As I was poking around the Internet, I ran across a mind-blowing video featuring physician-turned-mind-body-guru, Deepak Chopra, producer of the recently released meditation video game, Leela. I gotta tell you, this guy has a real knack for taking extraordinarily complex ideas and reducing them to clever little nuggets of wisdom.
“Consciousness cannot be perceived, but without it there is no perception,” he said. “It cannot be cognized, but without it there is no thought.”
Speaking of consciousness, there seems to be an increasing number of folks who feel that consciousness – as imperceptible as it may be – is actually at the root of everything we experience. Not just what we think but what we see, what we feel, even our health. Still, as the narrator of the aforementioned video puts it, “We know neither the source of its existence nor the limitation of its potential, but it could be the most important exploration of our time.”
Over the years, my own exploration of this topic has yielded some pretty interesting observations.
First, I’ve figured out that consciousness has to reside somewhere outside my brain. Think about it: have you ever found yourself saying to someone, “That’s exactly what I was thinking”? How could this be possible if the source of what they were thinking was somehow locked inside their head?
Second, I’ve concluded that consciousness knows no limits. New ideas occur to practically everyone every day. This fact alone would seem to indicate that there are no restrictions to its potential.
So, then, where does consciousness come from? And where is it taking us? Perhaps a clue or two might be found in the impact consciousness has on our health. Just ask medical researcher, Gail Ironson.
Article comments
1 - Brian aka Guppusmaximus
"While one â€" or even a hundred â€" medical studies might not provide us with any definitive answers, there are at least two intriguing possibilities to consider."
Why stop there? By your logic, there could be a hundred possibilities. I mean, the source of "consciousness" could've been implanted by aliens back when we were cavemen,right?? Wrong!
Just because we still have a lot to learn about the Human brain doesn't mean that consciousness will never be explained, it being located outside the Human body or some kind of constant divine intervention. Ignorance isn't evidence of the supernatural!!
*Geesh* How does this stuff make it into the Sci/Tech Dept.?!