Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Up a Crick (Francis)

In understanding that our life force (DNA) is part of a long evolutionary chain it is then not improbable to think that our consciousness is a derivative of that same line. It is easy to see when looking at the mental comprehensions and lineage in the species we have housed on this planet and our place towards its end. I would not be surprised to find as, Crick thinks that, “we will eventually discover a physical basis for consciousness, something which resides in the parallel processing of a vast neural Internet.” But, I do not believe so simply that “you're nothing but a pack of neurons." Again this is an exclusionist and narrow-minded view that does not take into account the magnitude and number of interactions and components that are entailed in the process.
I see that people of the past have imparted some sort of mysticism to the happenings of our universe. That the sun and moon, rain, life were mystical. I do not wholly disagree with such an outlook. I understand that there are scientific mechanisms to explain and display the laws that govern these events, but that takes no amazement away from the happenings. Some people think that if there is no faith, no leap from reality to a mystical realm then there is nothing holy, because they believe that nothing can be sacred in the secular. However, it is the converse for me, in that, reality as defined I find far more magical then ever imagined, and the best thing we have are here, and there is proof of them.
The main postulates that have been asserted since the dawn of time have come true, just in the un-thought realm of reality; a concrete form of consecration. “God resides in the details” as it is the unified body that encompasses all (the un-creatable, indestructible energy). It is therefore conceivable for an omnipresent entity as its disseminates, (those created in his image, not body [sorry no bearded man on a throne], but soul: portions of energy) are present in all living things. So it is no leap for me, but rather a logical step to see that consciousness resides in reality. It is an evolutionary creation that has allowed us the precept and ability of self-realization, and examination. I am happy to have it.

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