Choice

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Colin Scheerschmidt

Choice;

A word that has much responsibility and consequence. In my research I have sometimes been confused on the context of this word choice, and that of free will. I have come to realize that many do use these words interchangeably, which does confuse and compound the erroneous interpretations of their true meaning. They are two words that go hand in hand, but it is choice that really defines who we are as individuals. Free will is the capacity, the inherent gift of consciousness to act, think, and move independently. It is like the open field, the potential to walk in any direction. In theosophical thought, free will is often considered the divine spark in humanity, that part which mirrors the freedom of the ALL.

Choice is the exercise of that capacity, the moment we direct free will into a particular path. Choice is the stepping stone we place along the field of potential, creating direction and momentum.

Free will is the power, Choice is the application of power.

Every thought we have is a choice.

Every emotion, feeling, sense, opinion, action, reaction is a thought. In essence, every thing in every moment of our being, in this life, is a choice that we make, consciously, unconsciously and sub-consciously.

I believe that for every thing that has happened to us, is happening to us, and will happen to us, is the direct consequences of our own choices. If we do not like what is happening,  we can choose to change. 

I know, I know, easier said than done. I do not know the circumstances of every one else’s life, nor do i want to, I have enough within my own life. (Though, I do believe also, that many interject their own life into the stresses,  worries and problems of others life circumstances for no other reason than to escape making choices that determine their own future)

It is not easy, and the consequences of one’s choices determine the very outcome of life. It is up to each and every one of us to become aware of our thoughts, and to know that no matter the status of where we are at in life, our choices determine our fate, nothing else.

Of course, I am not the first person to ever have an opinion, or thoughts on choice. It has been debated since the time of Aristotle. 

Classical Philosophers

  • Plato – explored the role of reason vs. desire; in Republic, the just soul is one that chooses reason to rule.
  • Aristotle – in Nicomachean Ethics, emphasized prohairesis (deliberate choice) as central to virtue; choice shapes character.
  • Epicurus – argued that atoms swerve unpredictably, making room for human free choice amidst determinism.
  • Stoics (Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca) – while fate governs the external world, inner freedom comes from choosing how to respond.

Medieval & Religious Thinkers

  • St. Augustine – deeply wrestled with free will vs. divine foreknowledge; argued humans choose sin but need divine grace to choose rightly.
  • Thomas Aquinas – harmonized free will with divine providence, emphasizing rational choice as a reflection of divine image.
  • Sufi mystics (Rumi, Al-Ghazali) – often wrote on surrender vs. choice; paradox of divine will and human responsibility.
  • Buddhism – though often framed around dependent origination, emphasizes intentional choice (cetana) as key in shaping karma.

Enlightenment & Modern Philosophers

  • René Descartes – free will as a mark of human dignity; choice reveals mind over matter.
  • Baruch Spinoza – denied free will; believed choices are determined by necessity, though understanding that necessity is liberating.
  • John Locke – wrote extensively on liberty and the will; saw freedom in choosing according to one’s desires.
  • David Hume – argued that free will and determinism are compatible (compatibilism); choice is acting according to one’s own motives.
  • Immanuel Kant – true freedom lies not in following impulses but in choosing to follow moral law (autonomy).

Existentialists & 20th Century Thinkers

  • Søren Kierkegaard – choice is central to becoming an authentic self; the “leap of faith” is the ultimate choice.
  • Friedrich Nietzsche – emphasized will to power; choosing one’s values in a world without inherent meaning.
  • Jean-Paul Sartre – radical freedom: humans are “condemned to be free” and must choose, even in not choosing.
  • Simone de Beauvoir – expanded Sartre’s existential freedom into ethics and feminism; we must choose authentically while considering others’ freedom.
  • Albert Camus – in an absurd universe, choice gives meaning; rebellion is choosing to live authentically despite absurdity.

Psychology & Modern Thought

  • Viktor Frankl (Man’s Search for Meaning) – even in the worst conditions (concentration camps), man has the freedom to choose his attitude.
  • Carl Jung – spoke of individuation as choosing to integrate shadow and self.
  • Rollo May – existential psychologist; emphasized that anxiety is the price of freedom and choice.
  • Contemporary neuroscience & psychology – debates whether free will is an illusion (Libet’s experiments), yet many argue conscious awareness still plays a guiding role.

Esoteric & Hermetic

  • Hermeticism (Kybalion) – Principle of Polarity: choice is shifting degrees along a spectrum; Principle of Correspondence: choosing within shapes without.
  • Theosophy (Blavatsky, Besant, Leadbeater) – stressed conscious evolution; choice determines karmic path and soul unfoldment.
  • Pranosophy (your path) – choice as the directing of prana, conserving or leaking energy, aligning with higher purpose.

Choice: The Hidden Architect of Consciousness

Choice. It is the most familiar of human experiences, yet also the most mysterious. From the moment we rise in the morning until sleep claims us again, we move through a stream of decisions: what to eat, how to respond, what to believe, what to ignore. Some choices are so small as to feel invisible; others so weighty they appear to determine the course of our lives. And beneath all of them lies a deeper question: Do we truly choose, or are we carried along by forces unseen?

The problem of choice — whether framed as free will, volition, liberty, or conscious decision — has preoccupied philosophers, mystics, and psychologists for millennia. It touches not only the grand themes of fate and destiny, but also the intimate fabric of daily life: our thoughts, emotions, actions, and ultimately the kind of human beings we become.

This essay will journey through the many voices who have wrestled with choice — Plato and Aristotle, Augustine and Aquinas, Descartes and Spinoza, Kierkegaard and Sartre, Frankl and Jung, Blavatsky and the Hermetists. Their ideas often conflict, sometimes harmonize, but together they reveal that choice is not just a topic for abstract speculation. It is the hidden architect of consciousness itself.

