Sublime

To deny consciousness is itself a conscious act.

The definition of consciousness depends on who you ask. For the purposes of this book, consciousness refers to the mind, one’s sense of awareness, and inner experience; it is the sense of experiencing life.

three principal meanings of the term consciousness: (1) consciousness as waking state: ‘after a lucid interval, the injured soldier lapsed into unconsciousness’; (2) consciousness as experience: ‘I became conscious of a feeling of dread, and an overpowering smell of burning rubber’; (3) consciousness as mind: ‘I am conscious that I may be straining

For example, healthy cells are conscious because they communicate with the whole body and know their function within that whole. Cancer cells aren’t conscious because they don’t know their connection to the whole. They have walled themselves off into a false community, the proliferation of which kills the host. A person who litters is unconscious b

Level 1: Conscious vs Unconscious

The best way to learn about consciousness is through your own direct experience.