Consciousness

Consciousness . . . I wonder how this can even be a topic when we don’t really understand what it is. There is no undisputed scientific explanation for our lucidity. Yet we all experience it. We know that our brain plays a role in the experience, but no one has proved that the brain is required for consciousness. 

Some neuroscientists even suspect that consciousness exists independently of the brain. 

So here in this vast category, my readers will find articles that explore the topic of consciousness, awareness, and mindfulness. Anything rooted in how we perceive existence, and how being aware of that perception can actually shape the reality we are perceiving. 

See? Mysterious stuff. If you’re into it, there’s a good chance we can be friends.

I didn’t know when I started this blog over a decade ago that I would end up writing so much on the vague topic of consciousness. But really, it is all that is. It is the baseline truth to our human existence. Without consciousness, there would be nothing to write about. There would be no writer, no reader. Our ability to perceive our own existence, to coax meaning out of it, to share it with others, these are the things that make us human.

And so I’m surprised at how often I write an article and realize that it falls under this category. When the time comes to optimize it for the search engine gods, so that the readers that will find it relevant can actually stumble upon it, I end up checking that first little box. Consciousness. The ability to be lucid, to experience, to witness our own being in the world.

So without further ado, here are some articles that fall into this rabbit hole . . .