A group experience takes place on a lower level of consciousness than the experience of an individual. This is due to the fact that, when many people gather together to share one common emotion, the total psyche emerging from the group is below the level of the individual psyche. If it is a very large group, the collective psyche will be more like the psyche of an animal, which is the reason why the ethical attitude of large organizations is always doubtful. The psychology of a large crowd inevitably sinks to the level of mob psychology. If, therefore, I have a so-called collective experience as a member of a group, it takes place on a lower level of consciousness than if I had the experience by myself alone.
Jamie leaned over. __nd your perfect world?___mm,_ Helen smiled. __erfect is complicated. Hard to explain.___ive it a shot,_ I prodded her.__t___ beautiful is the best word to describe it,_ she said.Jamie and I nodded.__verything that isn__ necessary to getting what we want is gone,_ she said, eyes closing, as if she was vividly imagining. __here__ an abundance of it all, thanks to science. Food is everywhere and it overflows and there__ nothing to worry about because we have and we want and we take. We__e, and by we I mean people, we__e everywhere and we spill over into one another and we__e all knit together, physically and mentally. It__ an exquisite landscape of things that don__ ever run out to see and touches and tastes and smells and mating and eating and mindless fighting and eating-mating and fighting-eating and fighting-___kay,_ I said, interrupting. I paused, then when I couldn__ think of what to say. __kay.__elen reached down to her plate, used a fingertip to wipe up a bit of frosting, and popped it into her mouth, sucking it off.__kay,_ I said, still at a bit of a loss for words.__hat__ a mental image that__ going to be with me forever,_ Jamie said, dropping his head down until his face was in his hands.__ don__ see where ethics come into that world,_ I said, more to see Jamie__ reaction than out of curiosity.__o,_ Jamie said. __on__-___he closer you get to perfection, the further you get from ethics,_ Helen said, as if it was common sense.
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Jamie leaned over. __nd your perfect world?___mm,_ Helen smiled. __erfect is complicated. Hard to explain.___ive it a shot,_ I prodded her.__t___ beautiful is the best word to describe it,_ she said.Jamie and I nodded.__verything that isn__ necessary to getting what we want is gone,_ she said, eyes closing, as if she was vividly imagining. __here__ an abundance of it all, thanks to science. Food is everywhere and it overflows and there__ nothing to worry about because we have and we want and we take. We__e, and by we I mean people, we__e everywhere and we spill over into one another and we__e all knit together, physically and mentally. It__ an exquisite landscape of things that don__ ever run out to see and touches and tastes and smells and mating and eating and mindless fighting and eating-mating and fighting-eating and fighting-___kay,_ I said, interrupting. I paused, then when I couldn__ think of what to say. __kay.__elen reached down to her plate, used a fingertip to wipe up a bit of frosting, and popped it into her mouth, sucking it off.__kay,_ I said, still at a bit of a loss for words.__hat__ a mental image that__ going to be with me forever,_ Jamie said, dropping his head down until his face was in his hands.__ don__ see where ethics come into that world,_ I said, more to see Jamie__ reaction than out of curiosity.__o,_ Jamie said. __on__-___he closer you get to perfection, the further you get from ethics,_ Helen said, as if it was common sense.
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