I agree that our universe is conscious even though I don’t quite understand the depth of our universe(s) nor what conscience means is beyond my limited awareness of reality.
But that the fun of life, right? We try to use words and concepts to explain phenomena that are better felt and experienced through meditation and presence, and sometimes, art.
In other words, we have the capacity to be fully conscient (or empty) but are stuck in ‘crowns of creation’ as you call them.
I like your expression of ‘infinite intelligence’. It’s similar to emptiness or nirvana as an ultimate state of being.
What that your posting do to me?
There are familiar concepts with some open ended questions to ponder.
As with any spiritual discourse, words have limits but at least they invite us to suspend some of our assumptions and see how what resonates, not in our rational minds, but elsewhere in our being.
Maybe we are ‘midwives for an ongoing transformation and dynamic that we do not shape, determine, or initiate’.
I like your suggestions that understanding (or accepting) transformation has the potential to change everything. We are constantly evolving.
Personally I resist thinking of consciousness as a tool but i think I know what you means
I also resist the idea that ‘universe is here to support us’, which seems anthropocentric.
What if we were simply insignificant.
Highly intelligent for a very short period of time but insignificant in this vast universe of universes?
How would this kind of infinite humility help us step into our place in the universe?
Where nothing actually ‘belongs to us’ and that we become a species whose path is infinitely humble but present in that conscious universe?
How then would consciousness help guide us future forward?
Would we not simply stop trying so hard to be intelligent and just be?
I understand your resistance to the idea that the "universe is here to support us." I had the same idea of another anthropocentric turn when I first wrote this. But it isn't. We must leave our anthropocentric position behind us, return to our true position in the cosmos as one conscious being among infinite others, and discover what we ought to bring into life through our lives. Only then will the universe support us.
Yes, understanding consciousness as a tool might be difficult. But you might consider this from another perspective: We already use it as a tool, and our circumstances are a result of this improper use. But I agree that the word "tool" might be misleading. I'll try "instrument" instead with the turn, that most often it will be unclear who is playing whom: we our instrument or the instrument us?
To the universe, nothing is insignificant. We are as precious as everything, precious and unique.
So thank you for being precious, dear Claude, and have a great week!
Gabriel
Thanks for this.
I agree that our universe is conscious even though I don’t quite understand the depth of our universe(s) nor what conscience means is beyond my limited awareness of reality.
But that the fun of life, right? We try to use words and concepts to explain phenomena that are better felt and experienced through meditation and presence, and sometimes, art.
In other words, we have the capacity to be fully conscient (or empty) but are stuck in ‘crowns of creation’ as you call them.
I like your expression of ‘infinite intelligence’. It’s similar to emptiness or nirvana as an ultimate state of being.
What that your posting do to me?
There are familiar concepts with some open ended questions to ponder.
As with any spiritual discourse, words have limits but at least they invite us to suspend some of our assumptions and see how what resonates, not in our rational minds, but elsewhere in our being.
Maybe we are ‘midwives for an ongoing transformation and dynamic that we do not shape, determine, or initiate’.
I like your suggestions that understanding (or accepting) transformation has the potential to change everything. We are constantly evolving.
Personally I resist thinking of consciousness as a tool but i think I know what you means
I also resist the idea that ‘universe is here to support us’, which seems anthropocentric.
What if we were simply insignificant.
Highly intelligent for a very short period of time but insignificant in this vast universe of universes?
How would this kind of infinite humility help us step into our place in the universe?
Where nothing actually ‘belongs to us’ and that we become a species whose path is infinitely humble but present in that conscious universe?
How then would consciousness help guide us future forward?
Would we not simply stop trying so hard to be intelligent and just be?
Dear Claude,
I understand your resistance to the idea that the "universe is here to support us." I had the same idea of another anthropocentric turn when I first wrote this. But it isn't. We must leave our anthropocentric position behind us, return to our true position in the cosmos as one conscious being among infinite others, and discover what we ought to bring into life through our lives. Only then will the universe support us.
Yes, understanding consciousness as a tool might be difficult. But you might consider this from another perspective: We already use it as a tool, and our circumstances are a result of this improper use. But I agree that the word "tool" might be misleading. I'll try "instrument" instead with the turn, that most often it will be unclear who is playing whom: we our instrument or the instrument us?
To the universe, nothing is insignificant. We are as precious as everything, precious and unique.
So thank you for being precious, dear Claude, and have a great week!