From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 7:40 PM To: Alice de Rothschild Subject: Fwd: Clarity on my position re consciousness more thigs to look at Forwarded message From: Deepak Chopra <[email protected] Date: Mon, Sep 12, 2016 =t 3:25 PM Subject: Clarity on my position re consciousness To: Micha=l Shermer Cc: Jennifer Shermer eonard Mlodino Dear Michael After your talk yesterday I realized that I have not made my positi=n and that of eastern wisdom traditions clear re consciousness or els= you have not understood it, so here is one last try 1 Consciousness is the knowing element in every experience--you know you=are experiencing that which we as humans refer to as mind body universe.</=> 2 Perceptual objects are experienced in consciousness/awareness. They ar= a process in consciousness. They are experienced as sense perception= . 3 The brain including neural correlates and body are sense percept=ons experienced in the same way as rocks and the moon , trees,=C2 stars etc. 4 Mental objects ( a friend of mine calls them mobjects ) such as t=oughts feelings emotions etc are also experienced in consciousness/ awaren=ss.You know you are experiencing thoughts emotions etc. S The mind/ body and universe are a unified process in consciousness--yo= need all 3 to have a "normal" human experience. 6 We can guess that other species are having an experience but have=no idea re their mental or perceptual lives even though we can interact wi=h them. 7 I have no idea what I "look " like to a bat or an insect wit= a hundred eyes or to a mosquito , even though I can feel a mosquito bite = 8 The common ground of all experience is awareness/ consciousness. =/p> 9 Awareness/ consciousness is not personal -perceptions emotions are bot= personal and shared. EFTA_R1_01551193 EFTA02451611