Category: Philosophy

Does our brain run binary codes? In contrast to the conventional wisdom, some people believe that our brain does indeed use complex binary codes with neurons, while a group of them believe that the codes are not nearly as complex as some make them out to be.

So, what is the truth? Do our brains use complex binary codes with neurons?

There is no easy answer to this question. Scientists are still trying to figure out exactly how our brains work and how we think. However, there is some evidence that suggests that our brains may use complex binary codes with neurons.

For example, some studies have shown that certain types of neurons fire in a particular pattern when we are performing certain tasks. This suggests that there may be some sort of code that the neurons are using to communicate with each other.

Additionally, some computer models of the brain have shown that complex binary codes may be necessary for the brain to function properly. This is because the brain is a very complex system and it may be difficult for it to function without using some sort of code.

Of course, this is all just speculation at this point. Scientists are still trying to figure out exactly how our brains work. However, the evidence that has been found so far suggests that our brains may use complex binary codes with neurons.

It is thought that neurons communicate with each other by releasing chemicals called neurotransmitters. These neurotransmitters attach to receptors on other neurons and either excite or inhibit them.

Inhibitory neurotransmitters tend to decrease the activity of the neuron they are attached to, while excitatory neurotransmitters tend to increase the activity of the neuron they are attached to.

This chemical communication between neurons is known as synaptic transmission.

So how does this all relate to binary codes?

Well, it is thought that each neuron can be in one of two states: excited or inhibited. This is similar to the way that a computer bit can either be a 0 or a 1.

It is believed that when a neuron is excited, it will fire an electrical impulse. This impulse will then travel down the neuron’s axon to the synapse.

At the synapse, the electrical impulse will cause the release of neurotransmitters. These neurotransmitters will then attach to receptors on other neurons and either excite or inhibit them.

In this way, it is thought that information is transmitted between neurons through a complex system of binary codes.

Being non-deterministic, the brain is unable to precisely reproduce instruction sequences. Therefore, the brain is undoubtedly not “digital” in any of these respects.

The impulses that are transmitted throughout the brain are simultaneously binary-like “either-or” states. A neuron can either fire or not. The basic language of the brain is comprised of these all-or-nothing pulses. In this way, binary signals are similar to how the brain computes. The brain employs “spike” or “no spike,” not 1s and 0s, or “on” and “off” (referring to the firing of a neuron).

Is our brain literally hosting universes by itself?

There is one thing all can agree on with this article: the brain is a very complex organ.

Now, let’s spread up. The brain can also create new universes and realities through its ability to imagine and visualize. It will take a lot of research and time to fully understand how it works.

The answer may surprise you. Our brains are capable of running complex binary codes, but they don’t necessarily do so on their own. In fact, they may be running these codes in tandem with other universes.

Here’s how it works: Our brains are constantly taking in information from our senses. This information is then processed and stored in our memory. When we need to recall this information, our brain accesses it and uses it to generate new thoughts and ideas.

In order to run complex binary codes, our brain relies on memory recall. This process is similar to how a computer accesses and runs programs. When we need to recall a certain piece of information, our brain accesses it and uses it to generate new thoughts and ideas.

However, our brain is not limited to storing information in memory. It is also capable of storing information in other universes. This is how we are able to remember things that we have never experienced before.

For example, when we imagine a new world, we are actually storing information in another universe. This is how we are able to come up with new ideas and creativity.

Our brain is constantly running simulations of universes and realities. These simulations are created by the firing of neurons in our brains. This theory is supported by the fact that we often have dreams and hallucinations that seem very real.

The answer?

So, does our brain run complex binary codes and host universes on its own? The answer is yes!

Some nonsensical evidence exists to support the idea that our brain is not a computer. For example, our brain is capable of emotions and creativity, which are not typically possible with computers. Additionally, our brain is not a static entity; it is constantly changing and growing, which is another trait that is not typically associated with computers.

Think of your brain as a tool. It’s a powerful, complex tool that is capable of running complex binary codes, hosting multiple universes, and creating amazing new realities.

We are only at the beginning stages of understanding how our brains work. It could take many years for neuroscientists to unravel all the mysteries of our minds. Who knows? Maybe one day we will find powerful quantum computers in our brains.

If you take a closer look at how the brain works, you’ll find that its operations are far more complex than simply running binary code. In fact, we have only begun to scratch the surface of how the brain works.

The last and grandest biological frontier, the brain, which contains hundreds of billions of cells interlinked through trillions of mind-boggling connections, is the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.

With everything hosted inside the brain, the universe is just its creation. In the absence of an active brain, the universe itself disappears. It is all in the mind.

Space and time are only present when our brains are processing information. When there is no activity in the brain, as in deep sleep, we don’t find space and time at all. The universe takes a backseat and vanishes into oblivion.

Recent studies of superstring theory relating to the smallest subatomic particles suggest the possibility of as many as 10 dimensions. However, the human brain is capable of sensory processing and conceptualizing only 3 dimensions—height, width, and depth.

