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I would think that this is actually a process which happens over time, wouldn’t you say?
Over time the individuals born as ‘truly individuated individuals’ come to know and understand their birth conditions.
We are not born with the individual consciousness which we eventually attain to.
I would also say that it takes the meeting and relating with a great many others in order to form a human being in this way. We are not islands unto ourselves.
Your above comment reflects the traditional posture … doesn’t make it true though. We obviously can’t ‘know’ yet sincere discussion of an alternative view may have merit.
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Our senses exist … their sole purpose … to support our preference for survival in this world. Of course, as survival became less and less of a challenge our senses took on an expanded role … attempt to grow/expand consciousness. The senses are not designed or equipped for this purpose … causing them to often take us down dead end streets.
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A priori information … hard wired in our brain … the subconscious … like software burned into a chip … can’t be altered … though application software can run on top of it … our consciousness runs on top of our a priori information … often creating conflict/interference.
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Access to additional information … the kind of information sought by serious practitioners of meditation, contemplation, qi gong etc. All these disciplines tell us the serious practitioner must first learn to suspend all faculties … senses … memory … reason and so on. Why? Seems logical that our senses, memory, reason and so on are obstacles/hurdles.
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I have always thought … until today … that higher consciousness was desirable … higher consciousness would somehow resolve the many issues plaguing humanity. What changed? Today, I’m thinking higher consciousness has a relatively low ceiling … that we keep coming up against. Perhaps lower consciousness is the key … we should attempt to regress … escape from our lifetime reservoir of consciousness.
Enough babble on this issue …
I may be wrong here but your statement suggests to me that you believe in fate ~~ that we all have our own human destiny. Is this your belief?
Naming conventions cause confusion, conflict and hostility. Fate is one of those words. All individuals are pregnant with enormous potential … fate is an instance where an individual gives birth to some of his/her enormous potential … a single birth from an infinite number of possibilities.
Those who deny fate give birth to an unfulling life … dying … still pregnant with enormous potential.