I do agree with the given definition.I have often observed myself – upon retrospect – doing things without giving much thought to it. But it is quite hard to imagine being concious without actually thinking about something. For me, though conciousness can exist without emotion, learning or other functions I believe meaningful consciousness requires some amount of self-awareness .

I disagree. ALL these things are rightly consciousness.

La conciencia es parte de uno , con la misma naturaleza impredecible que es uno mismo , es tan nuestra a la ves tan autónoma puesto que nos damos cuenta que existe en nuestras acciones o comportamientos .

Todos os processos tem um pouco de autoconsciência. A consciência pode existir sem ambas as ter mas requer autoconsciência

La conciencia es estar consciente de ser, no hay más explicación, solo se que estoy y que soy

I do not have a definition of what consciousness is. Probably something to do with a sense of experiencing.

I believe self-awareness and consciousness to be equivalent. I think both are present from birth, they’re just manifested differently and grow over time. I think that the learned, “zombie” behaviors rely on top-down processing, but I think you are still self-aware – I know I exist and I know who I am. When yogis reach a state of emptying their thoughts or when someone experiences void or depression from PTSD, there is still conscious self-awareness. I believe in those moments it relies heavily on precedence, all of the accumulated bottom-up and top-down wirings that exist *because* of consciousness, and there is still a functioning consciousness, albeit if very little.

As far as emotions go, I can definitely see how emotions are not necessarily the root or cause of consciousness, but I do think they are a result. Broadly speaking, due to hormones, men typically favor analyzing objects (how things work, cars) and women like to analyze subjects (people; they talk sooner and are more expressive when they do). Objects require logic and subjects require emotion. That said, emotion either only tells a part of the story of consciousness or it is simply a by-product.

Consciousness means feeling the ghost in your own machine…

yes that’s the way we do , and I too observed it

Consiousness is connecting to the information, realying it, examining it, processing it…etc. I still receive and send morse code. I don’t think individual dots and dashes as the rhythm of the symbol is in my head. When learning back in the early 1980’s, at very early stages I had to concentrate in every dot, dash and space length. Suddenly I managed to copy complete symbols or even whole words into the “internal buffer” in my head and from there to paper. This of course requires some consciousness despite some operators could copy messages just before falling sleep. In their message form they usually miss spaces between words. When some skill is learnt better and better the level of consciousness is lower than at the initial phases of learning. In my opinion solving equation problems is in fact this connection. Consiousness #1 can set a problem, #2 can solve first part, #3 can solve the rest of the problem and #4 reads the phases from paper. Inormation is passed between the consiousnesses. So, I think information has crucial role in consiousness.

From a perspective of the human-animal systems as algorithms, I think that consciousness is only a passive observer of inputs and outputs to/from our brains. External stimulus is interpreted, then we aware of it or them (conscious experience of “reality”), after that some underlying mechanism makes a decision that is informed to the conscious layer (conscious experience of making decisions), and, finally, we act. Sometimes we are not aware of any of these three steps, as in the zombie behavior, for instance.

How do you personally define consciousness?
I know it when I feel it.

I would define conscious as the mental sensing of all things of which I am currently aware. This can include emotions of which I may be intensely aware of such as love, hate, fear, etc. Included in this set of items is subjective consciousness. So, I am conscious of the things which I am objectively sensing as well as those things which make up the internal dialog of my thoughts. I am aware of a deeper level of my psyche which contains a vast amount of data that I am currently unaware of which still influences my behavior and decisions. This I would refer to as my subconscious or unconscious mind.

I would define conscious as the mental sensing of all things of which I am currently aware. This can include emotions of which I may be intensely aware of such as love, hate, fear, etc. Included in this set of items is subjective consciousness. So, I am conscious of the things which I am objectively sensing as well as those things which make up the internal dialog of my thoughts. I am aware of a deeper level of my psyche which contains a vast amount of data that I am currently unaware of which still influences my behavior and decisions. This I would refer to as my subconscious or unconscious mind.

being aware

Consciousness is something that when we are little we do not know that we have it, but as we mature, we see that only we can know our own conscience, and it may be similar to other people, but each one has his own, and we know by example, differentiate the good from the bad, if something is going to hurt us, if we need something …

Consciousness is the processing of input and the generation of an output.

