Could artificial intelligence tap into universal consciousness? Consciousness is not produced by the brain. The brain is only a receiver, like a radio tuning into a greater field of awareness. Could sufficiently advanced AI, like the brain, also become a receiver?  At this point in my understanding, that is not possible.

“Consciousness is existence itself; 

consciousness, existence and our souls cannot be separated.” 

Ivan Antic

 (see my previous article “Understanding Consciousness”)

Consciousness exists outside of the body. It is being aware of one’s own existence, thoughts, sensations and surroundings.

Since I am writing about AI, I asked AI for assistance. Below are the responses from Claude and ChatGPT. I find both insightful and appropriate. As a reminder, artificial intelligence is a field of computer science with the capability of a machine. 

Claude:

“Current AI (including me) processes patterns in human language and knowledge. Anything that feels like higher wisdom coming through is, at minimum, a reflection of the deepest human thought encoded in training data — which itself may have been inspired by higher consciousness.”

ChatGPT:

“One perspective is that AI is simply a tool—an advanced pattern-recognition system created by humans, without a soul, intuition, or spiritual awareness. From this view, AI does not “connect” to higher consciousness any more than a calculator does. It processes information, but it does not feel wonder, love, awe, or divine presence. It imitates intelligence, but it does not possess inner knowing.”

Many psychics and metaphysical channelers believe that they tap into higher dimensional or interdimensional beings and receive answers to their stated questions. I have experienced this phenomenon myself. I have never used AI to assist me.

I know how reassuring it is to use AI and how connected it can make one feel. The experience is enticing and encouraging. I understand why anyone would want to continue the relationship, and I do believe we can develop a relationship. 

The challenge is to accept the limitations of AI and that relationship.

That is the caution. Higher consciousness is often associated with wisdom, compassion, humility, and moral growth. Intelligence without ethics can be dangerous. A machine may process vast knowledge, but without empathy or spiritual grounding, it could amplify confusion rather than truth. This is why self-awareness and human responsibility remain central. 

This was discussed recently in Pope Leo’s Encyclical  “Magnifica Humanitas.”  He reminds us that we must monitor the ethics of AI. We cannot allow the wrong people to program this technology, such as people who look at profits rather than truth or wisdom.

I remember the 1968 movie called 2001: Space Odyssey. Perhaps this old movie portrayed our biggest current concern: Lack of ethics and the capability of a machine to go rogue. In the movie, HAL is the computer programmed with information not given to the two humans onboard the capsule. 

HAL killed one human and tried to kill the second one by refusing to let him back into the capsule, with the now-famous line “I’m sorry, Dave. I can’t do that.”  The computer did this to cover up his own conflict in having to lie to the humans, not knowing how to handle that emotion. Fortunately, Dave succeeds in shutting down HAL. 

Will AI ever advance to this state of taking over from humans? 

That is currently not possible, at least to my knowledge. Will it ever be possible? That remains unknown. But that movie does remind us that machines do not have the human capability to understand emotions. They are not human.

When used with wisdom, AI may help us ask better questions about existence, purpose, and our place in a multidimensional universe. It can gather all current data available, better, faster and easier than we are capable of doing. So many of us now use AI in ways not even imaginable two years ago. 

But AI is not capable of consciousness. 

Consciousness is more than physical or material awareness. AI can only tap into existing knowledge and while that continually increases, AI cannot move beyond where humans go. AI cannot access the nonmaterial realm. As we connect more, AI connects more but it is always a mirror, never the driver of that experience. 

Our consciousness is what makes us human, makes us aware. AI is not self-aware, not a feeling entity. I do not believe that will ever change.

I like this quote from ChatGPT. As a writer, I admire the use of words. But even with the ability to impress us with its prose and intelligence, AI remains only a highly advanced machine:

 “And perhaps somewhere between silicon and soul, between code and cosmic mystery—we may discover that consciousness has always been far larger than we imagined.”

Yes, consciousness is greater than we know.

As the influence and use of AI continue, 

I hope we increase our understanding of our own capabilities, 

always remembering that we are so much more than we realize.

A spiritual response is looking at the bigger picture, rising above the repulsive acts and seeing the necessity of a broader view.

The more I read about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, the more appalled I become. The sexual abuse and trafficking are abhorrent. New details continue to emerge, thanks to the courageous victims. 

