I thought perhaps I could share some of the exercises that I do in my life. Exercises that benefit the spiritual, directly or indirectly. I will not write down all exercises at once, but one has to start off to begin with... =)

The level of consciousness within me is not at all great. It is very weak, I can feel it. When I was a child, it was stronger (or at least there was not so many things that took me away from the present moment). I was observing things in a greater way. The bad states within, the subconscious (the egos), alter our consciousness...

To be able to change what is within, one has to see it. If I do not see it, I am absorbed in it. So the consciousness has to be activated.

This should work in two ways. One should be aware of the external world, what one can see, hear, smell, taste and touch. One should also be aware of what goes on on the inside. In the five centres... In these centres, egos are manifested, so one has to see these in order to be able to eliminate them. So observation of the external world and of the internal world. This should be done simultaneously.

So I am aware of five inferior centres (as they are being called). Those are:

Emotional centre (at solar plexus, however sensations in the emotional centre can rise from the stomach up to the chest, so quite a big area).

Intellectual centre (thoughts, so many thoughts that are not "generated" from the consciousness, but from egos)

Motor centre (upper back, shoulders and neck). This centre causes tensions for example, since it is the motor centre

Sexual centre (the region of the genitals)

Instict (lower part of the back)

This should be done as much as one possibly can during the day. When one learns to see the sensations, one can eliminate them. There are almost always egos in these centres, even though they could be difficult to spot and one can not see every small detail of them at the beginning. So one should not search for them, just observe relaxed and see wether one can spot them.

This is important to do if one later on wants to eliminate them. When they are eliminated, one could feel them disintegrate and trapped consciousness is said to return to you. So that piece of consiousness has understanding of that detail of that ego and your knowledge and understanding grows. There are said to be many things that happens when your consciousness expands...