context of the Allness of Existence. Intelligence is the quality of omniscience by which information (i.e., form) becomes known and thereby transmissible.
For life to survive and later evolve, the prime requisite is that it be designed with survival as its primary goal or consequence. Self-propagation, self-interest, and self-servingness were a priori requirements for any primitive life form to survive or to succeed. In turn, the survival of life in form depends on the accumulation, organization, utilization, and integration of pure energy itself. Energy is a necessity of life that had to be acquired. On the vegetative level, photosynthesis became the primary mechanism by which chemical molecules could be integrated and utilized. Microorganisms developed integrated systems that incorporated molecular components of the environment. The survival of life depended on the acquisition of needed energy sources of whatever forms were available.
The fulfillment of this basic necessity was accomplished by the development of survival systems of extraordinary complexity and ingenuity. These were developments of the quality of intelligence innate to the field of consciousness itself before they appeared in the physical world as living forms. Learning occurred specifically within the nonphysical domain of the energy field of consciousness. This was the level designated by Rupert Sheldrake as “formative causation” (Sheldrake, 1981).
Imprinted information in the form of recorded energy frequencies and patterns is common in the modern world as both analog and digital program sources, including radio, television, CDs, DVDs, etc. Form itself is encoded information transferable into instruction, such as the genetic code. Analogous processes occur in the imprinting of images in digital cameras, and chemistry and physics use the electromagnetic spectrum frequencies to identify the presence of specific chemical properties by electrospectrometry. Thus, the modern mind accepts that invisible energy patterns, which include not only information but also even specific instructions, precede and are the source of their appearance and unfolding as programs or structures within the observable Newtonian dimension of physicality and form.
A characteristic of the energy field of consciousness is its innate propensity to evolve to higher and higher levels in order to give expression to the highest potentialities. At some point along the progression of the field of consciousness, the capacity for awareness occurs, which provides the a priori substrate of subjectivity and the capacity for experiencing, thinking, feeling, and understanding that generally have been considered to be primary animal as well as human capabilities.
The demonstration of the above propositions reveals that when we calibrate the level of consciousness of the animal kingdom, we see a very definite progression of consciousness over great eons of temporal time.
ANIMAL KINGDOM
Bacteria
1
Protozoa
2
Crustaceans
3
Insects
6
Arachnids
7
Amphibians
17
Fish
20
Octopus
20
Shark
24
Viper
35
Komodo Dragon
40
Reptiles
40
Predatory Mammals
(Hyena, Lion, Tiger)
40
Snake
45
Alligator
45
Dinosaur
60
Whale
85
Dolphin
95
Migratory Birds
105
Birds of Prey
105
Rodents
105
Rhinoceros
105
Song Birds
125
Dove
145
Polar Bear
160
Grizzly Bear
160
Water Buffalo
175
Black Bear
180
Jackal, Fox
185
Wolf
190
Hippopotamus
190
Javelina
195
Grazers: Zebra, Gazelle, Giraffe
200
Deer
205
Bison
205
Domestic Pig
205
Elk
210
Dairy Cow
210
Sheep
210
Range Cattle
210
Elephant
235
Farm Horse
240
Cats
240
Family Cat
245
Race Horse
245
Dogs
245
Family Dog
250
Monkey
250
Gorilla
275
Chimpanzee
305
Exceptions:
Oscar the cat
250
Alex, Trained African
Grey Parrot
401
Koko (Trained Gorilla)
405
Song Bird’s Song
500
Cat’s
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