The human brain is a miracle of organic design that works with inconceivable efficiency. The brain stem and the cerebellum possess no consciousness. That makes our breathing, digestion, heartbeat, and body movement all automatic. The neocortex, with its association, motor, language, and higher-order thinking regions, gives us what we call consciousness. To say that this organ can detect additional dimensions within its scope of functioning appears to be a natural conclusion.

That’s why the home of the whole universe is the brain, where we ourselves reside. It means not “we have a brain” but “we are in the brain”.

The natural cosmic order is like one mind with many parts. When we look at it from the outside, our impression of the whole thing is essentially that of a single mind because the multitude of individual parts is essentially bundled up into one object from our perspective.

On the other hand, when we view it from within, we see that we are one tiny speck inside this vast cosmic mind or brain. This then gives us yet another dimension to appreciate the beauty and harmony of the cosmos.

Neither any content nor any form exists outside of our brain. Though our body houses the whole universe and we live here in form, what we call our mind or brain is our mental image of the universe.

While being capable of higher functions than the natural cosmos, our brain is nonetheless an instrument for the natural order. For example, our brain records visually whatever it receives from our eyes; it stores the information in memory and replays this visual information.

The same process occurs for our other senses, such as hearing and touch. Our brain does not create any data we sense but is capable enough to store, recreate, and replay it. Anything else in the universe, including huge celestial bodies like the Sun and the Earth, lacks this very ability.

When we observe the universe, we do so solely from our own perspective because time and space, as well as our physical barriers, unfortunately, limit us from viewing it from elsewhere.

In contrast, when we observe ourselves, we are able to see beyond this temporal and spatial limitation by removing the veil of our own minds. The universe then reveals itself with a new light of its own (of course, light must be part of the natural cosmos).

All things are in ourselves, but not in any particular part of ourselves.

The whole universe has no outside, as it does not need anything from anywhere else. For example, a galaxy does not require a star to shine, nor does the Earth require us for its existence.

We are one with the universe, but we cannot identify with it because the limitations of time and space naturally confine our thinking. It is all in our minds, yet we see it from outside ourselves.

It is all in the mind, but of course, it can’t be identified with any particular one of us. The “we” that exists apart from our body is not some mental entity called ego, as previously thought to be, but just another way of saying “the natural cosmic order”.

Imagining yourself as a part of this cosmic brain, otherwise called “The Whole,” is a powerful way of appreciating the whole. As it uses your brain as its instrument, your experience is inseparable from its experience.

You might feel like a separate individual, but in reality, you are just an ordinary part of your brain. From this perspective, the whole universe comes to life and, at the same time, becomes more real to us by being made visible within our perception.

To be a part of the whole universe is to be a part of more than that – it’s to be the whole thing. It is not only to feel the whole mind and to know the cosmos in your head but also to experience your mental image of the universe as being real.

When we imagine ourselves inside our brains, we are seeing ourselves from within. This means our heads are not just any part of the cosmos, but also its entirety. In that sense, when you look at yourself physically and mentally – including your feelings and emotions – you are seeing yourself as part of a single entity, which is the whole universe itself.

A heavy-duty model of the universe that can predict what comes next just landed on our concept desk and we really, really want to tell you all about it. All the phenomena in this physical world are guided by certain patterns, whether you observe them or not.

Recognizing those patterns can help us predict the future with a fair amount of certainty. Also, having this ability gives us a better understanding of how things work in general and how they are interconnected.

The hypothetical model in question is a simple and effective one that we were able to arrive at after combining two different general models known as “probability space”, a mathematical construct that provides a formal model of a random process or “experiment”, and “quantum theory”. It is designed to work with any kind of atomistic system.

Combination of “probability space” and “quantum theory”

“Everything in the universe is connected to each other” is the notion that the probability space model incorporates. It combines the quantum and classical worlds together.

Quantum theory, a physics model, employs probability theory to explain phenomena and predict possible outcomes of experiments. Probability space combines both these theories, explaining how things related to each other in the universe work by giving more weight to the uncertainty aspect of things rather than facts, which are less likely to change over time.

This model is based on a theoretical development known as “The Many Worlds Interpretation” ((MWI) of quantum mechanics holds that there are many worlds that exist in parallel in the same space and time as our own. It came about after the concept of superposition, which describes a system being in multiple states at once. That was the basis for the Schrödinger’s Cat thought experiment.

Many physical systems in nature can be approximated by a collection of interacting matter particles. According to quantum mechanics, particles can exist in multiple states at once. This means that each particle can be in several places at once or have several possible values for its energy level. 

In order to predict what comes next, this model uses the probability of associated situations to infer a continuous future. It predicts how the systems will behave in the future and makes predictions that match experimental results.

For example, if you see a person in the distance and their face, hair, and clothes match those of a person you know, the model predicts that they are likely to be the same person. If they do not match this person’s face, hair, or clothes, then the probability is low that it is the same individual.

Prediction accuracy of “what comes next”

This model is able to predict the future very accurately by employing probabilities of probabilities from the beginning. It also incorporates all the possible outcomes of the system, which is similar to what has been done in quantum mechanics.

