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Originally Posted by Marcus  My definitions:
Consciousness: The experience of existing
Awareness: The interpretation, understanding and knowledge of that experience.
Spirituality: Anything to do with the non-physical side of our awareness and reality. |
Yup, those are the same definitions that I'd use for the first two. But that's a very broad definition of spirituality, depending on your definition of non-physical. Where do personality, thoughts, emotions, feelings, etc. fit in? Depending on how you look at them they could be either non-physical (not necessarily related to or caused by any physical object) or physical (the result of complex interactions of neurotransmitters and electrical activity in the brain)
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Originally Posted by Marcus I define mass consciousness as the "repository" of the collective conscious awareness of humanity. We are all individual conscious components of a larger "oneness" of collective human consciousness. The more we develop spiritually, the greater our experience of that collective awareness and collective consciousness becomes. |
If you define spiritual development as the development of empathy, intuition, shared understanding, communication, compassion, etc., then yes, I can see an individual's spiritual development leading to greater experience of collective awareness, though I don't believe it happens through any mystical means, and probably not by any means not yet familiar to most people, spiritual or otherwise. And I'm not so sure about collective consciousness; I haven't heard any convincing stories of shared experiences, let alone in-depth analysis.
We don't fully understand how communication affects all those involved, especially group communication, and even more so the rapid, widespread communication that occurs via the Internet. But I'd be very surprised if the "oneness" you describe is anything more than a concept which people have imagined as a result of observing many forms of communication at a global level.
Do you see the "repository" of mass consciousness as a conceptual construct, or do you see it as something real which people can truly tap into via means other than direct communication with another human (or something created by a human, such as books, paintings, etc.)? You mentioned remote viewing on your blog. Do you believe it's possible, and if so, what lead you to that belief?