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Cosmic Consciousness | A Wisdom Archive on Cosmic Consciousness | | Cosmic Consciousness Cosmic Consciousness was coined by the Canadian psychologist Richard M. Bucke, in his book �Cosmic Consciousness� 1902. He describes Cosmic Consciousness as a transpersonal mode of consciousness, an awareness of the universal mind and one's unity with it. Cosmic Consciousness prime characteristic is an awareness of the life and order in the universe.
An individual who at attains the state of Cosmic Consciousness is often described as 'Enlightened' and such a person is also said to have a sense of immortality, not of attaining it but of already having it. Burke saw this state of consciousness as the next stage in human evolution, very much as spiritualists have always seen it. | |
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| Archives on Cosmic Consciousness | | | | What is Cosmic Consciousness? Cosmic Consciousness was coined by the Canadian psychologist Richard M. Bucke, in his book “Cosmic Consciousness” 1902. He describes Cosmic Consciousness as a transpersonal mode of consciousness, an awareness of the universal mind and one's unity with it. Cosmic Consciousness prime characteristic is an awareness of the life and order in the universe.
An individual who at attains the state of Cosmic Consciousness is often described as 'Enlightened' and such a person is also said to have a sense of immortality, not of attaining it but of already having it. Burke saw this state of consciousness as the next stage in human evolution, very much as spiritualists have always seen it.
Bucke argues that during the course of humanity's evolutionary development there are three forms of consciousness.
- Simple Consciousness, our instinctual consciousness.
- Self Consciousness, that self-awareness that allows a human to realize hirself as a distinct entity.
- Cosmic Consciousness, a new developing faculty at the pinnacle of our evolution.
Bucke outlines the evolutionary struggle on our planet which has produced self-consciousness and then describes the appearance of a new species that possesses cosmic consciousness, a consciousness that expands to become one with all. Bucke theorizes that, with increasing frequency, persons like Buddha, Christ, Mohammed, Walt Whitman and others are making their appearance on our planet and by their teaching are helping to transform life on this planet. This evolutionary process continues up until today. Bucke studied the lives of these persons that had attained cosmic consciousness and found common characteristics such as:
- intuitive understanding
- elevated moral stature
- loss of sense of sin
- intellectual illumination
- sense of immortality
- no fear of death
- definite moment or period of transformation
"The person who passes through this experience will learn in the few minutes, or even moments, of its continuance more than in months or years of study, and he will learn much that no study every taught or can teach. Especially does he obtain such a conception of *the whole*...Along with moral elevation and intellectual illumination comes what must be called, for want of a better term, a sense of immortality."
From his book he describes how those he interviewed had experienced the state:
"Like a flash there is presented to his consciousness a clear conception (a vision) in outline of the meaning and drift of the universe...He sees and knows that the cosmos...is in fact...in very truth a living presence. He sees that instead of men being, as it were, patches of life scattered through an infinite sea of non-living substance, they are in reality specks of relative death in an infinite ocean of life. He sees that the life which is in man is as immortal as God is; that the universe is so built and ordered that without any peradventure all things work together for the good of each and all; that the foundation principle of the world is what we call love, and that the happiness of every individual is in the long run absolutely certain."
Just a few months after Cosmic Consciousness appeared, Bucke fell on an icy porch, fractured his skull, and died. He had been well appreciated by his professional colleagues, who saw him elected a charter member of the Royal Society of Canada, president of national and international societies, as well as a distinguished professor at Western University in London, now the University of Western Ontario. |
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| | | | Cosmic Consciousness according to Evelyn Underhill “Cosmic Consciousness represents the greatest possible extension of the spiritual consciousness in the direction of Pure Being: the blind intent stretching here receives its reward in a profound experience of Eternal Life. In this experience the departmental activities of thought and feeling, the consciousness of I-hood, of space and time...all that belongs to the World of Becoming and our own place therein...are suspended. The vitality which we are accustomed to split amongst these various things, is gathered up to form a state of pure apprehension...a vivid intuition of the Transcendent."
"This is that perfect unity of consciousness, that utter concentration on an experience of love, which excludes all conceptual and analytic acts. Hence, when the mystic says that his faculties were suspended, that he *knew all and knew nought,* he really means that we are so concentrated on the Absolute that he ceased to consider his separate existence...so merged in it that he could not perceive it as an object of thought, as the bird cannot see the air which supports it, nor the fish the ocean in which it swims. He really *knows all but thinks nought, perceives all, but conceives nought.*"
From “Mysticism” by Evelyn Underhill. |
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| | | | Cosmic Consciousness according to Marsha Sinetar "The peak experience is critical to any discussion of the mystic's journey, since through it and because of it the individual gains an overarching and penetrating view into what he is at his best, into what he is when he simply *is.* The peak experience means that the person experiences himself *being* rather than becoming. He also experiences direct...the Transcendant nature of reality. He enters into the Absolute, becoming one with it, if only for an instant. It is a life-altering instant which many have described as one in which the mind stops, as a time in which the paradoxical change/ changeless nature opens up to a person."
