Consciousness Evolution

The body's consciousness operates as a unified whole, allowing the brain, central nervous system, and higher intuition to register what is going on in all the various parts. Without consciousness, the body would not be able to maintain itself. And yet in treating the various illnesses and disorders that the body manifests, we do not often speak of the body's consciousness or the messages that it may have for us.

To begin with, let us for the moment consider the body as a hologram of our greater consciousness via the DNA which is its formative structure and which emanates from the soul level of awareness. To be a hologram means that what exists at a lower level of functioning incorporates within itself all the features of the higher level of who we are, but within a translated form. To view the body as a hologram of consciousness allows us to see in symptoms of dysfunction or limitation, a message reflected in the very patterning of the symptom itself.

This is true in all areas of functioning, though it does not represent a one-to-one correlation between what we are conscious of and what manifests physically. Manifestation is more complex, often having to do with unconscious issues more than conscious ones. These, our DNA structure weaves into the creation of maximum and minimum levels of functioning of the body at the time of conception. In the digestive/eliminative area, physical predispositions are created via the DNA for areas of limited functioning or for specific localized problems that may arise. With respect to the digestive/eliminative system, problems with 'taking in/receiving' of nourishment, and 'releasing/giving' in the dual sense of releasing what needs to be let go of, and offering nourishment to others, are often manifested as physical symptoms. These indicate a limitation in the free-flow of life-energy through the entire embodied self.

While no two persons are alike in the precise state of their body-consciousness or in their DNA, there are generalities of function that relate, in the case of digestive/eliminative disorders, to being able to receive and being able to release or to give. Often, a constriction in the bowel or intestine which creates a blockage that food cannot easily get by, is a hologram for another kind of blockage at a different level. It is useful, as participants in our own healing process, to look at these parallels, and to ask for guidance and greater insight into their meaning. Similarly, when elimination is constricted or impaired, it is well to look at what is being given or withheld in terms of generosity and the sharing of ourselves with life.

The ability to process life-force or the vital energy of the body that lies within the cells and that operates within every organ and tissue, is a necessary function of each and every organ and cell. The energy must be metabolized within the cells so that they can maintain a continuity of functioning. What we call vitality is dependent upon this, as is healthy functioning.

In relation to the digestive process, the smooth processing of organic matter that must be converted into life-giving energy and sustenance takes places along a series of steps that are in sequence, each of which relates to every other. If anything is out of place in the sequence or if any function is disrupted, it is as if a switch breaker or lever were activated, closing down the process at that point and making it difficult for the entire flow to continue smoothly. This is necessary in the economy of body maintenance so that it can be known to the conscious self that something is not operating properly. However, it can also be difficult to determine what that 'something' is, since it requires only one lever to shut off in order for the whole process to be affected.

The body's economy of means for digesting organic matter is a gift of Divine intelligence, with the body a miracle of organization and interrelated functioning that has a complexity even greater than what is presently known. Just as the digestive system has 'levers' within it that interrupt the process to let the conscious self know that something is wrong and needs attention, the digestive process as a whole IS a lever itself, letting us know that something is amiss on the level of consciousness for which it is a hologram.

The way of determining what this 'something' is must be individually pursued, for it is in the nature of the symptom itself that the answer lies. Symptoms such as contraction of function, sluggishness of movement, conversion of solid material into gas, retention of solid waste, painful absorption of food, and many others, must all be reflected upon in a meditative way to see what they might point to on the level of consciousness. This would be difficult if not impossible, if the body did not have a consciousness of its own. However, the body's consciousness can let us know, if we attune to it, what its messages might be. Along this route lies the maximum amount of healing that is possible, for a healing of the body is a healing of consciousness and visa versa.

