आपणा सर्व जड व चेतन वस्तूंचे जे मूळ अधिष्ठान आहे ते म्हणजे चैतन्य हे होय. हे चैतन्य काय आहे हे कळले तर सृष्टीचे व आपले रहस्य उलगडण्यासाठी त्याचा खूप उपयोग होतो. हजारो वर्षांपासून जगभरातील तत्वज्ञ व वैज्ञानिक त्याच्या शोधात आहेत. तत्वज्ञ जे आपल्या प्रतिभेच्या सामर्थ्याने जाणतात ते विशद करण्यासाठी प्रमाणांची गरज असते. ही प्रमाणे वैज्ञानिक पुरवीत असतात. जसजशी तंत्रज्ञानात प्रगती होत गेली तसतसे तत्वज्ञानाच्या प्रमाणात भर पडत गेली. त्यामुळे अनेकदा प्राचीन तत्वज्ञान पोकळ वाटते याचे कारण त्यावेळचे बाल्यावस्थेमध्ये असणारे तंत्रज्ञान हे असू शकते. आजच्या विज्ञान व तंत्रज्ञान यांनी फारच मोठी मजल मारली आहे, ते जसे विशाल अंतराळाचा शोध घेत आहे तसेच ते आपल्या चमत्कारी अन्तर्मणाचाही.
बारकाईने ध्यानात घेतले तर हे लक्षात येते की आपण ज्याला मी असे म्हणत असतो ते आपले शरीर व मन म्हणजे स्थूल व सूक्ष्म शरीर नसून त्यांचे साक्षी असणारे काही वेगळेच तत्व आहे. त्यालाच तत्वज्ञ चैतन्य, आत्मा असे संबोधतात. शास्त्रज्ञांनी त्याला Dark Matter, Dark Energy असे संबोधन केले आहे.
आपल्या मन, बुद्धी, चित्त, अहंकार यांचे मूळ म्हणजे जे चैतन्य आहे त्याचे विश्लेषण करताना शास्त्रज्ञांना असे वाटते की सर्व जडांच्या मध्ये सतत हालचाल होत असते व या वेगवेगळ्या हालचालींचा परिपाक म्हणजे निर्माण होणारे चैतन्य होय. जड पदार्थ जितका परिपक्व असेल तितके चैतन्य जास्त प्रकट होत असते. चैतन्याचे अधिकाधिक प्रकटीकरण हे त्या पदार्थाचे विशेषत्वाची ओळख आहे. ही ओळख त्या पदार्थाला म्हणजे देहाला अहंकार, मन आदि विचारांची रसद सतत पुरवीत राहते. या सततच्या विचारातून अनेक नवनवीन कल्पना बाहेर येत राहतात व त्यांचे ज्ञानाच्या महान भांडारा मध्ये रुपांतर होते. देव, धर्म, देश, गुरु, अध्यात्म, यांच्या सतत बदलणाऱ्या श्रद्धा या अशा जडाच्या हालचाली मधून निर्माण झालेल्या चैतन्याच्या भासाचा परिपाक आहे.
A resonance theory of consciousness
Based on the observed behavior of the entities that surround us, from electrons to atoms to molecules, to bacteria to mice, bats, rats, and on, we suggest that all things may be viewed as at least a little conscious.
This sounds strange at first blush, but "panpsychism" – the view that all matter has some associated consciousness – is an increasingly accepted position with respect to the nature of consciousness.
The panpsychist argues that consciousness did not emerge at some point during evolution. Rather, it's always associated with matter and vice versa – they're two sides of the same coin.
But the large majority of the mind associated with the various types of matter in our universe is extremely rudimentary. An electron or an atom, for example, enjoys just a tiny amount of consciousness. But as matter becomes more interconnected and rich, so does the mind, and vice versa, according to this way of thinking.
Biological organisms can quickly exchange information through various biophysical pathways, both electrical and electrochemical. Non-biological structures can only exchange information internally using heat/thermal pathways – much slower and far less rich in information in comparison.
Living things leverage their speedier information flows into larger-scale consciousness than what would occur in similar-size things like boulders or piles of sand, for example. There's much greater internal connection and thus far more "going on" in biological structures than in a boulder or a pile of sand.
Under our approach, boulders and piles of sand are "mere aggregates," just collections of highly rudimentary conscious entities at the atomic or molecular level only.
That's in contrast to what happens in biological life forms where the combinations of these micro-conscious entities together create a higher level macro-conscious entity. For us, this combination process is the hallmark of biological life.
The central thesis of our approach is this: the particular linkages that allow for large-scale consciousness – like those humans and other mammals enjoy – result from a shared resonance among many smaller constituents.
The speed of the resonant waves that are present is the limiting factor that determines the size of each conscious entity in each moment.
As a particular shared resonance expands to more and more constituents, the new conscious entity that results from this resonance and combination grows larger and more complex.
So the shared resonance in a human brain that achieves gamma synchrony, for example, includes a far larger number of neurons and neuronal connections than is the case for beta or theta rhythms alone.
What about larger inter-organism resonance like the cloud of fireflies with their little lights flashing in sync? Researchers think their bioluminescent resonance arises due to internal biological oscillators that automatically result in each firefly syncing up with its neighbors.