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For all practical purposes, consciousness does seem to equate fairly closely to “state of awareness,” in terms of nailing down a simple, straightforward, workable definition. To be more precise, however, we should necessarily incorporate the act of perceiving from a first-person subjective perspective as a critical filter — allowing us to separate what qualifies as consciousness from that which does not.

Of course, there are various states of consciousness and different levels of arousal, as crucially explained in this module. I also agree with the presented position that — while certain behaviors often accompany consciousness — they do not need to be present in order for something to be defined as “conscious.” It’s quite important to keep the definition of “consciousness” clearly delineated in this way for the purpose of study.

Intriguingly, I have noticed a difference between the way that “consciousness” has been defined by world-renowned neuroscientists such as Christof Koch and Giulio Tononi versus the way I’ve traditionally thought about it. Giulio Tononi is recognized as the chief developer of Integrated Information Theory — widely considered to be the leading explanation in terms of closing the gap between the subjective experience of consciousness and the objective hardware found within the brain. In an interview with To The Best of Our Knowledge, Giulio gave the following response when asked: “What exactly is consciousness?”

“[Consciousness] is what goes away when you fall into dreamless sleep or … when you become anesthetized, or when somebody hits you on the head. So we know what goes away then. The world goes away with all its shapes and colors and sounds and fury, if you wish. Ourselves go away; we are not there anymore. Our friends are not there anymore. Nothing is there anymore. And then it comes back, hopefully, when we wake up in the morning or even when we dream.”

Coming from a spiritual perspective, I’m realizing that I do have a noticeably different conception of “consciousness.” In short, I don’t see this “state of awareness” — distinguished by first-person perception — necessarily being confined to the physical plane? Is it conceivable that — instead of “going away” during the dreamless state or anesthetization, for example, and then miraculously reappearing when we wake up — first-person perception continues unabated during that time, albeit in a different form?

For example, the Mandukya Upanishad outlines four possible states of consciousness:

1. Wakefulness (Jagrat)
2. Dreaming (Svapna)
3. Deep Dreamless Sleep (Sushupti)
4. Transcendence / Superconsciousness (Turiya)

I see my own view aligning with this type of model — with more of a continuum to the transition from one state to another. (From my standpoint, “consciousness” is not restricted to wakefulness and dreaming alone.)

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Interestingly, the pineal gland could be responsible for regulating our participation in all four of these states — not just wakefulness, dreaming, and dreamless sleep (which makes sense, given its well-documented role in regulating our sleep-wake cycle — converting serotonin into melatonin and vice versa in response to the amount of darkness registered by the retina) — but also in the type of transcendental state implied by “turiya.” Dimethyltryptamine — a powerful hallucinogen commonly abbreviated as “DMT” — has been found in trace amounts in the pineal gland of mice, raising questions about the role that it might play in altered states of consciousness for humans.

Granted, I recognize that expanding the definition of “consciousness” in this way would potentially make it a heck of a lot more difficult for neuroscientists to study from an objective standpoint — which is, at the end of the day, precisely their job description. “The hard problem of consciousness” has been challenging enough to solve, without throwing an additional wrench into the cogs.

Still … I wonder whether the present definition of “consciousness” is truly accurate, for the purpose of understanding the full extent of it? Does first-person perception suddenly disappear when we drift off into dreamless sleep every night and randomly reemerge in the morning — or does it merely change forms during the period in between?

Clearly, none of these are easy questions to address. Yet, at the very least, they’re fascinating food for thought….

Hello again for past 4 years a been taken ayahuasca and Yopo , Dmt and other traditional medicines , and yes You feel a change in your perception, the natural state of human being is to be happy , I understand something I am my own teacher , I am everything I am this earth I am connected whit everyone and everything

La consciencia es estar presente

I have always understood consciousness as a state of being in its most simplified definition. Being aware of the present moment and having the knowledge that you are indeed existing is what it means to me.

