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Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre  I think he's talking about both. |
No, he is only talking about awareness. The difference is...
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Originally Posted by Michael Chui What's the difference? |
Consciousness: The experience of existing.
Awareness: Understanding, knowledge, perception and interpretation of that experience.
The professor is talking about our interpretation of our consciousness and environment. When we look at something, or feel something we then interpret it via our sense. That is awareness.
We also interpret our consciousness via our awareness. This is why everyone has a different take on what consciousness is.
It continues to surprise me that modern academia struggle with this distinction when people like Rudolf Steiner did much more detailed works nearly 100 years ago.