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Originally Posted by Anagogy  I have no empirical proof, but I'd like to add my firm testimony that consciousness was aware of the decision far before it was reflected in the electrical activity of the brain. The stuff that reaches the basest levels of our consciousness (our physical minds) has already been processed (most of the time) and a course of action deduced. |
ANAGOGY, I agree with you. For years, I have been aware of the non-verbal thinking of the brain; it figures out everything, then sends a verbal translation to "consciousness". I often think in this mode without the verbal translation, which is linear, and much slower. When you are talking or writing, the words flow into your consciousness and your mouth repeats them. This is how "channelling" works, but sometimes the channelled material is of a far better quality than what the brain usually comes up with. An unsolved mystery for me. And sometimes channelled material is harmful- go figure! All creative ideas and thinking is processed in the brain, then translated into analog, linear verbal thought. The reason the brain evolved the slow verbal thinking is for speach- communicating with eachother, which cannot be done by non-verbal thought.
Is the brain all there is? Does it create consciousness, awareness, will, etc.?
I don't think so...what are your thoughts about it?