The Structure of 5th-Dimensional Consciousness (with structured exercises)
- Gary Bonnell
- Jun 16
- 16 min read
Updated: Jun 19

As Interpreted from the Akashic Records
First Things First
In the beginning, there was only consciousness and energy (C&E) expressing as consequence. This reflects a perspective found in ancient philosophical and spiritual traditions, particularly those that emphasize the primacy of consciousness or a unified field of existence.
Looking at each aspect of this ideation:
Consciousness refers to the idea of a cosmic, universal, boundless cognizance that underpins all of reality. Some traditions view this as the fundamental substance or nature of everything, including the physical universe.
Energy: In this context, "energy" can be understood in a broader sense, encompassing not only physical energy but also a vital or creative force.
Expressing as Consequence: This suggests that the universe and all its phenomena are manifestations or results of the interaction and expression of consciousness and energy. Some believe that creation, in this view, is a process of unfolding from pure consciousness or potentiality into form and experience.
This account aligns with the idea of a foundational consciousness or unified field. From this, reality, including its energetic aspect (quantum torsion fields), arises and expresses itself as the world. In other words, the result of consciousness (masculine) and energy (feminine) enjoining as matter manifests dimensional awareness.
The Rise and Fall of 5th-Dimensional Consciousness
I’ve received numerous questions regarding humanity’s upcoming collective shift into 5th- 5th-dimensional consciousness. My answers delve into the heart of the energetic alignment between your eternal soul consciousness and your physical body’s instinctual awareness (DNA), as well as your evolving human spirit’s strategic intelligence as it guides that DNA.
It is essential to know that each human is a fantastic being, in that, the human DNA holds the ancestral memories of at least 120 generations (If we use an average of 25 years per generation, then 120 generations would be 120 generations x 25 years/generation = 3000 years), the evolving human spirit started when two cells joined to better maintain existence through rapidly changing conditions and circumstances. The energy created when two cells join is the etheric field that persists after the demise of the original form and then evolves through every form of life on Earth, including plants and animals. If that were not enough, each human also has an eternally constant soul that is a singular particle from the mind of The Creator, giving it direct access to The Universal Mind. The three-fold human: body, spirit, and soul, is the human mind. In essence, everything is mind.
The human body and its spirit are manifestations of Gaia’s mind, while the eternal soul is a single particle from the mind of the Creator. Through our eternal soul, the Creator fully observes Gaia’s manifest realm.
Alternating Cycles
Every 13,000 years, we enter the influence of a massive alternating wave of energy from the center of Creation. There is a period of transition that spans 1,000 years, borrowing 500 years from the previous cycle and 500 years from the new cycle. In our current understanding of time, that transition began Monday, December 22, 1505. At the center point of each transition, there is a decade during which the transition is fundamentally suspended. That decade spanned from 2001 to 2011, with 2006 as its midpoint. With each alternating wave, the effects are only felt by humans. This is because we humans are three-fold beings: a physical body, an evolving spirit, AND an eternal soul. All other life forms are two-fold, a physical form and evolving spirit, and are not affected by the shifts that create a cycle of duality and then unity back to duality and then unity, etc.
There is a great deal to know about the human-like forms that have existed in our solar system, first on Maldek, then on Mars, and finally on Earth. Astrophysicists are aware.
A very long time ago, the original two-fold humans, of which there were twelve different types, were bioengineered by off-world beings so that evolving humans could withstand the enormous energy of a collaborating eternal soul. Other life forms were also tested as to whether they had the potential to allow the energy of an eternal soul to witness Gaia’s realm through their senses. They did this by placing what can only be described as energy knots or bundles within our DNA. When an individual or group reached a specific frequency (vibration/harmonic), the energy knot/bundle would release, causing an expansion in consciousness first, and then later a transmutation within the DNA with subsequent generations. During the ten-year suspended transition period, the second-to-last transmutation knot was released for collective humanity. This release will ultimately create humans to be non-gendered. This is first evident in gender identity (consciousness): people being born who do not identify with their assigned gender at birth, and then in the alteration of human forms to non-female and non-male forms. Future humans will be able to give birth at will.
