Chapter 88: Planetary Consciousness and Mother Consciousness?

Actually, by this point in the explanation, Jiang Zhe could not help but sigh; he felt mentally exhausted.

Even with a Photographic Memory, precisely locating a piece of past knowledge in his mind was no easy task.

He had spent a significant amount of time decoding the Collective Unconscious, and it was certainly not easy to explain.

Especially in an improvised speech without a prepared script, he needed more concrete evidence to verify the existence of the Collective Unconscious.

"Let me add one last thing: it is impossible that in ancient times, a group of aliens truly descended from the sky as gods, possessing human heads and snake bodies, and then appeared all over the world, coincidentally imparting alien civilization and culture to the backward people of Earth."

"In the Xia Kingdom, they became Fuxi and Nuwa, becoming our creation gods, yet in other countries, they turned into different names and different deities, subsequently becoming their creation gods..."

"If such gods existed, we would not want them; they are like air conditioning—too universally loving!"

"So why are global myths eerily similar?"

"That is because this is a high-level network hidden within our human race: the Collective Unconscious, which has nothing to do with gods!"

These words left the experts present lost in thought.

They had all heard, to varying degrees, about the eerie similarities in global myths.

But they had not expected that the convergent nature of global myths had always been the work of the Collective Unconscious.

Upon reflection, most of the experts nodded silently with serious expressions.

"Yes, Jiang Zhe is right; history has told us much about the practical manifestations of the Collective Unconscious, but we have never thought about it from this perspective."

"Things like human myths, the worship of the sun and moon, and the fear of the dark all stem from the Collective Unconscious."

"If I were to express it using the Collective Unconscious, I would lean towards it being the experiences and information of our ancestral lineage at the genetic level; those pieces of information, after being passed down through the genes of descendants, also entered the Collective Unconscious; the things our ancestors encountered continue to influence their descendants, all the way to all of us today."

"Exactly, just like us humans; we can never imagine colors and sounds that our modern selves and our ancestors have never seen or heard."

At this moment, a young scholar asked curiously:

"Respected experts, if, as Jiang Zhe said, the Collective Unconscious can upgrade? What I mean is, do you understand?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the Kyoto Science Report Hall was stunned, and soon, they fell into silence.

Professor Hua Yunfeng looked at Old Feng, and both shook their heads, indicating they understood the question but could not know the answer.

The two of them naturally understood the confusion of the young expert in the audience.

For example: Is the Collective Unconscious of our ancient ancestors the same as the Collective Unconscious of the modern global human race; or is it a completely different Collective Unconscious?

Seeing that Jiang Zhe on the big screen had not considered this point, nor did he intend to discuss it.

Professor Hua Yunfeng looked at the crowd in the audience and said: "I am also very curious about the answer to this question; when the session ends..."

"I will let you, young man, use the university hotline to secure a spot and ask him."

"Yes, thank you, Professor Hua!"

...

As Jiang Zhe's series of analyses concluded, the audience also began to fall into reflection and deep thought.

They had previously believed that the Hundredth Monkey Effect was a real experiment and could be trusted.

But who would have thought that when Jiang Zhe proposed the Collective Unconscious within humans, most people believed it on the surface, but in their hearts, they actually denied it.

People consider themselves superior to animals, so it is difficult for them to accept from the depths of their hearts that animal experiments could also apply to humans.

However, fortunately, Jiang Zhe continuously and repeatedly changed examples to explain it, which made them believe from the depths of their hearts that the Collective Unconscious truly exists in the world, and they also believed more firmly that Carl Jung's theory was real and not fake!

Otherwise, it would be impossible for identical myths to appear globally in such an eerie way!

If one were to say that ancient people traveled across the ocean to spread myths?

This might have been possible, but it is absolutely impossible for myths to have the same origin on such a large scale; at most, myths in a small number of countries might share origins.

Even traveling across the ocean in ancient times was a high-risk activity; one careless mistake, and the ship would capsize, resulting in a loss that outweighed the gain.

At this point, most of the audience and experts firmly believed in the existence of the Collective Unconscious from the depths of their hearts!!!

"No wonder, in an era when the Age of Discovery was not developed and people used small, broken boats, it was impossible to travel across the oceans to spread myths globally."

"Yes, I previously really thought that aliens descended all over the world to spread cultural knowledge... Who knew, that was a damn internet story; it almost had me fooled."

"If not for Jiang Zhe decoding these things, I would have truly been kept in the dark!"

"..."

Gradually, the audience also believed in the authenticity of what Jiang Zhe said from their hearts.

...

Inside the leadership conference room.

Everyone here was stunned.

They were not surprised by the truth, but by the numerous pieces of evidence Jiang Zhe threw out during his improvised speech!

This clearly meant that Jiang Zhe had truly memorized everything about today's topic in his head.

Old Zhao couldn't help but gulp, his eyes wide, "What kind of heaven-defying memory is this... How did this memory fail the interview initially?"

Old Wang nodded repeatedly in shock, "Perhaps, he never really wanted to enter our Television Station through the normal channels; otherwise, he wouldn't have proactively offered to challenge the Grandfather Paradox in the first round after being rejected."

Wang Lin and Xiao Shiyi looked at each other, both seeing the astonishment on the other's face.

