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21 " But most of us, for most of our lives, do not try to determine the causes of things. Rather, most of the time we try to get by; to eat, sleep, and of course, to reproduce. In other words, we are mainly concerned with surviving, getting along in a complex and changing world, in short, with adapting rather than with interference. "
― Robert Ornstein
22 " ان البشرية التى بدأت فى الأصل كبضعة جزيئات كبيرة بقطرة دقيقة فى بحر بدائي ,هذه البشرية قد طورت الان امكانية ان تبيد معظم الحياة الموجودة على سطح الارض "
23 " [T]here is evidence that [the self-less] sense of connectedness is the wellspring of human solidarity and of civilization as we know it. The knowledge gained from an extended “higher” perception (a “God within”) is central. It is not the result of deduction, research and reason. It is not obtained from a neo-medieval doctrine that is taught to be memorized, recited or sung weekly, or from a dogma with which one is inculcated. Nor does it come from feeling deeply or emotionally what is really true. It is what one perceives. "
― Robert Ornstein , God 4.0: On the Nature of Higher Consciousness and the Experience Called “God”
24 " Finding and knowing, rather than absorbing dictums, is what “deeper understanding” is. It is a conscious and direct perception of the unity of life, a removal of the mind’s internal barriers to direct understanding and knowledge, and “seeing” truth on another level. "
25 " In the Gospel of Thomas, Jesus says, “It will not come by watching for it. It will not be said, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘Look, there it is.’ Rather, the father’s kingdom is spread out upon the earth, and people do not see it.” In other words, “It’s not what you believe, it’s what you perceive”. "
26 " Consciousness changes continually within each of us, and does so radically each day. It shifts from the hallucination of dreaming sleep, to the fluid thought that is experienced in hypnagogic states, to narrowly focused workaday full alertness — and to everything in between.The fluidity of our minds makes a possible change in consciousness closer to our daily experiences than we usually assume. It is a further development of what we experience when we get an insight into the workings of a machine, or into how another person is thinking, or when we suddenly discover the solution to a problem. Areas inside the brain temporarily shut off normal thinking to make way for a new insight or new level of understanding. "
27 " There is a distinction between people who keep dissonant thoughts and ideas apart and those that allow them to influence each other. Similar distinctions might be convergent thinkers (linear, logical and systematic) versus divergent thinkers (flexible, creative, and explorative). "