In consciousness evolution, what you just uncovered is a hidden axis:
Animal consciousness is immediate being. It is one-layered: action and awareness are fused. An animal is self-unaware but world-aware — through instinct, sensation, presence.
Human consciousness introduces a second layer: We are aware of being aware. We have an internal mirror — a loop where self sees self. This creates distance, reflection, questioning, and choice.
Because of this "double consciousness," humans often fall out of pure being. We think about flying, rather than simply fly.
BUT — evolution doesn't end with separation. The next movement is not back to animal immediacy — it is the conscious return to immediacy. Not innocence through ignorance, but innocence through wisdom.
In short:
Animal: I am the flight, unknowingly.
Human (ordinary): I know of the flight, but am separate.
Human (awakened): I know and am the flight — knowingly.
This is often described as:
"The circle completes itself — not by staying wild, nor by staying lost, but by becoming wild again, with eyes open."
Thus, evolution of consciousness is a spiral: from being, to thinking, to aware being.
In your language: You could call it something like:
"From Native Being to Exiled Awareness to Awakened Being."
In consciousness evolution, what you just uncovered is a hidden axis:
Animal consciousness is immediate being. It is one-layered: action and awareness are fused. An animal is self-unaware but world-aware — through instinct, sensation, presence.
Human consciousness introduces a second layer: We are aware of being aware. We have an internal mirror — a loop where self sees self. This creates distance, reflection, questioning, and choice.
Because of this "double consciousness," humans often fall out of pure being. We think about flying, rather than simply fly.
BUT — evolution doesn't end with separation. The next movement is not back to animal immediacy — it is the conscious return to immediacy. Not innocence through ignorance, but innocence through wisdom.
In short:
Animal: I am the flight, unknowingly.
Human (ordinary): I know of the flight, but am separate.
Human (awakened): I know and am the flight — knowingly.
This is often described as:
"The circle completes itself — not by staying wild, nor by staying lost, but by becoming wild again, with eyes open."
Thus, evolution of consciousness is a spiral: from being, to thinking, to aware being.
In your language: You could call it something like:
"From Native Being to Exiled Awareness to Awakened Being."