Discovery of Life

Alan Anderson Christopher

Description

This writing chronicles the paradigm shift that each of us must undergo to enter into a full (procreative) consciousness of life, upon which true success and connection in life can then follow. "A man and a woman meet and a miracle occurs--a new life is formed. The miracle of life is held within their balance and love. Life, all of life, is held within their balance and love." The Discovery of Life

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Dating
• Mind
• Body

Informations

• Publié par: First Edition Design Publishing
• Date de parution: 30 août 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781622872039
• Langue: English

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The Discovery of Life
Christopher Alan Anderson


First Edition Design Publishing, Inc.
The Discovery of Life



Christopher Alan Anderson
The Discovery of Life
Copyright 2012 Christopher Alan Anderson
ISBN 978-1622872-03-9

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September 2012
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Preface
For aeons, mankind has been caught in a trap, a trap so hideous it has prevented men and women from achieving any type of enduring success. Yet, from this trap our religions formed and promised mankind a way out through another world. Later, our socio-political institutions were formed promising us liberation in this world. Yet, neither could deliver, for they were part of the trap, which was nothing but a simple misconception mankind made at the dawn of consciousness preventing him from discovering life.
This writing is about understanding and correcting that misconception whereupon mankind, for the first time, may discover life, thereby bringing a fulfillment and completion to him (or her) self.

C.A.A.— March 14, 1994
Santa Rosa, California
Table of Contents
Part 1—The Discovery
The Greatest Discovery
Underlying Assumptions
Current Reality
Entering Into Life
Procreation
A Historical Overview
Mysticism
The Paradigm Shift:
Metaphysical
Religious
Philosophical
Psychological
Sexual
Political
Economical
The Values of Life
Creative Consciousness
The Abyss and Sexual Creation
The Discovery of Life
Part 2—Reflections
Philosophy and Deduction
Clarity and Insight
Truth and Reason
The Creative Process as Metaphysical Truth
What Moves the World?
Western Consciousness
Value and Merit
Rights and Ownership
The Limits of Government
Democracy and the Vote
Business and Money
Success and the Golden Rule
Education and Discipline
Genius and Art
Health and Beauty
The Metaphysical Choice
The Near-Ones
Family
Let’s Liberate the World
Epilogue: The Final Order of the Universe
Appendix 1: By the Force of Will Alone
Appendix 2: To Wish Upon a Star
Part 1 – The Discovery

