By Kendra Cherry — 2020
Freud delineated the mind in the distinct levels, each with their own roles and functions.
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CLEAR ALL
The brain creates the images, thoughts, feelings and other experiences of which we are aware, but awareness itself is already present.
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If we as adults are not free to make sovereign decisions—right or wrong—about our own consciousness, that most intimate, that most sapient, that most personal part of ourselves, then in what useful sense can we be said to be free at all?
A conversation with Ralph Metzner about his book, The Expansion of Consciousness, and his reflections on questions that touch on the most profound problems we face for our survival, our existence as a species.
The brain mechanisms of consciousness are being unravelled at a startling pace, with researchers focusing on eight key areas
It looks like scientists and philosophers might have made consciousness far more mysterious than it needs to be.
Our perception of the world around us, and ourselves within it, are ‘controlled hallucinations’ that the brain uses to help keep itself alive
What I would like to encourage . . . is to be open to what various teachings say, and, at the same time, question everything, even your own perceptions, until a more satisfactory method of verification than we have at present becomes available.
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In 2008, Eben Alexander, MD, an academic neurosurgeon for over twenty-five years, fell into a deep coma.
This is in fact the foundational assumption behind our notion of universal human rights: we are all conscious, and thus we all have needs and we all suffer.
The impact of our subconscious programming, and how to overcome it.