But it is possible that our awareness has a purpose on another level as well. Some religious and mystical teachings hold that human consciousness, in reflecting reality, also helps to bring it into being. According to the Islamic mystic Ibn ‘Arabi, man acts “as the eye through which God can see His own creation.” — Christian Wertenbaker: THE COSMIC METABOLISM OF FORM: A meditation on a “great cosmic ecology of consciousness,” PARABOLA, Fall 2011 “Seeing.” From parabola-magazine.

But it is possible that our awareness has a purpose on another level as well. Some religious and mystical teachings hold that human consciousness, in reflecting reality, also helps to bring it into being. According to the Islamic mystic Ibn ‘Arabi, man acts “as the eye through which God can see His own creation.”

— Christian Wertenbaker: THE COSMIC METABOLISM OF FORM: A meditation on a “great cosmic ecology of consciousness,” PARABOLA, Fall 2011 “Seeing.”

From parabola-magazine.

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