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Thing is that I'm not arguing that our perceptions are the same as what is there just that there is something there that is external to our perceptions, i.e. that Idealism is wrong and the reality of our existence is that we are a body with senses in an external world and we can be certain about th...

GreatandWiseTrixie wrote:)

Again, self doesn't really exist in the conventional sense of the word. But it is the result of conceptual ability to exceed the bounds of the "Now"

Since "Now" has no time (nor space) bounds - "Self" may be its essence (or Point of View)

We know that any system is functional if it does X by receiving Y, where X is a set of actions (output) and Y is a set of stimulus (input). The question is what is the use of self if the system, human for example, can function without it? What is the use of an ant if nature can function without it ...

the hunan individual delivers nuthin' but instead utilizes what's already there. ....which requires an awareness, in some cases even the decision making of the "individual", and thus a kind of self-consciousness, which may be derived from "whats already there, or stem from a self-con...

In the Orient the manifestations of consciousness are often classified as Reality and Maya. Maya is generally translated as illusion, but delusion might be more appropriate, as Maya connotes a world of make-belief, that enjoys great popularity – contrary to Reality which is considered to be omnipres...

Lift her skirt - to make sure she isn`t the infamous wolf in disguise

Yes Dontaskme, Consciousness IS ALL things!


and you so called "Hobbeschoice", are obviously neither aware, nor civilised

P.S.
All is conscious – but there those who are not aware of it.

Self is the vessel of All and thus hidden in it.
It is without knowledge of its beginnings, nor does it envision its ends.

From "aha" by waechter418 published in wordpress

The constellations of the manifestations of Consciousness are complementary, their reciprocal changes – i.e. interactivity – maintain the continuum of existence. When a constellation dissolves, its components become part of another constellation. The formation- & dissolution phases of the conste...

Dontaskme wrote:
You are already what you are before an identification is made.

Thus the persona (Latin: actors mask) keeps changing.

Arising_uk wrote:Is what?

a chicken

....and the question still is WHO-WHY-WHERE are we ? (without blaming a god)

Interjectivist wrote: However, it certainly seems as if consciousness requires a brain.

Plants are acknowledged to be conscious too.

We know that any system is functional if it does X by receiving Y, where X is a set of actions (output) and Y is a set of stimulus (input). The question is what is the use of self if the system, human for example, can function without it? What is the use of an ant if nature can function without it ?