Consciousness; is it an illusion?
After all, we are physical beings, driven by a physical brain.
So how comes a software embedded in the brain connecting us with the outside world?
Who feeds the program into the hardware?
How can a physical brain help us to experience the world?
myheartbeats4ublog
October 18, 2016 at 10:23amwhat if the software gets corrupted?
what if the hardware breaks down?
what to do when the entire system becomes obsolete?
what if the outside world rejects the signals from the ‘physical brain’?
what if the outside world itself is just an illusion?
what if ……
Akhila
October 18, 2016 at 10:27amin this materialistic world, i too feel that your last ‘what if question’ is more logical..ellam mayayanu..
myheartbeats4ublog
October 18, 2016 at 10:28ammaya..
Confused Thoughts
April 25, 2017 at 7:03pmYes it happens when software get interrupted that time our system get hang
kertsen
June 30, 2017 at 12:23amEvolution will proceed and artificial intelligence will make the human race unnecessary. We need food and sleep , we need to breathe oxygen and a reasonable temperature to exist. We have a life span but artificial intelligence will be immortal . This supposes we overcome the present difficulties of climate and antibiotic resistance. If we fail we will return to the dark ages.
Akhila
July 3, 2017 at 10:48amMaybe the resistance over everything will happen on a day
Josh
October 18, 2016 at 10:46amDid we see electricity.. i mean, simply looking at a cable, and if some one say its switched on to the nearest socket, can we judge its ON or OFF ? just looking at the naked point of the wire 😀 athu pole thanne aanennu thonnunu physical brain waves send cheyyanudavum … lle 🙂 Happy Morning 🙂
Akhila
October 18, 2016 at 10:48amgood morning..
athupoleyanennu parayam.. but athalla.. i am quite sure, it’s not an electromagnetic wave as in electricity…something else, beyond our imaginations..
Josh
October 18, 2016 at 10:49amAh athanne.. ninagle valya puligalkku pidikithae karyam enak engine ariyaananu.
Akhila
October 18, 2016 at 11:33amenak….can see my tlsry, knr friends talking
Josh
October 18, 2016 at 11:35am:/ :/ :/ Athe Photom usharaayik 😀
Akhila
October 18, 2016 at 11:38amano…:)
Jackie Jain
October 18, 2016 at 11:11amYes, such questions drive us crazy. We realize that everything around us is to distract us from the reality.
Consciousness is real and everything else is Maya. We see outside world the way our senses experience it not the way it is in real. So we all have different points of view because our way of sensing things is different. Consciousness is about seeking within and decrypting the encrypted hidden knowledge in our brains. But our world have become so materialistic and selfish that the knowledge has been lost. There is no peace in the world as all stand on their own point of view and argue it to be the truth, where as it is just the partial truth.
Have a great day, Akhila. .
Akhila
October 18, 2016 at 11:35amexactly.. we never have that eye to see the real truth..or rather we simply assume what we visualize to be the reality.
Jackie Jain
October 18, 2016 at 12:10pmYes Akhila. . You got my point here. We all believe that, what we see is reality and assume it to be the only truth.
Have a great day. 🙂
shreyans
October 18, 2016 at 12:13pmhello akhila….
a theory of my own…
there is a soul, which drives the mind to percieve, then only we can see and reason, computers don’t have this ability
Akhila
October 18, 2016 at 1:09pmha, liked your theory…but then who drives soul..;)
shreyans
October 18, 2016 at 1:24pmIt has to be something that is unmoved yet capable of driving other things..otherwise the question will go on.
elaine
October 18, 2016 at 12:33pmphoto kalakki…. 🙂
pinne about the post … research language il paranjjaal “researches are going on :p “ennu uzhappan mattil thadi rakshapeduthendi varum 🙂
Still many things are beyond our understanding.
Akhila
October 18, 2016 at 12:41pmente oru karyam..alla photoyude…;)
athe, ivide research language thanne saranam..
elaine
October 18, 2016 at 12:44pmyes yes…u r looking damn good in this 🙂
with time may be the mysteries could be solved.