The evolution has so far been on the physical world. It was towards making random development of species and selecting best species. The species has been measured in term of speed, strength, survival techniques, and ability to adopt. The evolution has reached a crucial junction of time. One species has almost completely monopolized the world, and in the verge of exploring the universe.
Evolution is a natural force that can not be stopped. The evolution will continue to happen. Million years of evolution has achieved the perfection of development of mind. The mind is the key factor that made the human species the most successful species. The evolution has found its way towards the perfect species, THE MIND. Or we can say the brain.
The next evolution will not be in development in physical form, but in the brain. All human will continue to look the same but there will be separate species with variable degree of brain power. This aspect of evolution has been noticed from hundreds of years. There were sporadic attempts to segregate the species and allow the new supreme powerful species to evolve. The attempts were made in the form of religion and cast. The globalization has diluted this attempt.
The evolution is not in the mercy of human attempt and neither it can be stopped with global movement, it has rather accelerated.
Very soon there will be many human species will develop with supernatural power. Those human will look extremely ordinary human beings, but with highly evolved brain power. This has been already noticed in many part of the world. So far this has been occasional sporadic births and many time it goes un-noticed.
The normal education system may not able to spot the supreme minds, as the education system does not focus on discovering the power of the brain. And we don’t have the man power and understanding to spot the same. And the irony is if we spot it, we may not be able to stand it or feel threatened. The radical thought pattern that the brain will carry will be far beyond the understanding of the researcher.
However there is way to spot the supreme mind. The pattern must be observed to maximize the chances to spot the supreme minds. To understand this we need to understand the evolution itself. The focus of the evolution has been towards bigger, faster, better, happier existence. The trend has been so far to make a species with highest survival skills. The evolution so far has been focused on keeping the species alive, keeping the life form moving. That applied to human being too. But something has changed OR changing recently. The evolution is changing it course towards fuller expression of the existence. The evolution is focused towards emotional fulfillment. The emotion has taken the strong hold, and the emotion that is controlling the species now.
The fuller expression of the life form is focused towards happier existence, rather than a mere existence. The competition is in the sphere of mind. It is no longer material achievement that provides the safety and security but it is rather the understanding of the universe, the connection to the supreme consciousness is taking the center stage.

It's been mentioned that you can't realize where you are or what is the place of your destination until you guess from what place you came. One can rest contentedly and impatiently about the year two thousand twelve or more as the pendulum is picking up pace starting to intersect into a new epoch. We may call it the epoch of clarification, or call us homo clarified. People are on their way back. Then the question arises as for what was our starting point. We're soul beings, pure awareness. We all originated from the core point – awareness. It's hard to imagine our true individuality with the idea that we now possess, still we are starting to our electromagnetic power fields. In fact, we are those fields. One shouldn’t turn into extremely bound up in the essence of it. But one must get a grasp on the detail that we're sapiens and possess a hereditary construction that is progressing.

It should be mentioned that there are many groups of people having different ideas; still I'm out of that play as much as the self-dishonesty indicator is working. Some time ago we were with the symbolic father at one edge of the pendulum, our basic form was light. When we went down into animal bodies that we at present have, that radiance became very faint. Nevertheless, there is a direct light within that by no means goes out. The direct light had to fight against our characters for playing-listening instance.

Still, we've now progressed to a stage in which we are, together as occupants of this globe, starting to increase momentum in letting our light, or awareness, shine. Amid now and the year two thousand twelve we're going to observe an exponential enlarge in personal and collective awareness. Our awareness pendulum has gone past our buck state of human progress and we're now starting back home.
Water tries to find its own level and souls look for their own basis, no matter whether we address that basis as awareness, idol, initiator, or father.

A popular idea now-a-days is the notion of the ghost in the machine. From scientific articles to entertainment, this reference is to the idea of consciousness. Once again, the study of consciousness is occupying the minds of science and science fiction.

Just after the turn of the century, science basically abandoned the study of consciousness per se' on the grounds that it was too ambiguous and non-quantifiable. However, the development of artificial intelligence, so-called thinking computers, interactive virtual reality environments and non-local action, or action at a distance, has placed the study of consciousness in the fore front of many minds.

What is consciousness? This issue is devoted to some of the intrigue involved in efforts to create "thinking machines" modeled after man, minus of course, his limitations.

EARLY TALK

Language is often thought to be the tool of consciousness and evidence for the kind of consciousness that makes man different from monkeys. Indeed, language has often been referred to as the "jewel of cognition." Some scientists have argued that Neanderthal man possessed advanced talking ability. This assertion is largely based upon a neck bone found in 1988 (SN: 4/24/93, p.262). Other scientists argue for a more recent origin to speech. Recent in this sense is between 50 and 100 thousand years ago. By contrast, early origin theorists date the beginning of language at over 2 million years ago.