The model has proven itself to be successful in predicting various kinds of events, such as how an atom will behave when it decays after exposure to radiation. This can help researchers make improvements to their equipment and find new uses for the technology. 

The model predicts a continuous future without requiring knowledge about its past incidents, which makes it extremely useful for science and engineering research.

In conclusion, the model that predicts what comes next has boundless applications because of how it incorporates everything in this world into one model.

For example, calculating the value of time can help you decide whether to drive or fly, save or borrow. You might even use it to figure out what career path you should take.

While the model is a theoretical development, researchers see it as a way to help us predict future events in general by using probability theory.

By using this model, we can also better understand how things are connected in this world and how they work, and that will help us come up with unique, better innovations and improvements.

As a challenge to the existing physical laws, the universe is reversing, getting younger with time instead of being further aged. The reverse effects are clearly visible now, even in the general behavior of the observable galaxies.

The Reverse Effect 

It clearly exists, unlike the prediction of the red-shift principle that galaxies are moving away from us at an increasing speed. The measured speeds are actually increasing in the direction from us to them. This means that there is an anti-red-shift effect working on a galactic scale and is happening due to an inverse acceleration of these galaxies.

Another point is that the universe is not expanding outwards as anticipated, but it is contracting inwards because we can deduce it from the observed phenomenon of gravitational lensing, by which galaxies a few hundred million light-years away are getting closer to us and vice versa.

As conceptualized in the Big Crunch theory, galaxies’ material content is actually converging towards a common point in the past. It is now at an infinite distance in the future, i.e., at the center of gravity, that physics has predicted to exist as dark matter, but has not yet been discovered so far.

James Webb Images of “Young” Distant Galaxies

The most convincing argument that the universe is not being “aged”, but instead getting younger and younger with time, is evident in the blue, bright, and fully-shaped several million old galaxies, which the James Webb Space Telescope recently captured, at the edge of the universe.

As anticipated by the Big Bang theory, galaxies in the timeline had just entered the initial stage of their development: colliding, merging, and trying to gain galactic shapes and sizes. The opposite occurred, as the universe’s size and age are far greater and older than predicted by the Big Bang theory.

And, beating the laws of physics, the “hundreds of billion-year-old universe” (since the 13.7-billion-year hypothesis is incomplete) has now gradually been returning to its past, being younger with time. The process won’t one day end in its death as that of the general law of physics. But instead, it will again start getting older when it reaches the proximity of its young age.

 Higgs boson and the Age of the Universe

The Invisible Universe reveals stunning evidence that the universe is reversing and getting younger with time.

How does this make sense? The discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN with energy of 125.35 GeV per proton should have ruled out the prevailing idea that all particles have mass because they interact with an invisible field, which physicists call the “Higgs field” and which permeates space.

Particles obtain mass when they interact with this field, and photons are not affected by it. But, the Higgs boson has mass itself, so it interacts with its own field. Thus, the idea that all particles acquire mass by interacting with the Higgs field is, according to this calculation, wrong because they all must have been getting different Higgs masses at random.

This means that there is another force in nature that most scientists have overlooked.

The above works on a galactic scale and cannot be found at smaller scales (like atoms or smaller), because our physical laws are not applicable there and we cannot apply them in these cases.

Colliding Huge Galaxy Clusters and So-called Dark Matter

Likewise, galaxy clusters, which contain hundreds to thousands of galaxies bound to one another by the force of gravity, can also collide, smashing into one another over the course of millions of years. Hidden in these mind-blowing collisions are clues to how the universe is getting younger, contracting to a smaller, more energetic point. This fact also denies the hypothesis of an expanding universe.

Another example is the assumption of supernatural elements like so-called dark matter and dark energy. This looks like an attempt to explain the observed anomaly of the universe, that the expansion rate of a contracting universe appears to be accelerating.

Astronomers have attributed a massive celestial body as the cause of a sufficient curvature of spacetime for the path of light around it to be visibly bent, as if by a lens. The massive celestial body, which is inextricably related to dark matter, is supposed to be the holding force. But the absence of enough evidence for the existence of dark matter needs no more labor in understanding that the “force” can equally be “bright” instead of “dark”.

The never-ending age-cycle of the universe

The way forward is towards a hypothesis that can explain the observations better: that we are living in a universe that is reversing its motion and turning younger with time, unlike an infant child growing up to be an adult, but like an age-fluctuating, never-dying thing, which exists in a never-ending age-cycle of ups and downs with time. 

The assumption of an expanding universe is just like an insensible phenomenon, which makes us remember the “ghost story” that our grandma used to tell us in our early childhood. By hiding the state of its contraction, trying to display the expanding picture of the universe will take us no farther than a liar’s hut.

It is only by reversing the way we regard the cosmos, by taking into consideration the two contradictory phenomena of the expanding universe and its observable contraction inwards, that we can finally understand what’s really happening.

The Necessity of Reviewing the Physical Laws

With this new understanding and with a reversed view of this all, physical laws will have to be modified in order to make them work for this new perspective. 

