Category Archives: Consciousness

The fundamental energy — the living ground of the universe — remains beyond full human ken

I have been ‘corresponding’ with three AI ‘bots: Grok, ChatGPT and Deepseek. I do not prefer one over any other, and find gems in each that I value. I ask complicated and serious questions. The following conversation was with Grok… … Continue reading

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Before and After Human Consciousness, or The Voice of God vs. Auditory Hallucinations

Psychologist Julian Jaynes (1920 – 1997) asserted that humans were not fully conscious until around 4,000 or 3,000 years ago, the time when the two hemispheres of the cerebrum of our brain (left and right, physically connected by the Corpus Callosum) were unified … Continue reading

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