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Dec 16, 2009 5:52:10 AM cite

What is consciousness made of?-or what creates consciousness, or does it create itself and if so, how?

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Dec 18, 2009 8:28:53 PM cite

But what i guess I was really asking was what am I. The question must seem kindof pretentious and tired to you seasoned philosophers, but I've been thinking alot about the construct of consciousness and how contrary it can be. Namely, the two principles consciousness uses to define itself- creation and destruction, or unification and separatism. The mental body uses its ego to separate itself from everything that isn't apart of its direct experience while the physical body is a collection of trillions of particles working in unison. Only you can bypass your ego and see yourself as apart of the world (see question 50 in the table of free voices), which leads me to believe that separation or destruction is what creates individuality in consciousness, whereas unification creates enlightenment. I'm way off topic aren't I?

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Dec 17, 2009 5:35:24 AM cite

This is a huge subject concerning realities but consciousness relates to a reality that is often considered a conscious continuous perception of our experiences using our senses and our mind. It is considered that this instant (now) is where consciousness resides. It is created by you, you through physiological and psychological means. The unconsciousness mind deals not in words but with images and symbology but the conscious state depends on your words to describe to your mind what you think you are seeing. This is not necessarily true reality; it is what you perceive to be reality. As another person will see things differently they will have their reality so there are many possible realities and illusions. Illusions are the misperceptions of your conscious state. I must stop here or people will stop reading further.

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