The Ancient Groundwork: Choice as the Shaper of Character

Plato, in his Republic, envisioned the soul as a tripartite being: reason, spirit, and appetite. For him, justice in the soul arises when reason governs, spirit supports, and appetite obeys. Choice, then, is not arbitrary; it is the conscious alignment of the soul with reason. To choose poorly is to allow desire to rule; to choose wisely is to participate in the eternal order of the Good.

Aristotle sharpened this in his Nicomachean Ethics through the concept of prohairesis — deliberate choice. He argued that virtue is not mere habit, but the result of reasoned decision. Our character, he taught, is the sum of our choices: by choosing courage in fearful situations, we become courageous; by choosing generosity, we become generous. For Aristotle, we are what we repeatedly choose.

Yet not all ancient thinkers were so confident in human freedom. Epicurus, while affirming human agency, admitted the problem of determinism. If atoms move only by necessity, how can choice exist? He proposed the clinamen, the “swerve” — a spontaneous deviation of atoms that introduces unpredictability into the cosmos, making space for free will. Without this atomic swerve, he feared, choice would be an illusion.

The Stoics, in contrast, took a different path. For Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, the universe is governed entirely by fate, yet inner freedom remains possible. We cannot choose what happens, but we can choose how we respond. “You may fetter my leg,” Epictetus declared, “but not even Zeus himself can overcome my choice.” For the Stoics, choice lies not in external events but in the sovereignty of the inner self.

Medieval and Religious Views: Choice Under Providence

With the rise of Christianity and Islamic philosophy, choice became entangled with divine will. Augustine agonized over the tension between God’s omniscience and human responsibility. In his Confessions, he admitted that he often desired the good but chose otherwise, falling into sin. For Augustine, choice was real, but weakened by original sin; only divine grace could restore the will’s true freedom.

Thomas Aquinas, centuries later, sought harmony between divine providence and human freedom. In his Summa Theologica, he argued that God, as First Cause, ordains all, but humans as secondary causes truly act and choose. For Aquinas, rational choice reflects the image of God in humanity — freedom is a divine spark.

In Islamic thought, Al-Ghazali also wrestled with predestination and free will. He concluded that human choice is real, but always undergirded by God’s will: “You did not throw when you threw, but God threw,” he quoted from the Qur’an. For him, choice is both ours and not ours, a paradox held in divine mystery.

The Sufi mystics often resolved this tension in poetry. Rumi wrote: “Try to accept the changing seasons of your heart, for each choice is a door that God has already opened.” Choice, in this sense, becomes surrender — the paradoxical choice to yield to a greater will.

Buddhism approached the question differently. Rather than posit an eternal soul or external deity, it focused on cetana — intention. In the chain of dependent origination, intention is the seed of karma: we choose, whether knowingly or not, and those choices shape our future experiences. Freedom is not absolute but arises from awareness; the more conscious we are of our intentions, the more freedom we have to direct them.

The Enlightenment: Reason, Liberty, and Determinism

The Enlightenment era shifted attention from divine will to human reason. Descartes saw free will as a mark of human dignity, proof that we are minds distinct from matter. “The freedom of the will,” he wrote, “is so great that it cannot be conceived greater.” For Descartes, choice reveals the independence of consciousness.

Spinoza, however, denied such freedom. In his Ethics, he insisted that all things follow from necessity; our sense of free will is ignorance of causes. When a stone is thrown, it would think it flies by choice if it were conscious. For Spinoza, freedom is not choosing otherwise, but understanding why things must be as they are.

John Locke and David Hume occupied a middle ground. Locke argued that liberty lies in the ability to act according to our desires, but our will is always determined by what appears most good to us in the moment. Hume called this compatibilism: free will and determinism can coexist, because freedom is simply acting in accordance with one’s motives.

Kant redefined freedom in moral terms. True choice, he argued, is not about following desires but about autonomy — the ability to legislate moral law for oneself. To choose freely is to act out of duty to universal principles, not out of impulse. Thus, for Kant, freedom is obedience to reason, paradoxically liberating us from the tyranny of our own inclinations.

Existentialism: Radical Freedom and Its Burden

In the 19th and 20th centuries, existentialists reframed choice as the essence of human existence. Kierkegaard saw choice as the crucible of becoming. In choosing, one becomes oneself; to refuse to choose is to despair. His famous “leap of faith” was not irrational, but a radical choice beyond certainty.

Nietzsche went further, declaring that in a godless world, humans must choose their own values. The will to power is the will to create and affirm life through choice. “Become who you are,” he urged — meaning that we must actively choose our essence.

Sartre, in Being and Nothingness, took freedom to its most extreme conclusion. Humans are “condemned to be free”: even refusing to choose is itself a choice. Every action, every thought, is chosen — and with it comes responsibility. For Sartre, anxiety is the dizziness of freedom, the recognition that nothing compels us but ourselves.

Simone de Beauvoir extended this to ethics, arguing that we must choose authentically, not only for ourselves but in recognition of others’ freedom. True choice, she insisted, acknowledges the interdependence of human beings.

Albert Camus, confronting the absurdity of existence, saw choice as rebellion. Though life may have no ultimate meaning, we can choose to live, to love, to act — and in so doing create meaning.

Psychology and the Inner Life: Choice as Healing

In modern psychology, choice often emerges as the turning point of transformation. Viktor Frankl, imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps, discovered that everything can be taken from a person except one thing: “the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.” For Frankl, this inner choice is the key to meaning.

