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Consciousness is defined as: spirit animating
matter
apperception of
personal presence
state or condition of
being conscious
awareness of, and, or
sensitivity to
surroundings
Consciousness has always
seemed to be separate from the
physical animal body as
when life leaves the body
consciousness leaves the body as well.
Consciousness is, in
fact, the Force that motivates
Life.
Consciousness and intelligence
are not synonymous.
A computer is
intelligence, it is not conscious.
An ant is conscious, it is not
intelligence.
Intelligence is a cumulative process
of discernment and
judgement.
Evolution of
Consciousness
According to the philosophy laid out in the Puranas, the
consciousness of human beings evolved through four stages, each lasting
thousands of years.
Humans, as a species, have begun to transition from
a lower forms of conscious awareness
into a higher form of conscious awareness since the beginning of the Axial Age
when Siddhartha
Gautama achieved
Nirvana.
Those transitioning find themselves to be
separated from experience -
an
observer experiencing events and
objects standing outside of
self.
The moment we see self as
The Observer we naturally
attempt to re-engage
presence-of-moment reality
to become intimately
re-involved with reality.
The Gap,
between observing
reality and immersion
within reality, is an
artificial division
cleaved by the Rational Mind.
In non-dualistic awareness there is
no such gap; there is
only intimate being, an opening
to and participation in what is.
Integral Consciousness =
participatory awareness
= living in the
moment.
"Integrally Conscious" is living in the moment in
participatory
awareness.
To be Integrally Conscious is to be
Walking the Thinspace.
Walking the Thinspace is living
both as the "observer" and
as the "actor" - a joining of the
Rational, that vast storehouse of bodily
memory gained through life experience, with
the Mystical,
abstract intellectual
knowledge learned through symbol systems of communication.
Different cultures
have come up with different terms for
Living Lucidly.
True Liberation or integral
consciousness carries with it many terms including Nirvana,
quantum consciousness,
fully awakened,
participatory awareness,
Ḉhri§t
Ḉon§ḉiou§ne§§ and Buddha
consciousness.
Contemporary neurological research has discovered
distinct brainwave patterns that
parallel each of the states of consciousness identified.
To understand
the multilple levels of human
consciousness Jean Gebser identified five progressive stages in the
evolution of human consciousness; archaic,
magical,
mythical, rational and
integral consciousness.
These states of consciousness are
experienced by every human.
In an
archaic consciousness mode
humans experience themselves as one
with nature and with all of life in a form of
Unity
Consciousness.
In archaic consciousness there is neither subject nor
object, consciousness is not aware of itself - there is no conscience, ego
concerns or social pride.
As consciousness continues to evolve humans
start to become conscious of
distinctions, such as male and
female, good and
evil, and inside and
outside - a
consciousness of magical duality allows differentiation.
The
Paramarthika state refers to the Advaita non-dualistic state of reference,
where only Brahman/Atman exists.
Here, there is no
differentiation.
Beta wave
consciousness is a
temporary and relative state of existence whereas the Paramarthika state is
the absolute-permanent state of existence.
Eating
the fruit of the tree of
knowledge is a metaphorical way of saying that our earliest ancestors began
to develop a recognition of polarities - duality.
They could no longer maintain
their initial state of union with the Creator.
This is further symbolized by their
leaving the Garden of Eden.
Humans begin to gain mastery over the
polarized world they experience.
"In this magic structure, man makes
the almost superhuman attempt
to free himself from the
jungle-like bonds and spell of his fusion with nature. Here lies the basis
of all sorcery and magic - rainmaking,
ritual, and
countless other forms by
which magic man tries to
cope with nature". - Jean Gebser
The Vyavaharika state refers to the
Dual (Dwaita) state of reference.
Most people understand the Universe
from this plane.
They perceive the duality of object and the subject.
There is the World (Jagat) and there is
Individual (Jiva) and the
God (Ishwara) all
separate.
Millennium later
mythical consciousness begins to
gradually emerge.
Humans,
discovering the depth of their
internal world elaborated on and shared their
new awareness through the telling of myths.
The
age of mythmaking
arose simultaneously in various parts of the world.
Myriad myths such as
the Ramayana and Mahabharata in India, the
myths of ancient Greek
civilization, and the myths
passed on in all indigenous cultures
revealed
the nature of the soul and
its journey.
Mythical consciousness no longer
prevails, nevertheless, it still influences.
Each new mode of
consciousness overlays its predecessor.
The older structures still live
within the current structure, just as older parts of the brain continue to play
an important role even after the development of the frontal cortex.
Archaic,
magical, and
mythical forms of
consciousness influence us
today although they have become overlaid with a fourth structure of
consciousness that has been emerging for millennium,
rational
dissociation.
Rational consciousness,
focused on measure and
logic, objectifies
reality.
Rational
dissociation slices reality into three disparate parts;
subject is detached from object,
people from nature and
from one another.
