Collective Consciousness

Consciousness is a characteristic of Living Being . A living being comprises of 2 sets i.e Mind and Body .

The body is  made up of various parts example: the heart , liver , kidney etc. Each in turn is made up of cells which are designed to perform a specific tasks . The cells are living beings and have a consciousness of their own . But do these cells know that they are performing individual tasks synchronous with other cells ? Do they have a consciousness that they are a part of a Living Being ( Some one which is much larger in comparison with their own size ) ?

Do these individual cells know that if they perform asynchronous they might jeopardize the existence of the Living Being of which they are a part of ? For example if the heart cells perform erratically or asynchronous it leads to a cardiac arrest for the Living Being .
To avoid this the Mind which is the master of the Collective Consciousness plays a vital role .  

This Collective Consciousness is fundamental to the existence of a living organism.

I find this has a lot of similarity in the world we live. We exist as Individual Living Beings. Each one of us has an individual consciousness. We feel the world around us with the 5 senses we develop our own likes and dislikes. This form the basis our individual consciousness . We as individuals have our own set of values , beliefs ...

We cannot exist as solitary islands in the ocean of life and so Human Beings are known as Social Beings . We often collectively form groups and these could be on the basis of so many factors. We could be part of a family or part of an alumni network or may be a business group etc ....

Take for example the group based on geographical location . Under this we are a part of a particular City or State or Nation . The society we live in is a network of individuals of which one is a part of . As a citizen we share similar likes , believe in similar faiths or in other words have a Collective Consciousness as a national of a particular Country.

How ever with the advent of Internet , groups or Networks are no longer limited by geographical location . It may be interesting to note that even such a group may then have Collective Consciousness .

So if you are reading this Blog on Linkedin or Blogger or Facebook it is probably because you and me are a part of some sort of a virtual network . 

Are we right now having a Collective Consciousness in this Virtual World ? 

I am eager to know the characteristics of this Network . I solicit your comments about the shared values and beliefs of this network . So let us explore what Collective Consciousness are we a part of  .......