Hello Wes, I like this. I think this subject of consciousness, self-awareness, and the growing complexity of ego through the evolutionary hierarchy is a fascinating subject. I have little time today to respond, but would enjoy hearing more of your thoughts on this.
Thanks, Mary Wesley Webb > Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 4:22 AM > Conciousness, > > I feel as though it is different then awareness. A baby is conscious of > the decisions it makes and actions it takes, but hardly has any > awareness about what it is doing. I feel like Awareness is often > mistaken for consciousness. Awareness is the self-reflection we all > experience, but our consciousness perhaps is simply our ability to > react to our experience and thus learn. That would include, when i say > consciousness, both the conscious and sub-conscious. Consciousness is > ego/id/superego if we want to be Freudian about it. But i feel as > though Awareness is discrete from this. Our self-awareness does not > create learning, it only provides a new thing to learn about. I think a > neurological argument is something like: self-awareness is an illusory > identity the mind gives itself and it's body in order to achieve > greater self-preservation through conscious decision making. First we > are conscious and making decisions, then we become self-aware, then we > continue to make concious deci > sions but now include decisions based on our awareness. This is why we > brush our teeth. > > i guess, > > Wes Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
