Awakening to the Vastness: Individual Consciousness and Cosmic Consciousness

The Nature of Individual Consciousness

When I speak of you, I take you as a unit. At the very center of this unit lies your individual consciousness. This is the inner spark, the living intelligence through which you experience your own life. It is important to understand how this individual consciousness interacts with the vast field of cosmic consciousness existing outside of you.

As a human being, you are embodied in a physical form. You are aware of your body because it is visible, tangible, and appears before others. In the same way, you perceive other human beings through their forms. Yet behind every form, behind every alive being, there operates an individual consciousness. Without it, there would be no experience of life.

This individual consciousness is assigned to you in the same way that departments are assigned to managers within a large organization. There may be a production manager, a finance manager, or a quality-control manager, each with their specific role. Similarly, your individual consciousness carries a unique assignment, a specific role to be fulfilled in this life. It comes already embedded with the intelligence needed for you to function.

Your mind is installed as part of this equipment. It creates desires, tendencies, and patterns. These desires propel you into action, shaping your journey as a human being. Your consciousness, mind, and body function together in unison, creating your lived reality.

Body, Mind, and Spirit as One Unit

When you look at yourself, do not be deceived into thinking your body is the entirety of who you are. You are a body, yes, but you are also mind and spirit. Together, these three function as a complete unit. Whatever experiences you gain in life arise because of this interplay.

Your sense of aliveness—what makes you say, “I am alive”—is possible only because of your individual consciousness. You may understand this in the simplest way: as an installed intelligence that knows exactly what must be done moment by moment. This intelligence operates silently, without confusion. It knows the path forward, while the mind often distracts you with unconscious desires and repetitive patterns.

The body itself is neither conscious nor unconscious—it is matter. Matter functions through instinctive processes of the brain. When you sleep, for instance, it is not just your body that rests. What actually sleeps is your mind. The mind needs intervals of deep rest in order for the body to function during waking hours.

Consciousness and the Mind

Here lies the fundamental difference: the mind is 100% unconscious in nature, while consciousness is 100% conscious.

When unconsciousness dominates in you, you live primarily from the mind—reacting to desires, beliefs, and patterns. When consciousness dominates, you live from the perspective of pure awareness. The task, then, is to shift the balance—reducing the influence of unconscious mind and increasing the presence of consciousness.

To access your individual consciousness more fully, you must work with your mind at many levels. First, recognize that the mind is unconscious. It weaves patterns, beliefs, and tendencies that filter your perception of reality. If you remain bound to the mind, you will live from its conditioning. But if you anchor yourself in individual consciousness, you will begin to live from your own energy signals, sensing directly the truth of each present moment.

Living Through Energy Signals

Your entire existence is vibrational. What you see and experience as the world is energy vibrating at different frequencies. Your energy functions as a sensory field, picking up signals from within and without. Whenever the mind creates disturbance, it immediately reflects in the body. This disturbance can be sensed as a vibration or signal in your energy field.

If you learn to listen to these energy signals, they will alert you whenever the mind is activated unconsciously. Awareness of these signals allows you to regain control, preventing yourself from falling deeper into the unconscious grip of the mind.

For example, if anxiety rises in the mind, you may feel tension in your chest or stomach. Instead of identifying with the anxiety, you can observe the vibration in your energy. This observation shifts you back into the seat of consciousness.

Cultivating Access to Consciousness

You can learn to assign the duty of sensing all vibrations to your energy system. By doing so, you transform your energy into a powerful instrument of awareness. With practice, your energy becomes tuned, aligned with your system, and grants you greater access to individual consciousness.

As this access deepens, intuition naturally awakens. You become more sensitive to inner signals and outer vibrations. Your decisions begin to flow from awareness rather than unconscious desire. And gradually, this tuning opens the door to something far greater—the cosmic consciousness.

What Is Cosmic Consciousness?

Cosmic consciousness is the infinite field of awareness—the very fabric of existence. It is the universe of energy itself, boundless and eternal. Everything that happens in your life arises from the interaction between your individual consciousness and this vast cosmic field.

In cosmic consciousness, all is here and now. Past and future dissolve into the eternal present. When you access it, you begin to receive signals about the people you are destined to meet or the events unfolding in your path. You may sense whether a decision will bring joy or unease before you even act.

This is the wisdom of cosmic consciousness: an intuitive guidance that helps you live your best possible life as a human being.

The Gifts of Intuitive Energy

When your individual consciousness aligns with cosmic consciousness, intuition blooms. You become less prone to mistakes and more inclined toward meaningful decisions. Health improves because you sense what nurtures or harms you. Wealth grows because you make choices aligned with flow rather than fear. Relationships flourish because you interact from awareness rather than unconscious patterns.

The gifts of cosmic consciousness are vast. It refines your life, beautifies your existence, and makes every action purposeful. The best part is that this consciousness is available to everyone. It is not reserved for a select few—it is inherent in every being.

Awareness as the Key

The key lies in awareness. If you cultivate awareness, access to cosmic consciousness becomes natural. If you remain trapped in the mind, your access remains limited. Awareness tunes you into the intuitive energy, the guiding power that helps you live a meaningful human life.

This tuning requires working with your mind to release blockages, recognizing unconscious patterns, and trusting the signals of your energy field. Each step toward awareness is a step closer to living in harmony with both your individual and cosmic consciousness.

Living as a Conscious Human

Imagine a life where you no longer drift unconsciously through desires, but instead flow with the intelligence of consciousness itself. In such a life, health, wealth, and relationships become harmonious expressions of your alignment.

You live more in the present, less bound by past conditioning or future fears. You are guided moment by moment by signals that are both subtle and powerful—signals arising from the union of your individual spark with the infinite cosmic flame.

This is the true purpose of your existence as a human being: to awaken to your consciousness, refine your awareness, and live in communion with the vast cosmic field.

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Guru Sanju

Guru Sanju is Founder of Inner GPS Gurus. She is Kundalini, Energy, and Health Guru. She is a rare Clairvoyant and Siddha Guru who leads your energies after a complete clairvoyant reading of your energies. She enjoys dissolving your problems and transforming you through action-based Energy Work. Get Solutions to your Life Problems (Career, Wealth, Productivity, Relationship, Spirituality, Kundalini, and Health).

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