What is consciousness?
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Not possible to answer in words.  Look for that part of you which happens when you are not thinking verbally.
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Awareness is what makes our peculiar individuality, or should I say the capacity to be aware, since when asleep we are not aware but are still individuals. Individuality is just the fact of being a separate entity from anything else that is not you. Consciousness is awareness. That is what actually permits you to say that you are you, or yourself. The nature of God must also be like that, a Self Consciousness, and we must in some way be from Him because we just find ourselves becoming aware and find that awareness existed before we became aware, it is bigger than us.
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Where is the psyche located in the Human body?\n\nMost people agree that the mind is in the brain.
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The brain's morphology is functionally diverse.  What I mean by this statement is that certain regions/lobes of the brain are devoted to certain activities.  Consciousness, for example, is a product of the activity of the cortex; while respiration (breathing) is derived from the pons/medulla, and vision is processed in the occipital lobe.  The functions of the regions are, for the most part, independent of each other; so, if you ablate one specific lobe of the brain (for example, the occipital), a person would not be able to see (though, yes, his/her eyes would function- but having no center to integrate visual stimuli to would render one blind just the same), but would still breath and think if those centers are unharmed.  The same is true if the brain region responsible for thought processes is ablated: the pons/medulla would still work, since breathing does not require consciousness (ie: you don't have to be conscious in order to breath; hence, you breath in your sleep).  This is also why a comatose person may still be capable of breathing on his/her own, though there may be no conscious thought.\n\nThis is an simplified example, however.  It should be noted that brain function in terms of neural networks and what regions are dependent on each other is not yet fully understood.  The advent of the functional MRI will help science better understand the brain's function in the near future.
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Normally, you are only aware of the thought processes in your conscious mind. You consciously think over the problems that are right in front of you, consciously choose words as you speak, consciously try to remember where you left your keys. \n\nBut in doing all these things, your conscious mind is working hand-in-hand with your subconscious mind, the unconscious part of your mind that does your "behind the scenes" thinking. Your subconscious mind accesses the vast reservoir of information that lets you solve problems, construct sentences or locate your keys. It puts together plans and ideas and runs them by your conscious mind. When a new idea comes to you out of the blue, it's because you already thought through the process unconsciously. \n\nYour subconscious also takes care of all the stuff you do automatically. You don't actively work through the steps of breathing minute to minute -- your subconscious mind does that. You don't think through every little thing you do while driving a car -- a lot of the small stuff is thought out in your subconscious mind. Your subconscious also processes the physical information your body receives. \n\nIn short, your subconscious mind is the real brains behind the operation -- it does most of your thinking, and it decides a lot of what you do. When you're awake, your conscious mind works to evaluate a lot of these thoughts, make decisions and put certain ideas into action. It also processes new information and relays it to the subconscious mind. But when you're asleep, the conscious mind gets out of the way, and your subconscious has free reign.
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You are what u think thats why, U think what you are.\n\nSoul: Mind, Intellect and Personality\nEvery soul has three separate faculties which are inherent in all human beings irrespective of place of birth. Just as electrical energy produces warmth, sound or light depending on the device through which it passes, similarly, the energy of consciousness functions through three different but closely connected faculties, referred to respectively by the terms mind, intellect, and personality.\n\nThe Mind\nWith the power of the mind, one imagines, thinks and forms ideas. Thoughts are created in the mind. The thought process is the basis of all emotions, desires and sensations. It is through the minds that, in an instant, thoughts reach anywhere, a memory can be relived and the feeling of happiness or sadness is experienced. The metaphysical mind should not be confused with the heart, the physical organ that maintains blood circulation
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There are only two entities in the Universe, one is Consciousness and the other is Energy...but this energy too is self conscious\n\nIn us our body, mind, intelliegence and ego all are creation of the Energy....the Soul in us is pure consciousness and this soul is common to all.