Carl Jung spoke of choice in terms of individuation — the conscious decision to integrate shadow, archetype, and self into wholeness. To refuse this work is also a choice, one that leaves us fragmented. Rollo May, the existential psychologist, argued that anxiety is not to be escaped but embraced; it is the cost of freedom, the tension that accompanies the possibility of choice.

Even neuroscience has entered the debate. Benjamin Libet’s experiments suggested that brain activity precedes conscious choice, raising questions about free will. Yet many argue that conscious awareness still influences how we interpret and direct these impulses. Choice may be less about originating thoughts than about consciously shaping their trajectory.

Esoteric and Hermetic Perspectives: Choice as Alchemy

In Hermetic philosophy, the Principle of Polarity declares that opposites are but degrees of the same thing. Choice is the art of transmutation: moving from fear to courage, sadness to joy, ignorance to wisdom. The Principle of Correspondence — “as above, so below; as within, so without” — affirms that inner choice reshapes outer reality.

Theosophy, through H.P. Blavatsky and others, emphasized that the soul evolves through conscious choice. Annie Besant wrote of “self-directed evolution,” where the human being chooses alignment with higher planes or sinks into materiality. Choice determines the path of karma and the awakening of the higher self.

Pranosophy builds on these principles by focusing on prana, the vital life-force. Here, choice determines energy flow: do we leak energy through fear, self-doubt, and distraction, or conserve and direct it toward growth, harmony, and service? Choice is not abstract — it is lived, embodied, and energetic.

Choice as the Hidden Architect of Consciousness

When we weave these perspectives together, a striking pattern emerges.

Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics remind us that choice shapes character and inner freedom. Augustine, Aquinas, and Rumi show that choice is inseparable from the divine. Descartes and Kant emphasize reason; Spinoza and Hume insist on necessity; Kierkegaard, Sartre, and Camus cry out for radical freedom. Frankl, Jung, and May bring choice into the intimate realm of suffering and healing. The Hermeticists, Theosophists, and Pranosophy reveal that choice is alchemical, transforming both self and world.

What all agree upon — even in their disagreement — is that choice matters. Whether freedom is absolute or limited, whether ordained by God or shaped by atoms, whether rational or existential, choice is the pivot of consciousness. Each thought leads to another, and the pattern of those choices becomes the story of our lives.

Most people live without awareness of this. Choices blur into habits; habits crystallize into character. We think, feel, and act as if on autopilot. Yet the moment awareness dawns — I can choose — the possibility of transformation appears. We may not control all circumstances, but we can choose our responses, our perspectives, our intentions. And in so doing, we alter the course of thought, action, and destiny.

Choice, then, is not only a philosophical puzzle. It is the hidden architect of consciousness. To choose is to create; to refuse choice is still to create, but unconsciously. In this sense, choice is both our greatest burden and our greatest gift. It is the paradox that makes us human — and perhaps, more than human.

What are your thoughts? Do we have a choice with every decision that we make? Do we ultimately choose our own life path? And if this is correct, why make the choices that we do?

Your comments are welcome,  and please reframe from posting negative and harmful responses on the comments of others.

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A Good Life

Posted on September 24, 2025 by Colin Scheerschmidt
  1. A Good Life.
    We all go through life chasing the dream. What dream? Well, the dream — having money, having friends and family that we love and who love us back. Having everything that gives us “the good life.”

Is this not the good life? It could be the start. But I think underneath, we all desire more; we just don’t always want to accept it. I’m not talking about getting the best job, more money, more friends, or brighter and shinier toys. There is a deep-rooted desire in each of us, part of our human nature, and that is to learn, to do, to be, to experience, to evolve.

We rarely question or seek the answers to why we are here in existence. And why for? Can we ever even begin to understand? In the course of our daily reality, that question — and anything linked to it — has no obvious role in our everyday survival.

But how about the question, “Who am I?” or “What is my purpose?” Both of these questions have been asked since the earliest times of our conscious conception of existence. Sadly today, instead of inspiring people to seek, to question, to develop a deeper sense of self and understanding, these questions are often met with despair or dismissal.

We have overlooked the ability to seek within for ourselves. Our lives have become so busy, overwhelming, and fraught with thoughts of “not good enough” or “not enough” that focusing on these questions feels pointless. Abstract at best. No bearing on the reality in which we live.

But is this true? Or is it the dream of the “good life” — the material dream — that is not truly practical? And yet we chase it, because it offers the simplicity of reaching tangible goals: a new car, a house, clothes, vacations. It is easier to just keep moving in robotic, seemingly forward motion — only ever adjusting the speed and tilt of the treadmill of life. Working hard, but not getting anywhere.

  1. Aristotle’s Good Life.
    Aristotle’s thoughts on the “good life,” or eudaimonia as he called it, are that it is achieved through virtue, reason, and balance. He develops this idea across his work Nicomachean Ethics, written in the 4th century BCE (roughly 340–330 BCE).

As he puts it:

  • The good life isn’t about pleasure, wealth, or honor alone. Those are fleeting.
  • Instead, it is about living in accordance with virtue — developing good character, practicing moderation (the “Golden Mean”), and cultivating wisdom.
  • He believed true happiness (eudaimonia, often translated as “flourishing” or “well-being”) came from fulfilling one’s unique potential as a human being — living rationally, ethically, and purposefully.
  • Community and relationships also mattered deeply; a good life wasn’t isolated but connected.

In short:
Aristotle’s “good life” = flourishing through virtue, wisdom, balance, and living true to one’s highest human potential.