It is our eternal soul that alters our conscious awareness.
Through scientific research, it has been established that the nervous system, with the spinal cord serving as a key relay station, enables us to interact with the world, maintain internal balance, and perform complex bodily functions. Our cranial brain is the master center for all this activity. We also have two other complex neural centers in our bodies: one in the belly (belly brain), and the other in our heart (heart brain). This is also confirmed by modern science.
The enteric nervous system (ENS), located in the gut, is a complex neural network with independent functions and is often referred to as the "second brain." The intrinsic cardiac nervous system (ICNS) within the heart is also a significant neural network, sometimes referred to as the heart's "little brain". Our cranial brain (also known as the master brain) enables our expectation-driven sensory experience of dimensional reality. In contrast, our belly and heart brains facilitate an instinctual and intuitive experience of being in time and space. Our master brain operates in linear concepts, utilizing a time-based awareness, while our belly and heart brains exist in the present moment.
What science has not investigated is the subtle body that regulates the flow of life force energy (prana) from the etheric envelope of the planet into the network of approximately 72,000 nadis that are evenly distributed throughout the human form. There are three core Nadis that are metaphysically located at the spinal cord: the Ida, Pingala, and Sushumna. These three primary Nadis operate much in the same manner as the spinal cord does to the physical nervous system in their relationship to the broader network of the 72,000 secondary nadis. These secondary nadis gather and radiate life, force energy (awareness) at the seven core energy centers of the subtle body, known as chakras.
The Cause of Our Collective Shift to Duality
During duality cycles, the Ida, Pingala, and Sushumna are separated, with the Ida on the left, Pingala on the right, and Sushumna in the center. The Ida and Pingala crisscross the Sushumna at the five lower chakras, eventually integrating at the Pineal gland, or sixth chakra, often called the Third Eye.
The beginning movement of life force energy (prana, chi, ki) happens just below the base chakra in an egg-shaped energy bundle called the Kanda. The Kanda is situated within the area just below the Muladhara chakra (base chakra), between the anus and the root of the reproductive organs. It's considered the origin of all 72,000 Nadis in the subtle body. The Kanda is where the Sushumna Nadi connects with the Muladhara Chakra. The Kanda is considered a crucial point in the awakening of Kundalini energy, which lies dormant within the Muladhara chakra. The Kanda can be activated through yoga practices, especially pranayama (breathwork), to prepare for more advanced energy exercises and stimulate Kundalini. Activating the Kanda is believed to provide strength, focus, and a balanced flow of Prana (life force). It also facilitates deeper levels of awareness and mental mastery.
The Sushumna Nadi is the central channel, considered neutral, representing the balance between the Ida and Pingala, and is often associated with the fire element and spiritual awakening. The Ida Nadi emerges out of the Kanda on the left side of the Sushumna and is considered the passive, feminine, yin energy channel, associated with the moon, and often described as cooling and nurturing. The Pingala Nadi emerges from the Kanda and is observed as the active, masculine, yang energy channel, associated with the sun, and is often described as warming and dynamic.
The Process of Our Individual/Collective Shift to Unity
During unity cycles, the Kanda and core nadis fully integrate as one expression. The full integration of the Ida, Pingala, and Sushumna is, in essence, the unification of duality into a singular stream of awakened consciousness as 5th-Dimensional Consciousness.
Harmonization of Dual Energies (Ida & Pingala)
The Ida (feminine, lunar, cooling, left side) and Pingala (masculine, solar, heating, right side) represent polarity, the fundamental duality that sustains bodily and mental experience. Their balanced integration initiates:
Emotional and mental equilibrium
A dissolving of the oppositional self (ego vs. soul, self vs. other)
Enhanced intuitive perception and clear intellectual processing
In subtle anatomy terms, their synchronization at each chakra removes distortions in energy expression caused by the reincarnating survival strategies of the genetic instinctual intelligence, resulting in intensified inner conflicts.