For example, since the contracting universe is actually not expanding as we think, the law of redshift, which assumes that galaxies are moving away from us at an increasing speed, will have to be modified.

But, with this new perspective of a reversed contraction towards its childhood, we will see that their apparent acceleration is only outwards relative to our position and not with respect to the center of mass of everything in the universe as they are “receding” instead. 

To sum up, what we have learned about the origin, size, and features of the universe is just a matter of within a century, a really ignorable timeframe on the cosmic scale. Although human intelligence has made significant advances, it is critical that we continue to seek the truth and correct outdated hypotheses as soon as possible. Let’s wipe our eyes and move them around the universe to enjoy its view of getting younger with time.

Our existence is shaped by the existence of consciousness–both our own and others. There is an important difference, though, between these two types of consciousness.

Thought waves determine and shape our individual consciousness. Such waves emerge from our brains throughout the day and night. These thoughts are constantly oscillating in what we call a “stream” or “current”.

Collective unconscious mind: Is it different from the consciousness of each individual?

The collective unconscious, on the other hand, has no specific source but emanates outwards through a number of people’s minds simultaneously at all times.

There is no stream but rather a constant diffusion and reflection of all the previous thoughts. Humans have experienced thoughts collectively throughout history.

One example of such a collective thought is Andre Rieu’s song “Ode to Joy” played at high volume at the end of each Olympic Games.

As such, it is impossible to know or even think about our collective unconscious without simultaneously knowing what everyone else is thinking (which no one can do).

A person’s individual consciousness (the existing thought stream) and the collective consciousness have almost entire disconnection from each other.

Although both have an influence on our lives, we should not conflate these two types of consciousness with each other as they have very different characteristics.

The collective unconscious influences our lives to a much greater degree than we realize. This unconscious thought stream has the power to influence us subconsciously and directly.

In what way is collective unconscious accessible?

As a rule of thumb, the collective unconscious is only accessible through dreams and similar means (i.e. access through meditation).

The individual consciousness, however, does not exist in dreams or meditation. But we can only access it during waking hours.

This also leads to a significant difference between the effects of the two types of consciousness on our lives: we can subconsciously induce changes in the collective unconscious just by dreaming and detecting patterns in our thoughts without any requirements of overt action on our part (We call this “automatization“).

While it is true that previous thought patterns create the collective unconscious, it is equally as important to understand that it can also change and dissolve such thoughts. This is possible because the collective unconscious is created through a number of people’s minds simultaneously at all times.

Concluding paragraph

We can thus cause changes in the collective unconscious by learning, thinking, and experiencing new things all at the same time. The effects of our individual consciousness are therefore largely dependent on all of us simultaneously becoming more conscious or less conscious. One of the greatest dangers in our lives is mixing up the phenomenon of collective consciousness with that of individual consciousness when making generalizations about what each entails.

The brain is the theoretical imperative for understanding the world by looking at “What is”. When asked “What do you think?” before anyone has said anything, the brain responds with an answer: “I think I’m hungry” or, “I think my foot hurts.”

It doesn’t just talk about itself; it also processes outside data – information from our senses. It tells us how we feel about that data.

Soul: Is it more real than neurons and synapses?

The idea of a soul (or spirit) has been around for millennia. Only recently have we begun to understand how to use modern technology to explore its very nature.

With fMRI scanners and other brain-imaging tools, we can now peek into someone’s mind and see how their thoughts unfold.

For example, a church might be the most sacred space for some people, and an airport for others: when people stand inside these places and close their eyes, they can experience powerful feelings of awe or dread.

And when asked to describe what they are experiencing, many people describe a feeling of “something.”

What is that “something”? Where does it come from? Is it real? And if it’s a feeling, how do we study feelings scientifically? Is the soul more real than neurons and synapses, or is it something else entirely?

Many people believe that the soul is a physical entity. In other words, they believe in the afterlife, where they will have an essential identity separate from their physical body.

This belief has many benefits. It also provides a framework for understanding life’s meaning and purpose. For example, one could ask: “Why am I here? What purpose does my life serve?” or even “Why do bad things happen to good people?”

People who don’t believe in the soul often talk about how hard it is to get their hands around the concept. But this is just a different way of talking about the fact that our hands are always in our body, and so it’s hard to get them around something that isn’t.

Yet this problem doesn’t mean that the soul isn’t real. It just means we haven’t designed a good way to study it. We should keep trying to find new ways of explaining what it’s made out of and how it works, even if we don’t have many facts yet.

For example, Nobel Prize winner Francis Crick famously stated, “You’re nothing but a pack of neurons.”  If Crick was right, he’d have conquered the mind-body problem by reducing all mental activity to neural activity. But that’s not quite the story.

The problem with “nothing but neurons” is that it suggests there’s nothing behind brain activity. In other words, it suggests that neurons are the end goal of all mental activity, like a blank sheet of paper on which everyone writes their thoughts.

If we want to explain what goes on inside a person’s head, this is wrong.