  1. Edith Hall’s Reflection.
    Edith Hall candidly puts it in her book Aristotle’s Way:

“I don’t think I’m exceptionally worthy or nice. I struggle with some unpleasant character traits. After reading Aristotle on virtues and vices, and talking honestly with people I trust, I believe my own worst faults are impatience, recklessness, excessive bluntness, emotional extremes, and vindictiveness.

But Aristotle’s idea of the ideal mean between extremes, which we call ‘the golden mean,’ explains that all these are fine in moderation — people who are never impatient don’t get things done; people who never take risks live limited lives; people who evade the truth and do not express pain or joy at all are psychologically and emotionally stunted or deprived; and people who have no desire whatsoever to get even with those who have damaged them are either deluding themselves or have too low an estimate of their own worth.

Even if you don’t like particular qualities about yourself, those qualities are probably highly valuable in certain contexts. The trick lies in knowing when and in what proportion to deploy the different behaviors of which we are capable. This is what ‘moderation’ means for Aristotle: not never showing strong feelings, but knowing when it is appropriate to do so.

Excellence, then, isn’t determined by what you are; it is what you do that matters.”

  1. The Golden Mean.
    The Golden Mean is one of Aristotle’s most important ideas in ethics. In Nicomachean Ethics, he taught that virtue is the balance point between two extremes:
  • On one side, excess (too much of something).
  • On the other, deficiency (too little of it).

The good life comes from finding the mean (the balanced middle) — which isn’t exactly the same for every person, but the place where a quality becomes a virtue instead of a vice.

A few classic examples Aristotle gave:

  • Courage is the mean between recklessness (too much confidence) and cowardice (too little).
  • Generosity is the mean between wastefulness (giving too much) and stinginess (not giving enough).
  • Temperance is the mean between overindulgence and insensibility (not enjoying life at all).

So, the Golden Mean = living with balance, moderation, and harmony, avoiding the extremes that lead to self-destruction or moral failing.

  1. My Reflection.
    In part 1, I wrote from within the structured framework of what a good life means — to me. Just like Aristotle says, it isn’t exactly the same for every person.

I have come to expand my ideals of what a good life is for me. I struggle with some of the new aspects I’ve discovered, but they have led me to explore and experience life on a whole new level.

A “good life” for me, before, was mostly based on the moral values I held for myself to be accepted and respected. That, for me, was what a good life was about — and I believe for many, across generations, the same is true.

But as my studies deepened — first into philosophy, then into metaphysics, and eventually into theosophy and the many practices of natural healing — my perception of ethics changed.

I realized that the struggle I carried for much of my life was rooted in believing that following an ethically structured moral value system — one instilled in me by others who held the same morals — was all I needed to have a good life. It is not. But it is easier.

Philosophy means “love of wisdom.” And as I developed my own love for wisdom, I realized many people think of philosophy as abstract, theoretical, or even impractical. But for me, I know this to be true: philosophy, in all its different branches, has expanded and enhanced my own sense of worth and purpose in life.

And that, for me, is what a good life means today: living life with intention and purpose — not stuck on a treadmill.

So my question to you is this:
What are your ideals of a good life?

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🌀 The Whole Being Journey: From Colinscycling to IT Consciousness

Posted on July 28, 2025 by Colin Scheerschmidt

Have you ever started something thinking, “This is great! I’m going to do this forever!”—feeling really inspired and energetic, caught in an almost indestructible wave of euphoria? I have, many times. Over the years, I’ve launched everything from hobbies to entrepreneurial ventures. And I don’t regret any of it. Every moment taught me something—about small business, about resilience, but most importantly, about myself.

One of the most uplifting ventures I ever embarked on was with a certain health and wellness company. I’m not naming it here—not because it wasn’t valuable, but because this isn’t about promoting a company. This is about something deeper: awareness of self.

It was through this company that I met many—possibly hundreds—of people who inspired me to be better every single day. For the first time, I began to truly look within and allow the real “me” to emerge, after over 40 years of living by surface patterns. Among those I met were a few key individuals who profoundly raised my awareness and awakened something ancient in me—a sense I had carried from birth but left unexplored. These people were fundamental in my inner transformation. They didn’t just motivate me—they gave me permission to seek out and discover the “Who I AM” that my soul and spirit had been quietly whispering about for decades.

This was the true beginning of my health and wellness journey. Maybe not the very first step, but certainly the first moment I felt what it meant to be healthy—not just physically, but mentally and spiritually too. That “this is great!” feeling came rushing in again, but this time, it felt different. It felt real.

As I leaned into the process, I also began building my own health and wellness business. I followed the systems the parent company laid out. I had fun—still do. I created a Facebook page, a Twitter account, and an Instagram presence. I hosted events. People showed up. I shared what I was learning and living, hoping to inspire others—not just to join the company, but to join the journey of becoming healthier. That inspiration became fuel. I wanted to ride that high forever.

Ready for the bomb to drop?

There is no bomb. Just life.

Everything changes. Life moves in cycles—birth, growth, fading, and rebirth again. We know this, and maybe that’s why some people resist chasing that high. Because it never stays; it always returns to a low. But those cycles aren’t failures. They’re evolution.

My social pages are still called Colinscycling. My original tagline was:
 “Journey with Colinscycling—an inspirational journey on whole being health. Come for a ride.”

I chose the name when I fell in love with road cycling. That was my new health passion. I still love it—I just don’t ride as much anymore. Because, as I said, life changes. But not always for the worse. Sometimes, change comes for the better.

Out of Colinscycling, a new passion took root. One that eventually became a new business:
 IT Consciousness—a metaphysical practice that guides other souls who feel that same deep, inner longing for more. More meaning. More connection. More understanding. Those who know they have a purpose for being here, now, in physical form. Those who sense they are more than just a body navigating the dense confusion of human life.

