Ordinary Consciousness

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

Syncretic Terms

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

Notes

According to Carpenter, 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,

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