Mystery of
Consciousness
Consciousness is the last
surviving mystery of every human being. With the advancements in
science and technology, we might feel that there are nothing that can be
termed as mystery nowadays. But consciousness is an entity that still
remains a mystery to contemporary philosophers, psychologists,
neurophysio-logists, and cognitive scientists. After the discovery of DNA as
the Genetic material, the Scientist turned towards the research on
Consciousness.
Consciousness remains the last mystery for modern scientists to solve.
According to Vedic tradition infact Self-Realization of Consciousness is the
very purpose of every human life and the culmination of Samsara, the cycle
of birth and death.
What is the
Mystery?
All that we experience of body and mind, the sensual pleasures and feelings
are subjective. We cannot describe that in words to any one else. These
subjective qualities are known as qualia (Qualee). The mystery of
Consciousness is: how are qualia related to the physical world, in other
words how does the objective physical brain manage to produce subjective
qualia? as feelings.
Consciousness is often mis-understood as a by-product of the brain. Inspite
of leaping discoveries in neuroscience modern scientists are unable to
understand Consciousness. This has first time led the Modern Scientist to
lend ears to the Spiritual-scientists (Yogis or Rishi's). This is the first
time Modern Science is willing to shake hands with Spirituality.
As
discussed in the earlier pages, Ancient masters have used the correct method
to understand Consciousness. Their technology of
Yoga
and
Meditation
is now becoming more popular and indispensible than other technologies. The
ancient alternate mode of approaching the problem through
inward inquiry
only can solve the mystery of Consciousness.
The Ancient Rishi's through their inner inquiry discovered the mystery of
Consciousness. They expressed it symbolic ways because the discovery is
difficult to articulate. In the next page you will see a picture which in a
nutshell explains the complete description of Consciousness.
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Qualia
and Consciousness