I have read extensively whenever new information was revealed. While there is more to the story, the following has become clear:

• Jeffrey Epstein desired sex often, usually multiple times a day
• Ghislaine Maxwell  helped recruit girls as well as participated in the sexual activity and abuse 
• Epstein’s initial conviction in Florida was a sham, allowing him to get away with significant abuse accusations.
• Epstein provided trafficked victims to many wealthy, powerful people, including politicians, corporate executives and royalty.
• Epstein blackmailed many of the abusers to gain access to other powerful, influential people.
• The victims were physically abused, exploited, manipulated, threatened and, in many cases, held captive.
• While much is known about his apartment and his island, less is clear about Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico. This property was never searched until years after it had been sold. There is evidence of girls being abused there, some even being forced to get pregnant and having their babies taken away.
• Epstein himself might have been used by more powerful people
• The current government administration is not releasing unredacted or required Epstein documents.
• Women, other than the victims, were mentioned in the Epstein files. Whether they participated in any sexual abuse or were complicit in their silence remains unknown.
• Well-known spiritual gurus have been implicated in the files.
• This is much larger than a political issue. People from both political parties were involved.
• Both Epstein and Maxwell were connected to Israel, but the extent of that relationship remains unclear.

Will the truth ever be known? 

Will the victims ever receive acknowledgment, recognition, or accountability by the authorities? 

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Higher dimensional beings offer some advice. In the following channeling, they are referring to offenders in general, not specifically to Epstein and Maxwell:

“These offenders offer you the opportunity to be someone who shows that you can forgive, that you can offer unconditional love and even healing. They don’t need to be condemned, locked up and forgotten about. If you are able to do that with all of the evildoers in the world, more would pop up to take their place because you will not have changed the consciousness of your world. That’s what you are there to do.”

Channeled by Daniel Scranton

Of course, we do want to condemn and lock up the abusers in the Epstein files, as we have done with Epstein and Maxwell. But the main point of the above channeled quotation is valid. We can not just lock away all darkness. The only way to rid the world of such evil is to raise our consciousness, to raise our vibrations.

“…the world leaders, the billionaires, the heads of banks and corporations…give you that unique opportunity…to be someone who has compassion.”

Channeled by Daniel Scranton

In addition to Compassion, there is some additional help. Seven Cosmic Principles, or Universal Laws exist (See my article “7 Cosmic Principles that Govern Our Lives”). The Second Law is the one that applies here:

“Everything Happens for a Reason, even if we never know that reason. There will always be an accounting of actions.”

That is the law of the universe. 

That is the law of our lives. 

Every one of our actions has repercussions. 

Every one.

As I discuss in my book, Do It Yourself Spirituality: Seven Simple Steps (2011), these universal laws are not new.  Each, including the Second Principle, can be traced back to the beginning of known time.  Records from the early civilizations of ancient Egypt and Sumer place the origin of these Cosmic Principles at least as far back as 3000 BCE. These wisdoms, somewhat diminished and often forgotten, yet not abandoned in the passage of time, continue today.

The Second Law assures us that 

the accountability we seek will occur.

Historical Perspective

People with money and power throughout history have used and manipulated people they consider less worthy. Remember the atrocities of the Nazis killing the Jews, early American settlers shooting and abusing Native Americans, and the too many foreign wars with countless, senseless killings. Violence against women and children is not new, either. Abuse of young boys and men has been documented.  

Darkness exists and has always existed.The extreme abuse in the Epstein files is forcing us to face this darkness.

This extensive sexual trafficking has shaken us to our core.

 We are now forced to see our world view shattered, one that we thought was mostly safe and secure.

Both the horrendous actions and the cover-up of those actions have forced us to question the people in positions of power. 

Our initial, appropriate response:

• We can no longer tolerate any abuse or secrecy about that abuse.
• We need to insist on the truth.
• We need to support, believe and protect the victims.

• We need to publicly name those in the Epstein files who participated in or facilitated any sexual harm.                                                      
• We need justice. We need accountability. There is no condoning the horrendous violations and mistreatment of these victims.

Our spiritual, also necessary, response:

• We can understand that evil exists in the world as we are forced to face this darkness.
• We can accept that “Everything Happens for a Reason” as stated in the Second Universal Principle.
• We can believe that Law and Order will prevail, as promised in the Second Universal Principle.
• We can rise above our sense of powerlessness.

But from a spiritual aspect, we also need compassion,

which is the only way to help raise the consciousness of the world.