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Could the concept of knowledge be ingrained in a sense of consciousness?\n\nThe concept of consciousness is multifaceted, and steeped in cultural and intellectual history. This paper explores its complexities by way of a series of contrasts: (i) states of consciousness, such as wakefulness and sleep, are contrasted with awareness, a term that picks out the contents of consciousness, which range across all our psychological capacities; (ii) consciousness is contrasted to self-consciousness, which is itself a complex term embracing self-detection, self-monitoring, self-recognition theory of mind and self-knowledge; (iii) "narrow" and "broad" senses of consciousness are contrasted, the former requiring mature human awareness capable of guiding action and self-report, the latter involving the much broader capacity to acquire and exploit knowledge; (iv) an "inner" conception of consciousness, by which awareness is essentially private and beyond the reach of scientific scrutiny, is contrasted with an "outer" conception which allows that consciousness is intrinsically linked with capacities for intelligent behavior; and finally (v) "easy" and "hard" questions of consciousness are distinguished, the former involving the underlying neurobiology of wakefulness and awareness, and the latter the allegedly more mysterious process by which biological processes generate experience - the question of whether this final distinction is valid is a focus of current debate. Varied interests converge on the study of consciousness, from the sciences and the humanities, creating scope for interdisciplinary misunderstandings, but also for a fruitful dialog. (Zeman, 2005)\n\nIngrained in your question is also, what 'knows'...\n\nRossano (Cognition 89:207, 2003) proposes expertise as an indicator of consciousness in humans and other animals. Since there is strong evidence that the development of expertise requires deliberate practice (Ericsson in The road to excellence: the acquisition of expert performance in the arts and sciences, sports and games 1996), and deliberate practice appears to be outside of the bounds of unconscious processing, then any signs of expertise development in an animal are indicators of consciousness. Rossano's argument may lead to an unsolvable debate about animal consciousness while causing researchers to overlook the underlying reality of animal expertise. This article provides evidence indicative of animals meeting each of the three definitions of expertise established in the scientific literature: expertise as a social construction, expertise as exceptional performance, and expertise as knowledge. In addition, cases of deliberate practice by non-human animals are offered. Acknowledging some animals as experts, regardless of consciousness, is warranted by the research findings and would prove useful in solving many issues remaining in the human expertise literature. (Helton, 2005)\n\nand of course the concept of self-knowledge\n\nBecause of personal motives and the architecture of the mind, it may be difficult for people to know themselves. People often attempt to block out unwanted thoughts and feelings through conscious suppression and perhaps through unconscious repression, though whether such attempts are successful is controversial. A more common source of self-knowledge failure is the inaccessibility of much of the mind to consciousness, including mental processes involved in perception, motor learning, personality, attitudes, and self-esteem. Introspection cannot provide a direct pipeline to these mental processes, though some types of introspection may help people construct beneficial personal narratives. Other ways of increasing self-knowledge include looking at ourselves through the eyes of others and observing our own behavior. These approaches can potentially promote self-knowledge, although major obstacles exist. It is not always advantageous
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"Civic consciousness" would be an awareness (consciousness) of one's community.  At the very least, it means that the individual is aware of what is going on around him.  Ideally, it would mean that the individual is involved in the life of the community--understanding his role in the community--seeking to contribute when he is able to do so.  But to do these things begins with an awareness of one's community and the civic life in which we participate.\n\nJust as a side note, the highest form of excellence for the ancient Greeks (arete) was involvement in the life of the community, and those who chose not to partake in that life were referred to by the Greek term idios--the root from which we get the word "Idiot."  So civic consciousness has long been seen as an important part of what it means to be human.
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Stop thinking of time as if it is real, then consciousness alone can move you  back and forward in reality.
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No! there is no concept in Buddhism that is comparable to formless consciousness or god. \n\n"Primordial awareness", or the "Buddha Mind" is something that is at it's core, fundamentally us. It is the part of us that is unborn, or always present. \n\nTo make this a littler more easy to understand, the human body is made of molecules. These molecules are the same molecules that at some point in time resided in the earth and before that in the dark reaches of space perhaps even within the son or some other star. You could say that the substance of our bodies id Primordial Matter. \n\nLikewise, our consciousness is made up of the physical, biological aspects of our mind as well as the energy of our mind. It is this everlasting energy mind that is the Primordial awareness. It is OUR awareness of the universe and our part within it. When we achieve enlightenment, then we will reside within the Buddha mind, that part of us that is one with the universe. We will be awake to all that is.
