![]() ![]() It gives a warning of an impending danger or catastrophe, to decide whether to fight or flight. It senses danger and immediate physical threat. What is the lower consciousness or lower mind? Neuroscientists would refer to this part of human brain as the reptilian mind. Art in this case, can be taken as a channel that may spark neural pathways towards a higher state of consciousness full with pro-active take on today and future prospect, possibility, promise, potential, change and transformation, in short – of getting high. This range of experiences is traditionally achieved through relaxed contemplation, mindfulness, meditation, fasting, chanting, prayer and for some, pilgrimage. Higher consciousness is commonly referred to as levitation or creative life force in several spiritual traditions – chi, reiki, prana, semangat. ![]() They give us the universal and inspiring feeling of empathy, universal love, oneness, connectedness, wholeness and selfless-ness or egoless. Higher consciousness or higher mind, according to my reading as a non-scientist, refers to active neural activities that take place within the higher part of our brain called neo-cortex or the higher brain. ![]() (Photo: standing in front of Jeganathan's masterpiece in his recent solo exhibition at the National Visual Art Gallery of Malaysia)
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