57. Notes - consciousness and time

57.  15 February 2019

       Late evening. Carol is in bed reading as you are in the lounger. You didn't have the time or inclination to finish the 'Future' section (c) of Chapter One. We can begin though, as you like, to put the third section down to be ready to work on it. - Amorella

       2257 hours. I feel better being ready to work. It is a pleasure to edit and revise the original. I like the concept very much. I feel better focused. Earlier today Fritz and I had a good conversation during lunch at Bob Evans. We focused on what consciousness is. We both agree that we are in at least two stages of consciousness at the same time. One stage is what I call cultural consciousness and the other Fritz describes as an awareness of beauty in the world such as momentarily being aware of the beauty in a sunrise. At such a time Fritz says that he quietly thanks G-D for the Beauty in the world on a different level of consciousness at the same time cultural consciousness is basically all around in the normalcy of the day. I didn't exactly agree but I understand his position. For me, some of it is semantics and word choice. For instance, if rather than a sunrise I suddenly think of 'First Cause' in terms of the universe I become humbled by the thought because I have no idea. I have conjectures at most. But, sometimes in a 'flash thought' a sunrise or sunset is indeed beautiful and I wonder at it while at the same time reflect that I do not really have the words to describe the sunset by the intensity of my self-being taking in the history of memories and feelings perhaps comparing one sunset to another or using sunset and sunrises as metaphors of being in existence, in consciousness. (2316) Putting a stamp of time on the thought, a beginning and end, is always interesting to me because as I think and type my thoughts time does not consciously exist. (2317)

       We can work tomorrow. Post. - Amorella