The evolution and history of language has a bearing on certain philosophical issues where consciousness is concerned. For example, take any date for the first appearance of language. Let's for fun just assume some hairy bi-pedal creature that has never spoken. Is this creature conscious? Conscious in the sense of man? Now one day the creature utters some meaningful form of speech. Not a grunt or guttural sound like all animals, but some form, beginning, of speech. Is the animal now conscious?

What is the difference between the consciousness of animals and man? What is intended by distinguishing between the two conscious forms as different and why? If a primate species shows the ability to learn, remember and associate learnings, some insist this is evidence for reason. Most flatly refuse to recognize it as such. Is it possible that by recognizing the field of consciousness as one worthy and ripe for study, that mans' consciousness will lose its unique elevated status? What precisely is it that one means by consciousness anyway?

Certainly reason preceded language. It would be rather odd if it were the other way around. Still, that's an interesting thought.

Some seem to reason only with the tools of their language. In other words, their reason is limited by the rules and definitions of their language. Plus, there is some argument in favor of certain language structure as having greater or lesser faculties for developing logical thinking. Literal languages, for example, such as German, tend to encourage the development of logical thinkers. However intriguing all this may be, it still stands to reason that reason preceded the conceptualization and development of speech. As such, one is hard pressed to limit the consciousness of a species on the basis of sound patterns called speech.

Oh, and it gets still tougher. For there are sound patterns that resemble speech uttered by so-called non-conscious animals such as whales and dolphins. So, what is consciousness?

Is consciousness a matter of wakefulness? No, it can't be just that for one can be a conscious being and still be asleep. Is consciousness memory? Well, according to the experiments of Cleve Baxter, plants exhibit memory. Where science abandoned the study of consciousness years ago, the problems inherent to describing consciousness have proliferated during the absence. The advent of animal studies, plant studies and synthetic or artificial intelligence have greatly complicated the matters of consciousness. Or perhaps, in the alternative, simplified them.

LANGUAGE AND THE BRAIN

For most people, parts of the left brain handle the affairs of language. Brain hemispheric studies including the now popular Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans show that the right ear sends acoustic information to the left hemisphere. Well, according to Marc Hauser of Harvard University and Karin Andersson of Radcliff College in Cambridge, rhesus monkeys "display a similar cerebral setup, with the left half of the brain often taking responsibility for vocalizations intended to signal aggression" (SN: 5/21/94, p333). If this is true, does this mean that the anatomical evidence for language processing is evidence for consciousness in the sense that we normally think of mankind's consciousness. If not, what are the differences?

CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE BRAIN

For many, mind equals brain. Mind is a more general terms that refers to the processes handled by brain. Therefore, mind is often an interchangeable term with consciousness. Is mind equal to brain? The chief area of enquiry offering evidence one way or another to this question is a discipline often held in poor regard. Still, literally thousands of laboratory experiments in scientific parapsychology demonstrate that there are many aspects of mind that can not be reduced to anatomical or material brain.

For example, data clearly supports the "reality" of telepathy, clairvoyance and psychokinesis. This seems obvious to this commentator, but then the biographies of some of the world's most respected people provide a richer picture than that found in science. However, the point is simple. Whether it is from the genius of Einstein or the laboratory of a modern parapsychologist, mind is not equal to brain! What does this mean with respect to consciousness?

A wonderful Star Trek adventure that I can remember had the Enterprise actually forming its own consciousness and then creating a new life form. Somehow, as Mr. Data explained, the activity of the starship's computers and records began to take on a "more than the sum of the parts" activity, form its own neural network and so forth. Will machines ever become conscious?

