We live in a troubled world with the
means to destroy all life forms; the Atomic
/Hydrogen bomb. One can scarcely
understate the word annihilation, and
words would bedevil us as we shootthe-breeze to an atomic winter freeze.
Pope Francis said in a recent homily “Even
today, after the second failure of another
world war, perhaps one can speak of a third
war, one fought piecemeal, with crimes,
massacres, destruction.” We stand on a
precipice and the answer lies in recognising
the oneness of humanity and the inherent
equality in that oneness. But how? And
will this awareness save us?
In Meditations3, “I am thinking, therefore
I exist,” Descartes postulates a mind that
examines all objects of opinion making,
removes doubt layer by layer, and what
is then known is Self/God, or subjectivity.
From the point of Self, a counter point is
established in the world, or objectivity.
These two, subjectivity and objectivity, are
in fact one psychological universal singularity, or the spiritual. Then, the field of experience is Life. Of course we “see” limitation for
we are imperfect, yet if all “Life-is-One,” then
we are perfect because life is whole. This
paradox allows us to be explorers, mariners
in the sea of consciousness that is our very
own individuated being and becoming. It
might not be an “open view” of consciousness, for just how conditioned are we, is
a questioning layer of complexity, that must,
or can, unfold in accordance with the understanding we have of consciousness, and
just how conscious we are: “Everything is
seen through the 'glasses' of Consciousness4”.