Dreaming Awake - December 29th, 2006
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The Ephiphany that came to me while watching "Heroes":
This is mostly a note for myself, but anyway here it goes:
Lately I've been thinking a lot on how the human brain works, and the possibility that consciousness is a phenomena that exists on a very different level than the one we know today of neurons and brain nerves.
Or to say it with another words, I'm really fascinated by the possibility that consciousness doesn't exist only in our brain. Maybe it's something that isn't related to our brain at all. It's obvious, that the brain acts as the governor of the body. It's true that it receives information from the senses, processes it and with it, it rules through nervous impulses the functioning of our organs.
But beyond that I'm afraid that modern science doesn't know very much about the process of consciousness at all. It has to be related to our brain, because we make conscious decisions about our body (for example: I've decided to type this now), and those decisions get transferred to the appropriate organs through nervous impulses from the brain, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the brain is our consciousness. Maybe it's just an extension of our nervous system. Maybe it's the link between our consciousness and the rest of the body. If so? Where it exists? In which level? How does it originate?
Those who know me, know that although "spiritual", I'm not a religious person. I'm what you could call an agnosticist, but I can help to believe that, we may have a soul after all. And that makes me wonder about it's real possibilities. About our real possibilities.
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In other news, "Heroes" is definitely the best TV show since "LOST". Not only has answers, it also raises questions, can it get any better? :-).
Current Location: Las Palmas (Home)
Current Mood:  thoughtful
Current Music: Heroes Main Theme (In my head)
Tags: soul
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