Art is made by human beings, and human beings can be conscious of being conscious. The highest purpose of art is to express this self-awareness and encourage its further development.
Consciousness is pure awareness as distinguished from its contents, the objects of awareness. Consciousness can be aware of anything, including itself. Consciousness is found only in living entities, and therefore it is the source of the living force. It is transcendent, non-material, self-referential, absolute and ever-fresh.
Consciousness is unlimited and eternal by nature. It apparently becomes limited when it mistakenly identifies itself with the qualities of its contents: the objects of the material senses and the thoughts of the material mind. The qualities of material objects are imperfect, limited and transient. When we empty our consciousness of the qualities of material objects, isolate and concentrate it in meditative states, it acquires new attributes and functions unique to itself. These purified states of consciousness are inherently and unconditionally (causelessly) pleasurable.
History shows us that people who are developed in consciousness perform more beneficial activities and have more profound influence on society than people who are ignorant of the art of consciousness. Art (or any activity) without a higher conscious purpose ultimately leads to a lower state of consciousness. This is the root cause of all the problems of life.
The best welfare activity for human society is to promote educational and artistic activities that expand the field of knowledge of consciousness and encourage the development of consciousness in the individual. Art aligned with the purpose of consciousness has tremendously beneficial cultural value.
Consciousart.org offers all artists who work in the field of consciousness a free, unlimited venue to display works of Conscious Art to the people of the world.
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