We alienate ourselves from that which
we objectify.
Since the eighteenth century
Age
of Enlightenment, there has been an excessive reliance on reason at the
expense of other ways of experiencing life.
"Faith in reason has led to
a fragmentation of the
individual, a devaluing of the body and of feeling, to a complete negation
of all structures of consciousness other than the rational." - Allan
Ajaya
When we live solely in the rational we lose our experience of
participation in the
numinous, which
the mythical form
of consciousness brought forth.
In
rational dissociation
the mythic structure
residing in the subconscious functions as the
collective
subconscious affecting us through
dreams and
metaphors rather than having
a central place in our
conscious life.
At
the height of human
rationality the effect of earlier modes of consciousness were not only
denied but trashed.
Carl
Jung's,
depth psychology has revealed the enormous influence
magical and mythical conscious
structures still have in our everyday lives.
This recognition
signals a shift out of dissociated
rationality to a more
inclusive awareness.
Each consciousness structure
gradually evolves over millennia.
That which is observed is now
experienced as an object.
The seat of observation, the mind, is now
identified as "I".
The object is seen as
separate from oneself, to be manipulated for ones ends.
This
approach to life is epitomized by
the engineer, who attempts to shape and
dominate reality with
calculations, and attempts to engineer our
lives.
The observer focuses on the
object rather than on the observing.
This attention on the object
leads to the notion of objectivity.
One forgets that his is one
of many perspectives.
He believes his perspective is the
true way of seeing - he is being objective.
Identification of ones own
perspective with the collective perspective of society leads to the
disdain of viewpoints judged
contrary.
Objectification of reality,
a technique, made possible the art of science.
During the last century
physicists dismantled the notion of objectivity.
That which is observed is affected by
the very act of observing.
Those
operating in lower modes of
consciousness can not understand the
operants of higher modes of
consciousness.
The way that we experience reality changes
dramatically depending on which structure of consciousness
predominates.
The
rational self lives in chronic dissatisfaction looking for solutions to
problems it has devised to make life easier or better for
itself.
A new form of consciousness
has been emerging since
the beginning of the
Axial Age that goes beyond rational dissociation.
The previous
structures of consciousness were exclusive; functioning in one mode, you could
not simultaneously experience other forms of consciousness.
Newly
emerging aperspective or integral consciousness, as Gebser called it,
encompasses awareness of the operation of previous forms of consciousness.
According to the
ancient traditions of India, consciousness is self existent.
It
does not arise out of or depend on anything outside of itself such as time.
It is not evolving; it
has always existed and is inherently complete.
It is the capacity
of the human being to function from this form of consciousness that is
evolving.
The writings of contemporary
developmental psychologists suggest the way consciousness develops in each person from infancy
through adulthood recapitulates the way consciousness has collectively
evolved.
Margaret Mahler, a British psychoanalyst, has described an
initial stage in which the infant experiences a sense of oneness similar to
that of the archaic consciousness.
The developmental psychologist, Jean
Piaget, found that magical
thinking develops between ages two and four.
Piaget concluded that
the culmination of cognitive development in contemporary society occurs in
adolescence with the
acquisition of abstract reasoning, which he called "formal operations."
This corresponds to rational consciousness as defined by Gebser.
Recently cognitive theorists have extended Piaget's model of human
development and have described a
further stage in the development of consciousness, beyond abstract
reasoning.
The evolution of the stages of consciousness described by
Gebser is also reflected in the way that spiritual practices have changed over
time.
The rituals of the early Vedas and Tantric practices appeared the
earliest.
These are both expressions of the magical structure of
consciousness.
Followers of these traditions use ritualistic magic to
gain mastery over the natural and supernatural world as well as to burn through
the world of appearance and merge with
the source of
manifestation.
The Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Puranas,
bring into play mythological
stories that help the listener experience his true essence as well as
how to conduct himself in the world in
harmony with his divine nature, came much later.
The historical
periods of evolving human consciousness have lead to the development of unique
practices in each period.
Each of these approaches has the
potential to lead to an awakening out of that mode of consciousness.
It would be incorrect to assume that practices that arose in one era
are inferior or superior to those of another era.
The practices that
emerge from a particular
structure of human conscious can have a range of effects including
the transcendence of the ego
identity.
The progression of humans through successive
consciousness structures is a means of developing reflective integral
consciousness.
It allows
reflection on existence in distinct and comprehensive ways.
Consciousness
becomes progressively more conscious of itself.
Consciousness
finally arrives at recognition of itself in
infinite forms and
expressions as well as the
formless and unnamable.
As consciousness evolves through archaic,
magical, mythical, and rational structures, it becomes increasingly able to
marvel at itself and this existence.
Integration of these
modes of consciousness into waking awareness allows reflection on the
awe inspiring manifestation
and its source.
Whereas we know conscious thought
occurs
in all higher animals,
frequency is debatable.
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