To quote Fr Richard Rohr, Duns Scotus called consciousness intuitive cognition, which he distinguished from rational cognition.
It is a comfort beyond words to read Duns Scotus' definition of the two cognitions. My comfort is that my thoughts are, and have been, following in the path of Duns Scotus...before I ever heard of Duns Scotus.
My definition of raised consciousness is spiritual mind as distinguished from material mind.
Spiritual mind is intuitive, present in the so-called blinding flash of the obvious...each, to me, a gift from the Divine Source which I call God. The material or reasoning mind is our daily walking-around mindset...where we have learned to keep thank you going to have a sense of peace and purpose.
The deeper we get into life, the clearer it becomes that spiritual perception is vital to the peace we seek. We learn our ways in the world in the first half of life. It is in the second half of life that we make a decision to turn our eye inward...trusting God to take care of out there.
Learning unto living our spiritual nature is God's will, God's way. Our spiritual nature is having a sense of peace and purpose for others. That is peace of mind, God's campground.
Thank you.
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