Consciousness and Levels of Awareness

Higher levels of awareness requires a high level of self discipline.

consciousness in one person creates a field of energy (with a vibration frequency) that materializes the rest of the universe?

that feels incomplete as a description.

I think the point of the OP is that consciousness is a word used to describe levels of awareness as a phenomenon and those have a certain frequencies as matter/energy states.

But are those frequencies high enough to have causal consequences on anything but an atomic level? Much like pushing slushy ice, you can causally move some of it, but its not an infinite wave like water would wave. So I think the trick of language here has something to do with the use of the "infinite awareness" language.

Awareness is limited, not just by training, spatial relationships, self-subjectivizing, but by what we might call matter/energy density.

My observational awareness doesn't extend to the back side of the moon, but it can idealize the object of the backside of the moon and creatively attempt to fill in the 'minds eye' with what we have been pre-programmed with linguistically.

Jogill - Infinite awareness seems to intersect with John Long's open awareness experience that he has discussed at length in the WisM thread. He has postulated that his experience is not describable in physical terms:

"That is, awareness and consciousness are fundamentally unlike other "things" that physics and biology are designed to explain."

As one explores consciousness and experiences different levels and modes of awareness there usually is that moment of realization that seems profound. It is a feeling, a moment of awareness that can be had by any number of methods, understandings or paths. Along with that feeling, depending on how deeply one is effected, often there is a desire to share that feeling by communicating it to others. At this point things get screwy. Personality enters the picture. Everyone wants to win the ever increasingly popular game of "I look good on the internet" and all bets are off. Value judgements become the name of the game as that is how it is played in the Matrix.

I don't think it was the purpose of the threads you referenced -- stated or implied-- to arrive at some sort of utilitarian "consensus" as regards consciousness,or any other subject. Posters do not convene at such threads in order to solve the unsolvable riddles of the mind-- for the rest of us to then assess and hold up to the grail of "basic understanding."

The mind is what the brain does. So the 'materialism' vs. 'awareness' as substantively different things doesn't need a specific type of label as long as we understand collectively in dialogue that mind and matter are not materially different things. or in the language of collective-conscious approach, they are not immaterially different objects within thought.

I'm curious about the "levels of awareness". Is there a list?

"Someone is interfering with you in particular, so that makes it your show. I know who and you also know who."

It sounds to me like you are talking
about Noetic Science, Tom.

The gross materialist can't figure this sh!t out because they're way too busy playing scientist.

The knowledge of consciousness IS far above the gross materialist's consciousness.

The gross materialists all fail from the very start with their fixed up dead materialistic consciousness ......

Theoretical explication of psychic phenomena is not likely to be achieved in terms of known physical processes. Rather, it will first be necessary to formulate the basic role of consciousness in the definition of an physical reality before such anomalous experiences can adequately be represented. This paper takes the position that reality is constituted only in the interaction of consciousness with its environment, and therefore that any scheme of conceptual organization developed to represent that reality must reflect the processes of consciousness as well as those of its environment. In this spirit, the concepts and formalisms of elementary quantum mechanics, originally developed to explain anomalous physical phenomena may, via metaphor, be appropriated to represent the characteristics of consciousness interacting with its environment. More specifically, if a consciousness is represented by a quantum mechanical wave function, and its environment, including its own physical corpus, is represented by an appropriate potential profile, Schrodinger wave mechanics yields eigenfunctions and eigenvalues that can be associated with the cognitive and emotional experiences of that consciousness in that environment. ...

I'm [going to have] to assume we all know three or four levels of consciousness

Say - awake, asleep, asleep-rem, anesthetized°

What are the others under consideration?

5 Types Of Brain Waves Frequencies: Gamma, Beta, Alpha, Theta, Delta

It is important to know that all humans display five different types of electrical patterns or “brain waves” across the cortex. The brain waves can be observed with an EEG (or an “electroencephalograph”) – a tool that allows researchers to note brain wave patterns. Each brain wave has a purpose and helps serve us in optimal mental functioning.

