Our religions, our social and cultural systems, laws, and ethics are all rooted in ancient wisdom, much of it developed millennia ago when our understanding of the world was far less sophisticated than it is now. In addition, our interpretations of reality are often shaped by information, habits and beliefs formed or acquired early in life - through societal norms and conditioning by authority figures such as parents, teachers, religious leaders, and politicians, as well as through personal experience. Many of these beliefs were formed before we had the capacity to evaluate them as beneficial or harmful let alone as factual. Given the desire to promote and sustain the self-interests of the people and organizations currently in power, along with the rapid pace of change, global population growth, and our powerful modern technologies, outdated habits and fixed beliefs are not only inadequate but can also be deeply destructive.
Recent research and evidence now emerging across multiple disciplines suggests an alternative to the materialist paradigm that consciousness arises from brain activity: The emerging view is that consciousness does not originate in the brain. Instead, the brain may function more like a receiver or filter for a more fundamental, eternal and transcendent consciousness. This perspective implies that we are all deeply interconnected—with one another, with all living beings, with the Earth, and with the entire universe. In this view, we are expressions of a single, unified field of Consciousness. Each of us can be understood as an aspect of a Universal Mind (use whatever name here that suits your preference) that underlies and supports all existence. From this standpoint, when the body dies, the memories and experiences of a lifetime do not vanish but reintegrate into a larger, Cosmic Consciousness.
The Groking Wholeness website, its affiliated YouTube channel (@grokingwholeness) , its educational outreach via online classes, its Eagle’s Eye workshops and its monthly newsletter are our small contributions to pointing the way to a better future and to a better understanding of reality. By fostering awareness, supporting conscious choices, and informing and empowering individuals, we can play a part, however small, in shaping a more harmonious, equitable, just, and sustainable world for all of humanity, and for the other beings with whom we share this beautiful planet. It also offers the perspective, comfort and evidence in supporting the eternal nature of our consciousness and all that it implies. Humanity has never needed such shift in consciousness as we do right now.
