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Cosmic Consciousness

by McIvor-Tyndall Alexander James

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Author: McIvor-Tyndall Alexander James

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..._inanimate_ objects. How much more comprehensibleto our understanding is the consciousness of an animate organism, eventhough this organism be not more complex than the horse. There is a Buddhist monastery built high on the cliff overlooking the JapanInland sea, which is called a "life-saving" monastery. The priests who preside over this temple, possess the power of extendingtheir consciousness over many miles of sea, and on a vibration attuned to apitch above the sound of wind and wave, so that they can hear a call ofdistress from fishermen who need their help. This fact being admitted, might be accounted for by the uninitiated, as awonderfully "trained ear, " which by cultivation and long practice detectssounds at a seemingly miraculous distance. But the priests know how many are in a wrecked boat, and can describe them, and "converse" with them, although the fishermen are not aware that theyhave "talked" to the priest. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, the latest incarnation of God in...