The Internet and the Mind

The Internet and the Mind.     

Sit comfortably. Take a moment to relax.

 Now look at your computer screen. Look at what is behind the screen and how the internet has beamed this through your browser via Satellites in space. Now, we know the effect the internet has had in making the world smaller, connecting us into one global village. The recent Tsunami in Japan triggered emotional responses around the world literally as it happened thanks to the rapid spread of information through Twitter and other News Channels. As soon as any major event happens it spreads through our collective mind.   

 So consider this:

Considering our mind and body are conditioned by experience from when we’re born, and a lot of it is recorded in our minds unconsciously, then imagine the unconscious effect the Internet has had on our mind. I’m sure you’ve heard the term “Media Controls the Mind”, which is true to a point, the reason being is that the power of the Media has to do with the unconscious way that we take part in it.

So, let’s take the internet and call it consciousness instead, just to remove any mental construct you may have of the internet. They also call consciousness the World Wide Web, so let’s just call it that then.  

I will take a slice out of my own conditioning, for example: When I was born I was conditioned to believe that I was separate from the world around me. It could have started immediately as I popped out, but more likely is when I stopped relying on my mothers’ breasts for milk. Toys and bears arrived and eventually little gadgets. These were my gadgets. If you took them away I cried because I felt separated from my stuff. This was the beginning of my ego. I went to school and started to notice all the things that were different from me and the other kids. It’s happened to all of us, and we unconsciously judge each other because we still believe we are separate. The only way to change this is to become conscious of our thoughts, so let us say consciousness is the act of becoming conscious. We still need to rely on our ego to make our way in the world until we know ourselves well enough to let go completely.

Do you remember when you first got your hands on a gadget? Unless you born in the era of the Sony Playstation it was most likely a remote control. Ding Dong, and along came the big bad wolf – Television. This was followed by cartoons, movies, and heaven forbid – The News. Let’s forget about advertising for now, we’ll go into that another day. So at this point we’re all thinking we’re separate while we are unconsciously exposed to random images shot from all around the world. We watch Rambo fighting in a jungle in Vietnam, (we may have made a conscious decision to watch it but if we’re watching it on TV it’s most likely we watched the majority of it unconsciously.) Before we know it we believe we’re separate from that Jungle. One day we get on a plane to go see that jungle, and when we get there we still think we’re separate from it, by now we completely feel separate from it. We go through life experiencing the world as though everything is projected onto a screen in front of us.

 We all went knocking around through life until the date 16 February 1989, ka-ching: The internet came to town. The World Wide Web. Now we felt a little more connected. We could travel anywhere in the world, the village opened up. But still, we felt a little separate from each other, until instant messaging allowed us to chat to anyone, anywhere, anytime. We could chat to a complete stranger in Greece or some guy in Beijing. (This is old news, I know), but, a couple of smart guys were observing this from behind the scenes and developed software that would allow us to upload our profiles and search for anyone in the world. We obviously made a conscious decision to do this, but remember, we’ve already been programmed to believe we’re separate. Before we knew it we had hundreds of friends, maybe even thousands. The more the merrier.

While we’re on Facebook we are conscious to a degree, mostly we are emotionally involved with connecting and sharing with the people in our lives. So what’s happening unconsciously? What’s happening in the background of our minds? Could it just be that our minds are being unconsciously programmed to believe that we are all connected?

Could it just be that the Internet, especially Facebook is programming our minds to some day access the World Wide Web WITHOUT the internet? Is technology leading the way, or is it consciousness? There is no separation between the two. Technology is a reflection of our consciousness and visa versa. They say if we close our eyes and imagine we can travel anywhere in the world. The only thing restricting us is the belief we hold in our mind. If we are only using a fraction of our minds what will happen if the rest of it opens up?

         Imagine.