I think CONSCIOUSNESS is total area of experience an organism can have in a limited lifetime.Also it varies from species to species. For example an ant CONSCIOUSNESS is fraction of human being CONSCIOUSNESS. Usually senses and brain work together to give rise to this conscious feeling and mind is continually analyzing memory and building all sorts of hypothesis.

I think consciousness is the awareness and potential self-awareness. There would not necessarily have to be self-awareness or self-consciousness but a potential. Children have consciousness and only little of self-consciousness, but they are still conscious beings.

I would define consciousness as the actions that keep you alive, functioning, executing, processing; and self-awareness elements as a product of this. The steps involved in breathing for example are not something emotional. Meaning you don’t have an emotion-related experience to the actions related to breathing. You have an emotion-related experience to awareness (learning) of what breathing does for your body. You just do it as Dr. Koch outlined. Self-awareness is different than consciousness in that it is something processed. It is the product of consciousness actions. Breathing gives you oxygen which in turn is delivered to your blood cells which in turn gives your body energy. I am self-aware of this because I can feel my breath and take in oxygen and because I am aware of what oxygen does the by-product of consciousness action of breathing brings me self-awareness of the energy level I am experiencing.

Dr. Koch lays out all of the mental processes that are not consciousness. How do you personally define consciousness? Does your definition include emotion, learning, or other mental functions that have been apparently ruled out as part of consciousness?

To me consciousness is one’s state of being aware of one’s surroundings, and it definitely doesn’t include emotion, learning, and other mental functions. I think mental functions are product of consciousness, and they also eventually give rise to self-awareness which is a higher degree of consciousness. If you think about it, the brain can still process data from the outside world regardless of you being aware of it, you might not feel anything, but the fact that you’re still able to process the infromation you get from the outside world tells us something about your possession of consciousness.

creo que la consciencia es esa facultad que tenemos para manejar y usar distintas herramientas como el aprendizaje, el lenguaje y demás facultades que no están directamente relacionadas con la consciencia, pero que le sirven a ella para cumplir con sus funciones normales

I think being concious its related with attention, when you are in an attentive state you can learn new things, get involve in projects, maintein a close relationship. Consciousness is like being mindful of yourself, the world and the others.

La consciencia es un estado propio de nuestra especie, estar consciente es poder ejercer nuestras funciones cognitivas, razonar y expresar nuestro estado de consciencia

Consciousness begins with awareness, is supplemented by consideration.

Estoy de acuerdo con la afirmación de lo que conocemos por ahora, sin embargo nos falta mucho por explorar

Parece-me que não podemos pensar na consciência sem pensar num “todo”, num produto proveniente de experiências e num conjunto de estruturas aprendidas e previamente existentes. À medida que crescemos, que experenciamos os fenómenos do dia-a-dia, que os percebemos e interpretamos com a razão e com a emoção, vamos evoluir…
Assim sendo, no meu entender, a consciência será produto de um todo relacional entre indivíduo e ambiente.

It is very interesting for me, how consciousness is such a mystery even when we all experience it. I agree that it is necessary to be present in order to be conscious, otherwise we fall in these zombie behaviors, but anyways there has to be a kind of “automatic-mode consciousness” because even when we act like zombies something within us knows what we are doing, like when we are driving back home and don’t need to think, we drive automatically and yet, we get home, we don’t go anywhere else.

I define consciousness as the presence of mind in every aspect i.e. emotion, learning and other mental functions. and to prove consciousness is an important aspect of neurology would better help in learning and presenting the brain and its different properties apart from how every part in the brain works. Identifying and learning the procedures and the various states of mind in conscious and non-conscious states would not only help biology but also help in better learning of psychology too.

Como posso explicar a consciência na alfabetização?
como trabalhar com ela desde os anos iniciais para que isso ajude no processo de aprendizagem?

I agree with a concept of consciousness that is defined by being fully engaged (aware, living in the moment etc.) and marvel that the brain can take these highly focussed learning processes and (as they become more automatic) efficiently park them elsewhere in the brain, leaving us more time/space to fully attend to new experiences.

