About how consciousness arises do not often engage our attention
Maybe they should because without consciousness we have zilch, nothing
Nothing at all
Materialists say that consciousness magically arises once the organisation of matter reaches a certain level of complexity
If this were really the case then this would make of consciousness a mere epiphenomenon
An abstract quality of property, having no reality in itself
And how we might wonder can a mere property of matter move and guide matter?
As it must do if we have any real free will
Which we clearly do
Subjectively, consciousness means awareness
Awareness of sensation
And it is utterly mysterious
It cannot be reduced to anything else
Or explained in terms of anything else
It is the ultimate reality
As such it is far more than awareness
It is the very awareness
The very substance of existence
Consciousness, life and substance are an inseparable trinity
Anyway you look at it consciousness is an amazing mystery at the heart of all for us
And yet we cannot even define it
Let alone know how it arises
So when you finish reading this a thought for you
Consciousness is nature's way of looking at nature
And we are part of nature
And where does that lead you?
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