Reference: Course on Subject Clearing
Fineness of Perceptual Elements
A sensation many be looked upon as a very condensed matrix that de-condenses into a matrix of perceptual elements. Thus, greater discrimination comes about. This cycle may repeat with a perceptual element, in its turn, de-condensing into a matrix of finer perceptual elements.
Thus, as incoming sensations de-condense into finer and finer perceptual elements, the discrimination increases.
Over time, the multi-dimensional associations among the finer nodes of the mental matrix multiply. They come to reflect the external universe with greater precision. We identity this precision and clarity as the CONSCIOUSNESS dimension of the mind. The finer are the perceptual elements, the better is consciousness.
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Degree of Assimilation
Sensations not only de-condense into perceptual elements, but they also assimilate with each other through these perceptual elements. When assimilation occurs any duplicate elements are merged together, and associations are set up among other elements.
The assimilation is defined by the degree of continuity, consistence and harmony of associations among perceptual elements.
When there is a discontinuity, a projection is made to bridge over it. When there is an inconsistency or disharmony, an assumption is made to explain it. But such projections and assumptions always generate anomalies.
Such anomalies when discovered, may be traced back to underlying projections and assumptions. New perceptual elements may be postulated through the use of rationality and logic to replace these projections and assumptions. Subsequently, these postulates may either be verified or updated with the help of actual observations. The better is the assimilation, the greater is consciousness.
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Effect of Traumas
There are traumatic sensations that do not easily de-condense into perceptual elements. They embed themselves into the mental matrix as UNASSIMILATED NODES. The content of such nodes cannot be properly perceived because they are not assimilated with the rest of the mental matrix. The effect of unassimilated nodes is to distort the mental matrix. They may be “perceived” only as raw sensations of PAIN and ANXIETY.
When fully activated, the unassimilated nodes bring about unconsciousness and unthinking reactions.
According to the matrix model of the mind, the assimilated portion of the mental matrix provides consciousness and rational thinking. Earlier models have called it the CONSCIOUS or ANALYTICAL mind. And the unassimilated portion of the mental matrix is the source of unconsciousness and unthinking reactions. It has been called the SUBCONSCIOUS or REACTIVE mind.
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Consciousness
Thus, consciousness is a characteristic of the mental matrix that depends on
- The fineness of perceptual elements
- The degree of assimilation in the mental matrix
- Absence of traumas
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Comments
It’s now 2024 and my thinking on this subject of consciousness has continued to evolve and hopefully become more refined.
It seems that we are packed neatly into a whole substance known as spacetime. Spacetime seems to be a compound substance that contains every field, every condensation of every field and as you call it every “decondensation,” as well.
Just as every dimension and every field is included within the whole of spacetime, possibly consciousness is ubiquitous throughout spacetime?
You’ve used the word “node” to describe unassimilated traumatic sensations. I like that and would expand its use if I am not assuming too much. Within the expanse of spacetime, there are “gatherings” because spacetime seems to be a sticky substance that likes to gather together. Maybe these gatherings can be called nodes and maybe they are similar to one another, even when scaled both up and down?
I see substance as a spectrum of thought, energy and matter. There is condensation of substance from thought to energy to matter. Space is the characteristic of extents of substance. So, there is thought-space, energy-space and matter-space. Time is the characteristic of duration of substance. So, there is thought-time, energy-time and matter-time.
Just like there is a spectrum of substance, we may conceive of a spectrum of space, and a spectrum of time. Substance, space and time are connected like the ARC triangle. They condense together. Upon condensation, space contracts and time becomes more durable.
Self is awareness. True self is totally free of fixation of attention. As attention gets increasingly fixated, the self gets increasingly aberrated.
Substance (space and time) and awareness form a dichotomy. If there is no substance there is no awareness either. What underlies is Unknowable.
Substance-awareness first manifests in the form of postulates. From this point the Postulate Mechanics applies.
Dimensions are the property of space. So, when we are talking about dimensions, we are talking about space. Dimensions within dimensions would be space within space—condensed space.
Consciousness appears on the “awareness” side of the dichotomy. Just like there is a spectrum of space-time, there is also a spectrum of consciousness.
Consciousness is as fine as the matrix of perceptual elements. Unassimilated nodes represent fixations that cause aberrations. These fixations have a spectrum too—from misconceptions to identifications to facsimiles. Traumatic sensations reside at the level of facsimiles.
Your idea of “gatherings” may be applied to the condensation of substance (space-time) and also to fixations. These are two different concepts depending of which side of the dichotomy “substance-awareness” you are talking about.
I hope this answers your question in the context that I have provided.
Chris, your questions always make me think and that improves my output.