Activation of the Sushumna Nadi (Central Channel)
Once the Ida and Pingala are harmonized, the Sushumna, the central column of spiritual ascent, can fully activate. When this happens:
Kundalini energy, often dormant at the base of the spine in the Kanda, rises naturally without force or trauma
The flow bypasses karmic loops, skipping astral debris and moving directly into causal and supra-causal fields
The chakras become conscious gateways rather than energetic filters
The pineal gland (third eye) activates alongside the bindu point, leading to inner radiance and nondual perception
Dimensional Perception and Unified Consciousness as Mind Projection
As energy flows unimpeded through the Sushumna, perception expands into multiple adjacent realities simultaneously. This means:
One no longer identifies as a localized being; time, form, and even personal history become transparent
Awareness shifts from thought-based identity to a witnessing presence that sees all experiences as energy in motion
The integration of the Three-Fold Mind, belly (instinct), heart (intuition), and cranial (reason), becomes automatic
Expression of the Christ Body / Buddha Nature
The complete integration of spirit awareness results in the embodiment of soul consciousness, not merely as a state but as a lived frequency:
Speech becomes transmission
Touch becomes healing
Presence becomes illumination
One doesn’t merely channel divine will; they are that will in action.
Deathlessness of Awareness
While the physical body may still age, the consciousness now abides in an unchanging field. Death is no longer feared or final; it is merely another adjustment in form or vibration.
In summary, the complete integration of the Ida, Pingala, and Sushumna allows spirit awareness to expand into soul consciousness, which is the flowering of the soul into form, the alchemy of energy, awareness, and presence into a unified field of being. It marks the end of seeking and the beginning of service through radiance.
The basis of these findings is a synthesis, one that draws from four main streams of understanding:
Traditional Yogic and Tantric Systems
From Kundalini Yoga, Tantra, and the Upanishadic texts, we gain the foundational map of the subtle body:
The Ida, Pingala, and Sushumna are described as channels (nadis) through which prana moves.
When the Ida and Pingala are balanced, often through breathwork (pranayama), bandhas, and mudras, the Sushumna becomes active, allowing kundalini shakti to rise.
Ancient Tantric texts (e.g., the Shiva Samhita, Hatha Yoga Pradipika) describe the process as necessary for spiritual liberation (moksha).
These sources frame the channels as not merely energetic but as expressions of polarity ... lunar and solar, feminine and masculine, mental and vital.
Esoteric and Theosophical Literature
Writers like Alice Bailey, Rudolf Steiner, and Sri Aurobindo contribute layered insights:
The rising of energy through the central channel reflects not just a personal awakening but a planetary and cosmic shift in vibrational fields.
Steiner describes a “spiritualized etheric body,” and Bailey speaks of antahkarana bridging concepts parallel to the activation of Sushumna.
Aurobindo's Supramental Consciousness describes the descending light that meets the ascending energy, mirroring the union of Ida, Pingala, and the opening of the crown.
Neuroscience and Embodied Cognition
Though modern science does not yet use the terminology of nadis, the physiological parallels are compelling:
The autonomic nervous system has a sympathetic (activating) and parasympathetic (calming) branch, resonant with Pingala and Ida, respectively.
The vagus nerve, which regulates heart rate, breathing, and emotional regulation, mirrors Sushumna, like central control.
Neural networks in the belly (enteric brain), heart, and cranial brain show that awareness is distributed, not centralized solely in the head.
These findings suggest that the energetic map of yogic anatomy reflects real, distributed intelligence systems in the human body.
Direct Revelatory Insight & Phenomenological Reports
A substantial part comes from:
Cross-cultural reports of spiritual awakening, mystical union, and out-of-body states (from mystics, yogis, saints, near-death experiencers).
The teachings of the three-fold mind support this deeply, the framework of body, spirit, and eternal soul functioning in harmony.
