Quote Originally Posted by ADM
The Eight Circuits of Consciousness

8 circuits of consciousness by timmothy leary
Man... this article is EXCELLENT!!!:clap: I did read it some time ago, and since then i had a far greater understanding of the human nature, relationships, desires, thoughts, and everything else.
I absolutely DO recommend this great article for anyone interested in learn more about our mind and how it works.
(Please note that it was written some decades ago, so some things written there are out-of-date, but its essence remains very right and useful)

To the OP: I think what we usually call "consciousness" is an interaction between what our brain percieves from the outside world through the senses and what we could call our "soul", an immaterial, nonphysical "thing" that we humans have (or are).
Like... our brain would be a device which allows our immaterial "soul" to recieve information from the outside world, as well as act upon this world.
So, a brain without a soul would be only a robot without ability of thinking, only able to do what it was programmed through conditioning.
And a soul without a brain would be only a soul like we usually understand it, without the ability to act upon the physical world (cause it would pass "through" it, like the ghosts).

Anyway... i think very good that you spend your time thinking about such great issues... ignorance is a bless only to the ignorants... yet knowledge is power. IMHO, thinking about the nature of the consciousness is far more useful to you than thinking about the last gossip about some neighbour of you...

EDIT:1700th post! (Again... i think they deleted some of my posts...)