{"id":991,"date":"2013-09-20T15:43:33","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T15:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/?p=991"},"modified":"2013-09-20T15:43:33","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T15:43:33","slug":"the-daily-forest-report-september-20-2013-consciousness-is-the-whole-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/?p=991","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Forest Report September 20, 2013 Consciousness Is the Whole Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With all of the recent rain, the mushrooms have moved into overwhelm. It&#8217;s like an invasion&#8230; but a happy one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-20-at-9.13.17-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-20-at-9.13.17-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-09-20 at 9.13.17 AM\" width=\"591\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-20-at-9.13.17-AM.png 591w, https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-20-at-9.13.17-AM-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fields of Shaggy Manes and other unidentified monsters pop up all over the place like ideas in a fertile mind. Some of them seem boringly familiar while others seem alien and exotic&#8230; and possibly tasty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-20-at-9.06.09-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-20-at-9.06.09-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-09-20 at 9.06.09 AM\" width=\"743\" height=\"509\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-20-at-9.06.09-AM.png 743w, https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-20-at-9.06.09-AM-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are all connected.&#8221; The mycelial voice belongs to no one in particular; it is a manifestation of an unseen collective. &#8220;We are connected in consciousness&#8230; or we are separated in consciousness. Choice is a function of consciousness, and both are absolute.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Consciousness cannot be deleted or erased from existence. Consciousness <em>is<\/em> existence. They are identical. Existence has no opposite; consciousness has no opposite. &#8216;Unconscious&#8217; and &#8216;subconscious&#8217; are aspects of awareness&#8211; a subset of consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everything occurs within consciousness&#8230; including all time and space. Consciousness does not magically or mysteriously arise from special configurations of matter and energy; it is not something generated. It was not suddenly created during that most magical of all &#8216;scientific&#8217; events, The Big Bang. Consciousness is. Or if you prefer: consciousness = is.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Allow what I have said to percolate through your consciousness. Arrange your consciousness in such a way that you are able to grasp the profound truth of it. Today&#8217;s discussion is the merest beginning. Consciousness is the whole deal; prepare to blow your own minds again and again and again&#8211; The Little Bang Theory. Haha!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all of the recent rain, the mushrooms have moved into overwhelm. It&#8217;s like an invasion&#8230; but a happy one. Fields of Shaggy Manes and other unidentified monsters pop up all over the place like ideas in a fertile mind. 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