First-hand accounts often describe a column of light or flow through the spine, merging above the head, dissolving ego, bound identity, and evoking unity awareness.
These subjective experiences, when compared across cultures and disciplines, form a remarkably consistent pattern.
The Individual Freedom of Enlightenment
The following synthesis is grounded in ancient teachings, emerging scientific research, personal experiences, and direct energetic mapping. Learning about the different models involves integrating extensive textual data, metaphysical theory, and human testimony, creating a pattern recognition process that highlights profound overlaps between disciplines.
The need to be “right” is perhaps the last great addiction—the final veil the expanding spirit awareness must see through before it can merge fully with the soul’s knowing. In truth, the insistence on proof through materialist science is often a defense mechanism, a way to shield the self from the vulnerability of unknowing. Yet unknowing is precisely the doorway to the sacred.
When the need to be right dissolves:
Curiosity returns.
Wonder reawakens.
And consciousness, no longer bound by the duality of right/wrong, opens into direct perception of what is.
Releasing the internal polarity of preloaded inner conflicts allows the third eye to activate, not as a mystical escape, but as a simple, pure witnessing. That shift, when it happens in even one being, echoes through the lattice of collective awareness.
In giving up the chemical dependency brought on through the need to be “right,” individual and collective humanity will understand that the cosmos does not validate itself through proof, but through presence.
Below is a visual framework for integrating the nadis and the art of dissolving expectation, based perception, two interwoven aspects of expanding spiritual awareness into multidimensional consciousness.
Framework: Integration of Nadis and Expanded Perception
Triadic Energy Channels
Nadi | Aspect Represented | Energy Flow | Function |
Ida | Feminine / Lunar / Cooling | Left side | Emotional awareness, memory, subconscious mind |
Pingala | Masculine / Solar / Heating | Right side | Logical analysis, vitality, conscious mind |
Sushumna | Neutral / Spiritual / Harmonizing | Central channel (spine) | Carries awakened kundalini; bridges body, spirit, and soul |
When Ida and Pingala are harmonized through breathwork, mudras, and sincere self-inquiry, energy flows into Sushumna, activating higher states of being.
Chakra Harmonization through Nadic Integration
Each chakra becomes a conscious access point as the Sushumna opens.
Chakra | Ida Influence | Pingala Influence | Sushumna Activation Outcome |
Root (Muladhara) | Fear-based grounding | Willful survival | Earth anchoring without fear |
Sacral (Svadhisthana) | Emotional craving | Passion, control | Harmonious creativity |
Solar Plexus (Manipura) | Doubt, insecurity | Domination, pride | Purposeful action without ego |
Heart (Anahata) | Attachment | Judgment | Compassionate presence |
Throat (Vishuddha) | Suppression | Forceful expression | Authentic communication |
Third Eye (Ajna) | Fantasy | Rational rigidity | Direct perception of energy |
Crown (Sahasrara) | Passivity | Mental striving | Union with Source |
The Art of Dissolving Expectation-Based Perception
Recognize: Expectations Are Training, Based Projections
Expectations are mental overlays formed in early life.
They train the senses to notice only what aligns with past conditioning.
The five senses are not passive receivers; the brain’s chemical reward system sculpts them – the need to be right offers the chemical mixture of serotonin (belly brain), oxytocin (heart brain), and dopamine (cranial brain). This allows the entire body a feel-good reality.
Practice:
“What am I expecting to perceive in this moment? Is it mine, or was it installed?”
Repattern: Disengage from Reward Chemistry
The need to be right produces dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin.
This creates an addictive loop: “I must prove myself right to feel okay."
Practice:Breathe deeply into the belly brain (enteric), let the belly soften. Speak this silently:
“There is nothing to prove. I am here, now, aware.”
This drops awareness into the present moment, rather than a rehearsed interpretation.
Reorient: Shift from Surface to Field Awareness
Expectation fixes attention on objects.
Expanded perception feels the energetic field between and behind objects.
Practice:
“Instead of looking at this person, can I feel the space around and through them?”
