Holistic Consciousness, Enlightenment and Science Videos

Mystics of all ages have described that in their most sacred moments they felt a oneness with not only God, but the Universe as a whole. This state of consciousness is called 'holistic consciousness'.

Holism - the idea that things can only really be understood in their context - is the basis of many of the most important scientific developments. For instance: ecology is a holistic science. That is: a science in which not only the parts need to be understood (in that case: animals, plants, climate etc.), but also their interconnectedness.

Some people feel that if our culture is going to adapt to this new world we are collectively creating, we need a holistic consciousness. We need a holistic culture in fact: a culture which takes the interconnectedness of nature and society as a basic fact of life.

This interconnectedness IS actually a basic fact of life. We are directly connected to the people in China making our clothes. We are directly connected to the farmers in Southern America that grow our coffee. But most of us don't realize that.

The video's on this page are of people that feel that for our culture to catch up to our technological interdependence, we also need a shift in consciousness. We need a collective shift in consciousness.

I don't know if that's possible. I do agree though that greed is literally destroying our planet. Perhaps holistic thought can help us counter that enough to help us save it.

The Great Way is not difficult
for those who have no preferences.
When love and hate are both absent
everything becomes clear and undisguised.
Make the smallest distinction, however,
and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart.
If you wish to see the truth
then hold no opinions for or against anything.
To set up what you like against what you dislike
is the disease of the mind.
When the deep meaning of things is not understood
the mind's essential peace is disturbed to no avail.

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The Way is perfect like vast space
where nothing is lacking and nothing is in excess.
Indeed, it is due to our choosing to accept or reject
that we do not see the true nature of things.
Live neither in the entanglements of outer things,
nor in inner feelings of emptiness.
Be serene in the oneness of things
and such erroneous views will disappear by themselves.
When you try to stop activity to achieve passivity
your very effort fills you with activity.
As long as you remain in one extreme or the other
you will never know Oneness.
Those who do not live in the single Way
fail in both activity and passivity,
assertion and denial.
To deny the reality of things
is to miss their reality;
to assert the emptiness of things
is to miss their reality.

Hsin Hsin Ming, Inscribed on the Believing Mind