From a Human Being to a God

FROM A HUMAN BEING TO A GOD Taras Handziy Abstract The model of human evolution presented in this study is as follows: a human being to god1, to god2, to god3, and so on to infinity. Gods1 are higher in their evolution than human beings and lower than gods2. A human has become a god1, when his or her time dilation, a slowing of the flow of time, is nearly equal to the passed time of another human for some period of time. To see the practical results, to see that someone has probably become a god1, the mentioned period of time should not be less than about thirty years. Having carried out this described experiment in consciousness successfully, an individual is in the process of changing from a human being to a god1. The ratio of time dilation of an individual having carried out the experiment in consciousness successfully to the elapsed time of an individual not having carried the experiment should increase from year to year, allowing for the possibility of calculating time dilation for the period of one year. Furthermore, it is possible to change completely from a human being to a god1 within a person’s life. Time dilation provides favourable conditions for this. Introduction In this paper, the author expands on idea originally presented in his previous study, “The warping of Time and Consciousness.” The main aim here is to explore possible avenues for human evolution. First, the author will analyze R. Maurice Bucke’s idea of cosmic consciousness, and then P. Teilhard de Chardin’s evolution of consciousness and mind. Finally, the author will provide his ideas on this subject. 1. Richard Maurice Bucke’s Idea of Cosmic Consciousness Richard Maurice Bucke, progressive psychiatrist of the late nineteenth century, is known for writing about mystical experiences and their interpretations. However, his name remains not widely spread in the philosophy of psychiatry. There are several reasons for this. In the history of psychiatry, even in the second half of the twentieth century, having mystical experiences meant having a mental disorder. However his pioneering ideas about mystical experiences and mental disorders are not understood by the majority of psychiatrists and philosophers of psychiatry. 1.1. The Three Grades of Consciousness Richard Maurice Bucke outlined the existence of three grades of consciousness in his book “Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind.” R. Maurice Bucke. Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind. Innes & Sons, Philadelphia 1905. [Online]. Available at http://djm.cc/library/Cosmic_Consciousness_edited02.pdf . The first grade of consciousness, “simple consciousness,” is possessed by the “upper half” of animal kind, such as dogs and horses. This consciousness is also characteristic for people under the age of three. “Animal” is used in the meaning of any living creature that is not a plant or a person. Another higher form of consciousness called “self consciousness” belongs to adult human beings. When humans acquire self-consciousness, their simple consciousness continues to exist, but unlike with upper-half animals the addition of self consciousness allows humans to treat their own mental states as objects of consciousness. R. Maurice Bucke. Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind. Innes & Sons, Philadelphia 1905. [Online]. Available at http://djm.cc/library/Cosmic_Consciousness_edited02.pdf , pp. 1, 2, 43. Richard Maurice Bucke states about self-consciousness: “If it could only be seized and clearly understood, self consciousness would doubtless prove to be the primary and fundamental human attribute. Our language seems to lack the proper word to express it in its simplest form.” Ibid., p.20. The highest form of consciousness, “cosmic consciousness,” exists along with simple and self consciousnesses when obtained. The main characteristic of cosmic consciousness is “that is, of the life and order of the universe” Ibid., p.2. It is the consciousness, “which is in Dante’s phrase capable of trans-humanizing a man into a god” Ibid., p.14. Richard Maurice Bucke further defines the characteristics concerning cosmic consciousness: (1) the approximate average age of its appearance is thirty-five years old, although he minimum mentioned age is twenty-four, and the maximum one is fifty-four; Ibid., p.67 (2) it appears to occur in one out of millions of individuals; and (3) cosmic consciousness is only present from a few seconds to a few hours. Ibid., p.43. If a person knows how to induce cosmic consciousness this then may be always present. Other elements belong to cosmic sense as well: Along with the consciousness of the cosmos there occurs an intellectual enlightenment or illumination which alone would place the individual on a new plane of existence – would make him almost a member of a new species. To this is added a state of moral elevation, an indescribable feeling of elevation, elation, and joyousness, and a quickening of the moral sense, which is fully as striking and more important both to the individual and to the race than is the enhanced intellectual power. R. Maurice Bucke. Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind. Innes & Sons, Philadelphia 1905. [Online], Available at http://djm.cc/library/Cosmic_Consciousness_edited02.pdf , p.2. 1.2. The Four Stages of Mind Richard Maurice Bucke also had much to say about the existence of the four stages of mind: These four stages are, first, the perceptual mind – the mind made up of percepts or sense impressions; second, the mind made up of these and recepts – the so called receptual mind, or on other words the mind of a simple consciousness; third, we have the mind made up of percepts and concepts, called sometimes the conceptual mind or otherwise the self conscious mind – the mind of self consciousness; and, fourth, and last, we have the intuitional mind – the mind whose highest element is not a receipt or a concept but an intuition. This is the mind in which sensation, simple consciousness and self consciousness are supplemental and crowned with cosmic consciousness. Ibid., p.13. 1.3. From Self-Consciousness to Cosmic-Consciousness Next, Richard Maurice Bucke describes the process of developing cosmic consciousness: When a new faculty appears in a race it will be found in the very beginning, in one individual of that race; later it will be found in a few individuals; after a further time in a larger percentage of the members of the race; still later in half the members; and so on, until, after thousands of generations, an individual who misses having the faculty is regarded as a monstrosity. Ibid., p.44. When humans have achieved cosmic consciousness, it does not mean that they have become omniscient or infallible. Instead, they might be compared with a three-year old child who just has acquired self consciousness. Such individuals have reached a new grade of consciousness, but they have not had enough time to exploit it. Finally, Bucke offers one more successful comparison: As a man with self consciousness may sink in morals and intelligence below the higher animal with simple consciousness merely, so we may suppose a man with cosmic consciousness may (in certain circumstances) be little if at all above another who spends his life on the plane of self consciousness. Ibid., p.66. People, then, with cosmic consciousness have reached a higher mental level, but at this level there exist equal chances of “comparative wisdom and comparative foolishness,” as with the level of self consciousness. Individuals who have attained this new consciousness “must not be condemned because neither the men nor the new consciousness is absolute”. Ibid., p.66. Furthermore, “Within the plane of cosmic consciousness one man shall be a god while another shall not be, to casual observation, lifted so much above ordinary humanity, however much his inward life may be exalted, strengthened and purified by the new sense”. Ibid., p.56. As examples, Bucke describes the cosmic consciousness of fourteen people who, in his opinion, had expressed this state of being in the most vivid ways. His list includes Gautama the Buddha, Jesus Christ, Paul, Plotinus, Mohammed, Dante, Las Casas, John Yepes, Francis Bacon, Jacob Behmen, William Blake, Honore de Balzac, Walt Whitman, and Edward Carpenter. Bucke adds thirty-six more instances of cosmic consciousness, but these instances were lesser and imperfect. The most distinguishable of all who obtained cosmic consciousness were Gautama the Buddha and Jesus Christ. I suppose when individuals experience cosmic consciousness for the first time, they appears to be in another reality previously unknown to them. They must get accustomed to this new reality, and they require time to understand that the overwhelming majority of people will not have reached this advanced reality. Moreover, it is difficult for individuals who have felt cosmic consciousness to explain what has happened to them. 1.3.1. Gautama the Buddha Having analyzed different books, Richard Maurice Bucke came to the conclusion that Gautama the Buddha obtained cosmic consciousness at the age of 35. Gautama the Buddha was the first in the known history of humankind to have done so. Bucke sums up the Buddha’s experience as follows: Gautama, then, was a case of cosmic consciousness, and the central doctrine in his system, Nirvana was the doctrine of the cosmic sense. The whole of Buddhism is simply this: there is a mental state to happy, so glorious, that all the rest of life is worthless compared to it, a pearl of great price to buy which a wise man willingly sells all that he has; this state can be achieved. The object of all Buddhist literature is to convey some idea of this state and to guide aspirants into this glorious country, which is literally the kingdom of God. Ibid., p.80. The Kingdom of God is cosmic consciousness in Richard Maurice Bucke’s understanding. In my understanding, it is also consciousness inside a singularity. See Chapter 3 of this paper. 