Today, I can see that Colinscycling never really ended. It evolved. It’s not just about riding a road bike anymore. It’s about riding the wave of life—the energetic currents that are part of the divine and universal plan of existence. But to ride that wave, we must learn to feel it. We must choose which current carries us closer to our truth.

Colinscycling is rooted in physical and mental wellness.
 IT Consciousness is rooted in metaphysical and spiritual alignment.
 Together, they form a complete approach to Whole Being Health.

So here I am—still riding. Just not the same kind of bike.

The path has widened, and my purpose has deepened. Whether you’re pedaling through your physical health journey or navigating the inner terrain of your soul, know that both are part of a greater movement.

The journey of self is the greatest ride of all.
And if you’re ready to explore your next level—whether through the body or beyond it—I’m here. Let’s ride together.

🌿 Rethinking Health: More Than Just the Body

Our health is something many of us take for granted—until we’re told we have to change, or until our bodies speak to us in their own way. What I’ve discovered is this:

True health isn’t just physical.
It’s multidimensional. It exists across many levels of being.

In Theosophical literature, there’s a foundational teaching known as the Sevenfold Constitution of Man, described by H.P. Blavatsky, Annie Besant, and C.W. Leadbeater. This teaching shows that humans are not merely physical beings—we are spiritual, emotional, energetic, and mental beings, all at once.

🔹 The Lower Quaternary: The Human Personality

We live mostly in what is called the Lower Quaternary—the temporary personality. It includes:

  • Physical Body
  • Prāṇa (Life-force)
  • Etheric Double
  • Kāma (Astral or Emotional Body)

We wake up, eat, work, and sleep—all through these layers. But when one becomes unbalanced or depleted, the rest follow.

That’s why true health must consider all of them—because they are interconnected, interwoven, and inseparable.

🔄 Physical Healing Begins Energetic Healing

When we start improving our physical health—exercise, better food, more hydration—we unknowingly initiate a healing process across all levels of our being. This begins to restore prāna, our life energy, which in turn supports physical renewal.

When we become aware of our subtle bodies…
When we consciously tune in to our energy,
A natural process of healing begins.

This is where Colinscycling and IT Consciousness beautifully intersect.

💥 The Hardest Part? Getting Started

Health advice sounds easy:
“Go for a run. Hit the gym. Eat cleaner. Drink more water.”

But let’s be honest—the hard part is simply getting off the couch. The next challenge is creating a plan and sticking to it.

This resistance isn’t just laziness. It’s usually energetic.

When your prāna is low—when you’re experiencing energy drains or leaks—motivation evaporates. Your body might be willing, but your energy body isn’t on board.

⚡ What Are Energy Drains and Leaks?

You’ve heard the terms. But do you really understand them?

  • Energy Drains are external pulls—people, environments, and situations that pull vitality from you.
  • Energy Leaks are internal—self-doubt, anxiety, mental overload, emotional wounds that siphon your life-force from within.

Both leave you exhausted, and when prāna is depleted, your physical body follows.
But the reverse is also true:

Strengthen your prāna, and the physical body responds in kind.
Vital energy fuels physical vitality.

🌟 What is IT Consciousness?

IT Consciousness is not therapy. It’s not traditional coaching.

It’s a metaphysical practice of awakening to your true inner nature by working with energy, awareness, and conscious presence.

IT stands for Infinite Truth—the limitless essence of your being.
It also stands for Inspiring Thoughts expanding Consciousness.

✨ The Practice of Inner Alchemy

Through:

  • Personal inquiry
  • Energetic alignment
  • Inner alchemy

…IT Consciousness helps you reclaim clarity, embody sovereignty, and reconnect with your soul-guided purpose.

This is how we elevate our health, not just physically, but energetically—at the level of prāna, presence, and purpose.

🧭 Let’s Ride This Together

You’re not just a body.
You are a being of light, breath, emotion, and spirit.

Whether you begin with physical fitness, or start inward with energy and meditation—all paths lead to your wholeness.

And I’m here to walk—and ride—that path with you.

💬 Want to go deeper?

Explore the foundational ideas of IT Consciousness.
Book a 1:1 session or browse my guided tools and writings.
Reclaim your energy. Reconnect with your truth.
Rediscover your purpose.

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Rediscovering Purpose: The divine call within

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Colin Scheerschmidt

# Rediscovering Purpose: The Divine Call Within

I know I’ve written about this before—but I don’t think I can stress it enough: **purpose is everything**. It’s the anchor of life itself. The more I expand my conscious understanding, personal experiences, and inner awareness—of myself, my being, and the nature of reality—purpose itself begins to take on new dimensions. It deepens. It shifts. It reveals.

To be honest, this post won’t cover everything I believe about our purpose in this life—let alone the ultimate purpose of existence. But I will attempt, simply and briefly, to express what I see as **two very different aspects of purpose** for us as human beings.

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## The Human Purpose

At the most basic level, the purpose of being human is to *learn*—to *experience* what it means to be human with all its complex conditions. These conditions are layered and intricate (far too much for a single post), but for simplicity, I’ll touch on three core aspects:

1. **The Physical Body**
1a. The Mental
1b. The Emotional

I’ve listed 1a and 1b this way because, while mental and emotional experiences seem separate, they’re still physical constructs. Our thoughts and emotions arise from the mind, and the mind itself is a product of the physical brain—thus, they are all part of the physical body, at least in their manifest form.

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## Why Purpose Matters

Purpose gives life meaning. Whether consciously or unconsciously, every human being seeks it—not just any purpose, but one that feels **meaningful**, something that drives us to grow, to evolve, and to strive toward something greater.

