Between a quote I found from Albert Einstein, and an essay a friend wrote, I was able to start something very rare. And intelligent conversation. It has to do with conscious energy. Sorry for the grammatical errors.
Bryn: A human being is a part of the whole, called by us ‘Universe,’ a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something seperate from the rest– a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prsion by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security. “A kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.” It is said that everything consists of different energies. Is conscious thought itself an energy? If so is it posessed by humans alone, or does my dog for instance know and aknowledge his own existance? If conscious thought is an energy, does it survive the death of the body? Or does it too break down to a more pure form to be reincarnated as something entirely different?
Anonymous: If conscious thought is an energy, then there is a specific quantity of it that can never be exceeded or destroyed. Therefore the only difference would be in the concentration of energy. If this is too be true than all that exists does so in a system that maintains balance. For this theory then all life is placed on this balance…does that mean that through the ceaseless expansion of humanity that the energy from other forms of life are being sapped? Also, if we all live on a balance then there is not one act that can be disconnected from another. Does that mean we are collectively responsible for every event ever to take place in the course of time? Does your dog know of it’s own existence? Is a blade of grass aware of it’s existence? I believe that if any entity in question attempts to prevent its own death, that it is aware of it’s existence. Under my belief then, even a atom is aware of it’s existence. Does this mean that the entity is sentient or conscious? I personally believe so….though I would not go as far as to say that each conscious being has individual personalities or characteristics. For the lack of individuality as a single unit, collective conscious are allotted. *Sigh* but that isn’t to say that entities with individual characteristics are not capable of collective consciousness. Because if consciousness is energy then it is of a specific quantity and incapable of not being connected. Therefore, everything in existence has a collective conscious. The variance in consciousness can only be described as different divisions of an “ultimate consciousness”. If conscious thought is an energy, it does not survive the death of a body, because energy is not alive. Energy cannot change in quantity, thereby making it beyond our concepts of life or death (survival as well). So this being my theory, then the human body is not capable of death, only a change in the concentration of energy. The human body being a part of the specific quantity will only be allocated to another existence. Is conscious thought an energy? My answer is no. I do not believe in consciousness or energy.
Bryn: You state in your response that each entity has a form of consciousness about it, “Under my belief then, even an atom is aware of its existence.” Yet you continue on to say that energy does not survive the death of a body because it is not “alive” when your argument for each entity having a consciousness is the sake of survival. If an atom is the smallest constituent of matter and energy, and cannot be destroyed or created but only transferred from one form to another, what is the logic behind each atom having conscious energy? If it cannot be destroyed, where is the need for survival? Or does each atom contain a “particle” or such of conscious energy so that they may collectively provide an adequate amount of conscious energy to the entity which consists of them? If for the purpose of survival, just think, how much conscious energy is not used, but rather stored in abiotic entities. If this were the case, would there be any possible way to “tap into” these resources? If so what would be the effect on the world? If we make the assumption that all biotic entities are pre-programmed to survive, we could take them all out of the conscious energy equation, save ourselves (as most and definitely all substantial evidence towards conscious thought is of the human variety). Does this conscious energy exist within an open system, in which all energy can be traced back to a form of “pure” energy within its existence, in which case all energy is recycled through various energy systems? Is more conscious energy derived from other energy sources as the human population expands to meet the demand? Or does conscious energy exist in its own closed system in a fixed amount? If so, is it evenly distributed and exponentially diluted as it parallels the exponential growth of the human race? Or do some reap the rewards and benefits while others are offered an inadequate amount of conscious energy, which has gone unnoticed only due to their abilities to adapt to surviving with the inadequate amount? “Also, if we all live on a balance then there is not one act that can be disconnected from another. Does that mean we are collectively responsible for every event ever to take place in the course of time?” Using simple physics principles (even Newton’s 3 laws alone would suffice), we are able to prove (in theory) that yes, every “act” or event results from another event which has preceded it. On the other hand, whether or not we are collectively responsible could be infinitely argued. On a side note, the concept of responsibility would not be possible without the ability of cognitive thought, which it would seem goes hand in hand with conscious thought. Does this mean that we as humans are forced to bare the responsibility of the entire world, because we cannot be disconnected, and are the only ones aware of this concept? The more general question would be does ignorance void you of all responsibilities? Though now I’m just getting off topic. I’m afraid I can’t remember much else of what I said in my original response, and if I continue you might not be able to get through the entire thing, so I’ll cut myself short here with a bit on your concluding statement. “My answer is no. I do not believe in consciousness or energy.” I have to admit that although I’m not sure whether or not I misinterpreted this or perhaps it didn’t come out the way you intended, I am none the less dumbfounded by it. Is this to say that you don’t believe in conscious energy, or that you believe in neither consciousness nor energy? If the later, I’m extremely interested to hear your explanation for, well, our existence and that of the world (as it can almost be defined in its simplest form as the transfer of energy in a partially-closed system, and our perception of it as our conscious rendition of the events that result from said energy transfers).
And people think I’m just anothe dumb blond , haha !
