Cosmic consciousness:
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“Cosmic consciousness is a state of psychic awareness that transcends the individual self and connects one to the universal consciousness of the cosmos. It is a deep sense of oneness with all living beings, nature, and the universe itself.
Those who experience cosmic consciousness often describe feeling a sense of unity with everything around them, a profound interconnectedness beyond the physical realm.
This state of consciousness allows individuals to tap into a higher level of understanding and wisdom, guiding them toward a more spiritual awakening. “ https://theenlightenmentjourney.com/cosmic-consciousness-and-spiritual-awakening/
The best way to describe the state of cosmic consciousness is by narrating the actual experience of undergoing such an event. I have had three such occurrences:
The Ride Home
I was driving back home after work, early evening, maybe 5 or 6, climbing up a hill. When I get to the top, I am amazed by the scene, a huge bright orange moon rests on the horizon. It’s so big, giving a sense that I could drive right into it. The vast universe comes to mind . . . I am on a planet, one of many circling the sun. To my right I sense a long sandy beach, although there is none there, and I realize I am a but grain of sand in this vast galactic system.
Bringing Elise Home
My daughter’s friend Elise has spent the weekend with us. On this slushy Sunday morning, without bothering to dress, still in nightgown and slippers, I get In the car and we’re on the road. There has been snow during the night and this morning’s rain creates a slushy ride. Then all of a sudden the car is out of control. No matter what I do whether I turn the wheel right or left, pump the brakes, pull on the emergency brakes, the car careens from one side of the road to the other. Elise and I look at each other -- no words are spoken, but there is awareness of the situation. The car narrowly misses an oncoming car as it slides over to the other side of the road.
The car I am driving is a VW bug which are created with a sealed bottom, the car is hydroplaning. Do scenes of my life come to me as we veer toward the cliff? Over and over the phrase This is it! This is it! runs through my mind and pictures of the flesh being ripped from my body as the car drags me along the tar road runs trough my mind. We approach the cliff on the left side; I’ve been though this many times, I think, and where I am going Is peaceful and I am contented. I see that earth Is a horrendous struggle from beginning to end. We are ants squirmishing about at the mercy of giant forces.
A big rock stops the car, which teeters on the edge of the precipice. I gingerly get out of the car to get help, my slippered feet in about 6 to 8 inches of slushy snow shocking me back to present situation.
The Cross-country Venture
My daughter graduated from high school and I, late bloomer that I am, graduated from college that same year. We decided to do the rite of passage American ritual of driving across America to visit Mexico. It was a great adventure which was an excellent preparation for the new life about to unfold.
Leaving Mexico afterward and heading back to Maine I experienced a bizarre feeling. It came to me that if I did not make full effort the car would lose stability and rise up. I did not voice this fantastic fear, which I dismissed as anxiety, nevertheless focused my attention on being as heavy as I could possibly be.
After homecoming I began to notice a difference in my perceptions. I realized that the world was perfectly fine, that children died of cancer was as it should be, that others worked to find a cure was also fine. The world was as it should be. I noticed that conversations among and between people were not trivial, but purposeful contributing to their well-being. What’s more, if an individual was separated from another for an extended period, say 15, 20 years, the conversation would pick up at the exact place it was left lo these many years past.
I knew I was in a state of cosmic consciousness and could see the real depth of the world I lived in. I would lose this awareness at some point and that made me very sad. Then I realized one day that I had lost cosmic consciousness and I couldn’t even remember when it happened, just aware it was gone.
We are trapped by the societies we live in all of our lives and are hardly if ever conscious of what’s really happening.
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