Recently, I was
reading that most of our consciousness is under the surface of our conscious
being. As in, our lives are mostly ran unconsciously, and consciousness has
very little to do with it all except to be an irritant at time to the smooth
running of those unconscious processes such as heartbeat, breathing and the
like. Also, habits are more unconscious than anything. In fact, I can honestly
say that consciousness is a small factor and unconscious habit is the largest
factor there is in changing situations in life or keeping them going as they
are.
Some of the
greatest feats of genius in fact stem and are rooted from the unconscious
levels upward. Sure, we seem to come up with the ideas consciously and work
downward from that level, but the paradoxical is real: Ideas work from the
conscious out, no more, not any less either.
Thomas Edison said
that "ideas come from space", he's only half right. I will fill in
the blanks with this one: Ideas come from space, and they are reverse
engineered from there in reality. The fantasy is that the ideas are original to
consciousness.
Without mincing
words, in a way, I agree with Julian Jaynes's theory of consciousness that it
originates from a certain way of using the brain, and is not organic, but, the
deeper parts of consciousness are subconscious or unconscious energies that are
deeper than that use of the brain that we call consciousness and they
are organic, deeply organic right down to being the ultimate force of
nature. I'll even say that those unconscious parts are the God levels of
consciousness that really control everything, and that consciousness is the genuine
tip of the iceberg in it all, although it may seem to some to be the other way
around about that.
So, I will answer
to an extent, the rhetorical question I posed in the title. Total
unconsciousness of habit is not a wise choice, and consciousness does fill in
the gaps left by that unconsciousness. But to be useful, the consciousness must
harmonize with the unconscious levels to really work for us in beneficial ways.
After all, going against nature, and thinking that consciousness is independent
from nature could be the most destructive way to live. After all, what do you
think I understood my Dad to really mean by his pet saying: "Scientist, if
you can take the place of God, create me some dirt from 'pure scratch'."
My name is Joshua
Clayton, I am a freelance writer based in Inglewood, California. I also write
under a few pen-names and aliases, but Joshua Clayton is my real name, and I
write by that for the most part now. I am a philosophical writer and objective
thinker and honest action taker. I also work at a senior center in Gardena,
California as my day job, among other things, but primarily I am a writer.
Article
Source: https://EzineArticles.com/expert/Joshua_Clayton/177409
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/10149720
No comments:
Post a Comment