The stem of the Reality Funnel summarizes the
alternation of the less conscious points of view "perspectively". But
if they don't just jump around there, they also have a closer effect on each
other and are wound up in places to cores that harmoniously connect many perspectives. (Without harmony, they
would fall apart again.)
Such a comparatively harmonious core, such as our inner self, can hold our Awareness (I) together, and from it probably emanate more comprehensively harmonizing impulses for thought and action than from the adjusting roles of our little ego. On the other hand, this ego can often handle everyday situations better. Therefore, it is best if each one devotes itself to its own subject and benefits only from the skills of the other. We can feel such a harmony like a beautiful concert. If, on the other hand, the ego is completely in tune with the inner self, we can speak of unity, but hardly of harmony: The connection is too rigid and the duet probably short.
Harmony
can thus be translated as meaningful
correspondence and leads to a correspondingly meaningful definition of
truth: The more unity or harmony there is between a content of consciousness
and the respective more comprehensive level, the truer it is.
Mutually retroactive alternations (interactions) thus
lead to a loose hierarchical structure in which truth is standpoint dependent,
but not too much so. The individual truths meet in a center that is much less
mobile within their convoluted awareness. It is only as their awareness expands
that even deeper truths are included, relativizing the previous center on an
even more comprehensive level.
If we imagine the reality funnel again, inner
inspirations come through the funnel stem, be they impulses, ideals, or
sensations (all focuses of consciousness, since there is only perceived
alternation). On the other hand, the most conscious circumscription occurs at
the edge of the funnel, and the center of the total circumscription lies
exactly on the funnel axis. And this is where it gets exciting:
As explained in Freedom of Choice, we make decisions
somewhere between the center and the periphery. But the total circumscription
now "disappears" into the funnel stem! It is condensed -
"perspectively" to a stronger convolution - and finally coincides
with the funnel axis. Whether a decision is a free one or whether it is the
result of an inner impulse is, in the end, no longer distinguishable! We can
only become conscious of impulses further up, where we can then also deviate
from them.
Do we have reason to doubt our inspirations? That
depends on whether they come from our deepest essence and whether we are in
harmony with it. For truth, as I have said, is unity or harmony with the more
comprehensive level. However, it is precisely this broader interconnectedness
that distinguishes an essence from each of its appearances. Thus, the deeper
the origin of an inspiration, the more likely and the stronger the involvement
of our most profound being in it, and the more trustable it is. And vice versa,
the more authentically we express our deepest inner self, the more trust worthy
we are ourselves.
This means even more: If we are not consciously aware
of having chosen certain "conditions" of our life, but they must have
been chosen by our logical conclusions, then it stands to reason that this
choice takes place on a more comprehensive level and is significantly
determined by our innermost essence. In this respect, our environment expresses
a deep truth about ourselves.
Alternating Consciousness. From Perception to Infinities and Back to Free Will
