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"Morpheus: Unfortunately, no
one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself."
29. Jesus said, "If the flesh came into being because of spirit, that is a marvel, but if spirit came into being because of the body, that is a marvel of marvels.
Yet I marvel at how this great wealth has come to dwell in this poverty."
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Under Construction
We are evolving from five-sensory humans into multi-sensory humans. Our five senses, together, form a single sensory system that is designed to perceive physical reality. The perceptions of a multisensory human extend beyond physical reality to the larger dynamical systems of which our physical reality is a part. The multisensory human is able to perceive, and to appreciate, the role that our physical reality plays in a larger picture of evolution, and the dynamics by which our physical reality is created and sustained. This realm is invisible to the five-sensory human.
Permanent Potential Reflexivity of the Observer:
"Witnessing is not something we progress to. It is not about self-improvement or mental states. It is about recognizing that which is already fully present; this presence observes both the 'I' and its states while, at the same time, it remains unaffected. If we see this witnessing as a new way to make us feel good, we are back at square one. Instead of identifying with the conceptual ego, we have now identified with the conceptual witness - still an independent, identified entity, merely in different garb. From this more cushioned perspective, it's easy to get trapped again in the same old illusion. As soon as the witness has become an object or concept, it becomes part of the witnessed. The real witness will never be an object of experience, but always remains that which is aware of the experience. Objectified, it becomes the 'new ego'; non-objectified, it merges with Pure awareness - that which we so intimately are that we cannot get at it; like an arrow, able to point in all directions, but not at itself."
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Introductory Note
The section relates to the topic of our human consciousness, and the possibility of advanced or higher consciousness and awareness. My purpose here is an elaboration upon the field of human endeavor which seeks to understand its own consciousness, in the context of the problem of consumercide.
In one way or another the lack of a higher collective (and/or individual) consciousness results in an extended suffering for the majority of people of this world, not to mention the rest of the life and the beauty of our natural planet. Indeed, the vast majority of the world's population suffer from oppressive circumstances, both politically and economically. It is ironic that the source of their suffering, the affluent north, suffers deeply in it's fixated behavioural and psychological patterns of consumercide: such psychological torment of the north (and only magnified in its' elites), could be considered a primary causative factor in the need to oppress the rest of the world; and the vicious circle is complete.
These fixated behavioural and psychological patterns of consumercide center upon the inadequate grasp that we have of the exclusive reality of the present moment. We dwell instead in the unrealities of the past and our ego identities, or our anticipated future and associated strivings. The lack of attunement to reality thus creates our suffering and inflicts a similar fate upon the rest of the planet. The poor south suffers, not just in terms of the direct oppression of our economic-power systems, but also in the spread of the same psychological diseases of unawareness and false promises of liberation from suffering.
Higher consciousness brings the individual out of the trap of consumercide, and leads to a rediscovery of the importance of the present moment and the sanctity of life in whatever form we might find it. With the hopeful arrival of such realisations en masse will come the eventual result, in diminished support for the toxic industries that depend upon and deliberately sustain the unfortunate psychological state of consumercide, and reduced 'peer to peer' antisocial behaviours that are centered about the aberrant values of the hierarchical model of power.
The spirit in which the consciousness section of this site is compiled and written is of trying to remain unfettered by pretensions to "scientific worthiness" (in the regrettable, conventionally understood objectivistic meaning of the term "scientific"). Liberation from a reductionistic materialist scepticism and its concurrent deep misunderstandings of consciousness is a central tenet which is woven throughout the content of this section.
Reductionistic materialism is but one
symptom of the psychological complex of consumercide. Emancipation from
this base state of human consciousness is a prerequisite for the advancement
of society from consumercidal behaviour.
The material below consists of both locally held essays and links to relevant sites. External sites vary considerably in their presentation, some seeming pretty secular, some academic, and others may appear strongly religious or even reminiscent of insane cults. Nevertheless they are linked to here as they have some interesting things to say. As should always be done in analysis, consumercide suggests that you evaluate and utilise the sites based upon the information and not the medium.
"Straightforward" Issues in Consciousness
Perceptions
by Tim O'Shea
An interesting essay on
PR, the battle for the public mind, the corruption of some
institutions and foundations, rhetoric in knowledge assertions, and consensus
"reality".
Also a somewhat realist account of the nature of science (but a nevertheless useful perspective for the integral model as it understands the power of political intrusion into the scientific realm).
Harold
D Foster (external link)
Check out this PhD's site
for info. on the theory that the aetiology of schizophrenia lies not in
aberrations of the dopaminergic projection but rather in an excess of adrenochrome
production. Also info. on dietary deficiency/selenoenzyme as a pathway
to AIDS.
Consciousness, Epistemology and Ontology
On
the Nature of a Post-Metaphysical Spirituality
Response
to Habermas and Weis
by Ken Wilber
Integral Models of Consciousness (under
construction.)
Wilber's publisher, Shambala,
has posted the first chapter of one of Wilber's best works (IMHO), The
Eye of Spirit. Link.
A brief look at higher
consciousness, by Kiesling
(just a road map, not really much of a delineation of
structures...)
The eightfold model of human consciousness: Timothy Leary discusses the part we play in a nuclear-quantum-gravitational structured metaphysiological contelligence...
Grandpierre: The Physics of Collective Consciousness
Time in a Quantum and Relativistic Universe
The
New Convergence: Easterbrook
Science and Religion; the debate continues...
