A New Consciousness

There is something that Alan Watts and I both seem to agree on – we need a new consciousness. I’ll even go so far as to say that that we need a consciousness that is very similar to consciousness ecology. What will surprise you is that I believe we already have this consciousness. It is a part of us from birth but we have long since forgotten how to tap into it, to use it. Like a muscle this part of our consciousness has atrophied with lack of use. It is imperative that we learn to tap into this consciousness so that we can steer clear of the oncoming catastrophe.

The Indian belief that details these phases of existence is not so different than the Judeo Christian belief that the world has a time of creation and a time of destruction. In both these beliefs the end, this destruction, is destined to happen despite human intervention. This works like a self-fulfilling prophecy where the end is predetermined and we make no effort to change the course of history because it has already set.

In order to form this new consciousness, to wake up, we must first rid ourselves with these self-fulfilling prophecies so that we can learn to be responsible for our actions and learn to see how these actions have an effect on the world around us.

This only strengthens the argument that I’ve offered throughout this quarter. The steps to this new consciousness have already been detailed in many of my previous blogs. The first steps is self-consciousness, to become self aware of both our actions and the motives behind them. We need to see how our actions are interlinked with the world around us. This if a lofty goal at best but if this is to be reached we can then glimpse objective consciousness at which point we gain and understanding of not only ourselves but the world around us.

Once we begin to understand how we are connected we can begin to entertain a very real respect for one another and begin to exercise ‘care’.