12-20-2014, 06:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-20-2014, 07:01 PM by third-density-being.)
(12-20-2014, 05:18 PM)Unbound Wrote: (...)
This is a topic I have long wanted to write about, but I admit I am at a bit of a loss to start. I see the core of consciousness as being the deepest mystery, although certainly I treat it as a "thing in itself", but that could certainly be part of the topics to cover in the beginner's guide.
If I was to do this I would probably not try to "explain" Consciousness, but instead try to point to its mysteries. However, I could definitely put some words down as to how "spirituality" and "consciousness" are connected but that isn't a very well defined point.
I realize it is not proper place, but in this, particular situation I do would like to recommend You Words of Seth. In "Nature of Personal Reality" alone You can find some extremely interesting thoughts, that might be a springboard to your own Creation.
I would like to bring couple of quotes at this point - each is Worth an eye:
Quote:***
Much is not as yet known. Your psychologists are not able to think
in terms of a soul, and your religious leaders are not able, or refuse, to
comprehend it psychologically even to its simplest degree. Metaphysics
and psychology have not met, in other words.
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Trees and rocks possess their own consciousness, and also share a
gestalt consciousness, even as the living portions of your body. The cells
and organs have their own awarenesses, and a gestalt one. So the race of
man also has individual consciousness and a gestalt or mass consciousness,
of which you individually are hardly aware.
The mass race consciousness, in its terms, possesses an identity. You
are a portion of that identity while still being unique, individual and
independent. You are confined only to the extent that you have chosen
physical reality, and so placed yourself within its context of experience.
While physical, you follow physical laws, or assumptions. These form
the framework for corporeal expression.
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(...) consciousness is within all physical phenomena (...)
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Because you are reasoning as creatures, because you have available
such varieties of experience, the [human] species developed reasoning
abilities that are meant to evolve and grow as they are used. Your
consciousness expands as you use it. You become "more" conscious as
you exercise these faculties.
A flower cannot write a poem about itself. You can, and in so doing
your own consciousness turns around about itself. It literally becomes more
than it was. Existing in such diversified, rich environment-possibilities, the
human psyche needed and developed a conscious mind that could make
fairly concise and accurate "minute by minute" judgments and
evaluations. As the conscious mind grew, now, so did the range of imagination.
The conscious mind is a vehicle for the imagination in many
ways. The greater its knowledge the further the reach of imagination. In
return imagination enriches conscious reasoning and emotional
experience.
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The conscious mind is not some prodigal child or
poor relative of the self. It can quite freely focus into inner reality when
you understand that it can. You, again, have a conscious mind. You can
change the focus of your own consciousness.
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But the body is composed of living, responding atoms and molecules.
These have their own consciousnesses alive in matter, their drive to exist and be within the
framework of their own nature. They compose the cells, and these combine to
form the organs. The organs possess the combined consciousnesses of each of
the cells within them, and in their way the organs sense their own identity.
They have a purpose — that function they provide within the organism as a
whole. This cooperation of consciousness continues so that you have a body
consciousness that is vital, that strives to maintain its own equilibrium and
health.
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At one level of your being there is a common ground where body
consciousness merges with that higher consciousness from which your
own identity springs. This is the ground of your being where soul and
flesh meet, both in time and out of it.
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Once again I apologize for putting above in here - I realize it is not proper place, but it is my deep belief, that it may be very useful/important to emphasize this information at this time.
As I understand, Focus of Consciousness is crucial, as it seems to be a Spotlight of Our ability in that area. Yet, this label alone is very tricky, because it may suggest literally "sharp focus" of Consciousness and considering it Properties/Qualities in such Focus alone. But from what I've read and in small part experienced my-Self, I know that there are many Focuses, each with it's own functions/properties - this I perceive as Quality of Consciousness It-Self - ability to selective focus with great variety of intensity.
Therefore first step might be to differentiate at all different Focuses of Consciousness and an attempt to perceive differences in perception of data - literally an inlet of Information/Data. To Open Self for information beyond inherent five senses. It may have form of data from one or couple of senses, but it will not come from their normal - moment-to-moment - activity.
Same with interpretation of Information/Data. In different focuses of Consciousness, Our Mind/Reasoning/Data-Digesting/paths-of-thoughts are different - sometimes slightly, with minute differences. To recognize and to acknowledge those differences as parallel with Our predominate state of "Focus of Consciousness" and equally valid - that would be a Great Start in my opinion.
I'm sorry for the length of above (a long quote) but I'm quite excited, when it comes to this subject
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