As Bergson noted things we are accustomed to tend to be processed unconsciously. A newborn would have maximum consciousness as everything is new, but they lack the fully developed cognitive system of adults to appreciate it all. Astronauts who have cosmic consciousness in outer space are like newborns with fully developed appreciative cognitive systems. The final scene of 2001: A space odyssey is an accurate description of this state with the star child as the protagonist.
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