THE SIXTH MIRACLE OF NATURE
'Mortal Feelings' by Ibiyinka Olufemi Alao; image courtesy of the author via Wikimedia Commons
Feelings, aesthetic sensibilities, intuition, the spiritual impulse... all mental phenomena experienced beyond instinctual behavior suggested in the above image... miraculous.
Who knows where the Sixth Miracle comes from? However, sometimes to some of us it seems that it's as if our Fifth-Miracle impulses are being "pushed" by our genes, expressing the logic of the Universe put into place during the Big Bang, while with our Sixth Miracle we've begun being "pulled" by Something. That Something absolutely surrounds us -- maybe even we're just expressions of it -- no longer beckoning us forward, but rather drawing us into its Unity.
At this point, you might be interested in the concept of the One Thing
MORE INFORMATION:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides a page entitled Researchers home in on how brain handles abstract thought
- The University of Iowa's Comparative Cognition Labratory hosts an online article in PDF format called "Baboons Show Hints of Abstract Thought."
- Wikipedia's Consciousness page.
- Many writings from many belief systems stirring up insights at the Allspirit Website.
- Noema Magazine's 2021 article The Conscious Universe.