A
October 18, 2016 at 1:58pmThat’s called evolution.. we are a result of evolution..
Akhila
October 18, 2016 at 10:04pmAny guesses on nect phase of evolution ..??
A
October 18, 2016 at 10:16pmMutants may be
Akhila
October 19, 2016 at 10:19amhmm.. then let them explore and reveal this mystery..
A
October 19, 2016 at 10:25amHope so.. fingers crossed
Opher
October 18, 2016 at 2:00pmPerhaps physicality is the illusion?
Akhila
October 18, 2016 at 7:13pmOh..the other way…possible
boundlessblessingsblog
October 18, 2016 at 2:22pmVery nice post Akhila. Conscious is an illusion. But the day we realize who we are then conscious becomes a reality and that is what we all are. Then that consciousness merges into Oneness. Your post requires a big explanation so now let it be and enjoy your own beautiful consciousness as a physical being. Loved your aptly putting across.
Akhila
October 18, 2016 at 7:12pmThanks kamal…but i don’t think that i can no longer stay in this conscious world, as some alien is pulling me towards an unconscious world
boundlessblessingsblog
October 18, 2016 at 9:31pmYa it happens with all of us Akhila but our beautiful consciousness pulls us out. We are all in this dream world waiting to go back to our true consciousness.
Akhila
October 18, 2016 at 9:59pm☺☺
Swetha M
October 18, 2016 at 2:25pmExcellent discussion! Consciousness is not an illusion, it’s the other way round. Consciousness creates matter. We are its materialisation/ manifestation in space and time. Now it doesn’t mean we are some finished product of the soul, merely one kind of it’s various kinds of manifestations, like branches spanning out in all directions but being part of the same tree structure.
Akhila
October 18, 2016 at 7:10pmHey..swetha, interesting views…thinking what could be there in another branch of my soul
Swetha M
October 20, 2016 at 1:13amFrom what I understand, our spirit exists in many dimensions of existence simultaneously. One part of the spirit could be human, another an energy form without physical structure and yet in another something completely different. I can’t do justice to the subject here, honestly, but if it interests you, please do read the very first post I wrote. It called… yup you got it…. Consciousness!
https://source413.wordpress.com/2015/10/29/consciousness/
Akhila
October 20, 2016 at 11:00amthanks Swetha.. definitely, i will read that post
Swetha M
October 20, 2016 at 12:11pmThank you for visiting Akhila! I hope you’ll explore more on the subject, I am sure you’ll find it very interesting :))
mywords331
October 18, 2016 at 2:28pmNice post making conscious towards unconscious subject.
Cattie's World
October 18, 2016 at 5:20pmIts a very interesting theory actually.
We have Active Conscious and Sub-Conscious Minds. The first one helps us to survive and live.
The second one, connects us spiritually to God and the Universe from where we came.
All this is the work of The God, who created you.
Read this Article
http://www.2knowmyself.com/Subconscious_mind
Akhila
October 18, 2016 at 7:05pmThanks for sharing the link…lemme check it…but i think, my conscious mind is not willing to accept it as the work of God…
Cattie's World
October 19, 2016 at 10:05amIt has to be, Akhila, We are Connected in this Universe and there is a GOD, who controls and manages all this.
rommel
October 18, 2016 at 5:24pmMy brain got fried thinking of the questions and the answers. Isn’t that we both have conscious and unconscious mind, both controlled and uncontrolled? And despite of this “physical brain”, we also have natural behaviors and reactions, impulses, drive, heart and soul.
Akhila
October 18, 2016 at 10:03pmHmm…but how do we have that impulses….
Manu Michael sdb
October 18, 2016 at 6:39pmI think it must be the feelings of a software engineer…
Akhila
October 18, 2016 at 10:03pmThanks..will definitely check it
Akhila
October 18, 2016 at 10:05pmYes varsha…we can’t understand those mysteries of nature
The Puzzle Maker
October 18, 2016 at 11:38pmDefinitely not illusion. Look around and you will find people unaware about their goals motives and surroundings. Consciousness is a link I will say, between you and your surrounding which finally leads to to the realisation that everything is just inside you. It’s all about decoding life .
