Cosmic Consciousness

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Cosmic Consciousness

According to Canadian physician Dr. Richard Bucke, William S. Bucke, Cosmic Consciousness "is a higher form of consciousness than that possessed by ordinary man [sic]." "The prime characteristic of cosmic consciousness...is a consciousness of the cosmos, that is, of the life and order of the universe."

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Connected Consciousness >

• Buddha Mind
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• Cosmic Consciousness

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Notes

Cosmic Consciousness is the term used by R. M. Bucke and Edward Carpenter to describe the Consciousness attained during an intense Connection Event with positive and "cosmic" content (a.k.a. a Zenith Experience)

Bucke saw "three grades of consciousness," Simple Consciousness, Self Consciousness, and Cosmic Consciousness.

Bucke, like Einstein, saw Cosmic Consciousness as a component of an unfolding utopia. He based his projection on the a) the emergence of advanced technology, 2) a communist revolution that would "abolish individual ownership and rid the earth at one of two immense evils--riches and poverty, and 3) a revolution in human spirituality that would lead to the emergence of a cosmic consciousness amongst the general population.

Some also use the term to refer to a state of Perfection, Purity, and Completion that allows for the establishment of strong, consistent Connection. On

Bucke sees the attainment of Cosmic Consciousness as the last step forward in human evolution. From Simple Consciousness through Self Consciousness to Cosmic Consciousness.

Edward Carpenter picks up this thinking.

Edward Carpenter also sees Cosmic Consciousness as the third and final step in a long process of emergence, separation, and final "reconciliation" or "reintegration" when object...is seen..to be one with the self. The knower, the knowledge, and the thing known are once more one“the emergence of a cosmic consciousness amongst the general population.

Bucke sees Cosmic Consciousness as a "nascent...faculty" that appears first in an "exalted human personality....in some, probably in all, cases the person has an exceptional physique—exceptional beauty of build and carriage, exceptionally handsome features, exceptional health, exceptional sweetness of temper, exceptional magnetism.the emergence of a cosmic consciousness amongst the general population.

Carpenter notes that "the great prophets and seers" who expounded their experiences of unity, knowledge, etc., prove the existence of "another stage of consciousness.

Contrast this with Maslow who see the ability to have Peak Experiences as something everybody can do.

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The immediate future of our race, the writer things, is indescribably hopeful. There are at the present moment impending over us three revolutions, the least of which would dwarf the ordinary historical upheaval called by that name.... They are: (1) the material, economic, and social revolution which will depend upon and result from the establishment of aerial navigation. (2) The economic and social revolution which will abolish individual ownership and rid the earth at once of two immense evils--0riches and poverty. And (3) The physical revolution...[based on connection experience]

Cosmic Consciousness is a third form which is as far above Self Consciousness as is that above Simple Consciousness....The prime characteristic of cosmic consciousness is...a consciousness of the cosmos, that is, of the life and order of the universe....Along with the consciousness of the cosmos there occurs an intellectual enlightenment or illumination which alone would place the individual on a new plane of existence—would make him almost a member of a new species. To this is added a state of moral exaltation, an indescribable feeling of elevation, elation and joyousness, and a quickening of the moral sense, which is fully as striking and more important both to the individual and to the race than is the enhanced intellectual power. With these come, what may be called, a sense of immortality, a consciousness of eternal life, not a conviction that he shall have this, but the consciousness that he has it already.

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