Crick was not saying that the brain is just composed of neurons; he was just observing how nerve cells work together to process information.

In other words, Crick was hinting that there’s more going on than just neurons and synapses firing in the mind-body system. He was saying that the mind and the body are connected in important ways.

If that sounds familiar, it’s because Crick was describing a phenomenon called emergentism: the idea that a system can have properties not found in any of its parts.

For example, water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but if you put them together randomly you won’t get water (you’ll get dirt).

Yet, when you take those two atoms and connect them – when they interact with each other – they form something new that has properties not found in any individual atom.

In this case, it’s liquid water instead of something solid or gaseous. Similarly, if you take the atoms and connect them to form a planet, they will interact with each other and a new system emerges. This is how planets are formed.

In other words, emergent systems always have properties that cannot be explained by simply looking at their individual parts. This is why Crick’s statement about neurons being “nothing but” neurons is wrong.

Our brains are not just neurons; we need something else – a brain-mind connection – to function in the first place.

This means that biological activity can still be studied without reducing it to the activity of individual parts (neurons). So, when we look at how the brain functions, we see two things: neurons and synapses interacting together to form specialized circuits; and something else that lets those circuits – and thus our thoughts – function properly.

So, when people say “I think I’m hungry,” the “I” talking is not a biological part; it’s the emergent system of neurons communicating with each other in a way that makes us feel like we are who we are.

It’s what Crick called the “seat of consciousness.” The soul, or spirit, is the thing in us that makes us feel from within. This isn’t something that philosophers made up wanting to design an afterlife. Rather, it has come to light through scientific investigation.

The danger of not believing in the soul is that when we die, it could be like falling asleep and never waking up. When we lose consciousness, there’s nothing else left to feel. What’s the point of living if there’s no sense of self?

The good news is that most people who don’t believe in souls don’t want to live forever. In fact, most people who worry about death have actually worries about facing their own mortality – which shouldn’t confuse with the soul.

But perhaps biological immortality isn’t really what we need. Instead, maybe we just want a sense of perpetual life: a continuing identity in which our memories carry on from existence to existence without ever fading away.

Even if we can’t be immortal, our brains might be able to enact a sense of immortality by integrating with technology so that our thoughts and dreams can live on. In this way, the soul and immortality are two sides of the same coin.

The soul is not just a physical entity; it’s an emergent property of the mind-body system. Without the brain, there’s no mind or soul.

And so our minds are tied to our brains in a very important way. That doesn’t make us spiritual robots; it does not work like that. It makes us biological beings with a consciousness that is capable of experiencing joy and suffering.

To Conclude,

So, to me, the question isn’t “Is the soul real?” It’s 1. “How can we better understand what makes us who we are?” 2. “How can we better explain human experience?”

The answers to these questions may require some radical new ideas; the ideas that go beyond what some traditionalists want science to be – but that’s fine.

The human consciousness could be infinite, with many dimensions. The theory of Flatland suggests that humans can only see three dimensions, but the true number may be infinite.

If you have ever had a dream, you have probably seen or sensed other dimensions or realities while awake!

There is an invisible dimension of consciousness, like a spiritual world, which we cannot see but we can sense.

I am currently reading a book called “Flatland” and I could not put it down! It’s about a two-dimensional being discovering our dimension and she keeps trying to wrap her head around how we live in such depth.

I think if it’s possible to imagine something, it can be true. What do you think? Well, we have the whole article left to discuss…

What if the three dimensions we perceive are just as real as anything else?

From a philosophical viewpoint, we could consider it to be “real”. We live in three dimensions that our physical senses can perceive and have used to create a great civilization.

There is no empirical proof that the Earth is flat or round. What’s more, if we are just one of many possible mathematical shapes and dimensions, how can we choose which one to believe?

We cannot know whether the “flattener” exists or not, regardless of what some people may claim.

Considering the infinite number of dimensions, it is not even necessary to believe that our civilization is “real”. We can consider that this society, which we have always dreamed of, is just a “construct” as well.

As much as this, our dreams and imagination shape reality!

What if there are more than three dimensions?

It has been noted that human consciousness and memory can be divided into three different sections: short-term memory (reptile brain), long-term memory (mammal brain), and the subconscious and superconscious mind.

Many people believe in a universal consciousness or a collective unconscious. If this is true, there could be an infinite number of other dimensions and consciousnesses.

It’s all just an illusion, isn’t it?

If our reality is just an illusion, we can indeed find our own “truth”. We are all born with a certain perception of life and our views and beliefs. May it be that we are not really who you think you are?

We live in an uncertain time during the information age. A person who does not have a firm belief may be easily swayed by propaganda, lies, and fear-mongering, as this person has no firm foundation to stand on!

While I believe that science is objective, there will always be subjectivity in any kind of study. It is also important to realize that there is no universal truth! It is just a matter of finding the truth for oneself.

I am very passionate about philosophy and I think that folk traditions are important, which we have all forgotten about! I believe that logic and science can explain everything, but this does not mean that we will be able to explain the meaning of life.