1.3.2. Jesus Christ Having analyzed different books, Richard Maurice Bucke came to the conclusion that Jesus Christ obtained cosmic consciousness when he was 33 or 35. The example with Jesus Christ’s cosmic consciousness was the most notable in the known history. He says of Christ: “Looked at from the present point of view, the objects of the teachings of Jesus as of Gautama, were two: (a) to tell men what he had learnt upon entering into cosmic consciousness, which things he saw it was it of the very greatest importance that they should know; and (b) to lead men up into the kingdom of God.” Ibid. p.92. 2. Evolution from Human Being to God1 2.1. The Evolution of Individuals 2.1.1. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s Theory of Evolution Pierre Teilhard de Chardin posits that many perceive evolution only in the Darwinian sense which states that living beings originate through changes of some existing forms of living matter.  But working out a theory of evolution requires a consideration of different subjects, such as physics, chemistry, history of religions, and mathematics. P. Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man, Collins Fontana Books 1965, [Online]. Available at http://ebookbrowse.com/the-phenomenon-of-man-pierre-teilhard-de-chardin-pdf-d275169311, p. 239.According to de Chardin evolution is biological, psychological, and spiritual, and individuals should take part in this process at in all three of these areas. 2.1.2. The Model of Evolution for Individuals The author of this study offers the following as a model of evolution for individuals: human being, to god1, to god2, to god3, to infinity. Other names instead of “god1” “god2,” or “god3” could be taken, but these names seem the most appropriate. Gods1 are higher in their evolution than human beings and lower than gods2. Similarly gods2 are higher in their evolution than gods1 and lower than gods3, and so on. Humans have become gods1 when their time dilations are nearly equal to the passed time of other humans for some period of time. In order to be more accurate, I consider the ratio of the time dilation of one person to the passed time of another person to be more than 0.95. For sure, it cannot be more than 1. In order to see practical results – for example, to see that a person has probably become a god1 -- the mentioned period of time should be not less than nearly thirty years. Neither Gautama the Buddha, nor Jesus Christ became gods1 during their lives on Earth. The ratio of the time dilation of the person having carried the experiment in consciousness to the elapsed time of the person not having carried the experiment should increase from year to year if it were possible to calculate time dilation for the period of one year. After having carried out an experiment in consciousness successfully, an individual has begun the process of changing from human being to god1. Possibly, one could change completely from human being to god1 within the span of a lifetime. Time dilation provides favourable conditions for this. However, it remains impossible to know or speculate about the evolution from god1 to god2, from god2 to god3 and so on at present moment. 2.1.3. The Evolution of Mind and Consciousness According to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Individuals take part in evolution by developing mind and consciousness. P. Teilhard de Chardin. The Phenomenon of Man. Collins Fontana Books, 1965. [Online]. Available at http://ebookbrowse.com/the-phenomenon-of-man-pierre-teilhard-de-chardin-pdf-d275169311, p. 247 He felt that “Evolution = rise of consciousness; rise of consciousness = union effected.” Ibid., p.266. P. Teilhard de Chardin in The Phenomenon of Man considers consciousness in its wider sense in order to describe “every kind of psychism.” The evolution of humans could and should be understood through the evolution of consciousness. The task of individuals, then, is to distribute consciousness more and more inside a Planckian black hole. If it were possible to calculate “the amount of a person’s consciousness” before and after its partial distribution inside a Planckian black hole, this would lessen the amount of it outside the Planckian black hole. It is not possible to calculate the amount of consciousness. Moreover, the term “amount of consciousness” is not right. This term is used only with the aim to show that a person’s consciousness may be not a constant. Additionally, it is not possible for us to know the situation human consciousness inside singularities. Some suggest that consciousness on this pathway flows into another universe. A person’s mind is the only agent capable of influencing his or her consciousness, so the mind should be developed in a proper way. 2.2. The Theory of the Multiverse