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"Consciousness" derives from Latin conscientia which primarily means moral conscience. In the literal sense, "conscientia" means knowledge-with, that is, shared knowledge. The word first appears in Latin juridic texts by writers such as Cicero. Here, conscientia is the knowledge that a witness has of the deed of someone else. In Christian theology, conscience stands for the moral conscience in which our actions and intentions are registered and which is only fully known to God. Medieval writers such as Thomas Aquinas describe the conscientia as the act by which we apply practical and moral knowledge to our own actions. René Descartes has been said to be the first philosopher to use "conscientia" in a way that does not seem to fit this traditional meaning, and, as a consequence, the translators of his writings in other languages like French and English coined new words in order to denote merely psychological consciousness. These are, for instance, conscience, and Bewusstsein. However, it has also been argued that John Locke was in fact the first one to use the modern meaning of consciousness in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding, although it remains closely intertwined with moral conscience (I may be held morally responsible only for the act of which I am conscious of having achieved; and my personal identity - my self - goes as far as my consciousness extends itself). The modern sense of "consciousness" was therefore first found not in Descartes' work - who sometimes used the word in a modern sense, but did not distinguish it as much as Locke would do -, but in Locke's text. The contemporary sense of the word (consciousness associated to the idea of personal identity, which is assured by the repeated consciousness of oneself) was therefore introduced by Locke; but the word "conscience" itself was coined by Pierre Costes, French translator of Locke. Henceforth, the modern sense first appeared in Locke's works, but the word itself first appeared in the French language.
Higher consciousness, also called super consciousness (Yoga), Buddhic consciousness (Theosophy), cosmic consciousness and God-consciousness (Sufism and Hinduism)--to name but a few--are expressions used in various spiritual traditions to denote the consciousness of a human being who has reached a higher level of evolutionary development and who has come to know reality as it is. Evolution in this sense is not that which occurs by natural selection over generations of human reproduction but evolution brought about by the application of spiritual knowledge to the conduct of human life. Through the application of such knowledge (traditionally the preserve of the world's great religions) to practical self-management, the awakening and development of faculties dormant in the ordinary human being is achieved. These faculties are aroused by and developed in conjunction with certain dispositions of character such as patience, kindness, truthfulness, humility and forgiveness towards one's fellow man – qualities without which higher consciousness is not possible.
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Pages in category "Consciousness"
The following 101 pages are in this category, out of 101 total.
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- 16:9 Reality of Human Consciousness
- 1987-06-04-Truth in Folklore
- 1987-08-03-Dependency
- 1993-06-27-To Be Human
- 1993-09-26-Changing Times
- 1994-03-06-Continued Practice of Prayer & Devotion
- 1994-08-03-Veronica Collection
- 1997-06-01-Treat Yourself As The Master Would
- 1997-09-09-Born of the Spirit
- 1997-09-16-Altered States of Consciousness
- 1998-01-31-Through A Glass Darkly
- 1999-01-31-Morontia Mind
2
- 2002-04-07-Removing, Replacing Static Energy
- 2002-06-02-Consciousness & the TA
- 2002-09-22-Power of God
- 2004-02-07-Wholeheartedly & Unconditionally Loving Truth
- 2004-05-23-Spectrum Of Consciousness
- 2004-10-02-A Lesson on Awareness
- 2004-11-22-Sparkling, Scintillating Ocean Of Consciousness
- 2005-04-03-The Collective Consciousness
- 2005-06-27-You Are Living In A Renaissance Like No Other
- 2005-10-30-You As Universe Treasure
- 2007-03-11-Supreme Values, Re-tuning Your Mind
- 2007-07-15-Import of Oneness
- 2007-08-16-Grow in Awareness of Inner Voice
- 2007-10-15-Time, True Discovery
- 2008-01-06-Connectivity
- 2008-02-24-Growing in Awareness
- 2008-03-03-Agondonters - Collective Human Consciousness
- 2008-03-17-Co-Creative Design Team
- 2008-05-19-Co-Creative Design Team
- 2008-06-09-Co-Creative Design Team
- 2008-06-16-Co-Creative Design Team
- 2008-07-23-Of Cosmic Consciousness
- 2008-08-28-The Spiritual Veil Grows Thin
- 2008-09-14-You Are Incomplete In Your Awareness
- 2008-10-04-Thanksgiving
- 2008-10-12-Greater Awareness
- 2008-10-19-Awareness and Appreciation of Universe Family
- 2008-12-07-Projection of Your State of Being
- 2009-01-06-How Does Adjuster Reflect Will of God
- 2009-06-06-Consciousness of Spirit
- 2009-06-22-Thumbnail Sketch of Human Being
- 2009-09-07-Components of Consciousness
- 2009-10-29-Inner Source of Freedom
- 2009-12-15-Consciousness, Urantia's Adjudication
- 2010-02-25-Consciousness, Growth
- 2010-03-11-Monjoronson Q and A Session 91
- 2010-04-01-Deepening Consciousness
- 2010-05-13-Presence, Consciousness, Responsibility
- 2010-06-11-Unification of Diverse Groups
- 2010-07-12-Shrinking Earth
- 2010-07-15-Presence, Consciousness
- 2010-07-26-Your Soul
- 2010-07-27-Another Dimension
- 2010-08-01-Inside Your Mind
- 2010-08-01-Spiritual Hearing
- 2010-08-09-Charles Mortal Life
- 2010-10-07-Truth, Thought Adjusters, Selfhood
- 2010-11-05-Special Session 24
- 2010-11-07-Réincarnation
- 2010-11-07-See the Light
- 2011-01-23-Message for the Heart
- 2011-02-06-Message for the Heart
- 2011-02-17-Monmacion
- 2011-02-17b-Monmacion
- 2011-02-23-Monmacion
- 2011-04-28-Balance
- 2011-05-12-Lightline TeaM
- 2011-05-29-N. Idaho TeaM
- 2011-06-16-Refusing to be Authoritarian
- 2011-10-07-Conversations with Monjoronson 29
- 2011-10-31-Conversations with Monjoronson 31
- 2011-11-10-Creating the Future - Now
- 2011-12-02-Conversations with Monjoronson 35
- 2011-12-08-Contrasts
- 2011-12-16-Conversations with Monjoronson 36
- 2012-02-12-Building the Net of Transformation
- 2012-02-19-N. Idaho TeaM
- 2012-03-09-Conversations with Monjoronson 44
- 2012-04-01-Message for the Heart
- 2012-04-13-Spiritual Wings II Workshop
- 2012-06-15-Conversations with Monjoronson 52
- 2012-06-19-The Illumination of the Grid
- 2012-06-29-Conversations with Monjoronson 53
- 2012-07-05-What is a Human Being?
- 2012-07-06-Conversations with Monjoronson 54
- 2012-08-17-Conversaciones con Monjoronson 57
- 2012-08-17-Conversations with Monjoronson 57
- 2012-08-24-Conversations with Monjoronson 58
- 2012-11-06-Whispers Session 7
- 2013-02-17-N. Idaho TeaM
- 2013-04-05-Conversaciones con Monjoronson 73
- 2013-04-05-Conversations with Monjoronson 73
- 2013-07-14-Consciousness and Our Collective Relationship
- 2014-02-02-N. Idaho TeaM
- 2014-07-24-The Quickening, Amp Up the Frequency of Consciousness
- 2016-07-31-N. Idaho TeaM
- 21.9 The Inner Shift