EL AMOR ESTA DENTRO DE LA CONCIENCIA??????

Having self-awareness, learning new experiences in life, and having feelings towards some thing is consciousness

I think mental processes are also consciousness. Consciousness includes our learning , memorizing, emotions etc. As, i am not an expert in this at all i may be wrong.

It’s such a hard question. I have always thought of consciousness as knowing what you are doing, but this could be the definition of awareness, being aware of what your are doing. And this brings up a question: what’s the difference between consciousness and awareness (N.B.: with awareness, I don’t mean self-awareness)?

i believe the term “consciusness”may be applied, in very general terms, as “the ability or capacity to SEE what happens, what exists, what is going on in our mind” . But, the things is that IN our mind there are SO many “things” going on!! Imagine that the term UNCONSCIOUS” has a meaning ONLY AFTER you understand what “conscious” means (something like “the absence on consciousness”!
So, when I say “SEE” I´m trying to wrap up an elephant in a very liittle piece of paper. The term “see” could be expanded to SEE, LEARN, EXPERIENCE, FIND OUT, FEEL, SENSE, ETC. But in the end, there is “A seer” trying to figure out a whole world, that is going on inside his head, inside himself. And this world going on inside his head is unfathomable!!!

Somewhere in the cerebral cortex training for physical and cognitive activities is recorded, for me consciousness is mindfulness, an example is military physical training, by doing it repeatedly for many years, it is already a habit in which it is not Awareness is necessary, but if it is about achieving greater results, you have to have full attention, motivational phrases to tolerate physical pain and fatigue.

Penso que deve-se incluir aprendizado.

Everything that registers in awareness, including input from the peripheral nervous system.

Emotions, learning,mood etc. etc. Is not the consciousness.all that controled by brain consciousness only illumins all that process in our mind.

Consciousness is individuation.

Often in youth we don`t know anything else, and are unaware of experiencial knowledge that is non-existant.

What is not consciousness?

Existentialism tells us to reject the dead- ideas, concepts, teachings- so we can be alive and not to be deceived.

I find consciousness in the initial scientific experiments of Robert A. Monroe. His institute at http://www.monroeinstitute.org has findings reflecting good world views in an Astronomy Discovery Age.

I really like the DLE (Disccionario de la Lengua Española): (my favorites are 1, 2 and 3 and FOR ME it’s kind of similar with his definition.
“1. f. Conocimiento inmediato o espontáneo que el sujeto tiene de sí mismo, de sus actos y reflexiones. Perdió la consciencia de lo que le estaba pasando.

2. f. Capacidad de algunos seres vivos de reconocer la realidad circundante y de relacionarse con ella. El coma consiste en la pérdida total de la consciencia.

3. f. Conocimiento reflexivo de las cosas. Actuó con plena consciencia de lo que hacía.

4. f. Psicol. Facultad psíquica por la que un sujeto se percibe a sí mismo en el mundo.”

For me, consciousness is the ability to grasp and comprehend my surroundings, actions, and emotions. It allows me to understand what I am doing and experiencing, albeit without always having full insight into the underlying motivations behind my actions. I possess a self-awareness that I am actively engaged in particular behaviors and aware of my emotions.

I believe that consciousness is characterized by a qualitative and subjective experience of the world, which can include sensations such as colors, sounds, tastes and the sense of being present in the moment. Furthermore, consciousness involves awareness of oneself as a being separate from others and the ability to reflect on one’s experience and states of mind.

Estar ciente do momento presente e ter o conhecimento de que você está realmente existindo é o que significa para mim.

Well I’ve been questioning thay myself as well. Consciousness would be the sum of the parts from the mind. Your senses are part of your consciousness, yet you can still be conscious without one of your senses

I define consciousness as a function of the brain, resulting from the interaction of specific brain regions that don’t necessarily involve emotion, learning, or other mental functions. In my opinion, these related functions significantly impact consciousness, potentially affecting the level of consciousness one experiences. It’s important to note that being conscious is distinct from self-consciousness or being conscious of something specific.

