Consciousness

As demonstrated in the "Loosening the World Knot" paper below, consciousness is difficult to define, much less understand. What we discovered in writing "The Controversy of Consciousness" looking through different frames of reference was the diversity of thought around the concept of consciousness.

There is such a large overlap in areas of focus. for example, the treatment of achieving Extraordinary Consciousness introduced in the paper below is explicated in a paper entitled "Engaging Tacit Knowledge" that is included in the Knowledge area of publications. Similarly, there are papers in the Spirituality, Knowing and Decision-Making areas that are about raising or shifting consciousness at some level. It is suggested that you explore these connections if this area is of interest to you.

The Controversy of Consciousness. Explores consciousness by creating a dialogue between philosophy, psychology, science and spirituality represented by individuals participating in a talk show. (PDF, 18 pages)

Creating Our Reality. Feelings, thoughts and mental images serve s the medium of exchange for creating our reality. A rich treatment exploring reality from the perspectives of literature, living systems, consciousness, science and spirituality. (PDF, 10 pages)

The Human Knowledge System. Explores the relationship between music and learning in the mind/brain. (PDF, 17 pages)

Knowledge to Wisdom; Ordinary Consciousness to Extraordinary Consciousness. A short research paper that explores the concept of "wisdom" and "consciousness" from a knowledge perspective, then compares the differences between knowledge and wisdom and consciousness and extraordinary consciousness. (PDF, 8 pages)

Knowledge to Wisdom; Ordinary Consciousness to Extraordinary Consciousness graphic (PowerPoint, 1 slide)

See the paper "Engaging Tacit Knowledge" in the Knowledge area for a pragmatic treatment of achieving Extraordinary Consciousness.

Loosening the World Knot. Explores current research that seeks to answer what may be considered one of the most famous, and possibly the most important, problem in philosophy since Descartes: The mind-body problem and its major challenge—explaining consciousness. (PDF, 27 pages)