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November 2009 
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Absolutely!
Barbara, this is so weird, I just added the same thing to my post a few minutes ago. I had to run to town and was thinking about it on the way back. Came in, sat down and wrote it before I forgot it. That's the bummer about living to a wise old age, you forget half of it. Yeah, really, what? That we get the most out of it? That we learn what we didn't learn when we were here before? When we get to the end of our terms does that mean The Contract has been fulfilled and we are free to go? I haven't got the time to worry about it, there is too much Life shouting at me already, ” Come on! Come on, we're waiting for you!”
I play this game with you, sandi, and Laurie, too. I read the question and then I answer it before I have read your reponses. Before I read your responses, I think: now what would sandi or Laurie say to this? and then I see how close I got … and how similar our answers are.
Barbara, I have just come in and sat down, I've been canning tomatoes ( again! ) this afternoon and evening. I am hot and I am tired and wanted a break. Thank goodness the first thing I read was this, I have never needed a laugh like I did just now. Isn't that the craziest thing, I've seen it happen time and again and thought, “Well, my word, did I pick that up somewhere and not remember?” it's happened more times than it takes to be a coincidence. I did read something somewhere in here today, I don't know if it was yesterday's question or not, you may have read it, maybe it was the one about wise people. Anyway, they referred to the “Church of the Porch”, I wonder is that us?
Our posts are back to back, I'll bet we wrote them at the same time because I didn't remember seeing yours this morning, I wrote it and was out the door like a shot. That was the ? of wise people and it was Satya/seer's post.
Ladies, your shared wisdom could be considered an example of what Jung called the collective consciousness ;p
What do you think, B. Maybe Bethany has it right, some how I don't really care to name it yet, it's too fragile to tinker with.
There is a collective consciousness (similar or like consciousnesses), like Bethanie mentions; and there is a universal consciousness (all that is); we are all parts of the same; if thoughts are energies and thoughts create, then our thoughts can find other thoughts, get together and organize an existence. We have proven this time and again throughout the history of humans: not much happens until a bunch of us get together and start thinking/talking about it, putting our energies toward something, and stuff happens. We don't even have to know exactly what kind of stuff will happen; let intention take care of that. Some examples: No one knew how to build an Internet or World Wide Web. No one knew how to send people to the moon. We think we might know how to cure poverty but I think we would do better if we just set an intent that everyone has enough (because there is enough for everyone). My intent is to bring my true presence to my life to create, connect with others, and be who I truly am with benevolence, kindness, compassion, and respect. Our presences are finding each other and our wisdom collectively says to let it just happen.
Barbara - I really like the way you've distinguised the difference between Collective Consciousness and Universal Consciousness.
Major difference there, the one I can handle, I think the other is what literally blows peoples minds. Thank God for filters.