People often think they're awake when they are up and about, perhaps thinking about this or that. What people normally consider consciousness is actually 'daydreaming'; biased involvement with thoughts about what might be, and less about what IS. They rarely become conscious, in the truist sense; which is the great gift of being human. 'Self-concious' people rarely experience 'what's going on'. 'What is' is always flavored by self; distorted by desires. This false consciousness fails in its awareness of 'others'; and finds itself tripping over speculation and inaccurate predictions. Jesus spoke of 'normal conciousness' as; "The blind leading the blind." How elegantly and succinctly stated!
What humans COULD realize is 'awareness of awareness'. This is Consciousness in it's purest form. This might be the best explanation, or reason (if you are determined to find one) of why man exists- to become AWARE, not just of environment and 'other', but of Being; that which permeates All (including that which is 'not the other'.) Being aware of Being! DO NOT BE TRAPPED IN THOUGHT.
The process of becoming conscious takes effort. As long as 'self' flavors awareness, effort will be needed to see clearly. This becoming a 'self', that is, to see through the lens of self, which flavors and distorts, is what is known as 'Original Sin' and 'The Fall'. Once (and I intend this to mean 'spontaneously') a person lets go of 'self', that 'person' finds his/her humanity. It's always been there, permeating 'us', but 'out of sight'. Jesus used interesting terms, which could have been intended as archetypal words to represent the concept 'human'...Son of Man and Son of God. Once consciousness is actualized the 'person' discovers being Son (or Daughter) of Man, truly human. This discovery finds one's nature as inheritor in God's kingdom (Son of God). No one is, by their nature, an outcast, only through a fall from awareness. When one pierces through the veil of illusion can one find Being, as the 'I AM'; communion with God or Being or Reality. Take your pick of word, it really doesn't matter!
Matthew
What humans COULD realize is 'awareness of awareness'. This is Consciousness in it's purest form. This might be the best explanation, or reason (if you are determined to find one) of why man exists- to become AWARE, not just of environment and 'other', but of Being; that which permeates All (including that which is 'not the other'.) Being aware of Being! DO NOT BE TRAPPED IN THOUGHT.
The process of becoming conscious takes effort. As long as 'self' flavors awareness, effort will be needed to see clearly. This becoming a 'self', that is, to see through the lens of self, which flavors and distorts, is what is known as 'Original Sin' and 'The Fall'. Once (and I intend this to mean 'spontaneously') a person lets go of 'self', that 'person' finds his/her humanity. It's always been there, permeating 'us', but 'out of sight'. Jesus used interesting terms, which could have been intended as archetypal words to represent the concept 'human'...Son of Man and Son of God. Once consciousness is actualized the 'person' discovers being Son (or Daughter) of Man, truly human. This discovery finds one's nature as inheritor in God's kingdom (Son of God). No one is, by their nature, an outcast, only through a fall from awareness. When one pierces through the veil of illusion can one find Being, as the 'I AM'; communion with God or Being or Reality. Take your pick of word, it really doesn't matter!
Matthew
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