The fifth dimension, consciousness
The fifth dimension interacts strongly with the third dimension. A good example of this is a certain kind of feeling, intuition in different situations, or conflicts in personal thinking. When an individual negotiates with themselves about choices and decisions regarding events and matters, I believe that the interaction of self-awareness takes place between the mind, thought, and consciousness. The self and consciousness can influence decisions and solutions in the third dimension, but not directly in the fourth dimension. I believe this is what free will means. I believe that every individual is already integrated into a collective, all-encompassing consciousness and connection with God, but this consciousness does not make decisions or take responsibility for choices regarding events or matters. If consciousness, in this case God, made decisions or chose on behalf of the individual, then there would be no free will.
If every individual already has a pre-built and pre-created plan for their life, is there such a thing as free will? I examine this issue through the dimensions. The fifth dimension sends information to the third dimension, but it is also one with the fifth-dimensional self. These are therefore the same thing. However, the consciousness of the self is as invisible on the level of thought as the comprehensive consciousness is in reality.
For example, a child’s parent has a higher level of consciousness than the child. The parent can set limits and boundaries for the child and, based on their personal thoughts, know what is best for the child. Despite this, the child has free will not to follow the information and consciousness.
However, consciousness contains information about what each person’s meaning, journey, and purpose in life is, and presents this through ”signs” that may sometimes seem strange. For me, these signs have manifested themselves as images in my mind and thoughts through fifth-dimensional consciousness (Miettinen, 2024).
Awareness
Consciousness is said to distinguish humans from animals. As humans, we are aware of our existence and our relationship to the reality that surrounds us. We can consciously experience stimuli from the outside world, but it is also possible to examine both future and past events through our thoughts. We also make conscious choices, which means that our actions are also conscious. Consciousness can be divided into two sides: we can consciously observe ourselves or what is happening to us, which involves, for example, examining our thoughts or internal stimuli. We can also consciously plan, initiate, or control our actions. (Näätänen et al., 2003, p. 143)
Consciousness
Life is full of all kinds of events and things. In addition to life happening, changing, and constantly evolving around us, it also lives and changes within us. The biggest challenges in life are precisely how we encounter the world and how the internal encounters the external. In life, it is therefore important to try to influence how we relate to prevailing changes, especially those that we cannot control.
In life, we should strive to understand where these changes come from. We should strive to understand the prevailing situation, accept it, and live according to it. The external world is a vast entity, but the internal world of an individual is even vaster. How one perceives things and how one relates to them greatly influences how the world looks and feels. Life can therefore be made either big and difficult or small and simple.
Living consciously and in the moment allows you to observe life at the very moment it is happening. No one just ”becomes” self-aware; it requires self-examination and a variety of experiences and life situations. Ultimately, it is very simple. Awareness is being in tune with the prevailing situation, knowing at that moment all the changing or constant factors in oneself and in the surrounding world. Knowing one’s relationship to the rest of the world and knowing one’s relationship to oneself.
Building and developing awareness requires getting to know yourself. It requires examining and observing your own actions and thoughts, as well as reflecting on your actions and connections in order to understand where each thought and action comes from. There is a reason for every thought and action. There is a reason for feeling happiness, gratitude, or love. There is also a reason for acting aggressively or threateningly, or for acting appropriately and considerately.
There is a basis for everything. There is a basis for every thought. It may be practical or impractical, but it still exists. The highest level of awareness is to be aware of things before they happen. Understanding something on a deeper level, which is the origin and root of an action or thought, is the key to getting rid of that thought or action. You have to go inside yourself and look at yourself. You must strive to understand everything that is within you and then strive to accept it all. Only then is it possible to be fully aware of yourself. When you see yourself as your honest self, you see yourself as you really are.
Living consciously means living with yourself. Sometimes you spend days being very aware of yourself and your actions, as well as every thought and feeling you have. Feelings and their connection to something, and the reaction that arises from them. When you are aware of all this, it is possible to examine the matter more closely. This allows you to ask yourself the question:
”Why?”
”Why am I reacting? Why do I feel this way? Why does this issue provoke thoughts? Are these thoughts my own or someone else’s? Do I need to think this way? Could things be different somehow?”
The question ”why?” is the most important of all. It always leads you to the source.
When you begin to understand yourself, your emotional life, and the connections between things within yourself, it becomes easier to understand the connections between yourself and the world around you… Reaction is replaced by understanding and acceptance.
