The Aha Zone: Vol 3

by Joseph Bennette, Carol Bennette (With)

Hundreds of millions of years of evolution has culminated in me, a modern human – aware that he is looking at himself in a mirror, able to manipulate mathematical equations, operate a computer, and hold a meaningful conversation with another person. Yet, within me resides the ancient ancestor who first swam in pri-mordial goo, escaped the first predators, reproduced successfully, and basked in the warmth of the sun. I don’t consciously recall being a single-celled or tiny rodent-like creature.Yet, all those “memories” affect how I perceive my world today. They affect my relationships, my income, my sense of self, just about everything I perceive and believe. I imagine my world in terms of a separation between conscious and subconscious aspects of mind. I assign awareness to the conscious aspect and everything else to the subconscious aspect. The separation is an imagined and convenient fabrication that allows my conscious mind to explore beyond the dangerous grasslands of ancient Africa and into the realms of mathematics, sciences, art, culture, civilization, technology, and much more.The perception of separation is, nevertheless, an illusion, albeit a useful one – for a while. For as long as I find value inside its limited bubble of awareness, I will continue to experience subconscious as conscious living. Until I question my condition, predicament, situation, I’ll continue to think, do, and feel as I’ve done in the past – safe within “the bubble.”My imaginary secret defensive bubble can be popped in an instant by a simple question - a Third Degree of Illumination awareness question that marks the difference between death in the bubble and life beyond it.That's the subject of this investigation into the Aha Zone.

168 pages, Paperback

Published January 12, 2018