Jaspers goes on to talk about reason and existenz being contingent upon one another, but I will not get into that. My interpretation of Jaspers is convoluted enough, and for that I apologize. If I had more time I would explain myself better. The bottom line for me is that Jaspers has combined the power of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche with his own and has explained quite convincingly that we can experience God, that there is hope for mankind, and it begins with paying a bit more attention. I can do that.
I was conscious once, but it was a bad sort of conscious, like Dostoevsky’s. I was in horror of the terrible thoughts passing thru my head. That’s when I was convinced I had a diseased mind. Prozac has nearly cured me of that poisoned consciousness, and I’m now beginning to see bits and pieces of the higher consciousness I think these philosophers understand. There is so much bull*censored* in this world (for example, why do we have first impressions?). That’s why I chose the theme of narrow-minded, sleeping humans. Because the way we live is ridiculous, and although I enjoy mundane life a great deal, I know existence runs much deeper than this, and I would like to know those depths and how to get there. What can man do? A hell of a lot. We have just been reading the question the wrong way.
Kaufman, Walter. “Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sarte”
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. “Notes from the Underground”