Our brain’s ability to become flexible and/or transition through various brain wave frequencies plays a large role in how successful we are at managing stress, focusing on tasks, and getting a good night’s sleep.

Each serves a purpose to help us cope with various situations – whether it is to help us process and learn new information or help us calm down after a long stressful day. The five brain waves in order of highest frequency to lowest are as follows: gamma, beta, alpha, theta, and delta.
5 Brain Waves: Frequencies To Understand

Before I get into specifics, it is important to realize that when I refer to a certain brain wave, I am implying that a particular brain wave is “dominant.” Throughout the day in your waking state, your EEG will display all 5 types of brain waves at the same time. However, one particular brain wave will be dominant depending on the state of consciousness that you are in.

For example, if you are awake, but have really bad ADHD, you may have more slow wave (alpha and/or theta) activity than beta waves. During sleep usually there are combinations of the slower frequencies, but even gamma has been found to be involved in rapid-eye movement (REM). Below is a brief description of each brainwave state, but a more in-depth understanding can be derived from the book “Getting Started with Neurofeedback.”

Gamma Waves

These are involved in higher processing tasks as well as cognitive functioning. Gamma waves are important for learning, memory and information processing. It is thought that the 40 Hz gamma wave is important for the binding of our senses in regards to perception and are involved in learning new material. It has been found that individuals who are mentally challenged and have learning disabilities tend to have lower gamma activity than average.

Frequency range: 40 Hz to 100 Hz (Highest)
Too much: Anxiety, high arousal, stress
Too little: ADHD, depression, learning disabilities
Optimal: Binding senses, cognition, information processing, learning, perception, REM sleep
Increase gamma waves: Meditation

Beta Waves

These are known as high frequency low amplitude brain waves that are commonly observed while we are awake. They are involved in conscious thought, logical thinking, and tend to have a stimulating affect. Having the right amount of beta waves allows us to focus and complete school or work-based tasks easily. Having too much beta may lead to us experiencing excessive stress and/or anxiety. The higher beta frequencies are associated with high levels of arousal. When you drink caffeine or have another stimulant, your beta activity will naturally increase. Think of these as being very fast brain waves that most people exhibit throughout the day in order to complete conscious tasks such as: critical thinking, writing, reading, and socialization.

Frequency range: 12 Hz to 40 Hz (High)
Too much: Adrenaline, anxiety, high arousal, inability to relax, stress
Too little: ADHD, daydreaming, depression, poor cognition
Optimal: Conscious focus, memory, problem solving
Increase beta waves: Coffee, energy drinks, various stimulants

Alpha Waves

This frequency range bridges the gap between our conscious thinking and subconscious mind. In other words, alpha is the frequency range between beta and theta. It helps us calm down when necessary and promotes feelings of deep relaxation. If we become stressed, a phenomenon called “alpha blocking” may occur which involves excessive beta activity and very little alpha. Essentially the beta waves “block” out the production of alpha because we become too aroused.

Frequency range: 8 Hz to 12 Hz (Moderate)
Too much: Daydreaming, inability to focus, too relaxed
Too little: Anxiety, high stress, insomnia, OCD
Optimal: Relaxation
Increase alpha waves: Alcohol, marijuana, relaxants, some antidepressants

Theta Waves

This particular frequency range is involved in daydreaming and sleep. Theta waves are connected to us experiencing and feeling deep and raw emotions. Too much theta activity may make people prone to bouts of depression and may make them “highly suggestible” based on the fact that they are in a deeply relaxed, semi-hypnotic state. Theta has its benefits of helping improve our intuition, creativity, and makes us feel more natural. It is also involved in restorative sleep. As long as theta isn’t produced in excess during our waking hours, it is a very helpful brain wave range.

