Abstract
The comprehension of consciousness can be
considered complete, if we can correlate the subjective and objective
experiences of consciousness. Quantum consciousness supports the objective experience
of consciousness while the subjective experience of consciousness or qualia is purely metaphysical and is one
of the aspects created by the creator. The creator created the entire universe
for a purpose and filled it with subjective experiences which differ from
individual to individual, for which the creator created definitive structures
to support the mechanism of action; objectivity of consciousness. The creator is
the hypothetical link between objective and subjective experience of consciousness;
the metaphysical; the metaphilosophical form, a source bearing the
understanding of all creation.
Key Words
Consciousness, Objective, Subjective, Creator, SupernaturalIntroduction
The understanding of consciousness can be
considered complete, if we can correlate and find the missing link between the
subjective and objective experiences of consciousness. Objective consciousness
is a reductive form of consciousness, also known as the “easy” problem of
consciousness, while subjective consciousness is better known as qualia or the “hard” problem of consciousness.
Objective consciousness can be understood from a mechanistic point of view,
which sometimes maybe problematic due to several factors that influence it. On
the other hand, subjective consciousness is supernatural, mysterious, mystical
and totally phenomenal, as there are no factors that can better explain the
experience of subjective consciousness. This paper is a hypothesis which claims
to bring in a substantial parallel between the objective and subjective forms
of consciousness; to find the missing link that bridges these two forms of
consciousness.
Objective Experience of Consciousness
The mechanisms associated with the objective
experience of consciousness can be fully understood by the quantum based
ORCH-OR theory proposed by Penrose and Hameroff, wherein they suggest the
existence and creation of a conscious moment through a computational event within
the cytoskeleton network (Hameroff and Penrose 2014). Quantum tunnelling is a
concept derived from quantum computing wherein photons travel through
specialized cell organelles and elicits signalling by means of movement and
interaction of photons within the cell (Hameroff 1998a). The factors that
support this mechanism are tubulin subunits, tryptophan, CamkII, etc, based on
which, a reductive approach for consciousness can be put forward. The
information of consciousness gained by the movement of energy within these
tubules, resides in patterns of matter and energy, which have been built up in
the neural cells and with plasticity.
Evolutionary comparison of the cytoskeleton and its structures hypothesise
that consciousness may have existed from the very beginning and has been
propagating by means of the cytoskeletal network of the cell by means of
quantum computing (Pereira 2015a). The third person data from the objective
view point, can be easily gathered and analyzed in such a hypothesis which have
all of its parameters fixed and unaltered.
The colour red is perceived by oneself through
the computed consciousness within the cytoskeletal network of the neural cells
that creates a conscious moment with the colour red which terminates with the
collapse of the wave function, within the domains of space time geometry. Within
the microtubules, there is an activation of the tubulin protein that leads to protein
conformational changes and a conscious moment is created. Penrose and Hameroff claim that constant
formation and reformation of tubulin states in the cytoskeleton are governed by
quantum mechanical effects within each tubulin interior and these effects
function as "quantum bits" that interact non-locally with other
tubulins and with quantum holograms. When enough tubulins are entangled long
enough to reach a certain threshold, a "conscious event" occurs
(Hameroff 1998a, 1998b). This moment generates a sense of sight within the
cones and rods of the retina confirming the colour red and triggers a firing
within the neural connections within the brain resulting in retrieval of the
stored memory in the brain; we see the colour red. The objective experience of the
colour is therefore confirmed to be red, which convinces the mind and the
senses. This confirms the computation of an objective experience of
consciousness and provides us with third person data which still remains incomplete
without the first person data or subjective experience of the colour red.
Metaphilosophical Linking of the Objective
and Subjective Experiences of Consciousness
Subjective experience of consciousness or qualia is an experience with no
description and therefore is known as the hard problem of consciousness. 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 (Block 2007) which according to David Chalmers is the “hard
problem of consciousness” with A-form or access consciousness related to
introspection that generates awareness (Chalmers 1995, 1996). No factors or
pathways can be defined for this experience and therefore it is purely
phenomenal and mystical. A true experience of consciousness cannot be explained
without this subjective experience and therefore is considered as the first
person data for consciousness. But is the hard problem truly hard? Why should
we always have a reductive approach for things, can it not be metaphysical? The
only way that one can understand the subjective experience of consciousness is
through a metaphysical approach, an approach beyond science and philosophy; an
approach where we are linked to our creator; the creator for all that persists.
