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I've been thinking about the topics of “One Mind” and “Consciousness without a Body”
And these are very complicated ideas in my opinion. I'm not really sure where to begin to try and express my thoughts on the many aspects of these complex ideas. For a long time science has explained the idea of “consciousness” as a byproduct of the chemical and electrical signals of the brain with the help of the input of the rest of the nervous system (our five senses). This idea confines the entire human experience and all the complexities of what it means to be a self aware conscious entity with an individual personality, creativity, empathy and connectedness to other individuals, and a wide range of emotions... to a lump of organic gray matter stuck in the cranium of our fragile mortal physical bodies. Under this very limiting view of the human “Being”, mind, consciousness and the brain are all one in the same. And this implies that all that we are and all that we experience, think, dream of and feel is merely a result of the release of neurotransmitters and hormones triggering cascading firing of electrical signals along the pathways and networks of billions of neurons in our brains.. influenced by our genetic make up and how these chemical/electrical brain signals react to input from he outside world thus creating the output of “thoughts” and “emotions” based on these chemical signals and dictate our personalities and how we act or react to different events and situations..etc. Reducing us to mere organic computers, and when our body dies from old age, wear and tare, or from some random tragic event or disease... we cease to exist. The idea of spirituality, or consciousness being separate from the brain let alone existing beyond physical death in any form has been a taboo among the scientific community and thought of as superstition, even a defense mechanism of the brain to deal with the finality of death, a crutch that is not needed by those who are intellectually and mentally sound enough to understand the complex workings of the human mortal Brain. This idea to me is unacceptable and absurd. It has only been recently that science and spirituality have started to merge to some degree. Scientist can finally discuss and explore ideas beyond the old boundaries.
But they have yet to find a way to quantify or define what consciousness is, what the soul is and what happens to it when we die. This raises so many questions that I would love to see answered definitively by the scientific community. There are many theories proposed by those who work on the fringes of science, in the meta-physical, and of course many ideas posed by many different spiritual beliefs and religions. But what is the Truth? I suppose for now it is a matter of belief. And beliefs can change based on our experiences and on new information. And especially in a forum like this where we are learning, discussing and thinking about these ideas, belief systems can begin to conflict and cause a bit of confusion. For instance I was raised a catholic and taught that there is a God that is much greater than us and separate from us. He created the universe, created us and He will punish us for doing “wrong” or going against His will, but he will reward us in “heaven” after we die if we follow His commandments... if not we will burn in hell for all of eternity. I have since “converted” from Catholicism to simply being a “Christian” believing in a more loving and forgiving God... as long as we follow the pah set forth by our “Savior” Jesus Christ, the Son of the One true God, and accept the “Holy Spirit” into our hearts. One God.. yet three separate identities God is God, Jesus – His only Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is also God.. but there is only one God?? Pretty confusing to me. I wanted to believe this, I still do... but it feels like an incomplete idea to me. It just doesn't jive with what I feel in my gut. For a long time now I have felt that things are just not the way I was taught, that the world itself was just wrong.. it didn't make sense, nothing felt like it was the way it is supposed to be. I still feel that way. But The more I learn about different ideas in science, philosophy and spirituality, the more the pieces start to fit together. I still have many questions but a lot of things are starting to make sense and feel right. The world is still very screwed up though in my opinion.. even more so knowing and believing the things I do now. I believe there is a One Mind or Universal Consciousness that we are all part of. I believe we are all connected, or were at one point. I believe that we are the universal mind or consciousness and that is the universe itself, the universe is God, we are all “God”. Yet we are also all very different individuals in many ways, which only complicates this whole belief system... but then it gets even more complicated. If consciousness can and does exist without a brain or physical body then why do we need one at all? I think that our bodies and brains only limit our otherwise limitless souls/consciousness /minds. And if we are all one mind then why are we all so disconnected and different? But maybe that is the point of the human experience. Maybe being temporarily stuck in these week fragile and limiting physical vessels (which may not be nearly as real as we think) is the only way for our souls to grow and evolve. Maybe by experiencing the physical, mental and emotional pain and suffering as well as the joy, happiness and ecstasies that can only be experienced by being in these physical forms (illusion or not) is the only way we as spiritual beings can grow. Maybe it is a choice we make, for learning, or adventure, or as an experiment or even as a test. Maybe we live out many physical live and always return to our true form connected to and part of the One Mind. But this also raises more questions for me.
If our brains and brain chemistry plays such an important role in our lives while we are “human” by dictating our emotions and thus our actions and personalities, and even our intelligence... and if our brains are damaged in some way or we are mentally or emotionally unhealthy in our physical lives... how does that affect our consciousness - mind – spirit when we die? Or does it? Do we maintain our personalities when we die?Our character defects..etc? Or does all sense of individuality dissolve when we return to pure spirit/consciousness, pure energy? Maybe all sense of separateness and individuality is an illusion created by this physical experience. Perhaps The One Mind that we are somehow Splinters into separate individual beings in this world yet still exists intact in a higher dimension, in much the same I was taught about the “Holy Trinity” of God.. One God with three individual persona’s that is everywhere at all times. Quantum Physics has shown that “particles” can exist in two places at once, and that two particles can be somehow connected and communicate information instantaneously at a distance changing it's spin or other characteristics at the same time the other is changed... even before. Einstein called it “Spooky action at a distance”
Particles even pop in and out of existence, or more likely back and forth from other realities, universes or dimensions. So maybe conscious beings like ourselves can behave in a similar manor.
I think it would be a much better world if we were all able to be aware of our true connectedness to each other and to the “universal consciousness” aka “One Mind” aka “God”, if we were all empathic enough and connected consciously there would be no wars or violence or hurting of any kind. I think there are people who are much more in tune with the frequencies of this “One Mind” even beyond the boundaries of the illusion of time, some can just easily feel the connection with all yet still not lose the sense of self... but it may become less important than the “All” or “One”.
Like I said in the beginning this can become a very complicated thing to figure out for someone as analytical as I am. And I have many more ideas and questions to add to this blog but it is getting late, so I will hash out those questions another time.. like what's up with ghosts? And why do they hand around and wear the same damn clothes they did in their physical lives and even appear to some to look just like physical people.. that's just freaking weird... and also a topic for a different a different forum, I'll ask those questions in the “Supernatural Mind Group”.
So that's enough out of y mind for now, time for sleep or I will be out of my mind.
Whoa, deja vu.. I think I may have written a blog on this whole topic already. I sure hope I'm not repeating myself, that would be embarrassing. Feel free to comment and please tell me if this blog is just a re-run of something already posted. Somehow it doesn't feel all that original.. or maybe I'm experiencing a fluctuation in time and space Whatever, so it's just more of the same... sorry but this is what came out of my mind tonight. I forget if this is even what I intended to write about in the first place but now it has been typed, so shall it be posted.. like it or not ;-)
My final thought is: Why is it so hard to be human sometimes? I wish I had more control over my own mind, and emotions... I wish we were all more connected , I hope someday we will be if not in this life.. at least in the next.
Till then I'll carry on and keep searching for the answers to all of the hard questions, because that's what my mind does.. that's why this website exists. Hopefully some of our other members will help me find the answers and even bring up new questions... because that's why we built this website. There are so many cool and fun topics like this and others to discuss ladies and gentlemen... so lets get it on! Bring it people!
