problems。 But we
tend to take these problems with such seriousness （perhaps due to our
prestige addictions） that we kill the aliveness and fun of our here…and…now life
situation。 We need a way to discriminate between what we essentially are
and the motivational models that generate our behavior。
To get free of our identification with the social games in which we are now
trapped； we must clearly see the games for what they are。 It can be helpful to
experience a book such as Ruth Benedict’s Patterns of Culture。 When we
see the mores of our tribe from the perspective of parative anthropology；
it helps us liberate ourselves from our cultural traps。 When we really see the
economic and social folkways of our in…group with insight； how can our egos
continue to get away with demandin