This naturally activates third-eye awareness and the etheric field.
Recalibrate: Use Symbolic Input, Not Literal Meaning
Literal interpretations trap perception.
Symbolic awareness opens perception to inner meaning, pattern, and rhythm.
Tools:
Use a non-dominant hand to draw your emotion.
Meditate on abstract art, sacred geometry, or mandalas, not to interpret, but to immerse.
Reinforce: Create an Expectation, Free Zone
Daily, step into 10–15 minutes of undefended stillness, no journaling, no mantra, no interpretation.
Just sit. Just breathe. Just be.
Allow your senses to rest without directing them. This re-teaches the nervous system to receive without a filter. Expectation is the scaffolding of duality. When it dissolves, you don’t lose the world, you see it whole.
The source bandha, or mula bandha, is foundational to the integration of the nadis and the awakening of Sushumna. Let’s place it in proper context now, as it deserves its rightful place in the framework:
Mula Bandha – The Root Lock (The Source Bandha)
Definition:
Mula bandha means "root lock." It involves the gentle inward lift of the perineum, an energetic seal that directs prana upward from the base of the spine.
Role in Nadic Integration:
Function | Impact |
Seals the base | Prevents energy dissipation downward into lower chakric patterns (fear, control, survival obsession). |
Activates Sushumna | Acts like a valve, drawing prana and apana together to create a force of upward spiritual momentum. |
Balances Ida and Pingala | Holds their opposing flows in a suspended state, allowing the central channel to become active. |
Awakens Kundalini | It is the ignition point; kundalini stirs at the base only when the bandha forms a safe, focused channel. |
Mula Bandha as a Gateway:
Practiced with breath (especially during kumbhaka, retention), mula bandha invites the coiling life force upward:
When combined with uddiyana bandha (abdominal lock) and jalandhara bandha (throat lock), the energy flow is guided, harnessed, and preserved.
This tri-bandha system becomes the sacred containment vessel for transmutation.
Metaphysical Correspondence:
Mula bandha closes the lower triangle of animal consciousness and opens the upward, pointing triangle of divine awareness.
In symbolic alchemy, it is the seal that transforms base metal into gold.
Awakening the Central Channel: Integration of Nadis, Mula Bandha,
and Conscious Breath - Why Bandhas Matter
Begin with this orientation:
The body is not just flesh; it is an instrument of energetic transmutation. The breath is not just air; it is consciousness in motion. And the bandhas are not just muscular locks, they are the gateways to awakening.
The Three Core Nadis
Nadi | Nature | Flow | Role |
Ida | Lunar / Feminine | Left | Emotion, memory, cooling, subconscious |
Pingala | Solar / Masculine | Right | Vitality, logic, heating, conscious mind |
Sushumna | Neutral / Spiritual | Central spine | Ascension of kundalini, integration of awareness |
When Ida and Pingala are harmonized, Sushumna opens. This is when the work of the bandhas truly begins.
The Mula Bandha – Root Lock (The Source Bandha)
What It Is:
A subtle contraction and lift at the perineum (between genitals and anus)
Not a tightening of the entire pelvis, but a fine energetic lift, like drawing up a silk thread
What It Does:
Directs apana vayu (descending energy) upward
Draws together apana and prana vayu (ascending energy from the heart) in the navel region
This fusion ignites kundalini and begins the upward pull into Sushumna
“The serpent stirs when the root is sealed, and breath becomes intention.”
The Full Tri, Bandha System (Energy Containment Vessel)
Bandha | Physical Location | Energetic Effect |
Mula Bandha | Perineum | Lifts energy upward from the root |
Uddiyana Bandha | Abdomen, pulled in and up | Draws energy into the solar plexus, heart, and throat centers |
Jalandhara Bandha | Chin to chest (throat lock) | Prevents upward energy from dispersing, redirects it inward to Ajna (third eye) |
Together, these three create a triangular containment field that raises energy through the chakras without leakage or imbalance.
