Posts from yesterday and the day before documented a lecture I attended in Focus 27 nonphysical reality on the subject of the Matrix and how we use consciousness to influence the Matrix in order to manifest our thoughts in physical reality. Part 3 below continues the story on the day after I attended that first lecture. If you have not read the previous posts in this series I highly encourage you to start there first.

I sat down to mediate again the next morning and discovered that I was due in class with Astromides. His lecture was about to start. I returned to the Observatory and realized what I had assumed to be a one time workshop was instead the first day of a longer class.

As I sat down in my seat Astromides looked at me and said, “Now that we’re all here I think we can get started.”

“Yesterday we looked at the energy matrix and discussed how consciousness influences energy and matter through the process of manifestation. Today we’re going to take a closer look at how energy fields are influenced by consciousness,” he began.

“As you know energy is less dense than matter, and consequently it’s more susceptible to thoughts than matter is. In this way the energy matrix we looked at yesterday was a bit misleading because the x and y axes were equally influenced by consciousness. That interaction is accurate when dealing with energy and matter on the physical plane. But as I am sure you are aware there are many planes of existence beyond the physical realm,” said Astromides.

This brought a chuckle from those in the class, most of who appreciated that the majority of humans in physical reality tend to doubt that any other level of reality exists despite the fact that they unknowingly interact with those other levels on a daily basis.

“Toward the end of yesterday’s class we looked at a second energy matrix when we were examining the manifestation of an idea,” said Astromides. He motioned with his hand and the two 3D, neon green energy matrices from yesterday reappeared in the air beside him. “Today we’re going to focus on some of the finer points of this second subtle energy matrix.

“First I want you to notice that it still has the same three axes and that consciousness, energy and matter are still equally represented. But this second matrix represents a higher and thus more subtle and thought-susceptible frequency than the physical reality matrix beside it.

“Do you recall yesterday when we looked at the pattern in the physical matrix that represented the broken leg?” he asked.

As he lectured the physical matrix morphed to resume the pattern he’d spoken of the day before. Astromides pointed to the particular rippled pattern on the leg.

“This fracturing effect was caused by a persistent thought pattern that eventually resulted in a physical break in the bone. However, the physical realm is the least susceptible realm to thought patterns and consequently it takes a greater concentration of thought energy to impact it.

“This fact has many implications. We’re going to talk about a few of them today. First of all, because the physical realm is less susceptible to thought influence, it’s possible for physical humans to hide their true thoughts and intentions, at least as they are commonly expressed on the physical plane. In other words, people can lie. They can lie to others and they can lie to themselves.

“Of course, lying is a relative term. You have phrases like white lie, which presumably mean that the lies don’t have harmful consequences. Can someone give me an example of white lie?” he asked.

“Santa Claus,” I said.

“Why is that a white lie?”

“Because the idea behind it is to perpetuate the magic of Christmas for children. Parents do it to create a positive effect for their kids,” I said.

“What if others lie for positive effect? Are those white lies too?”

“I suppose it depends on the circumstances. Politicians lie frequently to get elected and to achieve legislative or political results,” I answered. “Other people might lie about marital infidelities. I wouldn’t call those white lies.”

“Why is that?”

“Because they tend to have negative consequences.”

“Yes. Exactly. A lie in itself is not morally bad, per say. It is only a thought like any other thought. The negative effect of the lie is caused when it creates disharmony in the energy matrix.

“We saw yesterday how the persistent application of consciousness impacted the energy matrix in the physical realm. So now let’s see how a lie impacts things on the more subtle level. I’ll need a volunteer, please,” he said. Then he pointed directly to me.

I stood up and walked to the front of the class.

“OK we’re going to look at Matthew here and see what happens when he lies. You’re going to look at him in three forms. As he appears in this classroom, as a hologram like the trees yesterday, and on the energy matrix.” [Note: I appeared as an astral projection of my physical self.]

As Astromides spoke a holographic image of me appeared beside me, as did an energy matrix.

“Now Matthew I want you tell us a lie, but not any lie. Tell us a lie that you are not personally very attached to.”

“I’m Santa Claus,” I said.

“How many of you noticed a fluctuation in Matthew’s energy field when he said that?”

A few hands went up.

“Say it again, please.”

“I’m Santa Claus.”

“The effect is subtle, but note the disturbance through his center line as he says it. What do you see?”

“I saw a ripple of energy on the energy matrix and then it was gone,” said one student.

“I saw a ripple in the hologram. It went right down the center,” said another.

“Did anyone see a change in Matthew’s auric field?”

No one raised their hand.

“No matter, we’ll come to that shortly. But please watch for that next time as well. OK now so far Matthew’s lie held relatively little emotional impact for him and the disharmonious vibration was slight. Now we’re going to have Matthew tell a lie that he feels more emotionally attached to. Matthew, please.”

