Toward Cosmic Consciousness

The internet and social media have brought us into a higher level of planetary consciousness, and the emergence of more powerful technologies for exploring interstellar space and sub-atomic space are bringing us into an elevated awareness of the cosmos. As Youngblood discusses, science has been lurking in highly conceptual, metaphysical realms since the early 20th century with the introduction of quantum physics, realms that have been explored by artists and spiritual seekers for thousands of years. Youngblood mentions a sort of revolution,"...the remarriage of reason and intuition," the fusion of art and science. The ancient civilizations seemed to make the connection between creativity and rationality facilitating a cultural paradigm which embodied the cosmic consciousness Youngblood discusses. The current paradigm is built upon the separation of things, especially rationality and creativity. I think Youngblood is saying that we need to see how all disciplines can be connected and applied into a cohesive system where one practice feeds the other in order to see how the universe works.