There is always more to the universe than we know or understand; this applies to all human beings.

The dimensions of Consciousness

I think that the number of dimensions is infinite, while the size of each dimension is infinite. But here are a few suggestions to consider:

1) We can consider that we have five universal dimensions:

Id – Ego – Superego – Collective unconscious – Universal consciousness. The Id represents our instincts and emotions.

Our Ego represents reason and self-control. The Superego represents our social behavior; it’s what society tells us to do and think.

Our Collective Unconscious contains all of the knowledge, information, and experiences of Mankind from all times and places, from stars, planets, and other dimensions as well as the Earth itself.

And finally, Universal Consciousness is an invisible layer containing God or the creator. It has no physical form, but it can be felt.

2) Time, space, and matter, dimensions in themselves

We can also believe that time, space, and matter are dimensions in themselves. This theory is supported by the Laws of Physics as well as the Theory of Everything (ToE).

As matterless thought, cosmic space generates time via a constant cycle of expansion and contraction.

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The atoms in a material body constantly contract and expand at this constant rate. This means that time is a dimension just like the other four; we can consider that our consciousness moves on parallel to the space-time dimension and this is why we experience “time” passing by each day at a certain speed.

3) Invisible dimension of consciousness

There is an invisible dimension of consciousness, like a spiritual world, which we cannot see but can sense. This is where the Collective Unconscious and universal consciousness are stored.

This place can be considered to be non-physical, but it exists and we can travel to it when we die via the astral plane and/or imagination…

4) Dimension only as the creation of our mind

The human mind is capable of building a reality that exists for our senses only. Our imagination creates worlds that exist solely in our minds…

5) Dimension as an illusion

Our physical bodies are just illusions! They don’t exist! They are just energy; energy generates matter via quantum mechanisms. This means that bodies do not really exist, they are just “constructs” created by our minds!

If we think about it, we are basically made of thoughts and memories. If memories can be deleted or implanted, what does this say about human identity?

In addition, if a person has a false memory of committing murder, can he be sent to prison for something he did not do? It is important to understand the power of our thoughts and imagination in this reality!

6) Substance and spirit

We can believe that our physical bodies are made up of “substance”, but it is a very thin layer over an invisible essence called spirit. This spirit represents our goals, ideals, moral conscience, our intellect, and personality…

7) Lives are predetermined

It is possible that every action we take, every decision that we make is a choice in itself. We may not feel it at the time, but after an event, we look back and see that this decision was necessary for the events to unfold exactly as they had!

This means that our lives are predetermined from the moment of birth. Some experts claim that this is why dreams seem to be so meaningful; they are premonitions of what will happen in your life.

Everybody has a dream like this or similar every once in a while; this may also be a premonition or “sign” of things to come…

8) Secrets of the experiential world

There are many secrets that we have yet to discover in the experiential world. Maybe there is a whole other reality that we have yet to see.

Time and the Universe are both mysteries beyond our comprehension! Maybe!!

Atheists who claim that reality is all there is, “I don’t believe in God or anything like that”, will also be inclined to deny these possibilities. I don’t think this is very logical, because these possibilities are very real and we can find more evidence for them.

So I tend to believe that there is an invisible dimension to human existence which we can probably never fully understand.

The majority of people are aware that we have a lapse in our memory for certain events- but how much of this memory is based on our own experience? There have been many experiments that demonstrate that the accuracy of our memories is often faulty and unreliable. In one such experiment, the individual had to remember the faces and names of a group of people from an interview with someone who took part in it.

In the end, they found out half had an accurate recollection and half did not. Our memories are just as easily distorted by what we want them to be as they are by what happened. This post is an attempt to illustrate if your memory of the past is true or just an illusion, that you can’t trust.

Is our memory of the past true or just an illusion?

Let’s start with the reliability of our memories. When we look at the past, particularly at our childhoods, it seems as if the things we remember are not always the same as the things that happened. A huge leap in recent years has been to discuss memory as a more malleable thing. It is not just made up of facts held in place like tacks on a bulletin board; rather, it is a fluid entity that includes feelings and emotions and reconstructions.

We have all had the experience of remembering events differently depending on our mood or even what we think about them today. Our mood can distort our memories at the time or what we are going through at present. Remembering an unpleasant event from our past also can make it more vivid and “real” than the actual event.

Example 1

• When we experience trauma, our brain rewires itself to protect us. Every time we are in a situation that feels even vaguely like the situation that brought on the trauma, our brain can trigger strong reactions as if we were reliving the original experience. The same thing applies to people who feel anxious or depressed. When they recall distressing past events, they tend to exaggerate and color them with their feelings of mood at present. We call this phenomenon state-dependent memory.

Example 2

• When teenagers look back at their high school days they tend to remember it as a time of fun and relaxation. The memories of our teens are a bit like the memories of our parrots; they repeat what they hear and see in their present stage. However, when we reflect on our high school years from the perspective of adulthood, we can reinterpret those experiences and see them in a more negative light. An event that was funny at the time, we may see now as embarrassing and ridiculed later in life.

