RE: Scientific Debate: Why I assert that Darwin's theory of evolution is false
November 9, 2014 at 9:30 am
Heya, Rob.
What I mean by the "on board variety" of god, is a god within. Perhaps we all have within us something supporting us and making us possible. That something could be a variety of consciousness within our unconscious minds.
It would be more comprehensive in its perspective but also less individual than our conscious minds. Ideally the deeper levels of the mind and what we think of as our conscious mind would work collaboratively. But the deeper levels of consciousness has drives and wants of which we may not be directly aware. I think we -as conscious minds/selves- actually exist as a creation of the total consciousness of our being.
Our original purpose would have been to serve the totality of consciousness within each one of us. However, to maximize our effectiveness, a great deal of conscious resources have been channeled into our complexity. I suspect one function of having a conscious mind -rather than acting more instinctually tempered only by local conditioning like most mammals- is to enable us to interpret and anticipate the demands of our own social structures.
So much longer story short, I think "god" is a name for the wholeness of who we are. It has created us and, for its own survival, given us an enormous amount of autonomy. But we are not whole and never can be, at least not until we reconcile with the deeper consciousness. A happy ending or good result would be a conscious mind which accepts its incompleteness and understands its dependence on the cooperation of all the layers below. Reconciliation should be the goal.
So I see no reason to worry about where the universe came from or what happens to us when we die. My best guess as to why the apprehension of higher power persists has nothing to do with any of that. It could in part explain things like the placebo effect, enhanced healing and selective consciousness of things like pain as well as some of the expanded consciousness experiences which we sometimes experience through brain disfunction and psychodelic drugs.
What I mean by the "on board variety" of god, is a god within. Perhaps we all have within us something supporting us and making us possible. That something could be a variety of consciousness within our unconscious minds.
It would be more comprehensive in its perspective but also less individual than our conscious minds. Ideally the deeper levels of the mind and what we think of as our conscious mind would work collaboratively. But the deeper levels of consciousness has drives and wants of which we may not be directly aware. I think we -as conscious minds/selves- actually exist as a creation of the total consciousness of our being.
Our original purpose would have been to serve the totality of consciousness within each one of us. However, to maximize our effectiveness, a great deal of conscious resources have been channeled into our complexity. I suspect one function of having a conscious mind -rather than acting more instinctually tempered only by local conditioning like most mammals- is to enable us to interpret and anticipate the demands of our own social structures.
So much longer story short, I think "god" is a name for the wholeness of who we are. It has created us and, for its own survival, given us an enormous amount of autonomy. But we are not whole and never can be, at least not until we reconcile with the deeper consciousness. A happy ending or good result would be a conscious mind which accepts its incompleteness and understands its dependence on the cooperation of all the layers below. Reconciliation should be the goal.
So I see no reason to worry about where the universe came from or what happens to us when we die. My best guess as to why the apprehension of higher power persists has nothing to do with any of that. It could in part explain things like the placebo effect, enhanced healing and selective consciousness of things like pain as well as some of the expanded consciousness experiences which we sometimes experience through brain disfunction and psychodelic drugs.