SIMULATED CREATURES EVOLVE AND LEARN

This was the headline in a recent Science News publication: Simulated Creatures Evolve and Learn. The article by Richard Lipkin went on to cite the work of Karl Sims of Thinking Machines in Cambridge, Mass., who "devised a simulated evolutionary system in which virtual creatures compete for resources in a three-dimensional arena...The creatures, resembling toy-block robots, enter one-on-one contests in which they vie for control of a desired object---an extra cube. Winners---deemed more fit---reproduce, while losers bear no offspring. Sims endows the virtual environment with physical parameters, such as gravity and friction, and restricts behaviors to plausible physical actions" (SN: 7/23/94, p63). Sims believes that it may be easier to evolve virtual entities with intelligent behavior than to create them from scratch. Artificial intelligence researchers have long sought to develop the so-called thinking machine. Unlike Sims, most begin by attempting to model the computer after the patterns of man. For some, this is the neural model of the brain while for others it is the deductive/inductive model of reason. Perhaps Sims' method is more man-like than the other two. Mankind is thought to have evolved. Does this help us understand consciousness? Oh, and what about the collective of consciousness? Will machines soon be contributing to this field of consciousness? Will a machine ever dream?

DREAMS, INTUITION AND CONSCIOUSNESS

The "Genius Hypothesis" advanced by Ervin Laszlo and reported in the Journal of Scientific Exploration (Vol.8, No.2, pp257-267, 1994), asserts that the minds "of unusually creative people are in spontaneous, direct, though usually not conscious, interaction with other minds in the creative process itself." Laszlo's paper sheds light on the "archetypal experience" described by Carl Jung while using history, physics, psychology, artistic production and cultural development to clearly suggest the strong possibility (in this commentators opinion, the only real possibility) that not only do minds communicate, but they do so at a distance as well!

Is the collective, or the shared consciousness experience, an independent consciousness? Is it possible that unique (individual) conscious entities participate as transceivers, sending and receiving, and that the total of consciousness is this collective? Does the collective have a plan, a will, does it dream? Or is it just a repository? Does it have a neural network or some analogous something that we might refer to as a non-spatial field? I mean, its not organic or silicone is it?

CONSCIOUS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Perhaps consciousness is something that has to do with being conscious of consciousness. I mean, are monkeys truly conscious of being conscious? Could they even entertain the idea of consciousness without an object? Or consciousness as a character in someone else's dream? Does a monkey ask itself if it really exists?

Is that a fair direction to take our questions regarding consciousness? After all, are we not likely to be forced to admit the notion of "devolution" if we do? Are there not all together too many homo sapien sapiens on the planet that don't give the proverbial "hoot" about who they are or where they came from. How many of these people ask the question, "Do I really exist?" Will silicone ask the question, "Who am I?" If the Japanese have their way, the answer is---probably! A "Darwin Machine" is being created by researchers at ATR laboratories in Kyoto, Japan. The artificial brain which uses an evolving neural network is due to be completed by 2001. Hugo de Garis, an ATR scientist, says the purpose is to produce a silicone brain with more than 1 billion artificial neurons.

Science News says the machine "will come in the form of a neural network and will exist within a massively parallel computer. To create such a complex system, the researchers will have the network build itself. 'Cellular automata,' each one a distinct computer program, will actually forge their own linkages."

This approach, called "evolutionary engineering," provides for the growth of the silicone brain via connections. "The neural net grows when cellular automata send 'growth signals' to each other, then connect via synapses."

(And you thought genetic engineering was something to wonder about).

CONSCIOUSNESS WITHOUT A DEFINITION

Defining consciousness turns out to be a process somewhat a-kin to searching for the core of an onion. As we enter the new year, and perhaps entertain thoughts of the upcoming turn of the century, revisiting consciousness is more than a philosophical exercise or a scientific enquiry. It is a duty, even a moral imperative, to re-evaluate the nature of consciousness for this inherently devises the strategy by which mankind treats itself and all life. For me, and I suspect for many others, many changes are seen as necessary for the human race to actualize the highest of its potentials. As in history, most certainly some of these changes will be brought about by difficult times. I am reminded of something Martin Luther King said, "I can never be what I ought to be, until you are what you ought to be." King went on to point out that it was precisely the inter-related fabric of life that each of us was interdependent upon.

Perhaps, it is the inter-related nature of all life, consciousness itself, that we are interdependent upon. Perhaps, just perhaps, mankind will only know his highest most noble self when he offers the deepest of respect for all life. Perhaps the invigorated enthusiasm searching for a firm hold on this stuff called consciousness will eventually give rise to the respect I speak of.

Thank you and BE WELL & HAPPY!