On Consciousness

[schuyler]

Well, the current school of thought on consciousness as of late is that we may all, in fact, be part of a single central conscious.  I just read an article about this the other day.

What I think we view as "alien" or "paranormal" are simply additional planes of existence that intersect with ours. I think we are quite simply unable, at least most of the time, to perceive their existences therein. 

 
Thanks for your post. There are some intriguing ideas out there. I just came across the idea of "fractal consciousness." I'm not sure what that means, exactly, but it sounds like it is worth pursuing. And, of course, we have the idea of a collective unconscious, which has been out there for some time now. I suspect we all have paranormal abilities. It's just that in our materialistic world, these abilities are not, shall we say, encouraged.  I don't blame those who believe in science from throwing out the ridiculous religious ideas that humanity has been saddled with througout its existence. But it is completely materialistic in that if you can't measure it, it does not exist.  That's a mistake. You don't have to believe in Jesus to consider the idea that science is short-sighted. I actually believe that the paranormal can be explained in scientific terms; it's just not there yet. The aversion is too great. 

The idea that "time does not exist" is pretty common. Indeed, many times I have read that "Time does not exist" as a self-evident fact. I must say I simply do not understand that concept at all. To me time itself is a self-evident fact. At the very least it is a convenient way to separate events. If yo buy off on Hugh Everett's "Many Worlds" interpretation, everything does, indeed, happen and creates its own separate timeline. That's too much for me to comprehend. I can understand the idea of more than one timeline, but not an infinite number. If everything happens, then nothing matters.