“…and I thought I knew—I wasn’t even close!”
The Greatest Discovery
What do you think is the greatest discovery of all time? Perhaps it is the discovery of “God” or of consciousness itself. Maybe order or symmetry fit the bill. How about the discovery that the earth revolves around the sun or of the new world? Maybe the greatest discovery has yet to be made such as a unified understanding of nature or a cure for cancer. All of the above are certainly noteworthy, but the greatest discovery, I dare say, is none of the above. No, the greatest discovery is something else. It is the discovery of life . The discovery of life—imagine. Have you made it yourself? Perhaps not. Each of us may think we have; we sort of take life for granted. Indeed, we have acknowledged life, its existence. But have we really discovered it, entered into it, or touched it? I think not.
What a perplexing situation we find ourselves in. We are in life yet do not know what this really means. Because of the peculiarity of our situation, not many of us want to give thought to it, at least not at the depth that is required to discover life . But might I suggest we all stop what we are doing and take the necessary time to discover life itself. It just might be the greatest (most important) discovery of all time.
Underlying Assumptions
Why is it we haven’t made this greatest of all discoveries? I suggest it has to do with the underlying assumptions (our basic premises) we hold about life or the nature of existence. Each of us view life through the filters of our own thinking, our conception of reality. If the basic conception we hold is not in alignment to the reality of life we, then, will see a distortion of life rather than the real thing. Of course we will not know that. We will believe that we perceive that which is real. But we will only be seeing our own faulty conception. As it has been said, we only see what we already believe. If what we “believe” is not actually how it is, our basic view of life will be distorted. A distorted view of life prevents its discovery.
There are some who claim that the activity of thinking or mind, the process of conception, or even the activity or mechanism of consciousness itself, somehow distorts our ability to perceive that which is real. Ask yourself, is there another way to perceive reality other than through consciousness? Being conscious of something is being conscious of what something is, its existence (reality). To be conscious of something does not distort our view of it, it is our view of it. Consciousness, or conception, is not the problem. The problem lies in the underlying (unconscious) assumptions we have been holding about reality that are not true to the nature of reality, and thus distort our view of life. In fact, there is one basic assumption at fault. But what is this critical underlying misconception we have been holding which distorts our view of things? In order to understand this, we must travel back to the dawn of consciousness.
Man’s beginning of consciousness can be traced back some three thousand years ago and begins to surface in the idea of monotheism. Monotheism is the belief in a one God. The first monotheist may have been the Egyptian pharaoh Ikhnaton around 1350 B.C. Ikhnaton viewed the sun as the one God, referred to an Aton, and sought to bring Egypt into this worship. It is difficult to say whether Ikhnaton was conscious of the sense and ramifications of monotheism or just reacting to the majesty of the sun. Possibly a little of both.
We see monotheism take form in Greek thought. Listen to the words of the early Greek philosopher Pythagoras (570-500 B.C.).
God is one. He is not, as some think, without the world, but within it, and entire in its entirety. He sees all that becomes, forms all immortal beings, is the author of their powers and performances, the origin of all things, the Light of Heaven, the Father, the Intelligence, the Soul of all beings, the Mover of all spheres.
In this quote, we begin to capture the essence of monotheism, one God. This theme of a one God was to become fully integrated in Judaism and Christianity. Its importance, I believe, lies in the development of consciousness. Before monotheism, man was not really conscious. He had more of an instinctive or, what is called, automatic mind. Dr. Julian Jaynes of Princeton University referred to the automatic mind as the bicameral mind which he identified in his writing The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, 1976. It was not that man (men and women) did not act and build upon things, but the sense of it all, its meaning, was missing, for the sense of self (individuality) was not developed. One might say that in preconscious man, one’s surrounding or group (tribe, clan, race, etc.) envelops one’s sense of self. But with the arrival of monotheism that changed.
There are two essential ideas embedded in monotheism. In general terms, they are one and God. Each of these terms has deeper meaning. One, or oneness, refers to a wholeness or unity of things. As Pythagoras says, “God is one.” This idea of a one God is very important to man in gathering a sense of a whole, or what in philosophy is called order . When man (men and women) was able to conceptualize a one order, he captured for himself a frame of reference and became conscious. Now he could see or conceptualize the whole. He suddenly had a central organizing factor in his now-conscious mind. Man abstracts an order to things and, in doing so, steps back from nature and begins to see himself. Instead of being “one with nature,” he sees himself in relation to nature. Notice the conceptual split between man and nature. His individuality has now pierced through or risen above his surroundings. This separation between man and nature was necessary for consciousness. Some refer to this separation as man’s “fall from nature,” or in religious terms, “from grace.” I view it as man’s beginning of consciousness. In consciousness, there must be a sense of self (I-ness) and a sense of not self or of other (You-ness). In man’s coming to the recognition of oneness, he could see that it was he (self) who was viewing this wholeness (order) to things. The name given to this order was “God.”
It was through the idea of a one order that man entered into the domain of consciousness. Order, then, is a necessary conceptual factor in consciousness. But that is only one half of the consciousness issue. We must also consider the meaning of the other idea in monotheism, that of God. Again, if we return to Pythagoras’ quote, we see that God is not just an order but he is also the origin, the intelligence, and the mover of the spheres. God is viewed as the cause or force of things. Something must be the creator, designer, intelligence, or cause behind all things, or so it was thought. There must be an activating force, and so God was viewed as this ultimate cause or force of creation.
It is at this point we encounter a problem. The problem is that force is not singular. Force always shows up as a force/counter-force. Force exists in a relationship, or what is called a duality. It is all right to postulate a one order for order is just a representation of “what is.” But when potential is actualized, it is done so through a relationship or pair of things . A force does not act in a vacuum but in relationship, or resistance , to something else. This suggests that