I become more convinced that I live in a collective consciousness. I live in a world that my awareness has shaped and my reality is the result of the shared consciousness with other humans. My immediate culture and the family I have come from have had the greatest impact on the shape of my world. I continue to choose experiences that shape that world, moving into other realms that differ from my previous ones.
It is so apparent that advertising shapes and conditions my mind. That is what makes it effective and successful. Choosing experiences apart from advertising is one way of not living in a world of expectations shaped by ads.
All the rest is the same. There is a consciousness that connects me with the rest of the hive, and it is shaped by what experiences humans choose. My challenge is to recognize this connection with the vast consciousness and develop my own independent awareness.
Experience flows in to insight and insight shapes my actions. I don’t think I can ever be completely disconnected from the collective consciousness, but I can shape the way in which I funnel my experiences into my own consciousness.