Omni-local consciousness

ABSTRACT

We present a general discussion concerning the wholeness of what has been called infinite awareness, but here is called Omni-local consciousness. This model of consciousness has an interconnecting structure that has both local and nonlocal features, that is, the model contains local conscious human minds and locates them within an infinite (Omni) background context of consciousness. This holistic model of Omni-local consciousness is exemplified through an examination of its internal structures of meaning, evident in the exchange relations between its two polarities: local minds and nonlocal, Omni consciousness. Following David Bohm's assertion that, ‘The activity of consciousness is determined by meaning’ [10, p. 102], we propose that the content of consciousness in every circumstance is always defined by the metaphysical conditions of meaning.

KEYWORDS:

• consciousness
• mind
• meaning
• holomovement

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Notes

a The (0) zero of implicit-to-implicit meaning cannot be equated with zero-point energy in quantum mechanics that was first introduced by Max Plank in 1911. The zero-point energy (also known as ground state energy) is the finite minimum amount of energy in all matter, even at absolute zero. The (0) zero of implicit-to-implicit meaning concerns the absence of explicit meaning associated with any distinction, difference or form.

b de Grosson and Hiley show [3, p, 2] that ‘past, present and future are present in any one moment’. Also, that ‘simple solutions of Hamilton's equations stay within the universe for all time’ [3, p, 7].

c Also, de Gasson and Hiley comment that it is much easier to see how the Hamiltonian flow can be modified through its boundary conditions by the presence of the experimental environment in the way Bohr insisted on.

d Carl Jung said: “The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it”. A principal realization of Insight meditation practice is the illusionary nature of the ego.

e In terms of the current analysis of meaning, unconsciousness only occurs at the level of conceptual formations, the third context of consciousness. This is because unconsciousness relates to the freedom of the individual to use, create, repress or suppress concepts. Hence, unconsciousness is a local state and not a state of nonlocal Omni consciousness. The state of Omni consciousness represents the resonant flowing waves of implicit meaning. The status of that which is implicit is never repressed or suppressed, that is, it is never unconscious. The Omni rhythmic flow of implicit meaning represents the infinite foundational state of all local thinking, that is, of concept formations as well as of all unconsciousness produced by conceptual repression or suppression. In addition, as the local mind is never private but always communal, so unconsciousness is always a collective activity, and this is because concepts are always formed out of preexisting linguistic and cultural formations and worldviews.