Conventional Understanding

We’re taught that reality is “what’s really out there” – the objective world that exists whether we like it or not. We talk about “facing reality” as if it’s a fixed thing we must adapt to, not participate in. This view turns us into passive observers of a world that happens to us, rather than active participants in an unfolding process. When we accept this limited understanding, we surrender our creative involvement and accept boundaries others have defined as “just how things are.”

Resonant Understanding

Word Cosmology reveals “reality” carrying a 4-5-9 resonance pattern, sharing this numeric signature with “spatial consciousness” and “visible experience of mind.” Think of reality like water – it can appear as solid ice, flowing liquid, or invisible vapor depending on the conditions. Similarly, what we call reality isn’t a fixed state but a responsive field that shifts with the quality of attention we bring to it. It’s the meeting point where consciousness and experience come together to create the appearance of form.

Expressions – Spectrum Analysis

In balanced expression, this resonance pattern appears as “common sense” and “dynamic stillness” – both grounded and fluid at the same time. We experience “feeling motion” directly rather than just thinking about it. “I am creation” particularly illuminates reality’s nature when balanced—not as something separate that happens to us, but as the creative process in which we participate directly. We feel both individual and connected, neither controlling everything nor being controlled.

When over-modulated, expressions include “I am controlling” and “righteous judgment” – rigid patterns that resist natural flow. We position ourselves as “the projector” or “the center of the universe,” separate from what we experience. “Solidify” corresponds with over-modulation’s tendency to freeze dynamic patterns into rigid structures. “Ego love” and “seductive” show how over-modulated reality maintains fixed patterns against natural movement.

Under-modulated expressions such as “degeneration” and “disrespect myself” show what happens when consciousness lacks sufficient engagement with the reality field. “I am separate” and “I am not real” reveal the fundamental disconnection that characterizes under-modulation. “I have to pretend” shows how under-modulated reality corresponds with inauthentic expression attempting to compensate for disconnection. “Being needy” reflects the grasping quality that emerges when we don’t recognize our inherent connection to the creative process.

Beyond these modulation patterns, words like “curved electric universe” and “mirror reflection” also share this resonance pattern. “Wave conjugation” and “electrical force” reveal the underlying dynamics through which the appearance of reality manifests. “Symphony” and “the language of feeling” suggest the harmonious patterns through which reality organizes itself.

Russell’s Cosmogony Connection

Walter Russell described a universe where solid matter is actually motion creating the appearance of substance. He wrote:

“This universe is substanceless. It consists of motion only. Motion simulates substance by the control of its opposing wave pressures of motion which deceive the senses into seeing substance where motion alone is.”

This beautifully explains why “reality” resonates with “dynamic stillness” and “feeling motion.” Like a spinning top that appears still despite constant movement, reality presents seemingly stable forms through balanced interplay of opposing forces.

The balanced expression “spatial consciousness” corresponds with Russell’s description of how curved space provides the conditions for reality’s manifestation:

“Every wave field is a cosmic projector which radiates light outward through the concave lenses of spheroidal pressure gradients to bend toward the mirrors of wave-field boundaries of zero curvature, where curvature reverses as it is reflected into neighboring wave fields.”

 Practical Implications

This understanding transforms how we relate to our experiences. Rather than fighting against “hard reality” or surrendering to “just how things are,” we can recognize these as particular patterns that can be engaged with differently.

The quality of consciousness we bring to reality matters – not because we control reality through thinking, but because reality unfolds as a response to the quality of our attention, just as music changes depending on how a musician plays an instrument.

This doesn’t mean reality is whatever we wish it to be, but that it’s more responsive and flexible than we’ve been taught to believe. When we move beyond both rigid control and passive acceptance, we open to a more creative relationship with life itself – participating consciously in the unfolding patterns that constitute our experience.

Walter Russell’s quotes are from his book, “A New Concept of the Universe”