Frequency range: 4 Hz to 8 Hz (Slow)
Too much: ADHD, depression, hyperactivity, impulsivity, inattentiveness
Too little: Anxiety, poor emotional awareness, stress
Optimal: Creativity, emotional connection, intuition, relaxation
Increase theta waves: Depressants

Delta Waves

These are the slowest recorded brain waves in human beings. They are found most often in infants as well as young children. As we age, we tend to produce less delta even during deep sleep. They are associated with the deepest levels of relaxation and restorative, healing sleep. They have also been found to be involved in unconscious bodily functions such as regulating heart beat and digestion. Adequate production of delta waves helps us feel completely rejuvenated after we wake up from a good night’s sleep. If there is abnormal delta activity, an individual may experience learning disabilities or have difficulties maintaining conscious awareness (such as in cases of brain injuries).

Frequency range: 0 Hz to 4 Hz (Slowest)
Too much: Brain injuries, learning problems, inability to think, severe ADHD
Too little: Inability to rejuvenate body, inability to revitalize the brain, poor sleep
Optimal: Immune system, natural healing, restorative / deep sleep
Increase delta waves: Depressants, sleep

Because every single living entity is nothing but pure consciousness with individuality.

In the material world, the living entity is covered by the material elements and thus thinks it is born and dies.

Only the material coverings go thru these changes.

The living entity itself always remains and transmigrates to different material bodies according to their developed consciousness in their present lives.

The spiritual soul is pure consciousness and is the living entity itself.

So long as you are dealing with inputs and information and so forth, you still have one foot - and a big foot - sunk in causative/mechanistic sand.

For me, levels of awareness are actually levels of consciousness. Awareness is just one phenomenon and and what we experience, by and large, is what consciousness (brain generated) feeds awareness.

I don't see awareness of mind or any of it as "spirit" or separate from anything else. There is no stand-alone phenomenon in reality. Everything is interconnected. In my opinion.

Are you equating this with "levels of awareness" alpha, delta, etc,?

One of the four worlds of spirit is the world of spirits?

Spherical Harmonics Reveal Standing EEG Waves and Long-Range Neural Synchronization during Non-REM Sleep

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4916209/

I haven't looked at this in about 40 years, but I would bet there has been no progress, just like machine language "understanding".

Didn't say the brain "creates" mind or consciousness etc. Anytime you talk in causal terms you are almost certainly out of the mind/consciousness/awareness loop and back to physicalism. That's what makes this a tricky study.

© 2010 State University of New York Press, Albany
Common Themes in American Indian Philosophy

... one of its consequences important to this volume is that speakers of radically different languages—using radically different systems of identification, categorization, and ordering—will conceive of the world in radically different ways. Different words make different worlds. So, any translation of an American Indian language into a Western language, no matter how carefully or neutrally crafted, will recast Native thought into the conceptual categories—hence, the ontology—of the Western language. Indeed, I argue later that much of our talk about “spirits” in the Native world version makes this very mistake, giving American Indian beliefs an unwarranted air of mysticism in Western popular culture—and in the academy—because of the supernatural connotations of the Western category spirit.... After several years of reflection, I have come to believe that native Shawnee speakers specifically, and the old Indians in general, lived in a radically different world than ours

Donald Fixico (2003), an American Indian history professor, anticipates two of our four common themes in American Indian philosophy, relatedness and circularity as world-ordering principles, when he observes that: “Indian Thinking” is “seeing” things from a perspective emphasizing that circles and cycles are central to the world and that all things are related within the universe. . . . “Seeing” is visualizing the connection between two or more entities or beings, and trying to understand the relationship between them.

There is another very curious and interesting fact in Indian philosophy. They do not separate man from the beast by any broad line of demarcation. Mankind is supposed simply to be one of the many races of animals; in some respects superior, in many others inferior, to those races. So the Indian speaks of “our race” as of the same rank with the bear race, the wolf race or the rattlesnake race.

