The felt moment of immediate experience exists suspended on two seemingly contradictory anchor points. The first is consciousness. Consciousness is the simple awareness of the variations present in any given moment of experience. Ego starts as the notion of “I”, as contrasted to “not-I” arising from the uniqueness of any particular viewpoint. The tension between these two poles defines, in part, our existential conundrum. Consciousness can take the full view, in space-time, and relationship. Ego is constricted to the very near horizon. Ego is implanted by inculturation. Consciousness is inherent. Ego sees things as separate and clicking together in a great tick-tock clockwork reality. Consciousness sees the distinctions available in the interconnected, interdependent, interpenetrating holon of reality. Consciousness is an inborn capacity. To us human beings, consciousness is to us what water is to fish. We breathe it and move … Continue reading
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