Omega Point

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) coined the phrase "omega point". It was his term that describes what I think the years leading to the Mayan calendar date of 2012 is all about. Not that it will happen exactly on December 21, 2012 at 11:11pm, but that we're moving into such a consciousness! Exciting times are ahead for those who embrace what "The Consciousness" of which we are a part, is doing.

The Omega Point was Teilhard's maximum level of consciousness to which the universe seems to be heading. The universe evolves towards more complex states, while at the same time more conscious states. For some reason this is hard for people to grasp: especially the fundamentalists in the scientific and religious communities.

For Teilhard, this is the true theory of evolution, and he called it the Law of Complexity/Consciousness. Matter becomes more and more complex throughout time. Part of the reason is that thought alters matter and matter alters thought. Chew on that for a minute.

And in so doing we are all raised to higher consciousness states. Why does the religious crowd have such a difficulty with that?

For Teilhard, this is only possible if a higher form of consciousness is "drawing" the universe to itself. Now we get into the argument over what to name this "Consciousness". If I call IT a "He", you'll get a reference point different than if I called IT a "She", or just an "It". Need we do this?

It is impossible that lower consciousness states can give rise to higher conscious states. So, Teilhard put for the "Omega Point" as the critical point of consciousness which draws the universe towards higher states of consciousness, as observed in the Law of Complexity & Consciousness.

Next week, the movie, I AM- Legend comes out. We'll have fun with that one too!