

Leading Sociologists Émile Durkheim having coined this term “collective consciousness” indicates it being the source of solidarity of the individuals bound into collective units like groups and societies.

Though there are different approaches to study the consciousness phenomena, here we would like to look at the tremendous effort the Global consciousness project has been doing since decades. Scientific studies related to consciousness is attempting rigorously to tap the potential of this collective mind to influence the physical systems and reality. Hence it is important to choose the right nature of activity, a though process which compels the individual consciousness to be overruled by the collective action and to be guided by the same. On similar lines many of the Contemporary Scientific studies have agreed that there is a possibility when a collective action is induced to a crowd there is a possibility of one losing the individual consciousness and is led by the crowd consciousness. 191), the concept of world as one family(Vasudaiva kutumbhakam) and the cultivation of mutual understanding of the teacher and the pupil indicates that agreement of group minds, shared ideas, common purpose and goal has the power of manifestation of the intended thoughts to reality which is the base of collective consciousness fields. The Rigveda prayer of harmony(Sangacchadhvam (Isha Basya) from the Rig Veda. There are many instances, verses and quotes from our oriental (Vedic) scriptures that highlight the importance of the existence of collective consciousness fields.