They were speechless, feeling that Jiang Zhe's experience and knowledge did not seem to match his major!

While everyone was shocked, on the big screen, Jiang Zhe raised his eyebrows slightly, and emotion values kept ringing in his ears, more violently than before.

Only then did he reveal a calm expression and proceeded to the next step.

"As of now!"

"We have already resolved the [I] in the first point of doubt among the three arguments: reality, illusion, and 'I' in Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly."

"Let's review it once more: what is 'I'?"

"I am the subjective existence where consciousness, the subconscious, and the Collective Unconscious converge."

"The depths of our consciousness are a collection of the human consciousness of the entire Earth."

"It can also be said that I am a part of the Collective Unconscious; no matter which country a person is from, as long as they possess wisdom—and are not wild children like wolf children or tiger children raised by wild animals—then our Collective Unconscious is one big family!"

These words were also recognized by many in the audience.

In reality, there are indeed wild children raised by wolves, monkeys, and apes.

They have not undergone the enlightenment of wisdom or acquired knowledge; those wild children retain the habits of primitive animals.

Even...

In the concepts of some wild children raised by animals, they do not even consider themselves human!!!

"By the way, a consciousness that is higher and deeper than the Collective Unconscious is Planetary Consciousness."

"Higher than Planetary Consciousness is the common [Mother Consciousness] of all human races in the universe, which we will have the opportunity to delve into and explain in the future."

As soon as these words were spoken, the live stream chat exploded instantly.

"What? Earth consciousness, and a Mother Consciousness for all human races in the universe?"

"Wait, wait, is it in your view that there are humans other than us in the universe?"

"Damn, this topic is a bit big; there's a lot to talk about!"

"..."

They had previously been immersed in the wonder of the Collective Unconscious, unable to extricate themselves.

Who would have thought that Jiang Zhe would drop another bombshell.

Earth consciousness? Could it be that the Earth is alive?

Mother Consciousness? Could it be that the universe is also alive?

In the report hall, the experts were also shocked by Jiang Zhe's surprising conjectures and imagination.

For them, this was a concept that no one present had ever understood before.

And some experts had never found relevant topics or theories on academic websites.

If they didn't know Jiang Zhe, they would have likely labeled him a scammer at the first opportunity!

This wave of operation directly boosted the traffic of the Television Station and the online live stream room once again.

...

Monitoring department.

The young staff member looked at the abnormal monitoring curve; almost in an instant, the number of people in front of the TV increased by 150,000, and the online live stream room increased by 100,000.

"Holy crap!"

Old Wang let out a cry of surprise.

He quickly turned his head to look at Old Wang, who had suddenly jumped up from the sofa in shock.

"What happened, Master?"

Old Wang looked stunned, "Your Teacher Jiang, he resolved the existence of the Collective Unconscious; then he went on to propose the concept that the Earth is alive; and the universe may also be alive!"

When these words were spoken, the young staff member's eyes widened: "What? The Earth is alive, and the universe may also be alive?"

"It's not that the universe is alive; it's possible that the universe also has some kind of network connecting intelligent life throughout the universe." Old Wang shook his head repeatedly, "But I don't know either; but Teacher Jiang has never lied; it feels like he really has researched these things!"

...

Inside the leadership conference room.

Old Zhao, Old Wang, Xiao Shiyi, Wang Lin, and others were all frightened by those last few sentences.

A minute ago, they were still amazed that the Collective Unconscious had long existed in history.

The next second...

Planetary Consciousness, Universal Mother Consciousness!

According to their understanding of Jiang Zhe, he would not lie.

Old Zhao looked at Old Wang with astonishment, "This?"

Old Wang shook his head repeatedly, "I don't know, I only know he didn't lie."

Then the two of them subconsciously looked at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin shook his head repeatedly, saying incredulously: "I don't know this either; it only appears in the stories of science fiction writers; but those are just human-made stories; how is he saying these things?"

Xiao Shiyi couldn't help but show a shocked smile: "He really knows how to drive traffic; but in my opinion, he might really have relevant theories and explanations."

They naturally did not know a theory from Jiang Zhe's past life: Gaia Consciousness.

However, this was not the topic of the day, and Jiang Zhe would not explain it in detail.

Just as everyone was continuing to discuss, Jiang Zhe on the big screen received a barrage broadcast from the director and suddenly grinned, immediately pouring a bucket of cold water on them.

"I won't be talking about it today anyway, so why are you all getting so excited?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of all the viewers turned dark; they seemed to turn into magpies, spewing profanities at their mobile phone screens and televisions, and a sound of crisp bird chirping spread from house to house in Su City.

"Alright, let us return to the topic."

"Now, in Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly, there are still two arguments left to resolve."

"Reality and Illusion!"

"As long as we clarify these two points, we will naturally know the truth of [Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly]!"

"We will start with the word [Reality], and after finishing [Reality], you will naturally know [Illusion]."

"How should we understand [Reality]?"

"It naturally links to the [Consciousness] topic I discussed earlier."

"That is why I spoke at length to the audience in front of the screens/televisions, explaining the division of consciousness; the purpose is precisely this!"

As his words fell, all the experts and the audience sat up straight again, focusing all their attention on listening to the lecture.