There are two dimensions of life. The “human” dimension, which is linear, runs in time, governed by thought, and attracts the laws of cause and effect. This is the dimension of our personality, comprising our past, future, memories, desires, pain, beliefs, ambitions, aspirations, preferences, principles, values, thoughts, emotions - ultimately, our life story.
Then there is the non-linear “being” dimension of life, where there is no experience of time - only the “now” - untouched by the laws of cause and effect. It is the dimension of life force itself, the creative intelligence that operates our universe and pervades everything. This is also known as “presence”, “awareness”, or “consciousness”. It is the space in which the human, the personality, the life story happen.
As a child, you were fully connected to your being, living in a state of joy, creativity, and wholeness. But as you grew older, you encountered a range of experiences that shaped how you navigated the world. In an attempt to protect yourself and survive in your environment, you created coping or defence mechanisms, unconsciously disowning parts of yourself, which dismantled the wholeness within. Perhaps, you then started chasing goals that you thought were yours, but actually belong to the wounds you carry. Ironically, wearing these “safety jackets” even when they may no longer be required, restrains you from effortlessly flowing into the ocean of your infinite creativity, intelligence, joy and connectedness of the “being” dimension.
Why does lasting happiness, freedom and living to your fullest potential elude you, even after your survival needs are met? Because there is wealth money can’t buy. You cannot live the grand, limitless, fulfilling life you desire from your existing state of being. Heightened external performance demands heightened levels of inner consciousness. To be “whole-istic”, thriving, human beings, is to float between both dimensions of life with ease.
When you live solely from the “human” dimension, there is a perpetual sense of lack. Nothing is ever enough because your “being” bank account is empty. As a result, your actions carry the burden of anxiety, scarcity, and insecurity from equating your life and sense of self with lifelong unexamined survival mechanisms.
When you define yourself solely as “human”, you lose the ability to imagine, to create and to enjoy life beyond conventional boundaries of possibility. As “being”, everything is not only possible, it already exists and simply requires clear intent and attention to find expression in your reality.
An astounding body of neuroscience, biology, physiology, psychology, and quantum physics findings establish that cultivating awareness or presence isn’t just “spiritual fluff” - it’s a proven method for connecting to a data-backed form of universal intelligence. This supports brain connectivity, cognitive function, emotional regulation and the amplification of overall human potential.
“Being”, also known as presence, awareness or consciousness, is prior to thought. You need to be conscious in order to think, but you do not need to think in order to be conscious. Without awareness, nothing else exists. This points to a more fundamental and powerful intelligence - one that observes, discerns, and holds space for thought and is therefore not limited by it.
The physics principle known as the Observer Effect has found that it is our observation of something that creates what we see. Therefore, the quality of your reality is proportional to the quality of your observation skills. Science shows that 95% of the mind and body operates through memory - filtering and predicting reality through known concepts, past experiences, neurobiological factors, genetic predispositions and unconscious bias. Your reality is therefore not what you see but what you are. While the thinking mind interprets, distorts, and guesses, the being perceives directly. This awareness - unfiltered and immediate - grants us access to an intelligence far more original and independent than the limitations of mind and body.
Being allows you to respond instead of react and access your deep intuitive knowing, which arises from stillness, as a felt sense, or a quiet nudge, not as verbalized thought. This kind of knowing, once habitually cultivated, is often more reliable, accurate, timely, energised and aligned with life as compared to rational analysis that fluctuates based on memory, emotions and mental stories. With presence, you are free from habitual patterns and able to exist and respond to the here and now.
Scientists have discovered an energetic field that unites all life, often called “the Mothership of Information”. Anchoring with your being connects you to this field, which dissolves the illusion of separation. In this state, you often experience a sense of interconnectedness, flow and access to collective intelligence, not just personal insight. Tapping into this interconnectedness allows one to channel effortlessly effective leadership, persuasion, collaboration and influence.
Being creates space for healing, insight, and creative breakthroughs to effortlessly occur. It lets you witness your conditioning or trauma without identifying with it, and allows patterns, fears and insecurities to dissolve naturally without force. This makes it a sustainable space for transformation, not just a hard earned and short term intellectual one.