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Uncle Joe

(65,811 posts) Sun Jun 7, 2026, 02:54 PM Yesterday

Every Level of Consciousness

Consciousness doesn’t make any sense. Sights, sounds, smells, textures. The warmth of love, the sting of sadness, the coldness of heartbreak. Why do we experience any of it? Why does it feel like anything to be you? Why is there a little person inside of your head? And a story of your life that exists through time?

00:00 The 7 Levels of Consciousness
01:20 Level One – Deep Sleep
05:05 Level Two – Dreaming
08:31 Level Three – Waking
14:07 Level Four — Transcendental Consciousness
18:01 Level Five – Cosmic Consciousness
21:34 Level Six – God Consciousness
25:05 Level Seven – Unity Consciousness

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Every Level of Consciousness (Original Post) Uncle Joe Yesterday OP

Thanks dweller Yesterday #1

Thanks, that looks very interesting wendyb-NC Yesterday #2

Enlightened beings know they are blessed. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #3

Thanks for the addition Kid Berwyn Uncle Joe Yesterday #4

You are most welcome, Uncle Joe! Kid Berwyn 3 hrs ago #5

This has been of great interest to me lately... kentuck 2 hrs ago #6

Interesting suppositions. MineralMan 2 hrs ago #7

Fascinating topic rollin74 2 hrs ago #8

What we don't understand, MineralMan 1 hr ago #9

Something I have noticed... kentuck 10 min ago #10

dweller

(28,787 posts)

1. Thanks

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 03:02 PM

Yesterday

Watching ltr

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wendyb-NC

(4,746 posts)

2. Thanks, that looks very interesting

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 03:34 PM

Yesterday

Kid Berwyn

(25,283 posts)

3. Enlightened beings know they are blessed.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 03:55 PM

Yesterday

The Woke are enlightened and appreciate being part of the wonder that is our universe. They tap into ever higher levels of awareness -- reality.

The brain might not create consciousness after all

What if consciousness isn’t created by the brain — but is actually built into the universe?

Date: April 6, 2026
Source: BIAL Foundation

Summary:

Is consciousness something the brain produces, or is it woven into the fabric of reality itself? Renowned neuroscientist Christof Koch is challenging long-held scientific assumptions by confronting the “hard problem” of consciousness — why and how subjective experience exists at all. He highlights growing tensions between neuroscience, physics, and unexplained phenomena like near-death experiences and sudden moments of clarity before death.

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Three Key Challenges in Understanding Consciousness

Koch's talk focuses on three major areas where current explanations fall short. First is the difficulty of fully reducing conscious experience to physical brain mechanisms. Second are questions raised by modern physics about what can truly be considered "real." Third is the persistence of unusual experiences, such as near-death experiences, mystical states, or episodes of terminal lucidity, which do not fit neatly into existing scientific frameworks.

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260406192809.htm

The fortunate people are tuned in to the greater reality. The aware see that we all are part of something greater and we all spend our short times exploring and discovering it.

The unaware, like Sleepy Don the Traitor, not so much tuned in to their reality and place in it. Tragically for themselves and others around them, they are asleep at the switch of life.

No wonder the conservatives hate educated people and despise public education. If they only knew, they would feel shame at what they have believed and have done.

Most importantly: Thank you, Uncle Joe, for keeping us up on the most important issues and questions of all.

Uncle Joe

(65,811 posts)

4. Thanks for the addition Kid Berwyn

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 04:06 PM

Yesterday

Kid Berwyn

(25,283 posts)

5. You are most welcome, Uncle Joe!

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:51 PM

3 hrs ago

You might enjoy this great lecture on consciousness from Rupert Sheldrake, a smart person ("Morphic Resonance&quot who thinks outside the freaking box.

kentuck

(115,801 posts)

6. This has been of great interest to me lately...

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:22 PM

2 hrs ago

I believe there is a universal consciousness.

When we sleep, we are in another consciousness, as when we are under anesthetics.

We are not aware of anything.

I believe that every thought we have ever had is a part of the universal consciousness.

It does not die with the body. It is immortal. We should cherish and nurture our thoughts.

Our moments when we are awake are not the "real" reality. They are only perceptions of what we observe, in my opinion.

Our consciousness is like daylight and night.

The light is the universal consciousness.

MineralMan

(151,859 posts)

7. Interesting suppositions.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:31 PM

2 hrs ago

I'm not seeing any evidence, though. Just ideas.

We all have ideas. Some are correct. Some are delusions. Some are simply wrong.

Lots of statements here that sound like facts. Not much that is demonstrated fact, though.

I think I'll go look at some things from other sources.

rollin74

(2,338 posts)

8. Fascinating topic

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:36 PM

2 hrs ago

thanks for posting!

MineralMan

(151,859 posts)

9. What we don't understand,

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 03:55 PM

1 hr ago

we try very hard to explain. We almost always get the explanation wrong, though.

It's fun to fantasize, though.

kentuck

(115,801 posts)

10. Something I have noticed...

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 04:55 PM

10 min ago

My wife passed almost a year ago, and every morning that I awake, I sense a physical presence close to me for a split second. And then, I am awake, and I am distracted by the world around me. I don't know what it means? It just is.

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