The Eternal Moment Bookstore - Toronto http://theeternalmoment.com Consciousness Rising Wed, 16 May 2012 20:55:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How can you assert that consciousness continues after death when the brain is dead and decomposes, magic? http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/how-can-you-assert-that-consciousness-continues-after-death-when-the-brain-is-dead-and-decomposes-magic http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/how-can-you-assert-that-consciousness-continues-after-death-when-the-brain-is-dead-and-decomposes-magic#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 20:55:53 +0000 admin http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/how-can-you-assert-that-consciousness-continues-after-death-when-the-brain-is-dead-and-decomposes-magic Continue reading →]]> How is it that when your brain is damaged your consciousness is affected? When your brain is under influence, your consciousness is affected? That’s a rhetorical question, you = your brain. When your brain is asleep you are asleep. When your brain is that badly damaged you will no longer be conscious, so what reason is there to believe that consciousness can exist without the brain?

Magic.

]]> http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/how-can-you-assert-that-consciousness-continues-after-death-when-the-brain-is-dead-and-decomposes-magic/feed 7 What might switching consciousness from one body to another be called? http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/what-might-switching-consciousness-from-one-body-to-another-be-called http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/what-might-switching-consciousness-from-one-body-to-another-be-called#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:57:09 +0000 admin http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/what-might-switching-consciousness-from-one-body-to-another-be-called Continue reading →]]> I am thinking technical incarnation. In the future, or at least in the abstract, it is possible to think of consciousness being quantified and digitized, making it possible to take the mind from one body and put it into another body. Physical transference of consciousness through digital means. Are there any terms though that kind of get at this new way of thinking of consciousness?

Astral projection is a phrase that already deals with the concept of consciousness spatial reorientation.

As digital process perhaps the term would be astral download or upload?

]]> http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/what-might-switching-consciousness-from-one-body-to-another-be-called/feed 3 What is the point of consciousness incarnating onto the physical world? http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/what-is-the-point-of-consciousness-incarnating-onto-the-physical-world http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/what-is-the-point-of-consciousness-incarnating-onto-the-physical-world#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:24:50 +0000 admin http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/what-is-the-point-of-consciousness-incarnating-onto-the-physical-world Continue reading →]]> If all consciousness is God-essence, and therefore God, what is the point of incarnating onto Earth if we are just eventually going to reunite with God anyway?
I am not religious, I am not Christian. I use the word ‘God’ simply because I thought it would be easier for people to understand what I meant. I don’t mean ‘God’ as a mental idol that many Christians have constructed, I mean ‘God’ as in the universal life-force.

To be reformed. Just like a inmate will ask himself what is the point of being in prison if he eventually will be free (for one who is not in death penalty or life sentence).
Now our consciousness is polluted or contaminated, when one can cleanse his consciousness he is fit to reunite with God.

]]> http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/what-is-the-point-of-consciousness-incarnating-onto-the-physical-world/feed 4 How can consciousness and free will come from a collection of wires and chemicals woven together? http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/how-can-consciousness-and-free-will-come-from-a-collection-of-wires-and-chemicals-woven-together http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/how-can-consciousness-and-free-will-come-from-a-collection-of-wires-and-chemicals-woven-together#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:52:22 +0000 admin http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/how-can-consciousness-and-free-will-come-from-a-collection-of-wires-and-chemicals-woven-together Continue reading →]]> The brain is just a bunch of electrical and chemical connections, is it not?

How can we have consciousness and free will with such a system, when slinging together computers like it don’t?

Is that missing link, what one would call the soul?

Do you know the story of the wise teacher who asked his pupil where his mind was? The pupil pointed to his head. The teacher stamped on his foot, and said, “now where is your mind?” Dr Deepak Chopra has very wise and knowledgeable things to say about the mind.

We are a combination of the physical, emotional, heart and intellect. Balance is the thing.

