God and Us: Consciousness and Connection

God and Us: Consciousness and Connection

by Ashman Roonz

Reality isn’t a finished product. It’s a living, unfolding field. And in every moment, we are part of its unfolding. Not as passive observers, but as participants shaping, responding, and creating.

God is the source of all that is emerging. From the vast to the intimate, everything that arises comes from this source. But God didn’t just set reality in motion and step back. God also gave us something just as powerful: the ability to add.

This is where consciousness and connection come in. Every experience we have is built from connections; some conscious, some subconscious. The subconscious ones run beneath our awareness: habits, emotions, bodily processes, memory patterns, and unspoken beliefs. They form the background of our being. The conscious ones, though, are where our free will lives. They’re the choices we make about where to focus, what to believe, how to respond, and what we bring into awareness.

When we consciously connect, when we bring focused awareness into the present, we are connecting directly with God. Conscious connection is not just attention; it is communion. It is the soul converging with the source of emergence. In that moment, our will participates in creation. We don’t just witness reality, we help shape it.

Subconscious connections, by contrast, are still connections to God, but they are indirect. They move through the layers of what has already emerged: our habits, memories, emotions, and bodily rhythms. These are real, and sacred too, but they echo past alignments. They are patterns, not presence.

At every moment, both kinds of connection are at work. Together, they shape what we experience. When I focus on my body, I don’t just feel raw sensation. I feel my body plus what I’m adding: expectation, memory, emotion, interpretation. My perception is not just what is given; it’s what is created through my focus.

This is the power of conscious connection. It’s the quiet force that lets us influence the unfolding of reality... not by brute control, but by presence. Through attention and intention, we participate in the shaping of the world. We don’t change everything, but we change something. And that something ripples out.

In practices like biofeedback, we see this clearly. We bring just a small signal: a breath, a calming thought, a moment of awareness... and the entire system responds. The body follows. The pattern shifts. It’s not about controlling every detail. It’s about aligning with the deeper flow and bringing a subtle intention that transforms the whole.

This power to add something new is not an occasional gift. It’s always with us. Every moment is a meeting point between what reality offers and what we bring into it. We are not just shaped by what exists. We shape what exists by how we show up.

This is how God and Us co-create reality. Through consciousness. Through connection. Through the sacred power to add.