Does anyone believe that we could all be of one consciousness?

Question

Ok this is going into those theories that arise between friends who stay up talking too late...but here goes.

I've considered the idea that we are all of one consciousness. The late Bill Hicks put it well when he said "...that we are all of one consciousness, sharing itself subjectively...there is no such thing as death, life is just the imagination of ourselves..."

To me, being of one conscious that is sharing itself subjectively means that there is one amount of conscious energy that is dispersed among each "person" and it interacts with itself however it may.

I've considered it as a possibility, because who really knows. But if it were true, couldn't that possibly mean that with more people on the planet, each individual person has less of the "consciousness" energy within themselves, because it has to be spread out through more people?

What made me think of this was that a couple of times I have had intense visions and emotions of myself in other places/times, and I have questioned if they could possibly be a glimpse of a past life. When this has happened, the emotions I felt were indescribable, and much more powerful than any emotions I have experienced in this lifetime.

So it made me wonder, in older times, with less people in the world, could each person have had a greater "share" of the one conscious energy, and thereby the thoughts and emotions experienced by each individual were much more powerful and intense?

Maybe that is why some writers of the past were able to express much more eloquent and complex emotions than you might see today, or why there are claims of people able to seemingly "magical" things, or why people like Plato and Socrates had such profound thoughts that still apply today, why there were talents like Beethoven, etc.

Maybe we are a bunch of emotionally and consciously dilluted versions compared to previous human beings?

Light it up and discuss.

Answer 1

Why not? I think of it in terms of the cells communicating with the body, I also think of people and society.



How is it when the body is damaged and the individual feels pain? The cells generate and pass signals to the brain and other parts of the body to signify the condition.



Each individual has consciousness, and when they communicate amount themselves, society becomes aware of the whole as a collective consciousness.



Energy takes on so many other properties that it requires much space and time to explain, but let's beware that energy is more complex than just an amount of active energy. There are also density, rate of exchange, conversion between different forms... etc.



More importantly, know that energy is a concept to describe the physical phenomena being carried out by matter of the universe, the concept of energy could itself be carrying the concept of consciousness, or they are iterated deep inside unknown number of layers. (Signals embedded inside of signals much like the TCP/IP layers.)



It is undeniable that there are more to what the eyes could see as multiple levels of consciousness seem to be all working although our awareness is usually focused on the individual level.

Answer 2

It's a difficult problem and one that we are consistently dealing with. For example, what level of consciousness can we prove a cat has, or an ant, or a chimpanzee? But we can prove a variety of intelligences in creatures, for example how well do they learn a particular action/consequence, can they learn from observing other creatures, and can they learn communication skills? But there really isn't a question of whether consciousness really exists. It's kind of like asking can we prove that any matter really exists? We know we have consciousness, we know there are varying levels of consciousness.

Answer 3

If there were only one consciousness, where would the oneness be located? It is a rather horrible thought that all the human and animal suffering that has existed on this planet might be experienced all at once and collectively. If the one consciousness does not exist in a location or experienced collectively, in what sense is it a oneness? It seems the hallmark of consciousness is individuality. You can go for the solipsistic idea and believe, along with me, that only my consciousness exits and the rest of you are mere toys to keep me entertained. Remember the wisest man in the Universe in "Hitch Hikers Guide to the Universe"?

Answer 4

Between creatures (including human beings) and God there are millions of invisible elements. There are divisions too. Human being is a combination of several spirits. We are just robots in flesh created by scientist God. Each of us have memories like that of the computers'. The fed things (data= knowledge=several spirits or invisible elements) are in contact with the memories since childhood. If current (electricity) stopped the memory loses all data. This is with computer. The same thing occurs to all of us. Computers are functioning by electric power but human beings are functioning by natural power. We call this as soul. This soul is nothing but simply a power like electricity. If this is stopped our memories lose all data (all spirits or invisible elements). These spirits scatter and go to different places. No one lives in the form of spirit or anything after death.



Consciousness and conscience are all related to spirits. We are just toys of the spirits.

Answer 5

We all share in a collective consciousness. When we are born into this world our conscious point of view is undeveloped and small, but as we evolve we are constantly developing our conscious state from a subconscious level, we even subconsciously exercise our consciousness, which is subliminally being defined and shaped by what we see of our surroundings and from what we learn about human behaviour and also, how to react and respond to various situations. It is this same oneness of consciousness that allows me to identify with what you are asking, and when someone shares their experience I am able to connect to that experience in some way. You and I are capable of seeing something in a similar way to another, It is this oneness of consciousness that connects us all. It is this same consciousness that allows us to classify ourselves as belonging to the inter-connectedness of the human race. In this oneness, we can communicate our thoughts and feelings where another person can read interpret and understand what another point of consciousness is presenting. Yes we are all truly one.

Answer 6

i was thinking the same way you do, i came up with a outstanding find. the brain is a complex lab machine. what i am trying to say is that even though when things don't make sense the brain tries to simplify and analyze in order to make it believable and acceptable. when you go to bed it continued to feed into the thoughts and it builds more relation to your ideas. thinking is different from a feeling, the brain causes this its major and its deceptive function. sometimes is your brain that works against you and makes false and untrue be real and reasonable. the brain ultimately is hungry machine, it wants to learn and feel even if its a lie it just doesn't care. what you feel sometimes is not really what you want but that's the brain telling you it wants more.

Answer 7

why not… but the way we see this consciousness is its outside of time and space as we know them… some people are emotionally sensitive… they experience emotions on a level that most people don’t…

Answer 8

Humans are animals with big brains. A sense of hte self arose in us as well as possibly in chimps and maybe some other mammals (whales dolphins), maybe others.



The idea that now this sudden;y evolved into some "cosmic connection" has no basis nor evidence in any way whatsoever.

Answer 9

I love this! I have thought about this on more than one occasion and have had some in depth discussions with a good friend. I wish I could talk to you face to face.

Answer 10

Consciousness arises from our brain matter and can be specifically decreased or stopped all together if it is harmed. It is not all shared it is all in your head so to speak :)

Answer 11

A bit long winded so I'll be brief. We are not the Borg from Star Trek.

Answer 12

I would love to have an all nighter discussing this with you!

You have a lot to share!

Answer 13

Yes.

And wonderfully expressed.



Shana

Answer 14

No, if it were like that nothing would ever be done.

Answer 15

stop puffing the magic dragon



and no we cannot be of one consciousness, there are an infinite amuont of variables

Answer 16

no

Answer 17

sure why not