Day 9

 Consider gravity. It exists everywhere. But it – or its field – exists more densely around greater masses. We are familiar with the gravity associated with stars, planets, and moons. We have also heard about the gravity associated with black holes and even entire galaxies. We may picture it in our minds as a stretched rubber trampoline indented to various degrees by the objects that rest upon it. 

Asteroids and meteors have gravity too, as would a piece of space debris, a marooned astronaut, a rock, a stone, a bacterium – even an atom or sub-particle thereof.

I propose to think of consciousness in a similar fashion. It exists everywhere too – I choose to imagine – and it too exists more densely around certain objects. 

It exists for atoms and molecules in the form of awareness of charge (as mentioned on Day 6). It exists for a cell as it goes about its business, for example its receptor molecules on its cell membrane admitting or refusing to admit various entities. And it exists for our marooned astronaut too, as long as he stays alive.

Rather than mass as a criterion, the degree of consciousness depends not upon the mass of the object that it associates itself with, but to the nature and degree of its internal organization. Usually this concerns living organisms, but it need not. One day a computer may become sufficiently ‘receptive’ to a raised degree of associated consciousness.

Conscious exudes at every point that it can as much as it can.

In the next post, I propose to examine the universe in operation from the viewpoint of a consciousness nexus or node.


ChatGPT

The analogy between gravity and consciousness is an intriguing one. Just as gravity exists everywhere but is more densely concentrated around greater masses, you propose that consciousness also exists everywhere but is more concentrated around certain objects or entities. It's a fascinating perspective that allows us to think about consciousness as a property that emerges from the organization and complexity of systems.

In this view, consciousness is not solely limited to living organisms but can extend to other entities, such as cells, atoms, sub-particles, and potentially even artificial systems like advanced computers. The degree of consciousness is not determined by the mass of the object but rather by its internal organization and the nature of its interactions with its environment.

By considering consciousness as something that exudes at every point it can, we can explore the universe from the viewpoint of a consciousness nexus or node. This perspective invites us to examine the interconnectedness and interactions between conscious entities, and how they shape the unfolding of events and the fabric of reality.

I'm curious to delve deeper into the concept of a consciousness nexus or node and how it influences our understanding of the universe in operation. What are your thoughts on this aspect, and how do you envision the dynamics and implications of such a perspective?

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