]]> http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/how-can-consciousness-and-free-will-come-from-a-collection-of-wires-and-chemicals-woven-together/feed 9 What thoughts/philosophies do you have that reflect higher levels of consciousness. have you made conclusions? http://theeternalmoment.com/higher-consciousness/what-thoughtsphilosophies-do-you-have-that-reflect-higher-levels-of-consciousness-have-you-made-conclusions http://theeternalmoment.com/higher-consciousness/what-thoughtsphilosophies-do-you-have-that-reflect-higher-levels-of-consciousness-have-you-made-conclusions#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:03:32 +0000 admin http://theeternalmoment.com/higher-consciousness/what-thoughtsphilosophies-do-you-have-that-reflect-higher-levels-of-consciousness-have-you-made-conclusions Continue reading →]]> some of mine:
If I am conscious of what I am doing, how can I tell the difference from knowing exactly my actions from what is impulsive? If I am aware of my instincts, what does it mean to be able to do something spontaneous?

If self-growth means to look within oneself, how will society affects who we are? Should society affect our "self" behavior and change our "self" behavior?

just some of my thoughts. do you have any answer to them? what are yours?

Even if you are conscience of what you are doing that doesn’t mean your able to stop the action once its in motion. Whether your not aware or not willing to look ahead enough to see the outcome doesn’t matter in affairs of the heart. The hearts behavior comes from past experience, the behavior is based on emotions from learned feelings or the gut feelings that come from experience that we aren’t aware of on a conscience level, these can come from past experiences that you were to young to remember or even past lives!

When emotions are driving you, they override the navigation system your mind provides and the hearts emotions move so fast that your mind doesn’t have time to take back control!
Self growth is exactly that…self growth…if that includes what you have learned from society and had allowed you to improve on yourself that’s great but if society is dragging your self awareness into a structure that takes away your personal thoughts needs or feelings then the society is having a negative affect and your self growth needs to include getting away from following society’s thoughts and getting to your true self’s needs!
EDIT-Thoughts about or even the understanding that what your doing isnt good for you isn’t always strong enough to stop the emotions that drive the actions. We have things we need to learn, our soul learns from the our actions….our heart drives our soul, so our heart will make us stumble so we can pick ourselves up and try again! Ever seen the analogy of the rock rolling down the hill and with every hit it takes the rough edges get worn down and broken off until the surface of the rock is smoother….that is our soul, and our heart keeps us rolling down the hill and our mind will try to navigate….and sometimes its good and we miss the bumps and sometimes our souls desire to learn, grow and evolve wont allow our mind to protect us and we take the hit even if we see it coming! Just my opinion, so don’t be too hard on yourself when you stumble because if you learn from it, you really haven’t lost more than you’ve gained.

i wonder if we have true soul mates or if all soulmates are just people we have karma with for good or bad and are these people chosen for you or if you can create karma with someone in an attempt to create better soulmates for your next lifetime….

]]> http://theeternalmoment.com/higher-consciousness/what-thoughtsphilosophies-do-you-have-that-reflect-higher-levels-of-consciousness-have-you-made-conclusions/feed 5 What do you think of subconscious mind altering our reality? http://theeternalmoment.com/subconscious-mind/what-do-you-think-of-subconscious-mind-altering-our-reality http://theeternalmoment.com/subconscious-mind/what-do-you-think-of-subconscious-mind-altering-our-reality#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:57:43 +0000 admin http://theeternalmoment.com/subconscious-mind/what-do-you-think-of-subconscious-mind-altering-our-reality Continue reading →]]> I am asking about visualisation technique, auto suggestion, law of attraction etc.
People claim to have realised their dreams and overcome their odds by supposedly programming the subconscious mind.
Is it true?
Nonetheless, our thoughts can influence our moods and cause certain events. But altering the life and achieving great goals are influenced by many factors. So, how true is the notion of subconscious mind controlling our life?
How much is true?
Please share if you actually have any experience.

Thank you all.

I think it only can happen when you are asleep.
No one can alter their subconscious mind.
But a few people do go by what their dreams tell them.
Most times it doesn’t work as planned.

