One of the hallmarks of third density consciousness seems to be the concept of the Veil of Forgetting. Between incarnations, our consciousness is said to exist within a metaphysical time/space realm in which a soul has a much greater awareness of many things. At this level, it seems that it a soul can examine all of what happened in its past incarnations. As strange as it may sound, it also seems that a soul has access to what might actually occur in the incarnation it has next, as well as possibly other future incarnations. It thus seems that a soul also might have access to what has been described as its Higher Self.
Before its next incarnation, a soul can choose many things. It can choose its parents, as well as people that it will meet. It can program lessons that it would like to learn in third density, even if the catalyst for these lessons needs to be repeated during a lifetime.
When a soul is physically born, it seems to forget many things. It has no memory of its past lifetimes, or what occurred between incarnations. The Free Will aspect of third density appears paramount. It seems that a soul in third density mostly has a connection to its five senses, and the processing power of the human brain at this level. It does have access to knowledge within the heart space, yet it seems, for the most part, the brain functions are what predominate its conscious awareness.
It appears that, in third density, a soul is still somewhat limited to the processes that occur in its human body, which was inherited from its second density ape form. It has all the basic survival needs, instincts, and animal aspects. However, it does also have the third density human brain, which allows it to have self-awareness, and the ability to make choices.
While the intuitive heart may inherently know the unity of all things, the love that is the One Infinite Creator, the brain processes what has been described as the illusion of separation. The self-awareness of third density makes a soul think that “it” as a physical body is all that exists, that it is separate from others, as well as the environment that it experiences.
It seems that one of the goals of a soul in third density is to remember what it is. The third density illusion seems to offer many things to confound that, due to the power of free will. Because of free will, souls can also make choices that are service to self. The self serving choices can also be used to make choices that allow an individual to gain power and control over others. Some of this could include what knowledge and consciousness to believe in.
It seems that the free will aspect allows a consciousness to lose balance, and thus see the way things really are. The heart is said to know things. However, conditions can be manipulated by those that want to control others in which the heart becomes obscured, and thus the soul more confused.
The channelings often point out how having Faith can be vital towards a soul advancing spiritually, and gaining conscious awareness back toward that of the Truth. And faith can be a personal thing; through free will, a soul can choose what it wants to believe. This tends to be the condition of third density, where every soul plays the tarot card of The Fool.
One of the ways to advance is through what has been described as seeking. So a soul’s progression goes from the consciousness of a second density ape, to that of a fourth density experience.
It seems important to point out that, if a soul chooses a service to self path, it can also move into negative fourth density, which it could then experience for millions of years, at least through some level of sixth density.
The channelings also repeated stress how mediation can be a precious tool for those seeking soul advancement. By accessing the “silence within”, it seems that one can gain access to the real knowledge and truth. It appears that the illusion that souls experience in third density can be very, very convincing. So perhaps through will and faith, a soul can put its focus and energy toward seeking that higher truth and reality.
I believe that there has been a general saying along the lines of ‘a wise man knows that he knows nothing’. The channelings also seem to repeat that third density is not a density of Wisdom.
But perhaps also, greater awareness can be obtained when consciousnesses are combined. Within fourth density, there supposedly is what has been termed a social memory complex. Having access to this greater consciousness would seem to be another way in which greater knowledge and wisdom can be obtained. The fourth density is said to that of Love, in which souls collectively are looking to obtain greater Wisdom.