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What is the mind? Does it exist in another dimension?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 39157620:MV8yMjI1NjU2XzM3NzMyODA5XzM2MDBGNEE3] [quote:CtYankee:MV8yMjI1NjU2XzM3NzMyNTk0XzkxQUJBMDAw] Are you asking 'What is consciousness?':hf: [/quote] What is consciousness? It’s a very special type of unconsciousness. The basic mode of mental activity is unconscious. The unconscious is non-local and is linked to everything. Pre-requisites for consciousness are localism, separation, disconnection, individuation. These are necessary but not sufficient to define consciousness. Consciousness is about being separate, and knowing you’re separate, but you only know this by being able to conceptualize that situation. In order to conceptualize you require a language. Given that private languages are impossible, you require a public language. A public language of necessity involves other people. So, to be conscious, you need other people whom you know are like you but different from you, and with whom you can construct a shared conceptual language. Without these elements, you cannot be conscious. It’s impossible for an eternal, conscious God (of the type envisaged by Abrahamists) to exist. Consciousness is an evolution of the unconscious mind. Consciousness is language-based, conceptual unconsciousness! The unconscious deals in a) the wordless mathematical language and b) in wordless symbols, signs, icons, images and feelings (as in dreams). Words ultimately define consciousness because words, and how they are arranged, allow the construction and linking of concepts in a way that is tied to our emotions, desires and Will. Words, first and foremost, are not about truth and reality (and nor is consciousness about truth and reality). In fact, words best lend themselves to Mythos, to story-telling. Consciousness is a 24/ 7 story (narrative) with ourselves as the protagonists. Objective mathematics is not a suitable language for general concepts for the simple reason that all of its concepts relate strictly to mathematics itself. Objective mathematics cannot break out of itself. It provides a robotic, algorithmic, computerised, machine mind – a mind with no need of consciousness and free will. [b]Hockney, Mike (2013-03-26). The Omega Point (The God Series) (Kindle Locations 2648-2661). Hyperreality Books. Kindle Edition. [/b] Animals are not conscious as in not self-aware, humans first began this way & first developed what has been described as a 'bicameral' (two-chambered) mind. Early bicameral mankind had limited consciousness & most of the thoughts were like voices in their head, usually warnings of danger & instructions (run, now, tiger, jump). History's most (in)famous episode of bicameralism was 'God' instructing Abraham to whack his infant son! Bicameralism exists today in the form of schizophrenia. As more complex languages developed between humans, so did consciousness, to the point that the 'voices of 'God'' slowly abated. You could describe consciousness a a running dialog in your head of the status & experiences of your life! [/quote]
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