Bernard Carr posits: “Cosmologists have come to realize that there are many contexts in which our universe could be just one of a possibly infinite ensemble of ‘parallel’ universes in which the physical constants vary. This ensemble is sometimes described as a multiverse.” B.Carr. Introduction and Overview. [In:] Universe or Multiverse, ed. B. Carr. Cambridge University Press, 2007, p.3. Universes are often compared with bubbles. “Our observable domain is part of a single ‘bubble’ which underwent an extra-fast expansion phase at some early time. There are many other bubbles, each with different laws of low-energy physics, so in this case the different universes are spread out in space.” Ibid., p.4. It is of great importance to find out how our universe may be connected to other universes. Physicists Michio Kaku and Stephen Hawking have written that universes are connected by wormholes, topological invisible space-time tunnels. M. Kaku, What Happened before the Big Bang?, Astronomy Magazine: May, 1996, [Online]. Available at http://www.stealthskater.com/Documents/Kaku_02.pdf These wormholes exist at the Planck scale. David Bohm writes about the length and energy at the Planck scale: “This is the shortest wavelength that should be considered as contributing to the ‘zero point’ energy of empty space . . . If one computes the amount of energy that would be in 1 cm3 of space with this shortest possible wavelength, it turns out to be immensely beyond the total energy of all the matter in the known universe.” D.Bohm. The Enfolding-Unfolding Universe and Consciousness. [In:] Science and Consciousness. Two Views of the Universe, ed. M. Cazenave. Pergamon Press, 1984, p.74. Paola Zizzi about what happens at the Planck scale: “In fact, at the Planck scale, space-time starts to lose its well-known structure, and becomes a miasma of virtual black holes and wormholes: the “quantum foam”. Any attempt at probing space-time at this scale would then lead to outcomes belonging to another universe.” P. Zizzi. Consciousness and Logic in a Quantum-Computing Universe. [In:] The Emerging Physics of Consciousness, ed. J.A. Tuszynski. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2006, p.471. The supposition is that virtual black holes would have their corresponding white holes in another universe. 2.2.1. The Model of the Uniborder The Uniborder, This derives from the words ‘universe’ and ‘border’. a model in the system of quantum physics and possible multiple universes theory, combines this universe with another universe or other universes. This model consists of Planckian black holes (this universe), traversable wormholes (the exact border), and Planckian white holes (another universe or other universes) A white hole is a region of space-time  from which matter and light have the ability to escape. It is the reverse of a black hole.. The Uniborder is a geometric-point model as far as its dimensions are estimated to be so tiny that they could be compared with such points. 2.2.2. Stages for Carrying Out This Experiment in Consciousness There are three main stages in carrying out the experiment in consciousness. In the first stage, the continuous flow of consciousness will reach its first destination in the event horizon of the Planckian black hole. In stage two, the experience in the event horizon of the Planckian black hole seems to be similar to the experience of Buddha’s Enlightenment. The middle destination of the flow of consciousness is a wormhole. The experience in this traversable wormhole seems to be similar to the experience of Christ’s crucifixion. Finally, the third stage is the final destination of the flow of consciousness into another universe or other universes. The periods of time needed to complete these different stages in consciousness may vary from a few hours to a few years. 2.2.3 Time Dilation Let us consider time dilation as it relates to the multiverse. We do not know anything about how time operates in other universes. Astrophysicist Sean M. Carrol and others have shown the possibility of the time running backward in other universes. S.M. Carrol. Does Time Run Backward in Other Universes? [Online]. Available at http://www.stealthskater.com/Documents/BigBang_05.pdf Let us suppose that time in another universe runs backwards but at the same speed as in our universe. Also consider that the distribution of an individual’s consciousness will be in our universe and another universe. If the ratio of the distribution of the consciousness in another universe to this individual’s consciousness is one to four at some moment of time, the time dilation will be “d” years in the period of “2d” years. For example, if the period is twelve years, time dilation will be six years. In the ratio is one to two, the time dilation will be “e” years in the period of “e” years, so the period is twelve years, time dilation will be twelve years. This means time does not run, and the individual in question will not become older with the age. 2.3. The Noosphere According to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the noosphere is “a new layer”, the “thinking layer,” which is “outside and above the biosphere”. P. Teilhard de Chardin. The Phenomenon of Man. Collins Fontana Books, 1965. [Online]. Available at http://ebookbrowse.com/the-phenomenon-of-man-pierre-teilhard-de-chardin-pdf-d275169311, pp. 197-198. It remains disputed as to who coined the term ‘noosphere’. The suggestion is that it was coined either by P. Teilhard de Chardin, or E. le Roy, or V. Vernadsky. It also has been named “the threshold of the terrestrial planet.