What is the fifth dimension, and how can we understand and access it on the spiritual journey?

The Fifth Dimension and Spiritual Practice

When I give Soul Star readings, I’m able to intuit where someone is in their vibrational expansion — how their consciousness is unfolding on their journey.

In plain English, this means we all radiate a unique energetic frequency that reflects our level of self-awareness and spiritual awareness, the energy we emanate into the world.

Everyone’s energy is as distinct as their fingerprints.

If you pause for a moment, you can probably sense what your partner’s, child’s, or best friend’s energy feels like. Within that energetic signature is also a frequency that relates to dimensional awareness.

Lately, I’ve noticed more people talking about the fifth dimension and what it means to “move toward” it in spiritual practice.

So, what is the fifth dimension, exactly?

From Judgment to Awareness

I recently had a fascinating conversation with a client about this.

One of the first challenges we face on the spiritual path is judgment — that inner scoreboard that wants to know:

“Where am I on the scale of awareness? Is that person higher up than me? How can I get there faster?”

Most of us meet our inner “Judge” more than once on the journey. This is due to socialization and the way we are educated to get good exam results.

If your inner judge is piping up right now, hand them a crossword puzzle and ask them to sit quietly in the corner while we continue.

The Journey Begins in Third-Dimensional Awareness

People whose consciousness is primarily rooted in third-dimensional (3D) awareness tend to focus on survival.

They’re often navigating basic needs — food, shelter, stability — and don’t have much space for spiritual exploration (though faith can absolutely thrive there).

3D living isn’t “bad” or “less evolved”; it’s simply the dimension of material reality. And we all experience it.

Remember, we move through multiple dimensions simultaneously.

The dimensions are not rigid levels, but overlapping layers of awareness.

The Fourth Dimension: Awakening Through Ideas

As awareness expands, we move into fourth-dimensional (4D) consciousness.

Here, there’s more room to breathe, reflect, and grow. Life feels less about surviving and more about exploring.

People in 4D often become interested in self-development, spirituality, and the meaning of things.

They may still identify strongly with possessions or achievements. These are all grounded in thoughtforms.

If there are numerous 4D possessions and achievements, people can sometimes become somewhat stuck or overly attached to 4D.

The late Edgar Cayce, America’s most famous Akashic Records Reader, once summed up fourth-dimensional awareness in a single word: ideas.

As we evolve in 4D, we begin to realize that our thoughts shape our reality, and that’s a powerful starting point.

The Fifth Dimension: A Shift in Sensing

Then comes the shift to fifth-dimensional (5D) consciousness.

This is where we begin to release judgment, competition, and the endless striving for perfection. We soften, relax, and open.

The senses start to operate differently. You may feel a departed loved one’s presence, or notice synchronicities, signs, or moments of clear intuitive knowing.

Premonitions, visions, or bursts of inspiration become more common. These are all signals of an expanded field of awareness.

People drawn to simpler, more intentional living — like the Tiny House movement — often reflect this fifth-dimensional mindset.

The emphasis shifts from accumulation to experience, from doing to being.

This freedom creates spaciousness in mind, body, and spirit — and that’s where the deeper journey begins.

Living Across Dimensions

When we shift into 5D, we don’t leave 3D or 4D behind.

Our human minds love to imagine this journey as a ladder, but it’s more like a symphony — all notes playing at once.

We live across multiple vibrational layers simultaneously.

Some days we’re grounded in 3D responsibilities, other days we’re contemplating 5D unity — and both are essential.

A Glimpse of the Sixth Dimension

What about the sixth dimension (6D)?

I only know a little, through clients who live mostly in that state of being.

(Me? Not for extended periods of time, yet! But I visit sometimes after readings, deep meditations, or prayer — those moments of pure grace.)

People who sustain 6D awareness to live from pure being. They may still have questions, but not from the energy of seeking — more from curiosity and a focus on service.

Think of figures like Gandhi or Mother Teresa — souls who embodied compassion and presence as their natural state.

Those of us still unfolding our paths might touch 6D during peak moments — then, as actor Jim Carrey once joked, “spend the rest of our time trying to get back there.”

What Does It Feel Like Shifting to 5D?

In everyday terms, the 5th dimension is not a place, but a way of experiencing reality where time is not linear.

Instead of moving through time like a straight line, you experience multiple timelines or possibilities simultaneously.

Here’s a helpful analogy. Imagine your life as a book: –

• In 3D, you read one page at a time.
• In 4D, you can flip back and forth between pages (past and future).
• In 5D, you see the whole book at once, all possible stories, choices, and outcomes.

What Does This Shifting Process Mean In Practical Terms?

You might have intuitive flashes of future events. Carl Jung coined the phrase ‘synchronicity’ to sum up this particular state of mind.

You feel like you’re living in a dream-like state where time bends. Sometimes when I’m working with clients, because I’m in an altered state, it can feel like a long time. But it’s usually about an hour!

You can make choices based on multiple potential outcomes, not just what seems logical now. In everyday terms, we might call this seeing the higher perspective.

Why Shifting Our Minds This Way Can Be Helpful

When we think about our next steps in life, it’s important to make decisions from a helpful state of mind.

Mental Growth

Mental and emotional growth can be powerful to help us with our lives, let alone deepen the experience of the spiritual journey.

Being able to look at choices clearly, without feeling trapped by your past, can be a rare experience.

With some practice and by working in your Akashic Records, which are located energetically in 5D, you can make this process a more regular experience.

Emotional Growth

The Akashic Records are stored as emotional energy within our aura, or Personal Energy Field.

This is why, when someone wakes up to a past life experience or hears about a past life, they may feel strong emotions but are not sure how or why.

Being able to experience that shift from 3D to 4D and into the fifth dimension can help us to: –

• feel connected to everything.
• Have the sense that our thoughts and emotions are shaping reality in real-time.
• Become aware of a deep inner knowing that everything is happening based on your Soul’s journey.

Closing Thoughts

We are all travelers through dimensions, learning to balance human life with spiritual awareness.

Whether you’re navigating 3D challenges, exploring 4D ideas, or sensing the expansion of 5D consciousness, you are right where you need to be.

Each level offers its own wisdom.

I’d love to hear your experiences and reflections. Have you noticed shifts in how you sense or experience energy from 3D through to 5D?

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One way to grow your awareness of the fifth dimension is to begin to work with your Akashic Records.

This is because Akashic Records work expands the connection to your Soul through your Higher Self (aka your intuition).

If you are interested in an Akashic Records Reading, I always recommend starting with the Soul Star Reading.

This reading gives you 3 different immersive experiences of the Akashic Records: –

1. Connecting with your Divine Soul Blueprint (Soul-level gifts, talents, abilities).
2. Hearing about a Past Life that contains a karmic pattern ready for clearing (you’ll recognize this pattern in your present life).
3. Recognizing and clearing present life blocks and restrictions.

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