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The connected cosmic field in which memory and personhood can be stored or accessed beyond the brain.
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universal consciousness
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Jiang's term for the transpersonal field that great art enters and then mediates to readers over long practice.
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The field in which Jiang says memories are actually stored and through which powerful experiences can affect other people.
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The infinite, eternal, spaceless, timeless consciousness of the universe where memories and archetypes are said to exist.
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He further says the cosmos is connected through God as a universal source, which opens the door to a shared field of memory and consciousness.
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Art and dreaming function as portals that intensify connection to universal consciousness, making stored emotions, memories, and visions available.
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Jiang defines great art as something that enters universal consciousness and can, through long practice, take possession of readers in a way comparable to religion or psychedelics.
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The brain is not primarily a storage facility for consciousness and memory; it functions as an antenna or receiver for the vibrations of universal consciousness.
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Memories are stored in the infinite dimensions of universal consciousness, analogous to information held in the cloud rather than only on a laptop.
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Homer's achievement is explained by his mind opening to universal consciousness so that he can access all archetypes at a greater level than ordinary empathy.
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"...the emotions aren't stored inside our brains they're stored inside this universal consciousness okay as what carl young would say as what manning hall..."
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"...are stored in our physical beings there is some a collective consciousness and through uh different methods uh that some people propose there is..."
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"...a portal or a mechanism to enhance your connection to this universal consciousness this internet it doesn't make sense okay so when that happens..."
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"...that's what great art is. Great art becomes part of a universal consciousness. And by reading it, if you read it well, I'm not..."
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"Okay? All right. So we first have to figure out what consciousness is, and something that I've been teaching in this class for the..."
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"...We know that. We know that through evolution. But then our consciousness comes from our inactions with the universe. Okay? So our brain, it's..."
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"...assume that the human brain is merely an antenna to the universal consciousness, it makes a lot more sense. Okay? And not only that,..."
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"Right? If you're a good person, you have a certain look to your face. Okay? If you're clever, you have a certain look. Okay?..."
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"...makes sense now. Okay? This is both spaceless and timeless, this consciousness. All right? Is this clear to you guys? Okay."
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"...um yeah back to this here okay so there is a universal consciousness okay and think of it as an infinite eternal grid so..."
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"...they make you forget the universal truth right which is the universal consciousness so the more virtuous a life you you live the more..."
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"...lucifer right and he's become a machine so he's lost all consciousness because he's lost the connection to his universal consciousness right uh yes..."
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A source-grounded reading of a long Dante seminar that starts with a student dreaming of a tree across water and ends by redefining Purgatory as democratic hope, free will, dangerous guidance, prayer for the...
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Jiang turns late Inferno and early Purgatorio into a struggle over imagination itself.
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Jiang begins with Gay Talese the master reporter and ends with Gay Talese the man who learns to stare back at shame.
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A source-grounded reading of the Iliad as self-recognition: Achilles becomes a mirror for humiliation and pride, Homeric speech tries to control reality, and the ancient poet becomes prophet and teacher because truth is beautiful,...
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