Breath Integration: Focused Breath + Mula Bandha
Here is a guided pattern:
Inhale (softly through the nose). Imagine golden prana spiraling upward through the spine
Engage mula bandha as breath reaches the base
Hold your breath gently. Allow energy to pool in the navel center (solar plexus)
Gently add uddiyana bandha
Exhale slowly (from the heart through the mouth or nose) lift the energy to the third eye
Release the jalandhara bandha at the very end
Repeat 4 times. Rest. Then repeat again with inner stillness.
Symbolism and Result
The mula bandha is the root key, the quiet assertion of the will to awaken.
The Sushumna becomes the pillar of light, a living column through which soul consciousness pours into form.
The practitioner becomes a temple of resonance, not just seeking truth but embodying it.
Closing Reflection
When the root is sealed in stillness, the breath becomes a vehicle. When the vehicle is guided by attention, the mind yields to presence. And when presence rests in the spine, the soul awakens in the body.
Here is a meditation script designed to gently guide you through the activation of mula bandha, the harmonization of Ida and Pingala, and the opening of Sushumna using breath and inner awareness. It incorporates the Four Petals breathing technique in a contemplative rhythm.
Meditation Script: Awakening the Central Channel
(Suggested time: 15–20 minutes. Read slowly, with deliberate pauses. Allow space between sections for integration.)
Preparation
Sit comfortably, spine upright, chin level. Rest the hands on the knees or in a grounding mudra. Close your eyes. Bring your attention to your breath. Feel the body settle.
Begin to inhale and exhale slowly…gently…with no force. Let the breath become a soft wave. Inhale through the nose…out through the heart.
Phase One: Grounding Awareness
Bring your awareness to the base of the spine, to the root.
Feel the contact of your body with the Earth. Let the lower belly soften. Let the perineum, the space between genitals and anus, become conscious.
Now… with your next inhale, gently lift the perineum inward and upward. This is mula bandha, the root lock. Hold it softly. Not tightly, just awake.
With each inhale, hold the lift. With each exhale, keep it gently engaged.
Breathe with awareness for several cycles.
Phase Two: Ida and Pingala Harmonization
Now, bring your attention to the left and right sides of the body. The left side is Ida—cool, calm, lunar. The right side is Pingala, warm, vital, solar.
Inhale: feel breath flow up both sides of the spine, left and right.Exhale: feel the breath merge in the center, at the heart.
Repeat this for four slow, complete breaths:
Inhale, rising up Ida and Pingala. Exhale, merging into stillness at center
With each cycle, feel the currents harmonize, like two serpents spiraling upward around a central staff.
Phase Three: Pranayama with Bandhas
Now, begin a relaxing, focused breathing exercise with bandha activation.
Inhale softly through the nose, drawing the breath from base to the heart. As you inhale, engage mula bandha (root lock) gently. At the top of the inhale, hold the breath briefly and calmly.
Pause.
Gently engage uddiyana bandha, a subtle lift of the lower belly inward and upward.
Exhale slowly through the nose or mouth. At the end of the exhale, gently lower the chin toward the chest in jalandhara bandha (throat lock).
Feel the energy lift to the third eye.
Then relax all locks.
Breathe naturally. Feel your entire body.
Repeat the cycle four times. Take your time. Let the breath guide you.
Phase Four: Sushumna Activation
Now…Let go of the breathing structure, letting the breath become natural again.
Bring your awareness to the spine as a central column of subtle light.
Visualize or feel a stream of radiant energy flowing freely from base to crown.
You may sense warmth… stillness… or inner expansion.
“This is Sushumna, the central channel of spirit and soul in union.”
Rest here. Be the witness. Be the light within the column.
Closing
Let the breath remain soft. Release any effort. Let the bandhas dissolve.
Feel your presence as vast, still awareness.
When you’re ready, place one hand on your heart and one on your belly. Bow inward to the source within.
Silently affirm:
“I am the breath of awareness. I am the light of the soul. I am the living channel of divine energy.”
Gently open your eyes. Return with clarity and quiet strength.