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To give a rationally justified answer to this question, we first need to address the issue of souls.\n\nWhat exactly do you think a soul is?  What properties does it have?  What part of 'you' resides in the soul? \n\nIf it's postulated that consciousness, or awareness, or sense of self resides in the soul, it's difficult to see how this can be reconciled with the complete oblivion which accompanies general anaesthesia.  How could a straightforward chemical,  injected into the bloodstream, anaesthetise a soul so that it effectively ceases to exist during this time?  If consciousness, in the form of a soul, were some kind of supernatural faculty, it would seem implausible that it could be completely disabled by a chemical. \n\nHow about some of the other things which we regard as essential parts of what makes a person what they are?  How about love, compassion, reason, empathy, memory, conscious thought, character, 'spirituality' and so on? Well, there is really no plausible doubt that all these things are properties of the physical brain - We can alter all of these properties very simply with alcohol or other drugs, and observe how they change in people who have suffered significant brain damage.  Previously placid people become uncontrollably violent, intelligent people become imbeciles, and so on.  Stimulate the brain artificially, and the subject reports corresponding mental activity, e.g. 'religious experiences'.  We can see from brain research that all these things - thought, emotion, sensation, character traits and so on - are correlated with activity in the brain, and some things can be identified with specific areas of the brain. \n\nSo, if all these faculties and characteristics of what we regard as the 'person' reside in the physical brain, as seems to be undeniably the case, and they all cease when the person dies, then what is left to be attributed to a 'soul'?  As far as I can ascertain:  Nothing. If there is no part of us that can continue after death, then there is no 'afterlife'... and if there is no afterlife, then most of religion is null and void.
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That's the Akashic model. It's a combination of spirtualism with genetic memory. Snakes for example are born knowing everything they need, how to feed, move, how to hiss and bite and the complex rituals of mating. Human babies know how to suckle for milk, and blind children smile when happy although they've never seen anyone do it and couldn't learn what it meant.\n\nThe Akashic model goes further and says that either \nA) all wealth of human knowledge is genetically imprinted at some level (you're DNA holds everything about life, health etc. while the atoms in your body are aware of the laws of physics, your mind knows social functions, conversation etc.) and through learning, viewing others, hearing explanations this knowledge is unlocked and brought forth into the conscious mind (the biological approach)\n\nB) All wealth of human knowledge throughout time is held on a different level of consciousness, or a different plane of existence that transcends time and space, and since every atom, every thing and every person in the universe are connected and react to each other (Butterfly effect) it is in theory possible to connect to this universal knowledge simply by one person at some point knowing what you want to know. (this goes into Metaphysics and spiritualism). They are referred to as the Akshic Records, and some beleive to become fully conscious of them is to reach Nirvana and Enlightenment
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Usually it the discussion of the way people deal with the spiritual parts of themselves.  It can involve things like clairvoyance, meditation, dream walking, and other mind expanding experiences (no drugs).  It generally goes beyond the physical universe that we experience daily.
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I am tempted to answer with "42" :) Your consciousness control the life (although not so obvious). That is why the self-control techninques like meditaion work so well.
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nothing exsits if there is nothing there to see/hear/feel it.  Everything that is reality and what we think is real, is just a representation of what information from our senses, our brain processes them into being.  There is no real reality its just our own reality in our heads that we think is real.
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silence is natures octave of vibrations we\ncan only feel deep inside our bodies ........\nWe do not hear silence, we feel silence\n& in turn we make the sound of thoughts\nwhich no one can hear, yet, our thoughts\nare alive & in the spirit of inner sound\nto natures ears of hearing us in our slience .....\nSilence is another octave of vibrations\nwhether we hear a sound or not .......\nSilence is alive with vibration......\nFeel the silence... its within u ...........