Ordinary Consciousness
Ordinary Consciousness is a term used Edward Carpenter, Aldous Huxley, and others to refer to what, on the LP we refer to as Normal Consciousnss[1]
Syncretic Terms
Normal Consciousness > Dullness, Normalcy, Ordinary Consciousness, Paramount Reality, Rational Consciousness, 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,
Quotes
"The ordinary waking consciousness is a very useful and, on most occasions, an indispensable state of mind; but it is by no means the only form of consciousness, nor in all circumstances the best. Insofar as he transcends his ordinary self and his ordinary mode of awareness, the mystic is able to enlarge his vision, to look more deeply into the unfathomable miracle of existence."[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ Carpenter, Edward. The Art of Creation: Essays on the Self and Its Powers. Ravenio Books. Kindle Edition.
- ↑ Carpenter, Edward. The Art of Creation: Essays on the Self and Its Powers. Ravenio Books. Kindle Edition.
- ↑ Aldous Huxley, “Chapter Thirty-Two: 1961 Letters,” in Moksha (Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press, 1999).