I conclude that an American Indian world is, indeed, numbered among the internally consistent, equally privileged, well-made actual worlds and so it is worthy of philosophical treatment—and respect—from the Western perspective.

Nearly all the tribes in the Congo Basin either are or have been cannibals; and among some of them the practice is on the increase. Races who until lately do not seem to have been cannibals, though situated in a country surrounded by cannibal races, have, from increased intercourse with their neighbours, learned to eat human flesh.

Special perhaps to someone who is unfamiliar with these things. But I also think that attitude that one is doing something special can be a trap. Especially when it is not really difficult with the correct motivation.

Every second, 11 million sensations crackle along these brain pathways ... The brain is confronted with an alarming array of images, sounds and smells which it rigorously filters down until it is left with a manageable list of around 40. Thus 40 sensations per second make up what we perceive as reality.

Our 'reality' which seems so real is constructed every second from 40 snapshots of information ('sensations') from a potential 11 million. The other 10,900,060 are absorbed by our subconscious mind while we remain consciously oblivious of their existence. Quantum physics explores the hidden realms beyond our 'seen' and has demolished the material, solid, clockwork model of reality pedaled for so long by mainstream science.

Not remotely so. The brain parses out content for awareness, but it doesn't do so by digitizing said content into "snapshots." That's what a digital camera does - freeze frames the stuff of consciousness, and via a play back, we get the impression that the resultant video is a fluid continuum.

Imagine a video capture device that didn't need to record by way of freeze frames, and instead could capture the uninterrupted flow of reality. Most people can't even imagine what such a device would look like.

Reality is smooth and continuous (not discrete/digital), and so is mind. The only way we can simulate mind is to do so by way of artificially dividing flow into a visual version of "rest mass," while we know that mass never actually rests.

Right: U.F.O. video :34 is the oblong white object between the two parallel gun camera sight lines videotaped in infrared by U. S. Navy pilots flying F/A-18F fighter jet in 2004 near San Diego, California, and released to The New York Times on December 16, 2017.

Left: GIMBAL video 2:45 was officially released to The Washington Post on December 18, 2017. Both infrared fighter jet gun camera videos were released by the DoD's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP).

we hear US fighter pilots struggling to determine the nature of object. Key findings include:

• Low observability in both electro-optical and electromagnetic spectrums.

• No distinguishable flight surfaces.

• Lack of obvious propulsion system.

• Never-before-seen flight capabilities.

• Possible energy or resonance field of unknown nature.

The filename “GIMBAL” seems to be traceable to the unusual maneuvering of the UAP.

transcript from audio:

Pilot one: “Yeah, that's a f*#king drone, bro.”

Pilot two: “There's a whole fleet of them. Look on the S. A. (situational awareness).”

Pilot one: “My gosh!”

Pilot two: “They're all going against the wind. The wind is 120 knots (138 mph) out of the west.”

Pilot one: “Look at that thing, dude!”

Pilot two: “That's not L. N. S. now, is it? It's ...”

Pilot one: “That is an L.N.S., dude.”

Pilot two: “Well, the FLIR...”

Pilot one: “Look at that thing! It's rotating!”

Commander David Fravor has had an 18-year-career in the Navy. The Washington Post describes the background of the more sensitive GIMBAL video as saying:

“The year was 2004. Fravor was the commanding officer of the VFA-41 Black Aces, a U. S. Navy strike fighter squadron of F/A-18 Hornet fighter planes doing an exercise some 60 to 100 miles off the coast between San Diego and Ensenada, Mexico, in advance of a deployment to the Persian Gulf for the Iraq War.” Commander Fravor says, 'As I get closer, as my nose is starting to pull back up, it (UFO) accelerates and it’s gone! Faster than I’d ever seen anything in my life.'”