Is this group of fireflies enjoying a higher level of group consciousness? Probably not, since we can explain the phenomenon without recourse to any intelligence or consciousness.
But in biological structures with the right kind of information pathways and processing power, these tendencies toward self-organization can and often do produce larger-scale conscious entities.
Our resonance theory of consciousness attempts to provide a unified framework that includes neuroscience, as well as more fundamental questions of neurobiology and biophysics, and also the philosophy of mind. It gets to the heart of the differences that matter when it comes to consciousness and the evolution of physical systems.
It is all about vibrations, but it's also about the type of vibrations and, most importantly, about shared vibrations.
https://www.sciencealert.com/consciousness-could-all-come-down-to-the-way-things-vibrate
बारकाईने ध्यानात घेतले तर हे लक्षात येते की आपण ज्याला मी असे म्हणत असतो ते आपले शरीर व मन म्हणजे स्थूल व सूक्ष्म शरीर नसून त्यांचे साक्षी असणारे काही वेगळेच तत्व आहे. त्यालाच तत्वज्ञ चैतन्य, आत्मा असे संबोधतात. शास्त्रज्ञांनी त्याला Dark Matter, Dark Energy असे संबोधन केले आहे.
आपल्या मन, बुद्धी, चित्त, अहंकार यांचे मूळ म्हणजे जे चैतन्य आहे त्याचे विश्लेषण करताना शास्त्रज्ञांना असे वाटते की सर्व जडांच्या मध्ये सतत हालचाल होत असते व या वेगवेगळ्या हालचालींचा परिपाक म्हणजे निर्माण होणारे चैतन्य होय. जड पदार्थ जितका परिपक्व असेल तितके चैतन्य जास्त प्रकट होत असते. चैतन्याचे अधिकाधिक प्रकटीकरण हे त्या पदार्थाचे विशेषत्वाची ओळख आहे. ही ओळख त्या पदार्थाला म्हणजे देहाला अहंकार, मन आदि विचारांची रसद सतत पुरवीत राहते. या सततच्या विचारातून अनेक नवनवीन कल्पना बाहेर येत राहतात व त्यांचे ज्ञानाच्या महान भांडारा मध्ये रुपांतर होते. देव, धर्म, देश, गुरु, अध्यात्म, यांच्या सतत बदलणाऱ्या श्रद्धा या अशा जडाच्या हालचाली मधून निर्माण झालेल्या चैतन्याच्या भासाचा परिपाक आहे.
A resonance theory of consciousness
Based on the observed behavior of the entities that surround us, from electrons to atoms to molecules, to bacteria to mice, bats, rats, and on, we suggest that all things may be viewed as at least a little conscious.
This sounds strange at first blush, but "panpsychism" – the view that all matter has some associated consciousness – is an increasingly accepted position with respect to the nature of consciousness.
The panpsychist argues that consciousness did not emerge at some point during evolution. Rather, it's always associated with matter and vice versa – they're two sides of the same coin.
But the large majority of the mind associated with the various types of matter in our universe is extremely rudimentary. An electron or an atom, for example, enjoys just a tiny amount of consciousness. But as matter becomes more interconnected and rich, so does the mind, and vice versa, according to this way of thinking.
Biological organisms can quickly exchange information through various biophysical pathways, both electrical and electrochemical. Non-biological structures can only exchange information internally using heat/thermal pathways – much slower and far less rich in information in comparison.
Living things leverage their speedier information flows into larger-scale consciousness than what would occur in similar-size things like boulders or piles of sand, for example. There's much greater internal connection and thus far more "going on" in biological structures than in a boulder or a pile of sand.
Under our approach, boulders and piles of sand are "mere aggregates," just collections of highly rudimentary conscious entities at the atomic or molecular level only.
That's in contrast to what happens in biological life forms where the combinations of these micro-conscious entities together create a higher level macro-conscious entity. For us, this combination process is the hallmark of biological life.
The central thesis of our approach is this: the particular linkages that allow for large-scale consciousness – like those humans and other mammals enjoy – result from a shared resonance among many smaller constituents.
The speed of the resonant waves that are present is the limiting factor that determines the size of each conscious entity in each moment.
As a particular shared resonance expands to more and more constituents, the new conscious entity that results from this resonance and combination grows larger and more complex.
So the shared resonance in a human brain that achieves gamma synchrony, for example, includes a far larger number of neurons and neuronal connections than is the case for beta or theta rhythms alone.
What about larger inter-organism resonance like the cloud of fireflies with their little lights flashing in sync? Researchers think their bioluminescent resonance arises due to internal biological oscillators that automatically result in each firefly syncing up with its neighbors.
Is this group of fireflies enjoying a higher level of group consciousness? Probably not, since we can explain the phenomenon without recourse to any intelligence or consciousness.
But in biological structures with the right kind of information pathways and processing power, these tendencies toward self-organization can and often do produce larger-scale conscious entities.
Our resonance theory of consciousness attempts to provide a unified framework that includes neuroscience, as well as more fundamental questions of neurobiology and biophysics, and also the philosophy of mind. It gets to the heart of the differences that matter when it comes to consciousness and the evolution of physical systems.
It is all about vibrations, but it's also about the type of vibrations and, most importantly, about shared vibrations.
https://www.sciencealert.com/consciousness-could-all-come-down-to-the-way-things-vibrate
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