What did these vessels hold? Consciousness . Tell us about that.I am a vessel and I am aware and I am moving and I am making decisions intentionally in this world.
possibility, but we don't know. Let us assume following Nick Bostonramm that consciousness can be created in a mechanical box.If that's possible, then Nick simply says, "Look, our progyny in the future, they're going to be fascinated with
only that large portions of our mental functioning go on unconsciously but the vast bulk of it goes on unconsciously. Consciousness is a very tiny limited resource. So that's one outstandingexample uh to which I could add others of foundational discoveries uh
the torch is not really what matters right what matters is the flame and if AI is better at spreading the flame of consciousness across the universe and can even experience like more blissful types of consciousness and higher formsof moral value than we ever could then let it rip, right? Just just let the AI
they tend to say again in a very sort of hierarchical way look there are higher forms of consciousness . They'll say like look we have a higher form of consciousness than a horseshoe crab. It's sure it sure isgreat that we exist and not just horseshoe crabs because we have access to higher forms of consciousness . Um,
It's definitely different from waking consciousness , but you know, even during the day we go through all sorts of different states of consciousness . Sometimes we're really focused on a task, sometimes we're daydreaming, sometimes we're completely oblivious to what's happening around us and we're completelylost in our inner world. And I think during sleep we go through similar experiences which I would say are
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And so all of these are different qualities within consciousness , within what I am defining as the broad perspective of what consciousness is. See, you are somebody who is now interviewing me, but you have a profession, you have a quality,you can drive a car.
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that source, it becomes imbued with a very high level of awareness or consciousness . You can say pure consciousness what we say. And that leaves it simply sparkling with joy,blissful by itself. And this is not due to any you know it's not a synthetic
science and it has its own research. Um if you see in many universities in India vdanta is considered a science of consciousness and yoga yoga psychology is are provides you the techniques uhthe technology of consciousness and happiness. So all this you will find as
philosophies. In fact the vedant is more than 5,000 years old. It's the philosophy of the upanishets uh the consciousness . That's the beauty of it. So automatically you see this piece of
So we're learning the limits of consciousness and how it differs and so on. Consciousness -- it's a topic that's always fascinated me.It continues to till today because it seems that there are times in which we are working really hard to tap into it
We try to do it when we want to shut it off, when we want to meditate, or we want to go to sleep. Consciousness could often be a curse.Sometimes, you just want to get some sleep and shut it down for a while.
They just did not understand how complicated-- Yeah. --consciousness really is. Yeah. We're 20 years past that.
So today, we are going to talk about consciousness . Consciousness is everywhere in our lives.You are looking at me.
But consciousness studies is not a new subject. Consciousness studies is very, very ancient.As the philosopher Evan Thompson has written in his book, "Sleeping, Waking, Dreaming, and Being"-- he says consciousness studies goes all the way back
But you have to ask yourself, is the seen different from the seer? Consciousness is different, distinct from its objects.But are the objects of consciousness distinct from consciousness ?
And it was just television had a major impact, in terms of raising the consciousness to people, just in the way that now cell phones are having the ability to raise consciousness for people. These things had been going on for a long time.But because this was happening where people would see it, it gave people like Uncle Whitney the opportunity, when they could go to a place like the White House,
So today, we're going to talk about consciousness . Consciousness is everywhere in our lives.You are looking at me.
But consciousness studies is not a new subject. Consciousness studies is very, very ancient.As the philosopher Evan Thompson has written in his book, "Waking, Dreaming, and Being," he says consciousness studies goes all the way back
So Vedanta gives us a very, very precise way of defining consciousness . Consciousness is not this-- in Sanskrit, neti neti.Whatever we can be aware of, either directly through our senses or through our minds or thoughts,
"That shining, everything else shines. Consciousness illuminating an object is experience.
"That shining, everything else shines. Consciousness illuminating the mind is an experience of the mind.
"That shining, everything else shines. Consciousness working through the mind illuminating the body is a bodily experience.
"That shining, everything else shines. Consciousness through the body and mind is an experience of the world outside.
"That shining, everything else shines. consciousness and this vast, varied, material universe.
"That shining, everything else shines. Consciousness must be brain.
"That shining, everything else shines. Consciousness creates matter. The third option is neither creates the other.
"That shining, everything else shines. Consciousness did not produce matter.
"That shining, everything else shines. Consciousness and matter are not fundamental realities, both interacting.
"That shining, everything else shines. Consciousness is nondual with respect to what it experiences, this entire objective universe.
"That shining, everything else shines. Consciousness is different, distinct from its objects.
How do we break that cycle of trauma? Consciousness -- becoming aware and telling the truth.And of course, it's very hard to tell the truth, because the truth is so awful.
It's that your life has a felt quality to it which makes it so wonderful for you to exist at times, but also so incredibly difficult at other times. Consciousness is not the same thing as conscience.I remember when I first thought of these issues as an undergrad, I kind of confused them, and it's natural.
So we don't have free will in that intuitive sense. Consciousness is just sort of pulled along for the ride, like noticing what's going on, and you tell yourself the story.Like, oh, I decided to do it, but really, the brain was already doing it before you were aware of it.
consciousness in the first five or 10 minutes.
consciousness , and civilization, or would you see a foolish species willfully ignorant of its impact upon the world?
Consciousness seems non-physical. How would you ever explain the subjective experience of red and so on?
Consciousness seems irreducible. I might think consciousness is irreducible.
Consciousness is hard to explain, explaining behavior doesn't explain consciousness .
Consciousness is awareness of your surroundings of the thought that, in principle, a super duper robot could have.
consciousness the brain and when I kind of arrived at that point and realized that in many cases
Consciousness um and when people pray often not only they have elevated activities in those region uh some
consciousness but did it remain forever or did it go away well it was interesting because it lasted for about
consciousness , and that's not going to do me any good or do anyone else any good.
Consciousness your psyche it doesn't tell you uh what to see but how to see and you you look out from a different
Consciousness is that dimension, which is the very source of who we are.
Consciousness . So here's Einstein.
Consciousness , I believe, is much more tenable.