By 2001, Bem had mostly set aside his mainstream work and turned to writing commentaries and book reviews on psi phenomena. He’d also quietly embarked upon a major scientific quest, to find what he called “the holy grail” of parapsychology research: a fully reproducible experiment on ESP that any lab could replicate. His most important tool, as a scientist and rhetorician, would be simplicity. He’d work with well-established protocols, using nothing more than basic tests of verbal memory, priming, and habituation. He’d show that his studies weren’t underpowered, that his procedures weren’t overcomplicated, and that his statistics weren’t convoluted. He’d make his methods bland and unremarkable.

In 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2008, Bem presented pilot data to the annual meeting of the Parapsychological Association. Finally, in 2010, after about a decade’s worth of calibration and refinement, he figured he’d done enough. A thousand subjects, nine experiments, eight significant results. This would be his solid, mainstream proof of ESP—a set of tasks that could be transferred to any other lab.

Ross made his name as a psychologist, in part, by demonstrating that people often cling to their beliefs in the face of any challenge, no matter how profound. Bem’s paper struck him as an interesting challenge for the field. “You have a belief, and here’s some data that contradict it,” he said. “I thought it was time for a discussion [of] how we deal with surprising results in psychology.”

Wagenmakers drafted a rebuttal, to be published in JPSP alongside the original research. The problems he saw in Bem’s paper were not particular to paranormal research. “Something is deeply wrong with the way experimental psychologists design their studies and report their statistical results,” Wagenmakers wrote. “We hope the Bem article will become a signpost for change, a writing on the wall: Psychologists must change the way they analyze their data.”

medical doctor and statistician John Ioannidis published a short but often-cited essay arguing that “most published research findings are false.” Among the major sources of this problem, according to Ioannidis, was that researchers gave themselves too much flexibility in designing and analyzing experiments—that is, they might be trying lots of different methods and reporting only the “best” results.

Wagenmakers would later write that psi researchers such as Bem deserve “substantial credit” for the current state of introspection in psychology, as well as for the crisis of confidence that is now spreading into other areas of study. “It is their work that has helped convince other researchers that the academic system is broken,” he said, “for if our standard scientific methods allow one to prove the impossible, than these methods are surely up for revision.”

psi researchers proffer a different interpretation: Maybe this has less to do with the researcher’s expectation than with his ability as a psychic medium. “If it’s possible that consciousness influences reality and is sensitive to reality in ways that we don’t currently understand, then this might be part of the scientific process itself,” says Schooler. “Parapsychological factors may play out in the science of doing this research.”

"Do love, beauty, joy, and creativity arise as properties of the mind or from somewhere beyond the mind?"

mind is responsible for turning basal facts into notions such as love beauty and joy

creativity stretches out toward an actions to the point that I would disagree on a point but obviously its recognition is based on a particular state of mind

ive never come across a good analysis of creativity

I find the Matrix concept useful only up to a certain point. Fiction only crystallizes the time perception of a possible distortion.

OP-
It seems what we perceive as the physical universe is constructed of frozen light ... analogous to a hologram.
would this include fire?

This is not to cross examine- just wanting you to elaborate. Frozen light refers to the trapping of photons. Our perception is based on an electrochemical signal produced by the reflection of light.

the problem i have is that the word Levels smacks of a hierarchy and an underpinning, all-encompassing theory of everything that might explain said Levels. i get this may not have been the intent, and so i may, to a degree, be reading things into the title. still, that is what it implies to me.

You mentioned Ingo Swann and what you said above reminds me of what he had to say about the signal to noise ratio. Subtle signal with lots of noise equals lots of noise.

when i started, i rarely saw bugs.

but, after months and months, the world was covered with them.

If you had no sense organs from the moment of your birth, what would your perception be like? Would it be like the isolation tank?

The race was not given to the quick or the swift, but to the one who could endure to the end. Then we found out there was no end.

The unwary soul, who fails to grapple with the Mocking Demon of Illusion, will return to the earth as the slave of Illusion. To become a true master of fate, you must first become a true "Knower of Self".