This is where I see a separation in types of purpose—what I call **Divine Purpose** and **Human Purpose**.

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## Divine Purpose — The Eternal Drive

Our eternal, higher consciousness—our divine self—incarnates into mortal, physical bodies not just once, but many times. Why? To expand its conscious awareness, intellect, and experience across different lifetimes and conditions. It learns through *us*, through our experiences.

At the moment of conception, when sperm and egg unite, the divine self infuses the developing human embryo with its life force. This is a sacred spark—a complex synthesis of spirit and soul energies—that brings life into form. From that moment, an essence of the divine self’s intelligence and desire is embedded within the forming human mind.

This is where our inner urge for purpose and meaning originates. The yearning to learn, to explore, to understand—these aren’t just human traits; they’re echoes of the divine self, seeking to comprehend its place within the great tapestry of existence.

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## The Ancient Integration

In humanity’s early stages, this divine sense of purpose was revered. It was focused on, honored, and cultivated through rituals, initiations, and sacred practices—all designed to expand consciousness and bring humanity closer to its divine origin.

Through these practices, human evolution was directly connected to divine evolution. As human beings evolved consciously, so too did the divine self gain greater awareness through them.

But as time passed, and civilizations matured, a shift occurred.

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## The Rise of the Human Purpose

Over time, humanity developed a need to define its own *separate* purpose—one centered in the mortal world. The mental and emotional complexities of human thought began to overshadow the pure, divine purpose.

Materialism rose. Competition replaced connection. The sacred practices of consciousness ascension were buried beneath modern distractions—relegated to the subconscious, forgotten by most, diluted by dogma, or practiced behind closed doors.

For many today, purpose has become survival: paying bills, securing a future, chasing material gain. These are not wrong in themselves, but they’re no longer in service to the divine—they’ve become ends in themselves. The deeper calling has been lost in the noise.

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## The Inner Struggle

Even for those who *feel* the stirrings of divine purpose, it can be a daily struggle. The illusions of the world are loud and persistent. False meanings abound, and it’s easy to get swept away by them.

But hear this:

> **If you’re reading this—and something deep inside you *remembers*…**
> **If something in these words resonates beyond logic, stirring an intuitive whisper within you…**
> **If you feel called to seek more from life—not just in this life, but across lifetimes, and for existence itself…**

**Then you have already begun.**

You have touched the thread of your true, authentic divine purpose.

This is a space for that remembrance, for that search. For that awakening.

**Welcome.**

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???? Essential Septenary Vitality: A New Way to Understand Self-Care

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Colin Scheerschmidt

For many, the term self-care simply means “to care for oneself.” There are countless books, videos, and articles filed under Self Help, offering guidance on health, fitness, mental clarity, and spiritual awakening. And while there’s value in these resources, the phrase self-care has become so overused, so diluted, that many people hear it and either tune out—or groan.

I’ve found myself caught in the storm of hype more than once—buying into systems, methods, and movements that promised a “better me.” But I don’t believe there’s only one way. I’m not here to discredit anyone else’s path, nor to claim that mine is the best. Instead, I believe that each person must discover their best way—and that this discovery is only possible by listening, reading, practicing, and reflecting on what resonates with the truth inside them.

At the heart of my work and my personal journey is a deep desire to help others—not just to “improve” but to expand. Not simply to “fix” themselves, but to awaken to a higher state of being and consciousness. For me, one of the first steps in that awakening has been learning how to care for, maintain, and upgrade my physical being and sense of self.

Over time, I began to feel that there was something more—something hidden beneath the surface of our modern ideas about self-care and personal development. I believe in the phenomenon of existence and the metaphysical workings that shape our reality. But this post isn’t meant to unpack all of that. Instead, I want to share something simpler, but no less profound: a new understanding of what self-care truly is.

Essential Septenary Vitality is the intentional practice of maintaining and awakening the sevenfold nature of our being—physical, emotional, mental, and subtle energetic bodies—so we may live in harmony with our highest essence.

Self-care needs a drastic makeover—a transformation in how it is perceived and understood. I propose a new term:
Essential Septenary Vitality.

This reflects the truth of our multidimensional nature—not just as physical beings, but as luminous, evolving entities composed of seven interwoven layers of energy and consciousness.

H.P. Blavatsky, Annie Besant, C.W. Leadbeater, and many other Theosophical and metaphysical thinkers have written extensively about the subtle bodies of man. As Besant described in Man and His Bodies, the human being is not just one form, but a series of sheaths—seven layers, from dense to subtle, all working together to create the full expression of self. These bodies form what is often referred to as the aura—the luminous field that surrounds and permeates each living being.

In modern language, we tend to focus on physical, emotional, and mental health. And while these are vital, they’re just part of the whole. Essential Septenary Vitality reminds us that we are complex, multi-dimensional beings. Neglect of the physical body can affect the emotional body. Emotional stress can impact the mental plane. And all of these, if left unchecked, disturb the subtle flow of energy in our deeper bodies.

Being in physical form, we may only directly control what is tangible. But through conscious awareness and intentional practice, we can influence the other bodies, gradually learning how to care for them as well. When we actively maintain the health of our body, mind, and emotions, we raise our base vibrational state. And when this state becomes attuned with the higher bodies—astral, etheric, causal, and spiritual—we begin to ascend the sutratma, the thread of consciousness that links our soul to the source of life itself.

This is not just self-care. This is sacred maintenance. This is Essential Septenary Vitality.

Let this be an invitation—a gentle call to remember the whole of who you are, and to begin caring for yourself with the reverence and awareness that your being deserves.