Akhila
October 19, 2016 at 10:20amwell.. this decoding is a puzzle..being transfered through generations..
purplebutterfly964
October 19, 2016 at 12:53amYour posts are so thought provoking and I love it!
Akhila
October 19, 2016 at 10:01amthank you so much.. have a great time
purplebutterfly964
October 19, 2016 at 4:22pmYou’re welcome and I will.
davekingsbury
October 19, 2016 at 3:08am$64,000,000 questions (used to be $64,000 but that’s inflation for you!) … been interested by recent scientific thinking that conscious behaviour can be passed on to future generations, making evolution a little less random than previously supposed …
Akhila
October 19, 2016 at 10:07amha.. that’s a good thought…so by when we will treat this future generation
fairykumar
October 19, 2016 at 6:41pmIt helps us to experience in the presence of our physical appearance!!
Akhila
October 19, 2016 at 10:05pmHmm..may be
fairykumar
October 20, 2016 at 8:18pmYes…
Nam H Nguyen
October 20, 2016 at 4:32amAh yes, the matrix hypothesis.
As a Christian, I do feel that there’s some kind of untouchable dimension to our lives – heaven thank you.
I don’t believe that the material realm encompasses our entire existence, because if it did…well, it kind of sucks.
It means there’s a ceiling to human understanding, and it means there’s nothing beyond the world as we know it. Life loses its mystique and renders your existence mute.
Akhila
October 20, 2016 at 10:57ambut i am quite sure that there will be a generation to break that ceiling..
Nam H Nguyen
October 20, 2016 at 11:12amTo break the ceiling between the world we know and the world we don’t?
That’s not necessarily a good thing..regardless, consciousness is a question that has zero impact on how we our lives. Letting it affect you would be like…letting the knowledge that the world will end in two hundred years will affect you.
shreyathewriter
October 20, 2016 at 3:01pm100 per cent it is. We are living in a world of illusion. What is today isn’t there tomorrow. Sadly fantasy is termed illusion whilst it gives the most realistic pleasure.
Akhila
October 20, 2016 at 7:21pmGlad that you also feel it to be an illusion….thanks shreya
David Montaigne
October 22, 2016 at 4:52pmI suspect that our brain is more of a filter and a gatekeeper than the seat of our consciousness. Is main purpose could be to keep us focused on immediate physical survival and shield us from making a greater connection to our greater self on the level of spiritual awareness. I am just starting to work on my next book, tentatively titled “Transformational Awakening.” As I continue my blog will be shifting towards topics like spirituality and consciousness, if anyone is interested in such topics I reviewed Wayne Dyer’s “Manifest Your Destiny” recently…
https://endtimesand2019.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/new-age-nonsense-or-ancient-wisdom-dr-wayne-dyers-manifest-your-destiny/
Thank you everyone for some insightful links above in the comments…
Akhila
October 22, 2016 at 5:21pmTransformational awakening…sounds great….thanks for the link
Belle Papillon 24/7
October 26, 2016 at 6:39amI know thought about that, too.
Our brain is so powerful that it can actually trick us so we have to be full on conscious to make sure we’re in control all the time… speaking of which is why we need to realize that mental health maintenance is as important as physical health maintenance.
Akhila
October 26, 2016 at 10:43amtrue..mental health should be given utmost importance.
Belle Papillon 24/7
October 26, 2016 at 1:02pmI agree.
limitlessvisionblog
January 4, 2017 at 2:39amActually, I think that most people think that the signs of consciousness ARE an illusion, which is WHY so many of us are out of touch. We are told that our creativity, synchronicity, visions, etc are just coincidence or delusion…. when in fact, that is our consciousness attempting to emerge.
Akhila
January 4, 2017 at 8:00pmI liked your views. Infact if we could read the signs around us, from the nature, things will appear pretty clearly
limitlessvisionblog
January 4, 2017 at 8:54pmI agree! Nature, along with our DNA, contains the codes to our truth
Akhila
January 5, 2017 at 12:52pmthumbs up…interesting thoughts
Colors of my life
April 25, 2017 at 9:55amI often say, who live in 20th century, we are still slave but in good clothing to make ourselves don’t feel we are slaves.