I thought for a moment and recalled a time when I stole some plastic milk crates from a grocery story as a young teenager. “I’ve never stolen anything in my life,” I said.

“And what do you observe?” Astromides asked the class.

“The ripple was bigger,” said a student.

“It was wider,” said another.

I actually felt the difference myself. It took guts to discuss something that I had done wrong in front of the class. Even though the event was decades ago and I’d returned the milk cartons the next day, I was still embarrassed to admit my behavior. “I felt the difference too,” I said.

“Yes. The lie had greater emotional impact and thus it created a proportionately greater disharmonious resonance in Matthew’s energy field. Who noticed what happened to Matthew’s auric field?” asked the teacher.

“It got darker. Or cloudy,” said the woman sitting in the seat next to mine.

“It changed colors,” agreed another.

“Indeed. Our thoughts radiate through our bodies and into our auric fields. The vibration rate of the thought impacts the color of the aura. The closer the thought is to unity the brighter and lighter the aura. The more disharmonious the darker the color.” He paused and then said, “This is an oversimplification, but it will work for today’s lesson.”

“It’s kind of like how the Earth’s electromagnetic field is illuminated by solar activity and it makes the Northern Lights,” I said.

“Interesting analogy.You might use that in your explanation to others when we finish.” He nodded to me and then added. “You can sit down now, thank you.”

When I was back in my seat he continued.

“So we’ve seen how a disharmonious thought resonates through several different displays of the energy matrix. They’re hardest to see on the physical level, but you can tell they’re there if you pay attention. Experts at watching humans can tell when someone is lying by observing his or her facial expressions. Polygraph tests can interpret biological changes in your skin. Even untrained observers can often catch tell tale signs of body posture, vocal inflection, eye contact, etc. You may not be able to tell if a trained spy is lying, but it’s easier to tell if your child has been in the cookie jar. Disguising your intentions on the physical plane is learned skill. But it is next to impossible to lie on higher planes of existence.

“Can anyone tell me why?” asked Astromides.

“Because the energy disruptions are more obvious,” said a woman in the class.

“Yes. As we’ve just seen, if you know what to look for you can see the disharmony on a very subtle level.

“Lies are obvious examples of disharmonious thoughts, but the principle applies to all thought, positive or negative. The more you attune your consciousness toward unity the more harmony you’ll experience in your energy fields and in your life. The less harmonious your thoughts, the more disharmony you create. And over time—or due to intensity of emotion—these thoughts accumulate power, which radiates first through the subtle energy matrix and later through the physical matrix.

“How many of you are familiar with your different energy bodies?” Astromides asked.

Most of the hands in the class went up. I didn’t raise mine as I wasn’t sure what he was referring to.

“You have several different energy bodies. Can anyone name them?”

“Your emotional, mental, and physical bodies,” said someone.

“Your astral and etheric bodies,” said another.

“Yes, there are different ways to conceptualize them, but we don’t have time to go into that today. If you’d like some review materials on the subject, see me after class. For now let’s suffice to say that you have multiple energy bodies of differing frequencies that surround your physical body. Each serves a different purpose. But all are connected to each other and your conscious mind influences all of them, albeit in slightly different ways. Consequently, as I’ve said before, the impact of your thoughts will show up in these subtle fields prior to showing up in your physical body.

“So how can we use this information to our advantage?” Astromides asked.

“We can be aware of how our thoughts and actions align with that sense of inner harmony,” I said. “The more we pay attention and align ourselves at the subtle levels the smaller the corrections we’ll need to be to maintain harmony and unity.”

“Good. How else?”

I thought for a moment and shifted my focus from personal growth to service of others. I thought of a person who asked me for a psychic reading. “We can observe those subtle disturbances in others and help them pinpoint the sources of their own disharmony,” I said.

The woman in the seat next to mine spoke next. “And that disharmony could be caused by conscious thoughts, unconscious beliefs, or the actions we take,” she said. “We can use it to figure out the root cause of our behaviors or the negative thoughts that we have when do certain things like me lighting up a cigarette and smoking even though I know it’s bad for me. Or any other example you want to come up with.”

“How about manifesting things you desire in your life.” said another student a few rows behind us.

“Yes, of course. We’ll talk more about that in the future,” said Astromides. “Now that you’re starting to see how you can apply this lesson, your homework is to find different ways to use in your regular lives.”

Then Astromides dismissed the class. I returned to normal consciousness and forgot to ask for the remedial homework on the energy bodies. I resolved to ask for it on my next visit. In the meantime, I’ve been working on identifying my own inner disturbances before they manifest themselves in physical reality, as well as working on using my knowledge of the Matrix to create the reality I do want to experience in my life.