Self-consciousness

and differences in the stages of madness Jung and Augustine. Whereas for Jung emerges from the transitions points from unconsciousness to consciousness. Augustine sees the sources of madness in human sexuality. In independents between Jung’s and Augustine’s…

Consciousness, while a difficult area to study, provides insight into the workings of the empirical world, and ultimately what it means to be human. Questions of consciousness and thought have existed from as early as the Neolithic period, since the first humans inhabited earth, seen through spiritual rituals carried out during burials. However, it could be argued that creation, whether it is the scientific or Judeo-Christian definition, was the manifestation of consciousness, and therefore…

and improve one’s physicality. Like exercising, meditation is ways to train the mind to go far beyond what was not previously perceived. Jewish Meditation is a practice in which the mind attempts to access the four levels of consciousness. These four levels of consciousness epitomizes our existence and accessing the divine world helps manifest a connection between each world. Mediation is a process, which allows healing of the body, spirit, and most importantly the mind. In Jewish traditions,…

Idea of Personal Identity and its Criticism of “I” Both philosophers Rene Descartes and John Locke in their writings “Meditations on First Philosophy” and An “Essay Concerning Human Understanding” go into great depth about what they believe sense of self is or what it means to be a person. Locke calls this personal identity and Descartes calls it the equation of the “I” that thinks with a thinking substance. Locke’s idea of personal identity is actually viewed by many as a critique of…

identity? What is the “self”? There is a great debate that surrounds this subject in philosophy. So, which philosopher has the right idea? Is it David Hume with his theory of impressions? Or is it John Locke with his theory of consciousness? Both men are famous for their views on the matter, and both pose very interesting ideas. On the surface their views seem quite similar, both men believed our experiences shape us. However, Locke believes that our experiences are what embody the “self” and…

Dostoevsky’s extended criticism of the world in his novel “Notes from the underground”, explores a dark truth about the human condition. The inevitably of suffering and the absence of consciousness is Dostoevsky’s example of the human condition that he perceives to be tragic but rather truthful. The protagonist whom represents the worldview of the Dostoevsky, tends to escape the 19th-century capitalist society of Russia by living underground and doing nothing. In this sense the retrospect of a…

Locke discusses the main factor that suggests the sameness of personal identity – consciousness, and explains various scenarios in which personal identity remains the same, as well as circumstances when it does not. Despite Locke’s extensive theories, the inconsistencies with pre-existing theories and confusion about whether consciousness alone is a strong…

day, he woke up, as if transformed, joyous with tears in eyes. Everything appeared fresh and pure. ‘Being established in that presence or beingness’ was, for Tolle, being established in peace. It was the ‘sat’and‘chit’ (pure existence and pure consciousness) which was blissful (ānanda). It was the experience of realizing his true nature of Pure awareness as being different from the mind…

I would have to agree with Bernard J. Baars findings in his article Thinking About Consciousness. The conscious cannot be observed directly, only through what people explain or say or through activities. We have no access to the unconscious process that is constantly going on in our brain. The cerebellum is a giant clump of neurons, the unconscious pathway in our brain for visual informative flaws used for spatial framing and visually guided reaching of objects. Even in the “waking brain”…

We are alive in the most exciting, interesting or perplexing time the history our Planet Earth has ever seen. We are both knowingly and unknowingly reacting to this time, yet many of us do not understand how the Path of Consciousness affects our emotional stability. Not only do we feel there is more to fear these days, but we are also sensitive to planetary energies that are shifting and changing as we evolve. Mix the different levels of information that we receive from the different pockets of…