Collective Unconscious

Collective Unconscious

Collective unconsciousness was coined by Carl Jung and refers to the unconscious mind and shared mental concepts. According to Jun, the human collective unconscious is populated by instincts and ancient primal symbols. Jung considered the collective unconscious to underpin and surround the unconscious mind. He believed that the concept helps to explain why similar themes occur in mythologies around the world. He argues that the collective unconscious had a profound influence on the lives of individuals.

Jung theorized that the collective unconscious explained how fears and social phobias can manifest in children and adults for no apparent reason. Fear of the dark, loud sounds, bridges or blood may all be rooted in this collective unconscious due to an inherited genetic trait. In support of this, research indicates that some children are afraid of the dark not because of a negative experience they've had during the nighttime, but because darkness activates and exaggerated response by the amygdala (the part of the brain associated with the processing of emotions) resulting in the development of an innate or unprovoked fear.

The Global Consciousness Project

The Global Consciousness Project is an international, multidisciplinary collaboration of scientists and engineers. They collect data continuously from a global network of physical random number generators located in up to 70 host sites around the world at any given time. The data are transmitted to a central archive which now contains more than 15 years of random data in parallel sequences of synchronized 200-bit trials generated every second.

The purpose is to examine subtle correlations that may reflect the presence and activity of consciousness in the world. We hypothesize that there will be structure in what should be random data, associated with major global events that engage our minds and hearts (Think 9/11/2001)

Institute of Noetic Sciences Guiding Hypothesis

Everything is interconnected. By embodying an awareness of this interconnection, we can tap into information and energy not limited by space and time, and profoundly amplify transformation, innovation, and well-being.