From: "Jeffrey E." [email protected]> To: Deepak Chopra Subject: Re: Non local Awareness is not personal Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 09:57:52 +0000 in your view is there a place of no conciousness? what is energy? is energy a human construct. ? is it there before humans. ? we say a gaggle of geese and a pride of lions .. are you suggesting we merely say matter of atoms. an agreed term for the group? On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 3:46 PM, Deepak Chopra > wrote: Just a thought - a philosophical conundrum If thought is a result of neurochemical activity in synaptic networks why would these neurochemicals want to know their own nature . Physical structures and the names we give them are human constructs for cognitive and perceptual experiences in human consciousness. Is Matter material ? Or is it an activity of nothingness- whatever you want to call that - quantum vacuum etc . I asked Frank Wilczek The Nobel Physicist the same question and he said " our understanding of matter is still evolving . " What is the entity that wants to understand , to know , and why ? If reality is One then matter and consciousness are just words humans invented for ultimate mystery ? I'm told by scientists " one day we will understand ". So who or what is it that wants to know itself ? Deepak Chopra 2013 Costa Del Mar Road Carlsbad, CA 92013 New Book: Radicalbcauty.cotn On Jan 14, 2017, at 10:43 AM, Michael Shermer 5 > wrote: Hi Deepak, EFTA01056874