Let us try to define the criteria of development of consciousness and progression on the way of Spiritual development.

There are many disputes and misunderstandings around this, because we use own Consciousness in three various aspects:

1.    As Object of research and changing.

2.    As Mechanism of influence.

3.    As the control, testing and diagnosing Instrument.

It is possible because our consciousness works both in internal and in external energy-informational spaces and can be in two modes – in the mode of Perception and in the mode of Influence.

Any real change in the level of consciousness is surely reflected in external world – on the connection of man to other egregors and changing of his world outlook and behavior. And if to remember a principle, that similar attracts similar, - which means that the milieu of the person always corresponds to him and can serve as a “mirror” of own properties, - then it appears from this, that any real change in consciousness of the person will inevitably lead to changes in his nearest environment, in his way of life and behavior.

Here exists a certain complication. Usually, the person evolves by the consciousness slowly, from life to life. Therefore, during one vital incarnation, any strong changes do not occur in the level of consciousness (but there is no need to confuse the level of consciousness defining world-view of the person with the level of knowledge, acquiring of skills and knowledge of life).

And what occurs with the person who has taken the development in own hands?

Such person will constantly live in the “Age of changes”. His world-view will constantly change and as a result his milieu, behavior, circle of interests and many other things will change.

Just the ability, readiness and possibility of such changes will really define the speed of development of consciousness.

It is necessary to test constantly own interactions with external world while moving on the way of spiritual development.

Dangers on the way of work with consciousness consist in the strengthening of arrogance and feeling of own importance. It is happen sometimes, that man, who got acquainted with some theory, read some books or visited some courses, starts to consider oneself to be more significant, more “advanced” than others – those who did not read these books and did not visit these courses.

And this person is really still not in a condition to make in own life something new and different from all that he did before all his studies (and all that his entire milieu does). Thus, not the properties of the given person changed, not his connection to other egregors, but only his opinion about oneself.