I am currently fascinated with Consciousness, Time, Quantum physics - “reality” or “truth”.
Will be attending the 2025 Science of Consciousness Conference and Festival of Consciousness being held in Barcelona Spain this summer.
Here are the leading organizations of the conference…
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA - Center for Consciousness Studies
And
Advanced Neuroscience Institute of Barcelona (INAB)
Consciousness, Thought and Reality
Written June 6, 2009, by A.D. Kelley
In the mind of us humans there is perception of a reality. We would like to think we live in the present. However, the perception of all things happens in our minds in the past. We live totally in the reality of our senses and our brains translation of what we sense. This translation happens after we sense it. It is then given meaning (based on our past experiences) and then acted on. All of this happens for us in a linear fashion -[on a TIMELINE]- one thing preceding another going back in time. Every action we take has been somewhat predetermined by our accumulated knowledge in our past.
In reality, there is no original thought. Just unique associations of memories, experiences and emotions we make to create an idea or belief. Every idea, belief (or question) we have is based on conclusions drawn from accumulated knowledge in our past. Other people (animals, nature, environment etc.) we interact with bring their realities [their past] into our past experiences and become part of the collective experience; our parents and immediate family (and environment) being the first things to bring their collective consciences to ours. So, the more experiences one has the larger, more complex, and richer, the common collective becomes. So, if we seek to control our futures, we would seek to control, or seek out our interactions with people and the situations we put ourselves in and what happens to us in those situations. (Like minds think alike and seek each other out).