STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
The following outlines consciousness stages from birth; at the seventh stage, we gain higher mental functioning and a more satisfying life.
One: the infant brain registers sensory experience as random electrical patterns of brain activity.
Two: as similar brain patterns are repeated, ideas, associations and memories become formed and thinking capacity increases.
Three: as thinking capacity and interaction with others increase, language develops and becomes the dominant means for understanding and communicating reality.
Four: as the brain reaches an adult capacity, a language-based personal set of biases become established as one’s normal state of consciousness.
Five: once established they become the basis for automatically and subconsciously responding, undermining true conscious choice and free will.
Six: if and when we begin to recognize this normal limitation, a special effort of self-awareness may be made to bring consciousness to another, freer level.
Seven: as this is achieved, we may live at a more conscious, creative and satisfying level.
At each progressive stage of mental development, the ability to satisfactorily interact with others and the environment increases. It’s by reaching the sixth and seventh stages that we fulfill our human potential for living our best.
Goodness and joy to all, Joseph.
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