What is consciousness?

[rodentmouse]

I  THINK.......

consiousness  is  god.

god  is  the universal  energy  that makes all life possible.

god is  not  a being  who  identifies  itself  as  "the  creator"

consiousness/god  are the blueprints  for  all  dimensions of  reality.

behind  everything ever  in  the  entire  sphere of existence,  there is  the fundamental consiousness/energy/life essence.

if  god  were a  being  who  could be identified AS  god...  then  god  himself  would be  able  to  question the  origin  of  his  own consiousness.

if  this were the case,  the origin  of  gods own  existence would be a mistery   to him,  hence there would be something greater than  god.

..and  this  isnt possible.

im  not  sure  about  the higher and lower states of consiousness...  so  the most logical  thing  to  do  would be  to  discover  ways  to highten our  awareness and  discover  higher  frequencies  of  reality..  everything  this  website  looks into.

at the moment,  anyone  who doesnt  strive to  grow intelectually, spiritually and emotionally  isnt  "ready"  to  ask  these kind of  questions..

im  sure once we  attain a  heightend state  of  awareness  we  would  be  more  confident  in  answering  this  kind of question..  until eventually  we  wont need to ask.

i  beleive  all living  beings  in  existence will eventually  know  this,  and  when  they  do  "they"  wil become "one"   and  this "one"  will  come  to realise that  it  is  all  that has, and  ever will exist...  it  will realise  it is  existence/god.

[fredhedd]

good job rodent.  i also believe that consciousness is god.  nothing else exists but god.  god is existence is consciousness.

only one consciousness exists.  i believe that and have seen it for myself before.  unfortunately the experience ended and i'm only left w/ a memory.  i believe the people that can control that experience, and constantly 'see' that, are enlightened.

i also think that one day all beings will 'see it' and there will be some universal oneness.  that's probably going to be kick-butt.

[themadness]

This is a tricky thing to define for me. It's soooooo arbitrary. Doctors define it as the function of your cerebrum. Some define it as being aware. I prefer the defenition of being aware - from dreaming to waking.

But there are problems with defining it as simply 'being aware'. Like, where does consciousness come from? Awareness? If beings are lacking awareness, is their consciousness curbed? Like an animals or plants. Do they have awareness? Consciousness? Are they driven almost solely out of the need for survival?

Well, I'd just like to hear your thoughts on the subject.