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Human Awareness
I don’t think that humans have a monopoly on consciousness. All living things including other apes, dogs, bugs and trees have some as well. It is only a question of level of awareness. At the bottom of the pyramid is basic matter like stones which have existence but not consciousness, higher up comes simple life which has awareness but not self awareness, higher still comes beings with self awareness, higher still comes beings with an awareness that the individual awareness is one with a greater awareness, and so on up the pyramid of existence.
Can an eye see outward but not see itself? In truth the eye CAN see itself!
This truth can only be seen in a mirror, but not a literal glass mirror on the wall. It can be seen in what we mistakenly believe is other people. Other people are actually ourselves. If we can understand this we can gain insightful awareness.
Look into another human’s eyes and what do you see? In the pupil you see darkness. You see conscious nothingness. You see what we truly are within the body. You see a small but infinite portion of the same conscious nothingness which is the greater infinite volume of space itself.
We can and do know consciousness because we are consciousness. No we cannot know it completely because we are an infinite individual within a greater infinite individual. It is only a question of how aware we…
