Is Consciousness Individual Or Universal?

This is an important question to ask ourselves
– and therefore, the answer will be an individual decision.
🙂

Both views may use the same language, but when it comes to non-duality, the meaning is different.

Let’s say that consciousness is the pure light of clarity/knowledge.
With universal consciousness, we are part of that light with which we can then unite. Is that God, a Teacher or a Yidam?
With individual consciousness, we are already that light – it is the teaching that ignites the flame.

Our choice will be influenced by how we see the conduct of believers/practitioners. Do we want to be like them? Do they inspire us? Are they reliable people, even if we don’t understand them? 🙂

If our hearts and minds are open, that will encompass both views, and won’t upset anyone … or will it?

Be aware that the new age movement has taken on these ideas (as have philosophers throughout the centuries), and the essence of the teachings has been watered down. We are now thought of as ‘shards’ of the universal consciousness …

In the past couple of thousand years, there have been many commentaries on this theme; we have have to recognise which approach suits each of us naturally, and why.

It’s always our individual choice.