Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Noumenon and consciousness

An excerpt from one of my analytical papers on the nature of consciousness:

Consciousness, is an awareness; however in its noumenon form it is a particular series of energetic principals and patterns occurring in nature that we may understand as “I” myself, and is not separate from our bodies and souls; however, is of o...ur body, which is greater than mere physical consideration, that exist in a conjoined relationship with our environment and universe; inasmuch consciousness is the unifying factor of self between what separatist logic deems as the body and as the divine...

As noumenon is an archaic word predominately utilized by Kantian philosophers, I will define it here as from the same paper.

Noumenon: The aspect of reality that is the true form of the phenomenon, not based on appearance but something greater and usually undetectable by ordinary means. Or, The noumenon (from Greek νοούμενoν, present participle of νοέω "I think, I mean"; plural: νοούμενα - noumena) is a posited object or event that is independent of the senses. It classically refers to an object of human inquiry, understanding or cognition. As a concept it has much in common with objectivity, that which is tangible but not perceivable; the reflection of phenomenon.
The term is generally used in contrast with, or in relation to "phenomenon", which refers to appearances, or objects of the senses. A phenomenon can be an exceptional, unusual, or abnormal thing or event—but it must be perceptible through the senses; A noumenon cannot be the actual object that results in the phenomenon in question. Noumena are objects or events known only to the mind - independent of the known and ordinary senses. It may be further contrasted with the perception and processing of a phenomenon in the human mind.

If you think about the fact that we human beings utilize less than 10% of our brain capacity, and many of us even less than that, there is yet another 90% which is a potential or unseen.

To also consider, briefly, what ancient Chinese philosophers called Tao Te is most simply translated as The Way. The way that oceans wave, the way that the sun shines, the way that birds migrate, the way of things in their most natural state. What they were talking about was that deeper sense of things, that Western philosophers call noumenon. I ... See Morefind it even more interesting that Jesus Christ, the "I am" also understood himself as "The Way". Perhaps that because of the very nature of his Divinity was rooted in the source of that which is the ultimate nature of God and God's way. How else would the son of God be able to tell the world that he is indeed the Divine one of prophesy than to describe himself "I Am" (the transcendentally divine consciousness), and "I am The Way". Furthermore, he stated he is The Way, The Truth, and The Light, all of which when considered in the context of the noumenon would be ways that would best describe that the truth central to the core of reality, that which is beyond existence, that which is the noumenon itself.

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