> > Death is also just a shift of consciousness. It's like shifting our > attention from sensorimotoric input from the physical realm away to input > from the non-physical realm. Most people fall unconscious because they are > not used to that transition.
This is where you lose us - or me, at least. How on earth do you know this? How *could* you know this? On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 2:01 AM, justcamel <[email protected]> wrote: > No. You don't. You are just not yet used to staying fully conscious during > sleep. That's all. There are many people who stay conscious during any > phase of sleep. It just requires training. > > Death is also just a shift of consciousness. It's like shifting our > attention from sensorimotoric input from the physical realm away to input > from the non-physical realm. Most people fall unconscious because they are > not used to that transition. > > Consciousness just "tunes" into different aspects of reality. > Consciousness which is not developed will "hang around" in a more ergodic > environment where it can wreck little havoc. Our physical reality is such > an environment. We stay in it as long as we cling on to our body and other > illusions of form. In a virtual reality, consciousness can only influence > and destroy virtual, physical aspects but nothing relevant. You learn to > master your thoughts and you turn your subconsciousness into consciousness > so you know whats going on in yourself and then we "move on". > > You don't want to children who identify with their WoW avatar and who > drone bomb each other to run your more fundamental reality frames - do you? > It's an evolutionary thing. This process has evolved and proven to be very > effective. If you take Nick Bostrom's model an add evolution as the driving > force to it you are almost there. > > On 22.10.2015 03:19, Dr Miles Dyson wrote: > >> So when I fall asleep and lose consciousness i cease to exist? >> > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23050605-2da819ff > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
