(11-03-2010, 10:32 AM)@ndy Wrote:Quote:What do you mean by the term "collective consciousness"? Besides the internet, what is another expression of this collective consciousness?
I'm not sure I can describe what I mean. Let me try.
It's like you can share consciousness with other people bit like technological way of melding bits of people’s minds.
A mass of thoughts and expressions that you can plug into, ideas can be exchanged, shared built on or just observed, people form groups and communities, friendships. There is humour fun and games - other worlds were you can live in with other people. Space and distance is unimportant the physical body isn't needed in the same way it is to do other things.
Another expression - I'm not sure, I can relate to it in something I've experienced in dreams but not sure how to describe it, a fractal combination of minds
OK, thanks for the explanation. To me "collective consciousness" implies telepathy. I'm not sure we can actually share consciousness, with ego-driven fears and hopes in the way. These two things tend to become the focus of our attention, rather than us making room for a collective "field of awareness". So instead of actually seeing what someone else is seeing, our attention is pulled away by the gravity of our projections.