In my simple view consciousness is the mind’s director. There would be no real life if there were no consciousness. The brain is the hardware, the mind the software and consciousness is like the user of the software, it can input data and obtain a result, information, a behaviour, an action.
But consciousness in fact exists even if the brain does not, which in the case of those people that are in a comma, or in a vegetative state, does not manifest itself, but it’s there, it’s just that the instrument by which it can manifest itself in our physical world is not working, as does the user of a computer exist even if the computer is powered off or out of order.
In sleep, consciousness also sleeps, in actuality it goes somewhere else, it sets its focus somewhere else. If you wake up you regain your consciousness because it’s focused on the vigil now. It’s not that we are automatons, computers or robots for that matter, which are useless if there were nobody to use them, to make them do what they were designed for. The same goes for the human species or even all sentient beings, we are not the body or the brain, we are consciousness, have a mind, a heart and other energy centres, which we use, many times without being aware of them, to accomplish our deeds.
Of course, our consciousness grows in this realm we live in, it reaches higher levels as we learn, be that in the physical or spiritual domain to a point in which to make a quantum leap we need guidance, but that is another matter. As we progress in our learning we are more proficient in many things we are interested in and our sensitivity towards others beings increases, and that moves us, it works on us, care about them, we call it love. The higher our consciousness the better beings we are, seeking the best for all, that is, all sentient beings but also all that exists, because we learn that everything that exists and all that surrounds us is important to the whole, that is, to the planet and even to the Cosmos.
In fact all things that exist have a certain level of consciousness, from minerals to plants, to animals and human beings. This includes even quantum particles, electrons, protons, neutrons, photons, positrons, light, energy, you name it. That level of consciousness may be wee small compared to ours but let us not forget that we are all made of all sorts of atoms, molecules, minerals, energy, etc.
Consciousness is life itself, and all that that surrounds us is also life, all of it, the whole Universe we see or even detect with our sophisticated instruments (infrared, ultraviolet, X rays, etc.,), and even the Universe we don’t see or detect, but is there or here and which engulfs it all.
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