Theos-Talk Archives (April 1999 Message tt00010)

<<Regardless of numerous definitions, is not CONSCIOUSNESS (I mean
that which wells up in each of us) an individual faculty ?>>

It is individual so long as we maintain a separate sense of selfhood.
We are individual spiritual monads or consciousness centers, yes. But we
are so equal at that level that we are of the same substance and form
(formless) and we all occupy the same space (infinity) at the same time
(eternity) so there is absolutely no difference or distinction between
any one and any other. The feeling there is one of oneness and  unity,
but there must be an individual consciousness to feel this, I guess.

<<If it is that which enables you, or me, to bridge the gaps of
different planes of experience;  then, it is not modified by the
passage into those planes, and on return, let us say, to this
plane's "consciousness," does it not bring back either accurate
or fragmentary MEMORIES of what it saw, or did there ?>>

Consciousness per se, or pure consciousness, has no memories but
requires a storehouse of some sort to store them. This is what are
vehicles do (brain on the physical, Ego on the causal, etc). Our
vehicles grow and evolve over the eons, but consciousness stays exactly
the same, I think.

<<Is this fair and accurate ?>>

Pretty much. It is very tricky to put spiritual issues into words. In
one sense consciousness is an individual thing, but on another it is
collective or universal. I probably confuse you here more than help, but
I am having a hard time saying it right.

Jerry S.



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