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Hi, I am the OP. Thank you for taking the time to read my article and to write a response. > where does that consciousness come from? great question! Yes, I

Hi, I am the OP. Thank you for taking the time to read my article and to write a response. > where does that consciousness come from? great question! Yes, I make no attempt to address that problem only because the main point of my article was to raise awareness that there is a possibility that consciousness doesn't come from the brain. The important question you bring up is extremely interesting in itself, and I really don't have any idea to the answer. It reminds me of gravity - we have theories about it, but we don't know where it comes from.

dtf 13y ago
If you're interested in consciousness, I recommend reading some of Antonio Damasio's books. I really enjoyed "The Feeling of What Happens". He has some fascinating theories on the machinery of (brain-originated) consciousness, embodiment and the primacy of emotion, and he tends to explain them in the context of his various clinical cases (eg lesions to certain brain areas such as the central gray will irrevocably destroy consciousness, while others can have much more subtle effects). I think his concept of "core consciousness" seems close to what meditation practitioners are trying to explore.