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin mentions that noosphere has been created in the process of evolution as a result of the development of the mind: In short, the further the living being emerges from the anonymous masses by the radiation of his own consciousness, the greater becomes the part of his activity which can be stored up and transmitted by means of education and imitation. From this point of view man only represents an extreme case of transformation. Transplanted by man into the thinking layer of the earth, heredity, without ceasing to be germinal (or chromosomatic) in the individual, finds itself, by its very life-centre, settled in a reflecting organism, collective and permanent, in which phylogenesis merges with ontogenesis. Ibid., p. 247. 2.3.1. The Model of the Collective Uniborder A part of the noosphere, the collective Uniborder exists on the border of the noosphere and another universe. It is a sphere around the Earth consisting of individual Uniborders. Thus, it consists of Planckian black holes (our universe), traversable wormholes (the exact border), and Planckian white holes (another universe or other universes). 2.4. Mysteries Explained 2.4.1. Mystery of Gautama the Buddha’s Enlightenment Explained The mystery of Gautama the Buddha’s Enlightenment could be explained with concepts from the philosophy of mind and metaphysical cosmology. It seems Gautama the Buddha succeeded in transferring his consciousness If amounts of consciousness could be calculated, it would occur only as a part of consciousness and not the whole. to the event horizon of the Planckian black hole in the model of Collective Uniborder only by means of mind. The enlightenment will occur when the stream consciousness reaches the event horizon. The enlightenment then will be received by means of energy coming from another universe into our universe through a given traversable wormhole. It is not possible to know the physical laws of another universe, including how energy operates. Gautama the Buddha carried out the first stage of the mentioned three stages of the experiment in consciousness successfully. 2.4.2. Mystery of Jesus Christ’s Crucifixion Explained The mystery of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion could be explained in the following way. It seems Jesus Christ succeeded in transferring his consciousness not only to the event horizon of the traversable wormhole in the model of Collective Uniborder but also to the traversable wormhole a few years later. Most probably, he transferred his consciousness to the traversable wormhole at the time of his crucifixion. To be more exactly, the part of consciousness Jesus Christ, then, carried out two stages of the mentioned three stages of the experiment in consciousness successfully. When his consciousness was in the traversable wormhole, he probably faced energies coming from another universe into our universe and going from our universe into another universe. It is not possible to know both the physical laws of another universe, including how energy and energy at the Planck scale operates. If we compare these energies to the energy at the event horizon of the Planckian black hole, the former energies will be much stronger. These energies going in opposite directions give the effect of crucifixion. Conclusion Each individual can and should have part in the process of evolution. First, it is necessary to think about one’s own evolution of mind and consciousness. During the process of evolution, individuals realize that all are connected and each person’s evolution promotes the evolution of other people. References Bohm D. The Enfolding-Unfolding Universe and Consciousness. [In:] Science and Consciousness. Two Views of the Universe, ed. by Michel Cazenave. Pergamon Press, 1984. Carr B., Introduction and Overview. [In:] Universe or Multiverse, ed. B. Carr. Cambridge University Press, 2007. Carrol S. Does Time Run Backward in Other Universes? [Online]. Available at http://www.stealthskater.com/Documents/BigBang_05.pdf Kaku M., What Happened before the Big Bang? Astronomy Magazine: May, 1996. Maurice Bucke R. Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind. Innes & Sons: Philadelphia, 1905. 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