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Original Mind and Cosmic Consciousness in the Co-Creative Process

  • Simone de La Tour , 1 ,
  • Kevin de La Tour 2
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  • 1. Sino-Brazilian Academic Exchange Center, Beijing 100004, China
  • 2. Sino-Brazilian Academic Exchange Center, Beijing 100004, China

Published date: 05 Mar 2011

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2014 Higher Education Press and Brill

Abstract

This article will investigate the issue of accessing benxin 本心 (original mind), subsequent operation from Self and, in that process, union with the “greater universe” or benti 本体 (original substance)—a state expressed in the West as “cosmic consciousness.” It is proposed that this allows one to participate as a partner in the creative process of one’s own life and the surrounding world. The equally important question of how to gain contact with original mind will also be addressed, as well as the consequences of doing so with regard to the human condition. The concept of original thought is introduced, being important here as it is held to be that thought which is generated in the pure condition of original mind, devoid of influence from finite physical existence.

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Simone de La Tour , Kevin de La Tour . Original Mind and Cosmic Consciousness in the Co-Creative Process[J]. Frontiers of Philosophy in China, 2011 , 6(1) : 57 -74 . DOI: 10.1007/s11466-011-0125-7

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