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Originally Posted by VeeDDzz`
How does a 'common mind' theory account for evolution? including the 5 mass extinctions (that we know of so far) that have occurred in less than a quarter of the time that earth has been around?
By mind, I mean awareness or consciousness. Conventionally, I’m aware of a tree and you’re aware of a tree, ergo, there’s a tree out there causing a common or shared experience. What I’m saying is that we can just as well get there, a common or shared experience, by postulating a common or shared awareness. In other words, there’s no my awareness and your awareness; awareness is communal. Or put another way:
“I feel the same truth how often in my trivial conversation with my neighbors, that somewhat higher in each of us overlooks this by-play, and Jove nods to Jove from behind each of us.” -Emerson
That, I think, is what the o.p. is hinting at. But saying, “I am Jove,” is not to say that my body, brain and all the experiences that filter through such exhausts Jove. What it is saying is that you are not all that; you are that which is experiencing or aware of all that, and that which is aware of all that cannot be divided and severed from it.
Anyway, my point with all that is to show that nothing really changes in regard to what we’re experiencing, (and the math still works!). What does change is how we’re looking at it: In lieu of the Laws of Physics playing the causal role, it’s the Laws of Mind. For example, it’s not due to physical properties of objects that two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time; it’s due to the inability to be aware of two objects occupying the same space at the same time. Likewise, it’s not due to some physical constraints in the world out there whereby objects can’t exceed the speed of light; it’s due to a mental constraint whereby visual awareness can’t completely collapse into the temporal awareness. In other words, c is a mental constant, not a velocity. Likewise, gravity can be accounted for in a similar manner, although it’s a bit more complicated. But again, my point is that the world appears the same regardless of which theory we adhere to.
Last edited by duffee; 06-03-2014 at 02:44 PM.