Bush's
Moral Development? Stage
Zero
Consciousness; other
Ancient Mystic / New Age Philosophies of Consciousness...
Colin
Low's Kabbalah
A brilliant resource on
the Jewish Mystical knowledges...
or click
here for his downloadable book on the subject.
Wingmaker's
Philosophy
The most interesting stuff
behind the story...
Constantly Changing the World: Thom Hartmann
Osho's definition of enlightenment
awakened
consciousness :Gurdjieff
On a world of sleepers...
more meaning than apparent content here.
Pride
and Intellect: Aivanhov
Wisdom & Intelligence
Vs "blind trust in the lucubrations of [the] intellect"
consciousness-tantra and quantum mechanics
"Wake
Up! Gnosticism & Buddhism in The Matrix"
The
movie "The Matrix" has spawned quite a bit of philosophical navel gazing,
but this essay --in contrast-- is quite a useful work.
"The
Matrix" is a reality (David Wilcock)
Another
Matrix provoked essay, this time delving into recent findings in cosmology
and quantum physics. discusses "The Egg-Carton universe", CMB, Microcluster
Physics and the Universe as a Fractal. The assessment of such evidence
has far reaching consequences for the current status of physics and our
present knowledge of the universe, as it renders a new understanding (and
a very old one) of ourselves, consciousness and material manifestation.
Excerpt:
"The evidence that we have presented in this article suggests the structure of the universe is precisely determined by vibration, at all levels of size. If the frequency of vibration increases, then the geometry itself becomes more complex. If the geometry of the atoms and molecules of so-called “physical” matter changes, then what happens to the matter? We must go leaps and bounds beyond the limits of conventional scientific thinking to even imagine the possibilities, but it appears the man Jesus came here to show us what we would all be capable of doing in the future: “As I do these things, so shall ye do them, and greater things, for I go unto my Father.” (Holy Bible, John 14:12.) The idea of our world being a “Matrix based on rules” where “some of those rules, such as gravity, can be broken” might not be so farfetched after all. Free your mind. There is no spoon."
related
link on Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Radiation
The
understanding of the manifestation of (what we currently understand as)
matter and its' octahedrally based mechanism of manifestation, is the key
to an entirely new conceptualisation of reality and existence. Wilcock's
entire Convergence series is well worth reading, even if he seems a little
intensely new-age!
Practical Stuff
Ken Wilber on the War in Iraq: situating the mess in terms of the broadening spectrum of higher consciousness (.pdf) (Some surprising things to say about Tony Blair here...)
Consciousness
even demonstrated in fish.
(part of food politics site).
Consequences
of (consumption of) Meat Protein on Human Behaviour
not rigorously scientific
but nonetheless an interesting perspective worth further research...
Whilst this section is being constructed, please consider the following sites;
Links;
A very helpful site with some particularly mature analyses of society and education, sexuality, globalisation, medicine and psychology.
Trans4mind
Another great source for
a number of ebooks and courses that focus upon learning, consciousness,
psychology and higher awareness. Also check out the vast array of useful
links. Trans4mind provides a number of free ebook resources here
and a World Psychology
book area.
Academic (or other) consciousness studies specific;
David
Chalmers home page
fighting for "the problem"...
(Wilber also fits well into
the category below, but he is also pretty intellectual in delivery)
Polytheism versus Monotheism-tattvamasi
On the Buddist "Extreme of singularity and extreme of plurality"
More mystically inclined sites here;
sumeria
on cosmologies
a site with a very broad
scope; a very interesting source of dissent...
NetNews: Monster Archive of Alice Bailey works
Tony's
home
the heights of quantum-mystic
parallelism...
deoxy
a different take on things...
wingmakers
"If The Celestine Prophecy was the primer for the New Age movement, First Source seems bent on providing its readers with a comprehensive, immersive playground in which they can explore and engage in an incredible variety of content that's ingeniously constructed to amplify and clarify the deeper meanings contained in metaphysics and contemporary spirituality."
Seven
essays on "The wingmakers myth"
The Mystic.org
Helpful lessons towards higher awareness
A large
esoteric archive here
and a sometimes productive one at that...
Hermetic Sites
The Alchemy Web Site and Virtual Library -- Adam McLean's excellent library of alchemical material. Massive.
Norton's Imperium -- Ben Rowe's site with his various magical papers and resources.
The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn -- An excellent resource for Golden Dawn materials.
The Temple of Thelema -- A Thelemic organization based on Golden Dawn lines.
Ordo Templi Orientis -- The OTO is a fraternal order and the best known Thelemic organization.
The Philosophers of Nature -- A modern Alchemical teaching organization.
Scarlet Woman Lodge, OTO -- Scarlet Woman is the Austin, TX lodge of the OTO.
The Art of Memory -- Lesa Bellevie's site on the Art of Memory.
The Anunnaki Project - An interesting artistic and mythic organization in Seattle, WA.
Magdalene.org -- Lesa Whyte's site dedicated to Mary Magdalene.
Villa of the Mysteries -- Tim Maroney's Site.
The Nag Hammadi Library -- A collection of Gnostic texts from the Nag Hammadi library. Includes the well known Gospel of Thomas.
other links
This
Magazine on "psycho therapy"
An amusing and frightening
article on the history of this erratic sport...
(No longer a link but now
a mirror as the original link became dead.)
"Most of these people are not ready to be unplugged."
"the man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness. he alone lives, while other people, slaves of ceremony, let life slip past them in a kind of dream."