Example 3

• However, we become more accurate when we look at something that is culturally meaningful. We are more likely to remember things that may have happened at a specific time and place. For example, when we look back at a childhood memory from an Asian family, we will tend to remember it as if it were normal and expected. On the other hand, if we were raised in Anglo-Saxon culture, we might remember our childhoods as much more difficult than they actually were. The fact that we tend to remember the things that fit the culture we live in at present makes us difficult to trust our past-memory.

Do past, present and future exist simultaneously?

Time is such a thing that we can’t see it or touch it. It is the one thing we can’t feel but we still need it to identify the relationships between all the events and things that occur around us. We take it for granted but there are still many questions about its nature.

One of the most important questions related to time is whether or not the present, past, and future exist at the same time or if they are just a continuum. The explanation of time seems straightforward but there are some problems when people try to explain this in words. The reality of time is such that we can’t make sense of it with our minds and science has trouble explaining it in mathematical terms.

Another question is whether or not time is real or it is just an illusion. If we take a look at the nature of space, it seems to have more physical reality. Space seems to be a fundamental component of our world and we can all agree on the same dimensions. And on the other hand, it doesn’t seem that everyone agrees on what makes up time, like seconds and minutes.

One person might think of time as something in the future or their past, while another person thinks about how far away something is in terms of distance instead of duration. There doesn’t seem to be any standard for time measurement and yet most people still have a sense of what time it should be based on their cultural conditioning.

More discourse on understanding time

Time seems to be a fundamental aspect of our world and culture. We need it to order our whole lives and we have many ways of communicating about it with others. There are so many aspects of our lives that seem to depend on time, like money, deadlines, and appointments.

Even though there is no universal standard for measuring time, we still seem to agree on certain things about what are the best times for certain activities like eating dinner or going to work. We all seem to agree that moments in the past and future don’t exist at all because they aren’t in the present.

But when we look at the nature of time, we can’t make sense of it in the same way that we can make sense of space. The problem is that there is no one standard for time. And we tend to have very different attitudes about what we should consider time. This makes it more difficult to explain and understand precisely how time works in our world.

A way of measuring the time that seems to work in our culture is the digital clock. We usually find this device on a wall that displays numbers or text on a small computer screen. A clock like this has become so commonplace in our lives that few people pay attention to how it works or how far back its digits go.

What does it mean by our “past memory”?

If past, present, and future exist at the same time, what it means by our past memory and how it’s related to time is a central question. We can perceive memory in the past as something that is distorted depending on our current mood or what we are experiencing in our present lives. For example, when we experience stress, we can remember distressing things from our past differently than what actually happened.

In terms of time, if past and present exist at the same time, doesn’t it mean that they are just a part of the group? As human beings, we do tend to value these moments more than others like days gone by. We often remember events of times gone by with much more clarity than events in the future and even those from days or weeks ago are easily recalled.

We have a constant flow of thoughts from the present moment to the past and from our past back to the present. When we reflect on the nature of time, if past, present, and future all exist at the same point, it means that all of these are just a continuum.

There is no doubt that our minds can create illusions about time. When we focus on moments in the past or future all of the moments from those periods must be accounted for, otherwise, we would lose the advantage of predictability in the future or expect things in our lives. According to this view, there is no such thing as a moment that exists without being observed, except in science fiction movies.

Memory distortion and controversies

On the other hand, if past and present exist at different points, this means that memory from the past is just a memory. Such memories are a way of tapping into this continuum and they are not equal. With the passage of time, memories experience more vividness and detail.

When we remember a specific moment from the past, we can make it seem more real than what unfolded. Memories from the past are subject to change just like our current memories are. No one moment exists in isolation in time unless it is an extraordinary moment in an exceptional life that is remembered as a result of chance or luck.

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It seems that there isn’t a clear answer to this question of whether the past, present, and future do exist at the same point or if they are all linked together as a continuum. It becomes even more difficult when we consider how memories are created and how they form in our minds over time. Although discourses may generate many more controversies on the issue, there is no doubt that this nature of time is very important in shaping our lives.

Whether we think of time as a continuum or not, the past, present, and future all exist in the same moment. We can recall memories in the past with more detail than those from the future. But, they are still just a part of our past lives and we can’t use them to predict what happens next.

Conclusion

The physically undetectable time and the past memory, a mysterious mental activity, both are essential parts of life for human beings, but we don’t always understand, trust and know how to explain them clearly. However, we do seem to agree on certain things about it like how long a day should last or how far away something is in terms of distance. At the same time, we don’t agree about things like how long a second is or what fraction of time we can call present. Similarly, as it’s an essential phenomenon to survive, we can trust in our memory of the past in case it’s justifiable on the basis of social, cultural, and behavioral conditions.

Introduction

The question “Whether you know you are aware of something before you are aware of it’ needs to be answered with a paradigm shift of understanding.

If you are able to hear this right now, you have already heard it. And, you are aware that it happened but hadn’t had time to process the information.

A lot of people will say “yes” when asked this question because they do not realize they don’t need any other affirmation than their own senses confirming the answer; all they need is time.

