Cosmic consciousness
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Cosmic consciousness is the concept that the universe is in fact a living superorganism in which animals, including humans, interconnect with, and thus form a collective consciousness which spans the cosmos. The idea bears similarity to Teilhard de Chardin's conception of the noosphere, to James Lovelock's Gaia theory, to Hegel's Absolute idealism, and to Satori in Zen. Cosmic Consciousness is also the title of a 1901 book on historical forms of mysticism by Richard Bucke.
'Cosmos' refers to the universe as a whole, which is conceived to be an orderly, harmonious system; a complex orderly self-inclusive system; inconceivably extended in space or time.
Consciousness refers to the complete alert state of the mind, and its sensory systems. Often considered the upper state of existences, in which self-awareness and individuality originate within the brain.
Various religions and concepts of existence accept the idea that a cosmic consciousness exists, and through various forms of conditioning of the body, it is possible to interconnect with this cosmic consciousness and interact with it.
Current superstring and M-theories of physics indicate that indeed all matter is interconnected.[citation needed]
