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Part 2: Being & Part 3: Beyond
Memory: A Second & Third Take
Being, Consciousness, & Memory
Where is Consciousness?
We may think of consciousness as the exclusive domain of humans. Animals, especially dolphins, whales, octopuses, and primates, have high levels of consciousness depending on the species. Redwood trees have both individual and group consciousness. They have almost twice the amount of genetic material as humans. [1]
Is Planet Earth conscious? And the Solar System and the Milky Way galaxy? Many indigenous peoples live with plants, animals, and minerals besides Earth and the Cosmos as living, conscious beings.
Imagine Earth, the cosmos, all biological beings, the elements (soil, water, air, and fire) as sacred. Take a breath, let yourself relax into the idea that “you are a sacred being” on a daily, mundane basis and/or a higher level of being consciousness. Everyone and everything is sacred.
A theory of consciousness proposed by many is that our brains are transceivers of consciousness [2]. Are we living within a sea of consciousness, picking up a sliver of consciousness based on our perceptual thinking? Part of this story involves a discussion that spans beyond the materialistic and reductionistic theories of consciousness based…
