Ordinary Consciousness

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Ordinary Consciousness is a term used Edward Carpenter and others to refer to what, on the LP we refer to as Normal Consciousnss[1]

Syncretic Terms

Normal Consciousness > Dullness, Ordinary Consciousness, Paramount Reality, Usual Consciousness


Notes

According to Carpenter[2], ordinary consciousness is the second of three stages of consciousness.

  • Simple Consciousness (knower, knowledge and thing known undifferentiated)
  • Ordinary Consciousness (differentiation of knower, knowledge, and thing known)
    • Consciousness of self
    • Consciousness of object
  • Cosmic Consciousness (realization of fundamental unity and oneness of creation)
    • a superior, "perfect" form of consciousness,

Footnotes

  1. Carpenter, Edward. The Art of Creation: Essays on the Self and Its Powers. Ravenio Books. Kindle Edition.
  2. Carpenter, Edward. The Art of Creation: Essays on the Self and Its Powers. Ravenio Books. Kindle Edition.