…You just have to try to understand things, and you have to try to understand life. You have to try to see the causes before the consequences and understand the bigger picture rather than a single event. You have to try to get to the source. Awareness is therefore understanding and acceptance, and, where possible, making things and thoughts more practical and functional.
Awareness helps us to notice things that are good and necessary, as well as things that are ”unnecessary.” Ultimately, there is nothing unnecessary in life, but there is a lot that does not move us forward.
Living consciously provides an opportunity to simplify and downsize one’s life. When one becomes aware of one’s actions, it is easy to identify what should be developed and what should be abandoned. This leads to a choice between continuing with actions that do not work or abandoning them.
There is always a choice, and when you are aware of yourself and your actions, you can build your own understanding of right and wrong. This also leads to the creation of values that work for you. Awareness reinforces right and wrong. Once you understand what is wrong and why a certain idea or thing is wrong, it is also easier not to act that way (Miettinen, 2019a).
It is interesting how, in psychology, the characteristics of consciousness are strongly distinguished as separate from the mind, as coordinating and even slightly stronger than thinking. It would be easy to think that consciousness is in some way a higher factor than the mind itself or thinking. I would like to return to my earlier argument. How can a person be both the observer and the observed at the same time? It is not logical.
Could a scientific experiment act as its own observer? Hardly.
William James, considered a leading figure in American psychology, has said that everyone knows what consciousness is before it needs to be defined. (Näätänen et al., 2003, p. 143.)
Everything in itself, the universe in itself
Awareness of one’s own life and existence is essential for humans. Many problems in human life stem from invisible patterns of thought and behavior and from holding on to various beliefs that have a detrimental effect on an individual’s life and on the individual themselves.
If you do not reflect on your thoughts and actions, how can you be aware of your thoughts and actions? How can you know what the real motives behind your actions and thoughts are?
Therefore, everyone must build a completely independent understanding and perception of life, as well as of themselves. You must build understanding and rebuild yourself completely from scratch based on this understanding. For this reason, self-examination, self-knowledge, and the awareness that arises from this are very important elements in terms of self-development and personal growth…
When you start to become aware of yourself and your awareness of yourself grows stronger, your view of things becomes more neutral and objective… All the pieces also fall into place. The inner turmoil and ignorance, the floating and bouncing of things in your mind and thoughts, fall into place and you become aware of these things. You know what is where and what causes what. Causes and consequences become visible, and the purpose of things in life becomes clear. All actions and thoughts seem to fall into place where they belong. Life seems to become simpler, flowing like water in a stream, finding its way between the rocks, finding its shape and moving forward unimpeded.
As a result, a person becomes completely whole and perceives themselves as a whole. The need to seek support from outside sources diminishes and is replaced by regular attention and examination of one’s own affairs. Self-sufficiency in terms of one’s own thinking increases, and the need for approval or validation from others in one’s own life decreases. People gradually begin to grow into their own universes, into individual realities that are independent of other things and actors around them.
Awareness is therefore one of the most important tools of existence that a person can use with themselves. By examining their own being, attitudes, feelings, thoughts, and behaviors, and being aware of everything. In this case, a person is connected to everything, and this constitutes a conscious whole of themselves (Miettinen, 2019a).
Me
Who are you
Perhaps one of the biggest questions of humanity throughout the ages has been this classic question:
”Who am I?” and another is: ”What kind of person should I be?”
People have different ways of thinking and acting, different ways of doing things, and different values and attitudes. Through self-reflection, it is possible to break down different perceptions of oneself and, through that, also of the surrounding world. Self-reflection helps us build a forgiving understanding of the world, which comes from personal self-reflection and self-understanding.
The answer to the question ”Who am I?” is not as complex and challenging as one might make it out to be. It is not a question of unlocking a treasure chest of great secrets, but rather of seeing and understanding oneself as one is. As one really is, without imaginary stories.
Life presents everyone with choices that may take them wherever and whenever. However, it is always possible to return to your true self. The more you are yourself, the more comfortable you will be in your own company. It is easier and freer to be yourself as you really are. When you strive to be who you really are, life will lead you to where you are meant to be (Miettinen 2019a).
Depth perception is an essential part of human personality, but it cannot be measured. In other words, it is humanity, the core self. (Lyytinen et al., 2003, p. 21)