Abstract
Consciousness
cannot exist without matter, but for consciousness to flow there needs to be a
system in place; organized matter, an assembly of structures which supports the
flow of consciousness; governed by a feedback mechanism; but the experience still
remains as the hard problem of consciousness. My hypothesis: Access
consciousness is present in every cell and grows laterally supporting
multicellularity, i.e. access consciousness or sentience is the guiding factor
for cell division and growth. Phenomenal consciousness on the other hand
triggers cell differentiation, and supports development of organs and its
systems e.g. brain; the seat of phenomenal consciousness. Phenomenal
consciousness of a being connects with the supernatural; God and Spirit;
achieved through higher levels of mediation and spirituality supporting the
concept of the Holy Trinity. Death results in collapse of the structures which ceases
all forms of consciousness in beings.
Key Words
Access Consciousness, Phenomenal
Consciousness, Spirit, God, Being
Introduction
Every
being is conscious; connected to the supernatural. A cell grows into a
multicellular being; a panpsychist perspective would suggest a variation in
consciousness reliant on growth and that which ceases with death. Access and
phenomenal consciousness are forms of consciousness that were first proposed by
Ned Block, wherein he proposed that phenomenal consciousness is an experience
of consciousness, feelings, emotions or qualia
while access consciousness is perception of the information that is perceived.
This concept was further reiterated by David Chalmers; access consciousness is
purely mechanistic or cognitive; that which is measured, while phenomenal
consciousness is challenging; known as the hard problem which deals with
experience of consciousness or qualia;
why do we feel so or experience so?
Based
on Block and Chalmers hypothesis, I propose a new hypothesis that blends the
two types of consciousness; originating from birth and terminating with death
of a being. Access consciousness is present in every cell and grows laterally supporting
multicellularity through computations within the cytoskeleton network; access
consciousness is the hypothetical guiding factor for cell division and cell
growth. Phenomenal consciousness originates with cell differentiation and
computes across the microtubules within the differentiating cells that support the
development of organs and its systems e.g. brain and the neural tissue; that
forms the seat of phenomenal consciousness. Phenomenal consciousness associated
with the brain and neural tissue, bonds with the supernatural; God and Spirit
and the realization of this experience or qualia
transpires only at elevated levels of mediation and spirituality. Death results
in collapse of the structures that support the flow, which ceases all forms of
consciousness in beings.
Access Consciousness from a different
perspective
From
a panpsychist view and my hypothesis, access consciousness is a form of
consciousness that is present in every living form; unicellular to
multicellular beings, and which is supported by the ORCH-OR theory. Based on
this theory it can be further hypothesized that consciousness generates and dwells
within the cytoskeletal network of a cell. Access consciousness is computed
within the cytoskeletal structure as a switching on and off of the microtubular
proteins, terminating via collapse of the wave function. A cell is conscious
and performs its activities under awareness computed within the cytoskeletal
structures of the cell and which spans from microorganisms to humans and
therefore is measured in hertz, megahertz and kilohertz. The lateral growth of
access consciousness depends on cell division which supports events like building
of a microbial colony to the formation of a multicellular being.
The
lateral growth of access consciousness helps in cell growth and cell division,
while cell differentiation is supported by the vertical growth of phenomenal
consciousness, that supports the formation of organs like the brain; the seat
of phenomenal consciousness. The computation of access consciousness within the
microtubules of the cells is involuntary and during cell growth and development
increases in volume due to an increase in cell volume. In microorganisms,
growth in colonies is also supported by the growth in access consciousness,
which is a sentient form of response; involuntary response that supports
survival. Access consciousness though present throughout the life cycle of a being,
does not support cellular differentiation and is only concerned with cell growth
and proliferation.
Growth of Phenomenal Consciousness
Cell
differentiation leads to the formation of organs and systems; the nervous
system and the brain; the controller or promoter of phenomenal consciousness;
experiencing conscious moment. Phenomenal consciousness computes at a higher
rate with the growing brain and its cells and therefore can be correlated to
neural plasticity. As the brain develops, the neural connectivity increase and
so does the ability of the brain to store, memorize and compute phenomenal consciousness
within the highly connected cytoskeletal network of the neurons. The limit of
phenomenal consciousness therefore depends on the growth of the brain, beyond
which the brain utilizes the computed phenomenal consciousness within the tubules
to express and emote. Phenomenal consciousness is supported by access
consciousness within the neural cells and originates through the computational
mechanisms within the protein conformational changes in the tubules which are
manned within the domains of space time geometry and wave collapse mechanism.
Phenomenal
consciousness though computed within the brain is connected to a cosmic supernatural
state; a state which is arduous to explore. Phenomenal consciousness can be
understood through a medium that necessitates perseverance and restraint; that
which is beyond the discipline of most beings. Meditation and mind control through
spirituality can help attain a state of higher phenomenal consciousness; a
point where one encounters qualia.
Death terminates and breaks the link between access and phenomenal
consciousness where all of consciousness is lost due to the loss of structural
features within the cytoskeletal network. The brain is the seat for phenomenal
consciousness and ameliorates an organism to perform deeds beyond the
imaginary; answers for which are recalcitrant to obtain or seek. Phenomenal
consciousness will therefore still remain the hard problem of consciousness,
due to its supernatural acquaintances.
Phenomenal Consciousness and the Holy
Trinity
Phenomenal
consciousness is unified with the supernatural; a being survives by the
computation of access consciousness via the cytoskeletal network and connects
to God and Spirit by means of phenomenal consciousness computed within the
highly connected network of the microtubules in the neurons of the brain,
wherein the experience of being conscious can be empathized. The relationship
is supernatural and subsists for every being but remains mysterious until
death. The flow of consciousness within the brain increases when a link is created
between the three states, the being, God and the Spirit, which in Christianity is
represented as the Holy Trinity; Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Meditation and
spirituality can enhance the association and hence makes a being aware of the charisma
of the Spirit and God, which eventually depends on the growing phenomenal
consciousness within the cytoskeletal structures of the brain.
Holy
Trinity can be hypothesised a connection between God, Spirit and being; as we
all are sons and daughters of God and therefore should be a part of the Holy
Trinity; all beings are connected to God and Spirit by the formation of the Holy
Trinity. Holy men and women experience consciousness beyond the imagination of
any being, for they sustain the ability to manifest the ability to connect
between the different forms of consciousness and the supernatural. The triune relationship
fills them with the teachings of God, which over the years has helped them to
share God’s teachings with all beings on Earth; as it is written in scriptures,
texts, etc. In such a state these beings link their access consciousness and phenomenal
consciousness to the supernatural; beyond the imagination of any being and
therefore it remains unexplainable.
Conclusion
God
connects to all by means of consciousness; phenomenal consciousness gives us
the experience; the feelings, emotions or qualia,
while access consciousness helps us perceive the information that is perceived.
God, Spirit and being are interconnected via the various forms of consciousness
that are computed within the cytoskeletal network within the domains of space
time geometry that support the hypothetical triune connection of these three
states – The Holy Trinity.
Dr. Contzen
Pereira
Independent
Scholar, Mumbai, India
Corresponding Author. Address: Nandadeep,
302, Tarun Bharat Soc, Chakala, Andheri (East), Mumbai 400 099, India. Tel:
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