--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@...> wrote: > > Following, rather superficially, the recent subject of the brain's > relationship to consciousness I have had a couple of thoughts which are not > based on scientific evidence or objective proof of any kind. > > Consciousness is a characteristic of being alive, having a functioning brain > and having a perceiver to perceive what is generated by certain activity of > the brain. Consciousness is also present in all forms of life that possess a > nervous system. I think it is also much more than this. > > I think consciousness is also very much a disembodied phenomenon which can > exist outside of a physical body. I believe some consciousness can be > generated by a brain but that this consciousness is energy,that also finds > its way outside of the physical that comprises a nervous system and is set > loose into the surrounding environment, consciousness continues b > (Shit, I just hit 'send' with my baby finger by mistake and off this little missive flew; just like what I was talking about above when I was so rudely interrupted by my last finger on my right hand. What just happened is a perfect example of a human exhibiting some aspect of consciousness and then, due to an errant pinky, off the message/post/result of consciousness flys these words into cyberspace as a new kind of energy that re-manifests as a post in somebody's inbox.)
Anyway, what was I saying? Something about consciousness continuing on in the environment/atmosphere as a manifestation of energy. In this disembodied form consciousness no longer needs a brain to exist or effect. And I believe it could keep existing forever in this brainless/bodyless form. I certainly can not prove this but I feel it to be right. Consciousness is everywhere, it envelopes us all the time. I believe it to be an integral part of what allows the universe to function - it is intelligence. I think we are cocooned in it. We do not create it, it passes through us. We have the receptor to know it is present (a brain) but it pre-dates us, it "is" already, before we were and well after the current body is gone. Consciousness possesses structure but not physical structure that we can always perceive. But I do think the physical world is built by consciousness so there are concrete things all around us that possess the building blocks of consciousness. (I'm just working this out as I write, I never really thought about this like this before so go boil some potatoes or make the bed because I am most likely blathering here.) Still, this is an interesting topic and if I wasn't pecking away at this on my iPad I might want to come back to it later. I'll just sit and let a bit more consciousness wash over me and get back to you if I figure anything else out.
