Universal Consciousness

The ideas in the videos are both complex yet simple to understand. Essentially, Hagelin proposes the idea that the Unified Field, which Einstein spent most of his life working on, the thing that connects quantum mechanics with the laws of relativity, is consciousness.

In other words, he flips the conventional view that because we have a bunch of neurons and chemicals in our brain, we have consciousness. Instead, at the core, the universe is just an ocean of consciousness and wherever there are high concentrations of consciousness is where we see physical matter.

What a mind bending idea.

The Intersection of High Assertiveness and High Cooperation

I've been pondering how to describe "higher consciousness." What do I mean when I say that humans need to learn how to operate from a higher consciousness?

Well, I stumbled on this chart a few days ago and believe it matches my thinking very well. All lower consciousness thinking falls into the categories labeled anything but "collaborating."

Win/lose or lose/lose mentalities pervade these quadrants. Most people, ideas, and paragdigms fall into these categories. Capitalism falls here as well (competing). Socialism would probably fall near the avoidant mindset though it attempts to masquerade near the top right.

Very few people are true "collaborators." Well, in order for the collective human spirit to reach a higher level of existence, we must work to move the tipping point over so that the majority of people operate from the collaborative paradigm.

Win/win mentalities must become the norm of the world if we are to survive for millions more years. There are many ways to tackle this problem. I'll present them in upcoming articles.

What Is The Purpose of Life?

Being a nerd philosopher, this is a question I have discussed and explored quite a bit. It's difficult for me to describe my thinking process here as I've collected snippets of information for my mental model from all over (physics experiments, spiritual studies, philosophical studies, personal experiences, yoga/meditation, etc.)

The answer is fairly simple. But first, a rebuttal to a few common beliefs. I'm not discussing individual purpose, but the purpose of human life in general.

'There is no purpose to life. We define our own purpose.' This is hard to believe because if there is no purpose to life, the parsimonious solution would be for nothing to exist. Yet, the universe exists. Why is there something instead of nothing?

'The purpose of life is survival.' This does not make sense either. Survival is not a purpose, it is a prerequisite. Why would so much energy go into creating the universe and life for it to remain in a static state of just trying to survive. Once again, the parsimonious solution would be for nothing to exist in the first place.

The purpose of life is simply to experience, to create, to grow. Life is simply the universe trying to experience itself in human form. It is the universe at play. It is the universe creating and building complex objects, like a Lego set. And because we are part of the universe, it is impossible for humans to not create or not to grow ourselves. 

Humanity has not remained a static hunter gatherer society. We've built cities, nations, and technologies. We cannot not create or expand our civilization. This is a fundamental law of the universe. Complexity and growth is inevitable. This is the nature of the universal consciousness. 

Read This Twice

"I can hear the voice in my head reading this sentence."

The effect we notice when we read that sentence has many names depending on whose definition we use: self-awareness, consciousness, meta-cognition. The ability to have thoughts about our thoughts is a distinctly human trait supposedly given to us by our developed brains.

As we move our attention from the base level of thinking towards higher levels of thought, in which we can reflect on our actions, thoughts, and physical bodies, we become present to the current moment. Yet this reflection becomes more difficult to verbally describe. It feels as if we are looking down on ourselves from above, from a place which can only be experienced and not described. Neuroscientists cannot explain how the brain creates consciousness.

Pure, Unadulterated Consciousness

If I had to describe myself in a single word, 'scientist' would definitely be at the top of the list. My definition of science is simply: the search for truth. There is no reason why science and spirituality cannot interplay. For example, there is no reason why future science (in particular, quantum mechanics) cannot find evidence to support the existence of a god. Science is a mere infant. It has a long journey of growth ahead.

All major revolutionary discoveries in science grew out of the imagination of scientists who society considered a little crazy. The Roman Inquisition imprisoned Galileo for claiming that the Earth was not the center of the universe.

Well, here's another heretic with whom I enjoy exploring our collective imagination. Since the practice of ancient Buddhism, people have claimed that everything is "connected." Using obscure scientific theories, critical thought, and my own intuition and imagination, I've constructed my own model for the working universe.

My mostly unsubstantiated model of the universe looks like this: the single unifying force (i.e. the unified field theory, which Einstein spent his life trying to construct) is consciousness. The universe is a sea of consciousness that fluctuates like the tides of an ocean. Consciousness is everywhere all at once. The universe is inherently 'intelligent' and results in the arranged complexity of the physical world. Human beings are just pockets of consciousness trying to experience itself in a physical form. There is no anthropomorphic god. We are the gods because we are consciousness and consciousness is the universe.

Trippy stuff huh? There are plenty of sources and experiments I'll describe in future posts which contributed to this model. I encourage you to explore your own mental model of the universe.