Certainly, on an individual one-on-one
basis we all know how our moods can affect others. You find yourself in a bad mood, angry,
upset, frustrated, and on some level have decided that if you are angry, upset
and/or frustrated, everyone else should be as well. (I do not buy the pseudo-innocent “Gosh I
didn’t realize I was acting that way” excuse.)
On the opposite side of the coin, when we are in a good mood, the sun
shines brighter, we smile more, we are more magnanimous in our dealings with
others. When we feel and act in such a
way, others catch our mood and start to feel better themselves.
Without question, we can all do our part
individually in purposely elevating the consciousness of those within our
surroundings. Not to be a mindless Pollyanna,
blind to the so-called realities in life, but to acknowledge that, you know,
sometimes life just sucks and the joke is on us. We are imperfect human beings living in an
imperfect world, and imperfection in our lives is a natural offshoot of that
imperfect status quo. Once you
understand that, emotionally and mentally dealing with that imperfect status
quo develops its own natural flow. (Let
us not confuse such acceptance with inaction: a person with a serious illness
can accept his or her illness while doing everything in his or her power to
overcome it. A person can accept a
current state of financial need while doing everything in his or her power to
improve it.)
We can all also do our part individually
in purposely lowering the consciousness of those within our surroundings. We can decide that the world owes us what we
think we deserve and if we do not get what we think we deserve, well, if we are
unhappy then we will pretty much make sure that everyone surrounding us is
unhappy as well.
Then we can step into the realm of
elevated consciousness which is, simply put, an awareness of how connected we
all are. One basic law of physics is, as
explained in a previous blog, that each of us, each of our spirits you might
say, through every iota of our energy, is required for the universe to exist and
continue. When you understand this, you
cannot help but realize our connection to each other, our connection to all
others. A very simple way of
experiencing this elevated consciousness for yourself, if you doubt that
elevated consciousness exists, is to take one minute out of your day, only 60
seconds, and think about that connection that physics itself claims we have through
the need of our collective energy for continuance. Do this for a week, and I guarantee your
global perspective will be altered.
What can this mean, how can this be
applied to the world at large, and is it even feasible for it to be applied to
the world at large? I know that when most people hear any
term related to “global” in the context of “global consciousness” or “cosmic
consciousness” or “consciousness” in general, their minds immediately run to
“oh, boy, there’s that California la-la again” or “that New Age stuff is a pile
of kumbaya.” And, what is global consciousness? Is such a concept at all tied in with the so-called realities of our everyday life?
How would these same people respond
though if they discovered that actual scientific studies and experiments have
been done which prove the existence of a global consciousness?
As it turns out, The Global
Consciousness Project (GCP), with logistical support from the Institute of
Noetic Sciences, is dedicated to studying the existence of and effects of
global consciousness. The Global
Consciousness Project (GCP) is an international effort involving researchers
from several institutions and countries, designed to explore whether the
construct of interconnected consciousness can be scientifically validated
through objective measurement. According to the
GCP, there is strong evidence for an effect of consciousness on events, and they
are driven by that evidence to infer that a "consciousness field"
exists, and that intentions or emotional states are conveyed as information. I urge to you check out their website (URL
given below) to read the details of this research.
Among common examples of this connected
consciousness are the collective grief after Princess Diana’s death and the
collective outrage and patriotism after 9/11.
When you think about it, you can find many examples from the past when a
“group mentality” took over: the Salem
witch trials, the repression and persecutions of the Dark Ages (for which it
can also be said that the bubonic plague was a physical manifestation), the
cheering crowds at bloody executions, the hysteria supporting the guillotined
executions during the French Revolution.
Wait a minute, though. Why does it seem
that this mass group consciousness only reveals itself through events that are
violent, or miserable at best? I guess
you could say that the ecstasy that certain religious events create is
positive. Yes, you could also admit that
the “feelings” after a concert, opera or play are positive. However, why no mass positive events to
create a mass positive reaction of good will, equanimity, peace . . .all that
good stuff . . . on the level of, say,
9/11 and Princess Di? Certainly,
at the very least, the outpouring of support following natural disasters shows
that people WANT to do good for others.
Again, though, this outpouring, this giving, this selflessness, only
seems to arise out of disaster, either from nature or man-made.
So, what do we have: we do have evidence that consciousness IS in
fact contagious even on a wide-spread level.
I think we need a movement
of some sort to direct this strength of consciousness to positive awareness, a
positive awareness arising out of nothing other than the positive awareness
itself, rather than any awareness arising out of a negative event. The initial problem with such a movement
would be the skepticism from the majority of the human beings on this
planet. I wonder though what would happen
if somehow we could get the entire planet to smile and think the words (only think them) “take my
hand” for a coordinated five minutes. I
mean everyone, from the U. S. Congress to the Taliban to Wall Street.
A contagion of such global
consciousness would without question elevate our human species, moving us
closer to our ultimate potential of recognized oneness.
Yeah, it’s a dream, but as Oscar
Hammerstein so wisely wrote “You got to have a dream, if you don’t have a
dream, how you gonna have a dream come true.”
Until next time LLAP!
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