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Regrets and Consciousness

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Colin Scheerschmidt

Regrets and Consciousness

Using Self-Reflection as a Pathway to Inner Growth

“Regrets are not mistakes to mourn—but messages from our higher self, reminding us where deeper work still awaits.”

The Common Thread of Regret

I sometimes wonder if other people have regrets like I do—about how they’ve lived their life, where their life is at now, and where it’s going. I see it everywhere: on social media, in the news, and through the endless wave of self-help content. There’s an abundance of people and information offering help for the betterment of life—everything from financial security to personal growth, relationship-building with a partner to relationship-building with oneself, and so much more.

I know it’s not just me. A lot of people are trying to figure it all out—what’s right, what’s wrong. What’s the best way for me? What feels right for me? And does that even matter, as long as I’ve done what I’m supposed to do by the end of the day?

Sometimes I wonder—is this just a Western thing? A cultural phenomenon? Or do people all over the world, in every society and culture, carry these same inner questions? I suppose the only way to know would be to step out of my reality box and meet others, travel, explore other ways of life. That’s one of my regrets—not traveling like I always dreamed of doing. I think everyone says this at some point, but for me, it lingers.

The Personal Inventory

I wake up each morning carrying regrets—about what I did do yesterday, what I didn’t do yesterday. And even though I know I can change that today… I probably won’t. And I regret that too.

So, what are these regrets really about?

I think they begin with the thoughts of what I want or need to do for myself. So here’s a short list:

  • I want to get healthier (lose fat, tone muscle).
  • I want to learn and experience more in this life.
  • I want to understand myself—my thoughts, behaviors, inner workings—more deeply.
  • I want to be more patient, compassionate, and empathetic.
  • I want to be in a position to help others—not financially, but spiritually, existentially, metaphysically.
  • I want to expand my consciousness to understand my life purpose, my past lives, and what they mean for my future ones.

Of course, this is just the surface—there’s so much woven into each of those intentions.

The Daily Pattern

And you know what? Most of these regrets boil down to a simple truth: they stem from habits—habits of thought and undisciplined choices.

If I want to lose weight and reshape my body, don’t eat the ice cream. Go to the gym. Go for a walk. Don’t scroll aimlessly through social media or zone out in front of the TV.

My inspiration for life is highest in the early morning hours, when, from what I’ve heard, “normal people” are still asleep. I can read, write, study, and not get distracted by the endless “things” that otherwise pile up in a day. But as soon as others start waking up, as soon as I have to interact with the world again—my inspired state begins to fade. My intentions scatter.

And no—I realize this isn’t a valid excuse for stopping my spiritual work, my physical efforts, or my personal evolution. It’s simply that when I plan my day in the silence of the morning, I forget that my life involves sharing space with other human beings. People who also have “things” they need to do.

That’s not a regret.
My regrets come from my choices—from the inner decisions I make each day amidst the pool of my emotions, thoughts, fears, and distractions. And I know I’m not alone. Everyone, in their own way, wrestles with this.

My regret isn’t that others are in my life—it’s that I keep conforming my life to what I think it should be based on someone else’s path. “Don’t rock the boat,” I tell myself. “Keep the waters smooth.”
But there’s always a current under the surface.

The Regret Loop

I wake up in the morning with that heavy feeling—mental cobwebs, fog, and sluggishness. Then I remember what I ate. What I drank. The choices I made yesterday. And it hits me: I didn’t live in alignment with who I want to be.

I can wake up fired up—full of purpose, ready to dive into my metaphysical studies, Hermetic work, Theosophical readings. I feel strong, ready to reclaim my health, sharpen my focus, evolve my consciousness.

And then… by 3 or 4 p.m., it slips away. I fall back into the same choices.
And the next morning, the regret returns.

Still—I don’t stop.
I keep doing it.
Again.
And again.
And again.

I need to break the cycle.

Reframing Regret as a Message

But it’s hard to break a cycle when you haven’t put something real in its place. I need to see change—or at least feel it.

And here’s what I’m learning:
These morning regrets? I have to accept them. Not to wallow in them, but to listen to them. If I see them only as mistakes, I’ll stay stuck in shame. But if I recognize them as messages—as reflections of what still needs healing, alignment, and deeper work—then they become tools.

But there’s a fine line here. If I just accept the regrets passively, they lose their power to inspire. Regrets are there to activate change—to guide us toward more aligned actions on the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels.

I see now—feel now—that when I wake up with the same regret over and over again, it’s because life is showing me what I need to keep working on. In my mind. In my heart. In my habits.
In my consciousness.

Final Reflection

I have the ability—and the courage—to change.
I can use yesterday’s regrets as reminders of where I’ve been and how far I’ve come.

They serve as markers, guiding me forward each day as I grow stronger in body, mind, and spirit. I now understand that recognizing the roots of these regrets is like reading a map embedded in the higher realms of my consciousness.

This map doesn’t rigidly show me the “correct” path—but instead offers me the opportunity to experience life fully, authentically, and with purpose. Through this, I expand—not only within this physical realm of existence, but across all levels and dimensions of my divine consciousness.

Reflect With Me

What have your regrets been trying to tell you?
What message might your consciousness be whispering beneath the surface?
Feel free to share in the comments—or reflect quietly and carry it into your day.

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June 21, 2025 – The Loss of Inspiration

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Colin Scheerschmidt

Looking back in my posts, I notice that my last post was in 2023. I did not realize that it had been that long. I realize that I had lost the motivation to keep posting and to work on this page as I was not actually progressing it forward and it felt like it was just a waste of time. I lost the hope, which in turn created a loss of inspiration.

There are so many things that can cause this loss of inspiration in our Live’s. I think our biggest challenge is to recognize it before it gets to the point where it seems to overwhelming to get motivated again.

