Bisy wrote:so what exactly is collective consciousness? And how could it be explained in a manner that allows us to take a glimpse at it?
My thinking led me to imagine someone writing a story, every character and event is created by the author. Even though one piggy stays home and the other goes to markey, one humps his wife while the other meets new friends in town, the source of their experiences is the mind of the author..
Now take every thought and experience every person or life form that has ever lived and ever will has had, and give credit for that story to collective conciousness.
My understanding: Everything you get to know in your life, is a part of of collective consciousness.
Even things you know since birth and didn't have to be explained the word for: mother, food, etc.
Some things like gods, archangels - are independent powerful entities in the spiritual plane.
Imagine them as supercomputers nested within each other, hierarchically.
Universe mind the Creator/Big bang/God/Allah/The One/The Source->Galaxy mind->Solar system mind->Planet mind->Human god->Subgods->angels, spirits, entities, human spirits->dream of our reality.
They are not three dimensional, not limited by 3D plane - they are from the "other" dimension and our consciousness is an extension along this hyperspatial axis. We have x, y, z axises in our human reality, but lets say there is an imperceptible by unaltered normal mind "w" axis which goes in 4rth dimension/direction, which you basically access on mind-altering substances, when your dimensional "w" coordinate shifts in some direction. And by only introducing one direction I am simplifying, there are much more dimensions to our space than 3, we just can typically perceive only 3 as a human mind.
I know that sounds crazy, but basically it is what my most rational interpretation is atm of what we are and what is consciousness/existence.
We humans are biocomputers, which run multiple programs. Some programs are built-in, like BIOS - wake up, sleep, breathe, need food, piss, pump blood. Some other programs are developed by parents, yourself. You should get the point, right? And there are some programs that feel external to everyday you, which activate in extreme situations.
Also there are some programs like "demons" which are creation of imagination, they feed on our negative vibrations (fear, despair). There are powerful protective programs, like holy guardian angel whcih one can learn to interact with.
Again, sorry for the woo-woo wall, but well - this is no more crazy than your typical religion or psychedelic hippie scientist book.
Much love.