CONSCIOLOGY

CONSCIOLOGY IN ONE LESSON

IN THE BEGINNING -

Each human being perceives one's part of this consciousness as one's individual human consciousness.

But everything is consciousness. Nothing is without consciousness.

The histories of humanity, of animals, of plants and of minerals, are histories of the realization of consciousness.

CONSCIOLOGY is knowledge that recognizes the infinity of consciousness.

The dictionary defines consciousness as "the state of being mentally awake to one's surroundings." CONSCIOLOGY holds that whether or not one is awake to it, consciousness IS. The degree to which one is able to awaken to its presence, frees one to create one's own environment. Nothing is created from nothing. Creation is the discovery of new combinations of existing entities. The universe is created from consciousness – living, vital, eternal consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate building block. Not atoms. Not quasars. But consciousness. To the extent that one understands consciousness, one understands the universe.

Consciousness is awareness of What Is.

But much more Is, than that of which one is aware.

The purpose of life is to expand one's awareness of consciousness.

If consciousness is universal and all-inclusive, it would not seem to be something for human minds to contemplate. Human minds have no comprehension whatever of totality, but instead are confined to contemplation of diversity. It is imperative that one recognize the immensity of the chasm separating humanity and infinity. Each human being represents a different point of view and infinity unites all points of view. However large the expanse that separates humanity and infinity, each exists on the same spectrum. That spectrum is consciousness! The evolution of species in the physical world reflects the individual realization of consciousness in the mental world. Each represents the same event observed from different points of view.

Consciousness is unlimited and indivisible and yet in discussing it, one talks of preparing oneself "to increase the limits of one's consciousness". Increase the limits of something that has no limit?

This disparity has been approached throughout history in religious writings as a two dimensional 'up-down' dichotomy. God looks down on man. Man looks up toward God. These directions do not square with what is now understood of the physical universe. The universe expands from the Big Bang until its energies are spent and it collapses in on itself. The universe is reduced to the microscopic and in turn the microscopic is reduced to a solitary point. The relationship of the total consciousness and one human being's limited awareness of it, is a three dimensional "in-out" relationship.

Man looks inward toward increased consciousness. Consciousness looks outward toward all.

Consciousness is unlimited. One's awareness of consciousness is limited.

Consciousness is complete. One's awareness of consciousness is incomplete.

Consciousness is perfect. One's awareness of consciousness is imperfect.

Consciousness is indivisible and yet one's awareness of consciousness considers its divisions. How is it possible to consider the parts of a whole that has no parts?

From different points of view.

Looking inward from the human being's fragmented and unfocused view of the center-point, the assimilation of those parts of which one is aware, is one's only means of expanding one’s awareness of consciousness.

Looking outward from the center-point of consciousness, the view is focused, complete, whole, indivisible and totally without parts.

A jigsaw puzzle completed on a computer screen shows the outlines of each piece until the insertion of the final piece. Then the lines disappear to reveal the total scene unspoiled by arbitrary and in the end, false divisions. And yet, if one is to attempt to complete the puzzle, the concept of the pieces is essential. If the scene is of a grassy field, millions of blades of grass are cut along the edges of each puzzle part. But in reality, every blade of grass is whole and the breaks between puzzle parts are fictional.

Is the physical world that human beings experience, chaos or perfection?

The answer is, "Yes!".

From the point of view of the human being looking inward toward the source of consciousness, the world is perfection. It is flawless. It maintains itself by natural law as a complete system.

From the point of view of the human being looking outward away from the source of consciousness, the world is chaos.

The human mind is one's tool for dealing with chaos. The functions of the human mind are reason and emotion. Reason is best utilized for moment-to-moment decisions. Emotion is best utilized for considering long-range goals.

Reason considers the smallest units and combines them into groups with similar units. If the organizational groups are consistent with reality, chaos is decreased. If the organizational groups are inconsistent with reality, chaos is multiplied. Emotion gives indicators on a world map. Reason gives indicators on a city map. A city map is of little value in the wrong city. The right city map does not help one to locate that city from outside its borders. Each map has value when used appropriately.

Emotion wants to bring order to the world of chaos. At first glance, emotion appears to contribute nothing to the achievement of the goal. It just wants it. It is reason that provides the means for solving the problem. But on closer inspection, it becomes apparent that reason is impotent without there first being a desire to change. Emotion provides the desire and the passion that are required to overcome the natural inertia. Reason does nothing until emotion provides the primal urge.

If reason is patient with the painstaking details necessary to verify the accuracy of its conclusions, emotion is impatient with immediate conclusions based only on feelings. This is not to disparage emotions. But emotions can be like hitting the sum button on the calculator and acting on the total provided, without being certain of just exactly what figures were added to reach that conclusion. The sum is the accurate total of the figures considered. But where do these figures come from? Reason evaluates whatever data can be accumulated from the recesses of one's own mind. Not so, emotions! Emotions are not bounded by one's own feelings, but include instinct and intuition. On the timeline of consciousness, one's own subjective feelings represent now. Instinct represents one's link with the evolutionary past. Intuition represents one's vision of the evolutionary future.