For me, the loss of inspiration did not come on suddenly. I let to many other things inspire my thoughts, that eventually one of my daily routines, doing this blog, got forgotten because of every thing else going on. Also, when it feels like the purpose has no meaning, the loss of motivation plays a huge part in my loss of inspiration. We all deal with this, daily, and for some can become a dredge on life.

I am going to, with intention, focus a part of my days, filling out this blog and continuing to upgrade IT Consciousness web page to include the tools and education to help me and others to find purpose that has meaning for our progressive enhancement and evolution of higher knowledge consciousness.

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Oct 16 2023. Confusion of self development

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Colin Scheerschmidt

There is a confusion within myself between the aspects of self development and inner advancement. To myself for many years the two meant the same, but are not.
Self development is any means that advances the confidences, worth and love of self. As well as external development of the physical world that is being lived at this moment of time. Ei; Educational based knowledge, employment and societal acceptance and compliance, family and friends adaptations and understanding.

Inner development is the very basis of self development, but with much more depth, a form of strict discipline and resilience and a greater understanding of the Universal laws of cosmos and existence.

To understand the difference, to even realize that there is a difference has taken many years, and to fully understand will take many more, possibly even decades. To live with the conscious reality of inner development will take many life times and to finally fully able to comprehend the complexities of inner development will not be the end of learning, but the beginning of experience.

So why am I so impatient to learn it all now?
I am human.

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Sept 29 2023. So negative

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Colin Scheerschmidt

Many of my thoughts about my life, how i am and how things are going, i realize, can be and mostly are negative and low energy. I find myself in a loop like mind set where nothing is going my way and i have to do something to change it. Then nothing changes, or i don’t do anything to change it, and the same thoughts come into my mind.

I do have one thought that re-occurs over and over within my head. If there is a change needed, i have to create the change. I can not wait for something or someone else. Nobody is going to create the change that i need for me, we are all here on our own, to do for ourselves what  we need to do, and no one else can do that for me. And then i get overwhelmed and fall back into my reverie of “what if” thoughts, to pass the time and continue droning on.

Mostly i think about how much i need something to change in my life to give me a chance to proove to myself and everybody else, what i can do and be. Why do i need to proove anything?
To anyone? This is one area that i have had an inner struggle with over the many years that i have realized that this is why i do what i do. I try to do my best, to get the best results, so that i get praise of what i do. It makes me feel accepted, respected and accomplished. When i don’t get the praise that i thought i should have, i think i need to do better, and that can also  turn into resentment towards those that i thought should acknowledge my accomplishments. This was my life before. I was a zombie amongst other zombies, survivng day to day. And now, even after this awareness, i still do it! I still feel a need for acceptance and respect, and it makes me feel like i am actually betraying my own authenticity. Why? Because i have finally started to learn how to love myself, finally, consciously after all these years. To respect myself and to accept myself. But when fall back into my old habits of just survivng and doing for the expectations of others, i forget about myself.

This is when my life starts the downward spiral of nothing going my way, resentment, low energy, stress and anxiety. Nothing will ever change, nobody cares, there is no way out.
So negative.

I do know one way out, and i have been on that track before. A higher, positive level of thought vibration where there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. It is when i am myself. Live for myself, learn and understand about myself. Love and accept myself. Then all the abundance and wealth of life and existence become apparent and within my grasp. There is one little catch, I have to work on it every day, consciously. There are no breaks, no breathers, this isnt like a diet or exercise routine where you have cheat days and rest days. I have to consistently work on my higher vibration, to integrate it into this life, to merge new thought into old thought, to create new for myself. For if i do take a rest or a break, sometimes even for just a day, it can take weeks or months, to again achieve a higher level of positive vibration and thoughts.

This is when the change occurs, within and without.

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Sept 28, 2023. What i think and feel

Posted on September 28, 2023 by Colin Scheerschmidt

What i think is that i must have a purpose for being here, living and breathing in this body. I think, no, know that i, we, humans all have an ultimate purpose. It is what drives us every day, compells us to move forward in this life, to do what ever it is that we do. We just don’t know it. This urge that almost forces us to keep looking and searching and doing, and i believe that for many, it is a part of our nature, our human beingness.
For me? It is driving me crazy, this feeling, that i have purpose and i don’t know what it is, and yet i do. I can feel it’s energy burning deep inside, this infinite knowing of why i am here, fleeting thoughts of absolute understanding of my purpose and that of existence. Is it only me? I think not. Why does not every one else feel or know this? I think we all do, on some level or another. But mainly because of the distractions within our life that we use to bury and hide this deeper sense of knowing. These distractions started many generations ago, and have been entwined within our very DNA structure, passed on through the genes of our ancestors. We just keep adding to it, over time, Forgotten.

I happened upon this actual sense of knowing, when studying aspects of the higher worlds of knowledge, Philosophy, and theosophical litterature. As i have mentioned before,  i have always had some  sort of understanding and knowing that there is more to life than what i am living, and that of what those around me are living and teaching. But i have come to realize, it is not my place to search and gain new knowledge and understanding of my existence and purpose, and to try and make other understand and to believe also. No. My purppose is to search for new knowledge and understanding and to experience it. Then, when other’s are ready, it will be my time share and guide, from my experience and knowledge, for others to experience and expand their consciousness also.

So while i have this deep inner desire, almost a need to shout out at the world that there is so much more to this life and to this existence than what we are living, and that it is so full of wondorous and amazing cool stuff, i must not. We each have to come into that awakened moment on our own terms, in our own way. It is my purpose to be there for those whose awakening has begun, to bring coffee and to talk.

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