Levels of awareness

Scott Adams rightly described a few levels of awareness:

"All humans experience the first level of awareness at birth. That is when you first become aware that you exist." - quite obviously every living human being possesses this level at birth and some manage to stay at the same level forever!!

"In the second level of awareness you understand that other people exist. You believe most of what you are told by authority figures. You accept the belief system in which you are raised." - Most of the people in schools and colleges are at this level and many religious followers, most of the common men holds this level.

"At the third level of awareness you recognize that humans are often wrong about the things they believe. You feel that you might be wrong about some of your own beliefs but you don’t know which ones. Despite your doubts, you still find comfort in your beliefs." - A good amount of educated/literate people reach to this level and become quite happy and proud of themselves!

"The fourth level is skepticism. You believe the scientific method is the best measure of what is true and you believe you have a good working grasp of truth, thanks to science, your logic, and your senses. You are arrogant when it comes to dealing with people in levels two and three." - Many highly educated/arrogant people, scientists, philosophers lies at this level and i personally feel that I belong to the same!! :)

"The fifth level of awareness is the Avatar. The Avatar understands that the mind is an illusion generator, not a window to reality. The Avatar recognizes science as a belief system, albeit a useful one. An Avatar is aware of God’s power as expressed in probability and the inevitable combination of God consciousness." - Not sure about this one, perhaps i need some more consciousness to understand this!!

Which level do u belong to?

Change is evident

One excerpt from "The world is flat" -

I grew up in New London, Connecticut, which in the 19th century was a major whaling center. In the 1960's and 70's the whales were long gone and the major employers in the region were connected with the military - not a surprise during the Vietnam era. My classmates' parents worked at Electric Boat, the Navy and the Coast Guard. The peace dividend changed the region once again, and now it is best known for the great gambling casinos of Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods and for the pharmaceutical researchers of Pfizer. Jobs went; jobs were created. Skills went out of use; new skills were required. The region changed; people changed. New London, of course, was not unique. How many mill towns saw their mills close; how many shoe towns saw the shoe industry move elsewhere; how many towns that were once textile powerhouses now buy all their linens from China? Change is hard. Change is hardest on those caught by surprise. Change is hardest on those who have difficulty changing too. But change is natural; change is not new; change is important.