With such an approach we can bridge the gap between objective and subjective
experiences of consciousness, a bridge that would link the cytoskeleton to the
creator; qualia to the brain; mind to
the body; an objective reductive scientific experience to a subjective
creator-based experience.
The creator connects to all by means of
consciousness; phenomenal or subjective consciousness gives us the experience;
the feelings, emotions or qualia,
while access consciousness helps us perceive the information that is perceived
(Pereira 2015b). The lack of defining the colour red is a subjective experience
of consciousness as we cannot experience the colour red but can understand it
through our memory and learning. From a metaphysical view, the colour red
though perceived from an objective sense of consciousness by the brain is colour
red created by the creator. The phenomenon of experiencing the colour red is a subjective
experience that the creator has created for the observer; a link that instils
the subjectivity of an object; the colour red. Here we must be aware that it us,
who have created the colour red, described within the spectrum of colours,
differentiated for the benefit of our imagination; may be different to other
beings. The subjective experience of the colour red is therefore purely
mystical and is based on a primitive experience that we may never be able to
understand for it is engraved in the creation of the creator. The creator
created the entire universe for a purpose and filled it with subjective
experiences which differs from individual to individual; from being to being and
therefore cannot be definitive or explained in common.
Meta Analysis of the Two Forms of Consciousness
The objective experience can be hypothesised
from a mechanistic approach; quantum computing within the cytoskeleton and the
neural connections that is involved in the perception of the colour red. This
process also triggers a subjective experience, of the colour red, which cannot
be denied and remains unexplainable. If this subjective experience is perceived
from a metaphysical standpoint it gives us a better correlation or rather a
temporary satisfaction in understanding the hard problem of consciousness. The
experience of the colour red is a conscious experience that was instilled into
the first germ that bore life created by the creator. These forms of experiences
created by the creator, was created for the purpose of understanding and
perceiving the creation of the creator and which demonstrates first person data
experiences. This hypothetical correlation is a strong bond between science and
religion and therefore is an affirmation of our belief in the creator and the
works of the creator. Physics can help explain the process behind what exists
today in the universe but cannot solve the riddle of its origins; similar to
biology, we know that beings exist and evolve, but how did it all originate
still remains a mystery (Pereira 2015c).
Subjective consciousness does not depend
completely on objective consciousness because of the phenomenal metaphysical
experience or qualia associated with
it. The colour red is red and there is no other explanation for it; this colour
is part of the spectrum of colours created by the creator with no specific
understanding that we can assume or predict. Our subjective experience of
consciousness makes us aware of the colour red while the flow of consciousness
as an objective experience of the colour red gets perceived by the brain. A
link between the two forms of consciousness is therefore the creator, for the
creator created beings in order to experience what the creator created through
consciousness. Without the experience of objective or subjective consciousness,
life would be blank or would not persist. This hypothesis supports all kinds of
subjective experiences that we experience in our day to day lives; the
objective experience for which can be easily hypothesised and proven with
processes. The subjective form of consciousness would always remain a mystery;
similar to the mystery of our origin; our creation.
Conclusion
The creator, bought life into matter; the
architecture of the being and its biological structures need to be complete and
only when all the structures, pathways and its contents are appropriately
shaped and perfected, it acknowledges the flow of consciousness. Quantum
consciousness supports the objective experience of consciousness while the
subjective experience of consciousness or qualia
is purely metaphysical and is one of the aspects created by the creator. The
creator created the entire universe for a purpose and filled it with subjective
experiences to understand the meaning of life, which differs from individual to
individual and therefore, cannot be definitive. The hypothetical link between
objective and subjective experience is therefore the creator, a metaphysical; a
metaphilosophical form that is the only source which bears the understanding of
the creation.
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Dr. Contzen Pereira
Independent Scholar, Mumbai, India
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