APPENDIX D: Consciousness Connection?
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APPENDIX D:
Consciousness Connection?
Consciousness remains a
vast unknown.
vast unknown.
Above, in the main body of the book, I posit a
“cumulative consciousness”. And this speculative
conjecture is an
integral part of my
philosophical
integral part of my
philosophical
construct.
Now, we know from Astrophysics that
approximately half-a-billion years
after the Big Bang (with the Big Bang
currently calculated
currently calculated
at 13.7 billion years ago), Supernovas (collapsing hi–
mass stars) started
‘creating/manufacturing/cooking’ the
‘creating/manufacturing/cooking’ the
so–called heavier elements
(elements heavier than #26
(elements heavier than #26
Iron) in their
cores,
cores,
and then projected them
outwards to the far
reaches
outwards to the far
reaches
of the universe.
These heavier Elements
were, in turn, necessary
were, in turn, necessary
building–blocks for LIFE.
Meaning, without the
DEATH of the supernovas,
DEATH of the supernovas,
there would be no LIFE.
Meaning, on some level, from DEATH,
emerges (fuller and
fuller) LIFE.
fuller) LIFE.
Now, we posit as a consistent theme throughout
SUMMA,
that: the human parallels the cosmic.
The question is just exactly how.
So, we see from Astrophysics, that DEATH
can
can
profoundly yield LIFE.
The question is:
Is there a parallel
in human death?
in human death?
So, perhaps, perhaps,
(individual) human death
enhances the
enhances the
cumulative cosmic consciousness.
This is fragile and dangerous terrain,
and I simply do not have a good intuitive feel here.
Hence, placement in
an Appendix.
an Appendix.
However, intriguingly,
Maimonides, Guide to
the Perplexed,
the Perplexed,
from Friedlander’s
translation,
translation,
Part I, 74, 7th argument:
“Amr, and therefore the souls of all the departed
form only one being as has been explained by
Ibn Bekr Ibn Al-zaig, and others who ventured to
speak on these profound subjects. In
short, such
short, such
intricate disciplines, which
our mind can scarcely
our mind can scarcely
comprehend, cannot furnish
any principles for the
any principles for the
explanation of other
subjects.”
subjects.”
Meaning, on some level, from DEATH,
emerges (fuller and
fuller) LIFE.
fuller) LIFE.
Now, we posit as a consistent theme throughout
SUMMA,
that: the human parallels the cosmic.
The question is just exactly how.
So, we see from Astrophysics, that DEATH
can
can
profoundly yield LIFE.
The question is:
Is there a parallel
in human death?
in human death?
So, perhaps, perhaps,
(individual) human death
enhances the
enhances the
cumulative cosmic consciousness.
This is fragile and dangerous terrain,
and I simply do not have a good intuitive feel here.
Hence, placement in
an Appendix.
an Appendix.
However, intriguingly,
Maimonides, Guide to
the Perplexed,
the Perplexed,
from Friedlander’s
translation,
translation,
Part I, 74, 7th argument:
“Amr, and therefore the souls of all the departed
form only one being as has been explained by
Ibn Bekr Ibn Al-zaig, and others who ventured to
speak on these profound subjects. In
short, such
short, such
intricate disciplines, which
our mind can scarcely
our mind can scarcely
comprehend, cannot furnish
any principles for the
any principles for the
explanation of other
subjects.”
subjects.”
Somewhat cryptic, for
sure, but positing that,
sure, but positing that,
post-Death – all souls merge into one.
Now, Souls are certainly not necessarily
Consciousness.
But, then again, maybe they are (very) closely
inter–related…
Thus, perhaps, the Death of an individual,
somehow
somehow
enhances the cumulative
consciousness – on some
consciousness – on some
level, however profound.
Perhaps, we should respectfully leave this particular
matter (Consciousness) at
that (for this
treatise)…
that (for this
treatise)…
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