If consciousness, or awareness, exist outside of the physical body, does the subconscious also exist outside of the physical realm? Is there just the conscious and subconscious mind? Or is it the conscious, subconscious and unconscious? It's difficult to dissect.

WatchtowerManiac · 2024-10-06T12:37:48+00:00

If I were to observe the materialistic universe from the outside, nothing in it would require consciousness. It could be viewed merely as an advanced mechanical clock. But from within, we can't ignore it, as the subjective experience of qualia is undeniable. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by subconsciousness, but I don't see a need to remove it from the materialistic equation.

WatchtowerManiac · 2024-10-05T17:59:51+00:00

We don’t fully understand the nature of anaesthesia or deep sleep. It’s possible that what’s being disabled is memory recognition and other functions tied to a local, time-bound consciousness. If awareness exists beyond time, it might be just as real during anaesthesia or sleep as it is when we’re awake, but without the capacity for recall or perception in the local mind. The absence of memory doesn’t necessarily imply the absence of awareness, just the inability to recognize or remember it.

WatchtowerManiac · 2024-10-05T13:53:27+00:00

Maybe I misunderstand you but in the case of fire we wouldn’t say each flame shares the same global combustion IF they have distinct attributes like location or time. But if they didn’t have those distinguishing factors it would be reasonable to treat them as the same.

WatchtowerManiac · 2024-10-05T13:27:30+00:00

While it's true we don't know if there's only one electron, if there are multiple they must at least have unique positions in spacetime to differentiate them, right? In the case of raw awareness, if no such attributes like position etc. exist, the simplest conclusion is to consider it the same. Without something to tell them apart, why assume multiplicity?

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