universal consciousness

All-encompassing mind field

Universal consciousness is the philosophical or spiritual idea that all minds share a single, underlying awareness—that individual consciousness is not separate but part of one unified field of experience.

The concept appears in various traditions: Hindu notions of Brahman, certain interpretations of quantum physics, and New Age spirituality.

Someone who believes in universal consciousness might say We're all connected at the deepest level or Individual egos are illusions masking our true oneness.

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cosmic awareness · interconnectedness · monism · world soul · mysticism · collective intelligence · hive mind · collective unconscious · higher self · Brahman · light · metaphysics · pantheism · holism · nirvana · phenomenology · archetypes · cosmic mind

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