Question by < I >: Is Consciousness … (see philosophical poll inside)?
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1) a Universal Disease?
2) what it IS [and darn if “I” know what it IS]?
3) the ultimate inter-dimensional weapon of mass destruction among Parallel Universes?
4) the awareness of the Here&Now [pure and simple; the rest is just horse hooey and blah blah blah]?
5) but a pointless tear in an endless Universal Rainstorm?
6) an Inherent Organic Attempt by The Universe to reinvent Itself and change Its Physical Destiny through ever-incresing Universal Consciousness?
7) a Cause for Joyous Celebration, Chanting, and Dancing [could someone please turn off that Gospel Music]?
8) a Freak Accident of Nature/Evolution?
9) a Meaningless and Painful State than can only be masked/made bearable with heavy doses of FUN, LOVE, and SEX?
10) an inherently self-limiting human condition?
11) a Transitional semi-material “Mind over Matter” state headed for a Purely Spiritual Existence / Expression?
12) a gift wasted on the philosophical-minded?
13) the flip side of the mirror symmetry of the “I am who I am” Holy Smokes?
14) the dream of the dolphins [and I need a new age CD, and a pair of Jesus sandals, too]?
15) the Omnipotent guy’s idea of playing mind games with Himself – pretending He is NOT alone in the created Universe of His own doing; a holy quest for Meaningful Entertainment?
16) a MATRIX-like plot by a “Trans-consciousness” race of Extraterrestrial beings [a.k.a. The Q Guardians OR The Interplanetary Masons/Illuminati]?
17) a source of potential confusion when one does not consider the Higher-Order Theories of Perception and Thought, phenomenal consciousness, cognitive, electroneurobiological, causal, mystical, intentional, Inner-Sense, moods, emotions, dreams, & self-representational contents, species, and distinctions? [In other words, it ain’t as trivial to get to the bottom of this self-awareness business as it may appear to Paris Hilton or Oprah! Or is it? lol]
18) nothing but the natural extension/consequence of the laws of physics at work [as they happen to be in this Universe]?
19) nothing but an evolving language by which Humanity might someday be able to communicate with beings from a parallel Universe, governed by a different laws of physics?
20) nothing but a set of special ears to hear the musical expressions of Being, Nothingness, and Beyond?
21) DANGIT! I have my own theory (Please enlighten us).
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One way or another WE, the entangled individual concentrations of self, are ALL in the same deep water as YOU:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_saUN4j7Gw
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Best answer:
Answer by M T
You came up with all of these options. Do you actually care what anyone else thinks? Participating in this “poll” would be a waste of time.
Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!
I actually read this entire question and would like 2 minutes of my conscious life back please.
number 4 is correct
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Consciousness is but a shadow of awareness, it feeds us like a loving mother, enchanting us with that borderline syndrome to always blame it on something/somebody else!0!
21. The answer to why there is something instead of nothing.
22. The awareness that we CAN be more than just monkeys with car keys.
22. Reach yourself inside out, outside in, like a sea cucumber it can be inverted. You are a part and the whole. I think 4,7 and 17 are all valid. I love the clips you posted. Blade Runner has always been one of my favorites. I love The Cure clip. But, it all seems more than a bit sad, and I don’t think it’s supposed to be. I’m living in a difficult period in my life now. I wish I were free to focus on different things a more individual path. This is only temporary. Did you read “Eat, Pray, Love”? I’m on the last section – the Love part. I really loved her Pray section. Meanwhile, we all have to eat. Enjoy the weekend.
Consciousness is awareness.
Asking pointless questions over and over again seems to display a conscious unawarness.
I am almost certain that that is not your goal.
I’m certainly not sure what to make of Consciousness, but on an unconscious universal level I believe it is one of the most important things on which we should focus our attention [ up there with space/time and matter/energy and Howard/Kobe]
I do know what fun is and fun is reading your list which is quite imaginative and of course, clever. Off the top, I believe #6 is twice as good as #3 and only half as misleading as #12.
1. no, definitely not a disease
2. I wonder if we really know, but don’t know that we know. We certainly use conscious information everyday (unless we are neocons).
3. we just have to keep it from comming into contact with anticonsciousness!
4. most of us haven’t a clue about the here and now. We drive through life focused on the rear view mirror hoping to avoid an accident by reviewing where we have been.
5. Space tearing has been bantered about…How about consciousness is an awareness of the outline of things that block the universal rainstorm. Consciousness is an awareness of “dryness”. (Sartre’s old negation idea).
6. Interesting, lately I have been giving this a lot of thought, but rather than change its destiny, fullfill its destiny.
7. For lack better words, it feels “special”, maybe dancing is a symptom of consciousness.
8. Are we part of some garnd evolutionary process culminating in a universal interconnected awareness of all things. I’m going out on a limb and saying, “Yes”. Freaky, yes, natural, yes. accident, no
9. Well, if we are looking at painfullness, then let’s call it pathogenic “CF” Conscious Fragmentation. Only painful when we are missing something.
10. Perhaps, the same way gills limit fish, but give us time.
More later, consciousness calls….
I love 11-19!
IN ref to #20 how about the Universal Overtone, harmonically speaking. The phenomena of personal consciousness is really just a matter of personal timbre and dissonance. (I’m glad that is settled!).