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Cosmic consciousness is the concept that the universe exists as an interconnected network of consciousness, with each conscious being linked to every other. Sometimes this is conceived as forming a collective consciousness which spans the cosmos,[1] othertimes it is conceived of as an Absolute or Godhead
from which all conscious beings emanate. Throughout history, there have
been many renditions of universal unity, connectivity, and the spectrum
of considered possibility of mankind. The idea bears similarity to the
ancient Buddhist concept of Indra's net, Teilhard de Chardin's conception of the noosphere, James Lovelock's Gaia theory, to Hegel's Absolute idealism, Satori in Zen[2], and to some traditional pantheist beliefs. It is also reminiscent of Carl Jung's collective unconscious[3]. Many of those who have used psychedelics such as LSD and Psilocybin mushrooms have asserted that they have had direct experience of the cosmic consciousness,[4]
although some have suggested that naturally occurring mystical
experiences and those induced by psychedelics are of a different nature.[5] In the 19th century, Canadian psychiatrist Richard M. Bucke developed a theory which claimed that Cosmic Consciousness lies in a mystic state above and beyond Self-consciousness, the natural state of man's consciousness, just like animal consciousness lies below.[6] In the 20th century, Canadian born psychologist Nathaniel Branden,
originator of Bio-Centric Psychology, stipulated that as life advances
from simplicity to complexity, consciousness evolves from the vegetative
through the animal to the natural human condition of
self-consciousness.[7]
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Cosmic consciousness is the concept that the universe exists as an interconnected network of consciousness, with each conscious being linked to every other. Sometimes this is conceived as forming a collective consciousness which spans the cosmos,[1] othertimes it is conceived of as an Absolute or Godhead
from which all conscious beings emanate. Throughout history, there have
been many renditions of universal unity, connectivity, and the spectrum
of considered possibility of mankind. The idea bears similarity to the
ancient Buddhist concept of Indra's net, Teilhard de Chardin's conception of the noosphere, James Lovelock's Gaia theory, to Hegel's Absolute idealism, Satori in Zen[2], and to some traditional pantheist beliefs. It is also reminiscent of Carl Jung's collective unconscious[3]. Many of those who have used psychedelics such as LSD and Psilocybin mushrooms have asserted that they have had direct experience of the cosmic consciousness,[4]
although some have suggested that naturally occurring mystical
experiences and those induced by psychedelics are of a different nature.[5] In the 19th century, Canadian psychiatrist Richard M. Bucke developed a theory which claimed that Cosmic Consciousness lies in a mystic state above and beyond Self-consciousness, the natural state of man's consciousness, just like animal consciousness lies below.[6] In the 20th century, Canadian born psychologist Nathaniel Branden,
originator of Bio-Centric Psychology, stipulated that as life advances
from simplicity to complexity, consciousness evolves from the vegetative
through the animal to the natural human condition of
self-consciousness.[7]
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