By nature of evolution and discovery we are bound to become consistently more conscious of our existence and our place in the world we live. Contrary to this fact I observe a widespread perceptive numbness sweeping through modern society, an intoxicating draft called distraction, bursting into violent gusts called sensations, leaving nothing in its trail but dull, vulnerable minds, ignorant of all truth.
Conscience, the moral sense of right and wrong, cannot stand without consciousness, the awareness of inner and outer reality in all its clarity. Distraction is their enemy.
The conscience/consciousness duality forms the central psychological phenomena of human existence, the alpha and the omega of enlightenment.
Read more…Journey of Life, chapter 21 (Open Your Senses)