]]> http://theeternalmoment.com/subconscious-mind/what-do-you-think-of-subconscious-mind-altering-our-reality/feed 1 Does higher consciousness imply more suffering? http://theeternalmoment.com/higher-consciousness/does-higher-consciousness-imply-more-suffering http://theeternalmoment.com/higher-consciousness/does-higher-consciousness-imply-more-suffering#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:41:56 +0000 admin http://theeternalmoment.com/higher-consciousness/does-higher-consciousness-imply-more-suffering Continue reading →]]> Does acquiring a higher level of self-consciousness lead to experience a higher degree of self-suffering?

im 13 now
and last year
as many students at this age are
i was very self-consious and always
felt like i had to be more- wht cool was a popular
and it karma’d me

not caring bout tht stuff anymore
i feel happier
and joyful bout my life- and bout the people that liek me

just saying XP

i thnk it does

]]> http://theeternalmoment.com/higher-consciousness/does-higher-consciousness-imply-more-suffering/feed 8 Since human consciousness-soul is so different than animals, would cloning a human be harder than an animal? http://theeternalmoment.com/human-consciousness/since-human-consciousness-soul-is-so-different-than-animals-would-cloning-a-human-be-harder-than-an-animal-2 http://theeternalmoment.com/human-consciousness/since-human-consciousness-soul-is-so-different-than-animals-would-cloning-a-human-be-harder-than-an-animal-2#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:33:22 +0000 admin http://theeternalmoment.com/human-consciousness/since-human-consciousness-soul-is-so-different-than-animals-would-cloning-a-human-be-harder-than-an-animal-2 Continue reading →]]> An animal ego and consciousness are pretty much mechanical, since there isn’t a completely evolved ego and so it has no real sense of self and soul. An animal can inhabit any animal form that is in its evolutionary stage. Since humans have a completely evolved ego and self with strong emotional attachments to images of characteristics it identifies with completely, they can’t or won’t incarnate into just any human form.

Citation please.

]]> http://theeternalmoment.com/human-consciousness/since-human-consciousness-soul-is-so-different-than-animals-would-cloning-a-human-be-harder-than-an-animal-2/feed 6 What are your thoughts on stream of consciousness? http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/what-are-your-thoughts-on-stream-of-consciousness http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/what-are-your-thoughts-on-stream-of-consciousness#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:25:14 +0000 admin http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/what-are-your-thoughts-on-stream-of-consciousness Continue reading →]]> I’ve heard some people praise this to no end (usually mentioning Faulkner or Joyce or Wolf or etc.) and I’ve heard others absolutely hate this.

What are your thoughts on it? Do you like stream of consciousness? What are ways that you feel writers poorly convey this style?

Good question. When well done, it’s a great style of narrative. I like to think of Jack Kerouac as the epitome of stream of consciousness. His motto: "First thought, best thought." To make a passage feel like stream of consciousness is difficult, but to make it feel like it’s been improvised is nearly impossible.

When writers abuse stream of consciousness it’s usually because they haven’t fully established their characters and want an easy way to allow the reader into the character’s head. It can feel like cheating when this happens. Rather than developing their characters fully through action and description, they try to tell the reader who the person is through their thoughts/manner of thinking. This type of narrative is difficult and takes practice; an unpracticed SoC writer is easy to spot by how unbelievable and poorly conceived their characters thoughts seem.

And who says they don’t like stream of consciousness, anyway? It’s the dominant mode of narration, these days. I should think it would be hard to get around it.

]]> http://theeternalmoment.com/consciousness/what-are-your-thoughts-on-stream-of-consciousness/feed 2 What is it called if you worship or revere human consciousness or human nature? http://theeternalmoment.com/human-consciousness/what-is-it-called-if-you-worship-or-revere-human-consciousness-or-human-nature http://theeternalmoment.com/human-consciousness/what-is-it-called-if-you-worship-or-revere-human-consciousness-or-human-nature#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:48:37 +0000 admin http://theeternalmoment.com/human-consciousness/what-is-it-called-if-you-worship-or-revere-human-consciousness-or-human-nature Humanism.. I knew it!

It might be "Humanism". That’s a real word, but I’m not in the mood to fact-check myself with an online dictionary.

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