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
Trininity.
Dr. Contzen Pereira
Independent Scholar, Mumbai, India
Corresponding
Author. Address: Nandadeep, 302, Tarun Bharat Soc, Chakala, Andheri
(East), Mumbai 400 099, India. Tel: +919819642456, +912266750530 Email Address: contzen@rediffmail.com, contzen@gmail.com