Akhila
April 25, 2017 at 10:08amSo who is ruling ourselves
Colors of my life
April 25, 2017 at 10:48amOur leaders who we so called select to serve us. Instead I felt, all of them are punishing us.
boundlessblessingsblog
April 25, 2017 at 10:41amNice post and Akhila all is an illusion conscious or not conscious.
Akhila
April 25, 2017 at 11:33amTrue…. won’t there be an exit..
boundlessblessingsblog
April 25, 2017 at 11:45amOf course there is an exit but that is all for a human body otherwise there is nothing and have a ball of a time and do not think too much cause in thinking we become mad and start questioning this world that does not exist.
Akhila
April 26, 2017 at 11:31amHmm.. but can’t escape from that thinking part
boundlessblessingsblog
April 26, 2017 at 11:37amYes absolutely none can escape from anything but if someone wants to really work on this they sure can.
Prajakta
April 25, 2017 at 11:15amSo many questions and the answers are still well out of reach. Were we the intended product or are we the scrap parts?
Akhila
April 25, 2017 at 11:41amYeah.. all unanswered questions…
Sharat Pathak
April 25, 2017 at 2:11pmstill a cryptic puzzle!! can only be solved by faith.
Akhila
April 26, 2017 at 11:35amFaith…I Donno..
Sharat Pathak
April 26, 2017 at 4:25pmfor sure
Der Krieger des Lichts ن
April 25, 2017 at 2:23pmIt is the other way around: the world is an “illusion” or “dream” of infinite limitless awareness. You can call it God.
Charvi Tandon
April 25, 2017 at 3:44pmfor me its true that our brain has come over from a process of evolution and its still developing , but we aren’t really just physical beings . our source of existence is that energy which has created us and which we require to get charged.
Akhila
April 26, 2017 at 11:42amYes..that energy is what makes me puzzled.. from where it comes actually
Charvi Tandon
April 26, 2017 at 12:01pmIt’s the start of everything
thewritewomanblog
April 26, 2017 at 12:08amYou will find partial answers to these questions on ‘autobiography of a yogi’. And for your interest here is an interesting piece that I came across http://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/01/14/quantum-theory-sheds-light-on-life-after-death/
Quantum theory explaining life after death and some other related aspects, Akhi, knowing you, I am sure you would love it.
Akhila
April 26, 2017 at 11:48amThanks a ton dear.. let me check that link
Between autobiography of a yogi by paramhansa yogananda?
thewritewomanblog
April 26, 2017 at 10:14pmWell old news now… so happy reading!
നാരായണി
April 26, 2017 at 9:00amvery intresting …Whenever we say something is an illusion, we naturally come to the question, whose illusion? Who is perceiving this as an illusion?
There has to be someone conscious who is put into illusion. Without consciousness, we would have no experience at all — and that would mean no experience of reality or illusion. consciousness is not an illusion.Awareness put into action. That is what consciousness is for me,means being in touch! Touching the inner and outer, self and other. I’ve read this topic before in Quora and gitaDaily. I love to explore such topics..
നാരായണി
April 26, 2017 at 9:05amRead more at https://www.quora.com/Is-consciousness-an-illusion . happy reading
Akhila
April 26, 2017 at 9:59amThanks a lot for this
Moushmi Radhanpara
April 26, 2017 at 10:21pmI am still thinking…
Moushmi Radhanpara
April 28, 2017 at 12:55pmYes, that is a possibility!
Shweta Suresh
May 17, 2017 at 1:22pmHmm.. it’s amazing and it’s still a mystery. Maybe we’ll never find the answer to that. Enthayalum oru karyam urappa – enikk ithinde answer arinjooda! 😀
Akhila
May 17, 2017 at 4:20pmLol… arkkum ariyilla..athondalle athoru mystery ayi armmadikkunnathu