"The peak experience expands the individual's field of consciousness to include everything in the universe...he feels he *has* everything because he experiences everything within. This field is what author Joseph Chilton Pearce calls the *crack in the cosmic egg.* Although Pearce is also talking about the metanoia... the transformation of an individual's entire believe system which accompanies the peak experience or the moment of illumination...he writes of the exquisite inshight which makes *all things new again,* the unifying, integrative moment which provides the individual with a glimpse of the connectiveness of all things...the micro-macro web of the universe, interrelationships of all people and things."
From “Ordinary People as Monks and Mystics” by Marsha Sinetar.
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| | |  Cosmic Consciousness: Dream
Interpretation - Wading
Wading [237] - If you wade in clear water while dreaming, you will partake of evanescent, but exquisite joys. If the water is muddy, you are in danger of illness, or some sorrowful experiences.
- To see children wading in clear water is a happy prognostication, as you will be favored in your enterprises.
- For a young woman to dream of wading in clear foaming water, she will soon gain the desire nearest her heart.
[237] See also: Meaning of Dreams about Bathing.
Source: 10 000 Dream
Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller
(See also: Dream
Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Wading , Meaning of Dreams about Wading ,
Dream Interpretation Wading )
For more dictionary entries, see » Cosmic Consciousness Dictionary |
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| | |  Cosmic Consciousness: Dream
Interpretation - Warrant
Warrant - To dream that a warrant is being served on you, denotes that you will engage in some important work which will give you great uneasiness as to its standing and profits.
- To see a warrant served on some one else, there will be danger of your actions bringing you into fatal quarrels or misunderstandings. You are likely to be justly indignant with the wantonness of some friend.
Source: 10 000 Dream
Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller
(See also: Dream
Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Warrant , Meaning of Dreams about Warrant ,
Dream Interpretation Warrant )
For more dictionary entries, see » Cosmic Consciousness Dictionary |
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| | |  Cosmic Consciousness: Break Your
Mental BarriersBreak Your Mental Barriers
Most of us find ourselves trapped in our mortal ken
because of our ingrained habit of linear and sequential thinking. We find it
difficult to break this habit. The habit arises from our innate striving to
discern patterns in our sensory perception of reality. Our mind interprets
these perceptions by piecing together their constituent elements with other
entities in our mental database of past experience. By systematically stringing
these patterns together we have created the corpus of human knowledge.
Read more here: » Cosmic Consciousness: Break Your
Mental Barriers |
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| | |  Cosmic Consciousness: Dream
Interpretation - Wind
Wind - To dream of the wind blowing softly and sadly upon you, signifies that great fortune will come to you through bereavement.
- If you hear the wind soughing, denotes that you will wander in estrangement from one whose life is empty without you.
- To walk briskly against a brisk wind, foretells that you will courageously resist temptation and pursue fortune with a determination not easily put aside. For the wind to blow you along against your wishes, portends failure in business undertakings and disappointments in love. If the wind blows you in the direction you wish to go you will find unexpected and helpful allies, or that you have natural advantages over a rival or competitor.
Source: 10 000 Dream
Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller
(See also: Dream
Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Wind , Meaning of Dreams about Wind ,
Dream Interpretation Wind )
For more dictionary entries, see » Cosmic Consciousness Dictionary |
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| | |  Cosmic Consciousness: Dream
Interpretation - Wolf
Wolf - To dream of a wolf, shows that you have a thieving person in your employ, who will also betray secrets.
- To kill one, denotes that you will defeat sly enemies who seek to overshadow you with disgrace. To hear the howl of a wolf, discovers to you a secret alliance to defeat you in honest competition.
Source: 10 000 Dream
Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller
(See also: Dream
Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Wolf , Meaning of Dreams about Wolf ,
Dream Interpretation Wolf )
For more dictionary entries, see » Cosmic Consciousness Dictionary |
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| | |  Cosmic Consciousness: Surya, The Healer And Energiser
Suryayog is a dynamic spiritual yoga which brings us in tune with nature and the inner self. We are drawn towards eternal light, from saguna swaroop to nirguna swaroop - from the human to the Supreme. Suryayog is a meaningful way of life taught by Himalayan Masters and practised by yogis who survive without food and sustenance for days. They draw power from Surya or the Sun, whose vibrant energy transforms and changes the bio-electric powers in all beings, fusing body, prana, mind and soul into a divine experience of cosmic consciousness.
(See also: Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and
Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)
Read more here: » Suryayog: Surya, The Healer And Energiser |
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Alternative
Health Dictionary on Witchcraft
Viviano method: Approach to behavior modification developed by Dr. Ann Viviano, a New York psychologist, minister, reiki master, and NLP practitioner. It reportedly borrows from meditation, New Age mysticism, and quantum physics.
(See
also: Witchcraft ,
Body
Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)
For more dictionary entries, see » Cosmic Consciousness Dictionary |
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