Question: Are human beings who believe in certain possibilities, representing the different stages of human consciousness?

Thoughts: There are countless people who believe or lack the belief, in infinite different possibilities. We have the theists, the pantheist, the cynics, the atheists, the mystics, the dreamers, etc. all trying to live within one world.

Each shouting, screaming and demanding the truths of their perceptions to be heard: “God is dead!” “Pan is alive!” “Jesus is resurrected!” “Allah is all!” “We are Gods” “Reality doesn’t exist!” “We are all beings of light!”

But, what if all of these are different stages of human consciousness? Each having been build upon the last, stretching into countless loops over each other revealing different human desires, expressions and needs?

As mentioned before, it is human nature to be irrational. That is, to assume the unknown being magical, mystical or supernatural. To name these unknowns with place holders of angels, gods or aliens. To create systems of superstitions that rise towards enslaving generations due to fear of breaking these laws and upsetting the unknown.

To assume that rationalism, is the first step on the ladder of consciousness, is a major fault. What is more likely the case, is that humanity starts with a mind in a magical world where everything is supernatural, unknown and mysterious.

If we start out with no previous knowledge, no understanding of our world only having been just born, there is nothing but the dreamer.

The Dreamer is the foundation of human consciousness. Where the world around us is our imagination, where our dreams and reality are one. In this dream of a world, we do not realize our mortality, our actions, our lack of control over nature, since it all but a massive dream. In it, we are immortals, we are in control of the stars, the ocean, the sun and everything that moves, breathes or makes a sound is a part of us.

Next, comes the Theist. Slowly, we start to observe and understand our surroundings. We start to understand pain, hunger, and death. Things disappear and don’t reappear. For example, if my mother has left the physical world she may still exist in the flowers, birds or other humans. It is the first glimpse of reality, the time our eyes have been opened. The dreams have become shadows of demons, angels, and god/s controlling our fate. We don’t have any control and we become aware of our actions. In this process of perceptions, we try to understand the unknown. The wind becomes a deity we cannot see waving fans, who must be gigantic in nature. The thunder becomes a human we cannot see throw lighting bolts down from the heavens. So we try to understand nature by using what we know best, ourselves and our dreams.

We create reflections of ourselves unto the unknown. We give the God/s feelings, relations, are able to rage war, force humanity to obey and give pleasure to those who align to them. Humanity learns that all they can do is bow down and submit. We are nothing more but in a soup of a nightmare of our former dreams. But in the distance, we hear the screams of the dreamers! “Don’t look into these things! Don’t make me feel anything other than bliss! I don’t want to know anything other than life, love, and peace! Don’t attempt to drug me with your primitive seeds of knowledge! Keep me blind!”

Then one day, we start to realize the issues in our systems of theism. That there is a physical reality not able to recreate results as found in former theistic attempts. We understand that there is no God/s in the wind or in the sky, but rather they are particles or elements that react to each other. That we are able to recreate what we thought only the God/s could. Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, etc. have paved the way of murdering our own former nightmares. The scary monsters plaguing our fears for millennia turn out to be nothing more but reactions of nature. We strip the supernatural and superstitious perceptions and claim: “The God/s are dead! They never existed! Look it is nothing more but our assumptions, our minds twisting our perceptions, creating conflict between us and that which doesn’t exist!”

We start to rationalize our former claims but we hear the screams of both the theists and the dreamers: “Don’t look into these things! Don’t make me feel anything other than bliss! I don’t want to know anything other than what the God/s say, which is that of life, love and peace! Don’t attempt to drug me with your primitive seeds of knowledge! Keep me blind!”

Soon another group emerges from the shadows, being former atheists, presenting another perspective. We are the ones that look at these shoutings and realize that there is more to both of these! We understand that there may or may not be a God/s but, does it matter? The Mystics, roll up their sleeves and try to be the glue between the theists and atheists, forging alliances with the dreamers. Let go and follow your imaginations! They produce results whether you like them or not! Believe in yourself or in God/s because they can generate liberty, power, and freedom! Someone who believes can achieve things compared to those who don’t! Someone who doesn’t believe can achieve things to those who don’t! Let us all revel in our imaginations, god/s and refuse them but embrace them!

But instead of being something, the mystics become the mesh of all. They appease the dreamers, the theist, and the atheist, but make enemies with the same three. They are hypocrites just as much as the other three shouting at each other without considering anything else but their own perception of reality. The groups split within each other forgetting their intentions and expressions. Countless groups of dreamers, theists, atheists, and mystics fight amongst each other trying to reform and alter their former selves.

Though as everyone is fighting amongst each other, debating on the ways to live one’s life, which perspective is the best, and which are the worst, little do they see a small group of watchers. The Skeptic. Charting, drawing and writing libraries filled with pages. Even though some stand to join the cause they have determined just, many sit in silence, throwing their papers into the crowds. The dreamers, theists, atheists, and mystics grab the papers they agree with holding them to their chests while ripping or laughing at others. That they are being fed the ideas, concepts, and perceptions others have been watching, never crosses their minds.

But what if someone stood outside of the skeptic, reading their entries before they threw them into the crowds? What if they listened to the shoutings of the masses and structured all of their emotions, thoughts, ideas and concepts? What if they observed these trying to rationalize them?

Who would they be? What would they be? Would they shout at the masses? Be the new mystics trying to mend everyone together? Or separate them further?

It seems that human consciousness comes in phases but at the same time overlaps. Are we as individuals in this or are we just the expression of humanity trying to understand reality? But what is the end of conquering all of these single perspectives? To be rational, but at the same time allow our brains to tap into the imagination? To understand ourselves fully?

To know thyself.

My biggest question is:

What is the next step towards advancing human consciousness?

SUMMARY:

Possible Stags of Human Consciousness:

Dreamers Theists Atheists Mystics

1-4. Assisting in creating/maintaining the four: Skeptics

*What is the rationalist observing all of these five groups?