The answer to this question has many facets. But one thing that we cannot argue is that you can never know if you’re aware or not before being conscious of it.

So, let’s dive deep into the topic!

What does ‘being aware’ actually mean?

On the surface, awareness or ‘being aware’ seems to be quite straightforward, something that is easy to determine. But when you get a bit deeper into its meaning you find out how complex this word actually is. I would like to try and list some of the facets of this elusive word so that we can understand it better and let’s see what we are really talking about when we say “aware” in different contexts.

I will divide awareness into two categories.

First, there is conscious awareness, which means being aware of conscious things. This category deals with things such as seeing, hearing, and other senses of perception: their accuracy, proximity, or size all affect our conscious awareness.

Secondly, there is unconscious awareness, which deals with things that any of our senses don’t perceive. For example, we can say that someone is “aware” of his left leg; but what if he has a stroke and is unable to move or feel his left leg — is he aware of it?

In this case, the word Awareness denotes being awake or conscious. It does not necessarily mean that a person is capable of paying attention to something. Under this definition, the answer to the question would be “No”. The knowledge about something already exists, but there is no means of perception available because the channels of perceiving are blocked in some way.

Being alive means having some kind of awareness, which means that you are perceiving a lot of things. When we say “I am aware of this” or “I am aware that” we mean that we want to exclude the fact that the person is not perceiving anything.

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Awareness is not a feeling but an act of attention. We can see this in nearsighted people or in those with masking problems, who do not know that something is wrong when they look at their left hand for example. Awareness does not exist without what the senses perceive. This implies that if a person is blind, deaf, and mute, he will still have awareness.

There are some alternative definitions to the meaning of awareness such as “awareness of the whole”, “awareness of energy” or “awareness of pure consciousness”. We may need to explore those different meanings as well because they all make a lot more sense than being conscious of something. How can I know that I’m aware of something before I am aware of it?

This is a confusing question, especially because we experience time in a biased way. The only time that we truly experience is now; everything else is the memory of past events or anticipation of future ones. So, when we are talking about being aware of something before it happens, know that we are using an analogy — and an imperfect one at that.

You can never know in advance what will happen, but you can be aware of your present state as a whole without being aware of a particular aspect of it at this moment in time.

Examples

Let’s take the example of watching a movie. You can never know in advance what is going to happen, but you know that the movie is going to be shown and you will watch it. Awareness of a whole thing includes all the possible aspects that constitute that particular thing. This state is your present moment: It represents the present state (as known) of your beingness because it encompasses everything that you are aware of at this moment in time.

In normal experiences, you can identify past, present, and future without losing touch with your now-moment; because everything relevant to what you are doing or thinking about is inside of it.

Now, let’s look at another example of observing the future to understand the point better. If you can see your present state and what is coming next, surely you have a good idea about what you are going to do or will think in the future. You can say that this is something that we already know.

But we know from experience how difficult it is to predict the future accurately. Furthermore, there are other possibilities of what could happen or what will be allowed by the forces around us. Awareness of the future is only a prediction based on what is being perceived.

When you are aware of something that has not happened yet, you are using some kind of encoding to create a framework for what is going to happen in the future. You believe that creating such a framework it will allow your actions to lead to the course of events that will satisfy your expectations. In this case, you are purposefully altering your reality, with all its possible outcomes/experiences, and creating a path for manifesting something specific. People would consider this more of an act of magic.

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So how is it possible to consciously create your reality?

We can achieve this by using the principle that all things happen because you believe they will happen, and the only thing that determines whether something will happen is your choice. If you want to reach a certain state, the only way to do so is to expect it and make an effort toward those expectations. These expectations may be based on previous experiences or intuition.

Intuition represents the part of you that has a direct connection to your higher self; it is the source of universal knowledge. It is not always clear, but when you are aware of your intuition, then it is important to listen because it will lead to outcomes that are greater than the sum of their parts.

To make an effort towards your expectations, which means to act upon them, you need to be willing. It takes a lot of courage and determination to act against the flow of my perceptions by acquiring something that is not present in my here-and-now reality.

By doing this, I am counteracting the current time-space reality and forcing the events to bring into my here-and-now what I have chosen. The things that are achievable by your willpower, the decisions made by your mind, represent your process of choice.

It is all about choice.

• Choosing the beliefs and inner world that is reflected outwards.

• Choosing your emotions, feelings, and experiences.

• Finally, choosing what will happen to you in a particular situation.

Everything that happens to you, moves you toward where you are focusing your attention and can move you away from it as well. It is all about your internal state of being.

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Concluding Paragraphs

The whole point of this article was to bring home the idea that awareness, consciousness, and conscious choice are different things. Awareness is an act of paying attention to your present state of being, whereas consciousness is just one aspect of being. Consciousness cannot create anything or move you towards a state that was not already embodied by you; it can only reflect what already exists in your inner self.

When you use awareness, you can see the truth behind those contents and then make decisions that are more than a reaction to what you are perceiving at the moment.