La consciencia simplemente es, al igual que el ego simplemente es. No digo que sean lo mismo, pero su descripción está delimitada por el hecho de ser. Es muy complejo describir lo que se encuentra desde un lado inconsciente, ya que siento que es en la consciencia donde todo se desarrolla. La parte despierta, que es la vigilia, no es más que una consecuencia de nuestra inconsciencia desordenada, a la que damos un orden lógico para lograr todos los hitos del ser humano. Sin embargo, todo esto se manifiesta de manera externa, superficial, en un paradigma de “ver para creer”. Hemos dejado de lado la esencia. ¿Dónde queda el sentir en la consciencia? ¿Dónde está esa hermosa unión que, aquí, es de

Tan solo sentir y dejar de razonar por un tiempo nos permite conectar con nuestra libertad, esencia y espíritu.

Lo que quiero expresar es que nuestra consciencia nunca podrá ser completamente definida, aunque podemos aproximarnos a ella. Creo que la consciencia está más relacionada con la energía que nos mantiene vivos. El corazón está más cerca de la verdadera consciencia que la razón. Desde ese equilibrio, podemos conocernos a nosotros mismos y, en consecuencia, comprender parte de

A través de la meditación, entramos en un estado alfa en nuestro cerebro, un estado que suele desarrollarse cuando estamos cerca de dormir. Mediante el electroencefalocardiograma se ha estudiado esta conexión que se genera durante la meditación, y a través de ella podemos comunicarnos con esa gran consciencia que habita en cada ser. Si quisiéramos tener una verdadera idea de lo que es la consciencia, deberíamos preguntarle a cada ser humano su perspectiva. Solo así obtendríamos una consciencia más lógica, que es precisamente a lo que están tan apegados los científicos.

En fin, este mundo es maravilloso. El desarrollo de la consciencia nos impulsa a crecer como personas, hacia una libertad en la que podemos encontrar nuestra esencia, donde reside nuestro Ser.

la conciencia es algo multidimensional, que no puede ser plenamente definido o estudiado solo desde el ámbito científico, sino que también necesita ser explorado desde la experiencia interna, emocional y espiritual, en un viaje hacia el autoconocimiento y la libertad del ser.

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Consciousness simply is, just as the ego simply is. I’m not saying they are the same, but their description is limited by the fact of just being. It is very complex to describe what is found from the unconscious side, as I feel that everything develops within consciousness. The waking state, or wakefulness, is nothing more than a consequence of our disordered unconsciousness, which we organize logically to achieve all of humanity’s milestones. However, all of this manifests externally and superficially, in a ‘seeing is believing’ paradigm. We have neglected our essence. Where does feeling fit into consciousness? Where is that beautiful union that, here, is of vital importance?

Simply feeling and stopping reasoning for a while allows us to connect with our freedom, essence, and spirit.

What I want to express is that our consciousness can never be fully defined, though we can approximate it. I believe that consciousness is more related to the energy that keeps us alive. The heart is closer to true consciousness than reason. From that balance, we can know ourselves and, consequently, understand part of it.

Through meditation, we enter an alpha state in our brain, a state that usually develops when we are close to sleep. Electroencephalocardiogram studies have explored the connection generated during meditation, and through it, we can communicate with the great consciousness that inhabits every being. If we truly wanted to understand consciousness, we would need to ask each human being for their perspective. Only then would we gain a more logical view of consciousness, which is precisely what scientists are so attached to.

In the end, this world is wonderful. The development of consciousness drives us to grow as individuals, towards a freedom where we can find our essence, where our Being resides.

Consciousness is something multidimensional, which cannot be fully defined or studied solely from a scientific perspective, but must also be explored through internal, emotional, and spiritual experience, in a journey toward self-knowledge and the freedom of being.

The modern understanding of consciousness is shaped by advancements in neuroscience, cognitive science, philosophy, and artificial intelligence. While much progress has been made in mapping the neural processes associated with consciousness, the central mystery of how subjective experience arises from these processes remains a major challenge.