(Realization of a 3-Step Consciousness)
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Detectives of the Mind as of Nov. 22, 2024
The idea of a 3rd consciousness undergoing development is a simplistic label which may influence some readers to think in terms of a cut-and-dry event such as a person having one type of consciousness one day and then the next day a new consciousness arises as if one is running a race and if they beat a certain time they will automatically achieve a new status of being able to conceptualize reality with the same type of sensory equipment (eyes, ears, nose...) that assisted them in perceiving their previous 2nd stage of consciousness. And granted that many in the future will be born into a reality where the 3rd consciousness is more fully developed on a collective basis, this does not mean human biology will advance to the point where previous stages of consciousness are not experienced and exhibited, though a person's lifestyle suggests they too are in full possession of a 3rd consciousness. Just because a person is born into the luxuries provided by wealth does not automatically mean they are in possession of a mindset which reflects a modern perception. Some may well exhibit the characteristics of former primitive peoples interests and orientations, such as might be described by an ancient practice of behavior that in the present era is deemed to be expressions of immorality.
The idea about humans having the same type of sensory equipment (eyes, taste, touch, smell, ears...) to provide them with a new consciousness derived from a difference in perception is an intriguing thought, though no one has been able to make a comparison between the senses of today's humans and those of some ancient hominid such as the Neanderthal or earlier specimen of humanity's lineage. While we of today may think that all past forms of human-like creatures including the present day great apes, chimpanzees and orangutans have had the same kind of sensory equipment, we can speculate to some degree that this is not the case, and thus affects perceptions. If not, then we are left with the preliminary conclusion that it is the type of brain a life form has which determines that which we label as consciousness. Although some readers may laugh at this, because they have been endowed with some foremost no-need-to-test knowledge that it is the brain which drives the type of consciousness a person has, then do all types of brains effect some measure of consciousness? Is the brain the sole producer of a consciousness, or should we speak in terms of consciousness types, which may well lead us into metaphysical speculations about types of energy consciousness, including all particle members of quantum physics.
Then again, does more knowledge or that which we call wisdom and insight provide a person with a greater degree of consciousness? And if there are degrees of consciousness, why not overall levels as well as specialized niche's and other types of compartmentalizations and configurations? No less, what about animals who can sense a forthcoming Earthquake while humans are oblivious to such supposed vibrations? Is this a higher or different degree of consciousness? Is perception... then... consciousness? Is a flower conscious of the Sun as it follows its path by way of what we humans describe as heliotrophism? Does a flower need to be aware of other life forms in order to be considered conscious? If a person is not aware of you yet you are aware of them, are they less conscious, or simply less aware?
If one person is aware... is conscious of one reality such as living in a jungle, but is not aware of the reality of living in a city that someone else is, does one have a greater consciousness or are the levels and types of consciousness in this instance to be considered to operate at the same general level, albeit with different knowledge? How then does one measure consciousness if they are to suggest that different levels exist? Since such an exercise in determination requires a tool by which differences can be obtained and measured to show differences, the use of enumeration provides a widely used acceptable method. In keeping with the correlations seen in the development of counting and basic forms of developmental expression seen in biology, a comparative appraisal reveals that a 1-2-3 sequence will fit the bill to fulfill the quest of identifying both uniformity and incremental differences across species and vast periods of evolutionary change.
It is because biology exhibits several expressions of a 1-2-3 succession of development in certain key moments, that the idea of a potential 3rd consciousness comes to the forefront of consideration, when we further note the correlation between the usage of a 2nd step and the usage of ideas which reflect a similar "twoness". For example, as I have previously stated, a look at the three Germ layers arising in the 3rd (Eukayote) point of development in the 3 domains of life idea, provides a clear distinction which can be enumerated for a much easier identification. As such... what appears to be taking place is a higher valuation of biological development occurs after each 3-step grouping, as if Nature is undertaking its own brand of sequential counting, much in the manner that we use a comma as a point of demarcation between sets of three:
However, let us look further into the past and recognize that in the processes from which life emerged, the same pattern holds true:
3 steps in the strandedness of macromolecules:
- RNA = 1 strand.
- DNA = 2 strands.
- Protein/collagen helix = 3 strands.
And before this, let us look at the 3 steps of Photosynthesis:
- 3 Requirements for Photosynthesis: Carbon Dioxide- Water- Sunlight
- Energy is captured from sunlight-
- The energy is then converted to chemical energy;
- The chemical energy is stored in organic molecules.
- Photosynthesis in plants 1) oxidize water, 2) release oxygen (dioxygen) and 3) fix carbon dioxide.
Cellular respiration consists of a 3-step metabolic process:
- Glycolysis
- The tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle; also known as the Krebs, or citric acid, cycle).
- Oxidative phosphorylation (respiratory-chain phosphorylation).
And let us not fail to point out the "3" in relation to its attachment to the position of the Earth.
A living cell contains relative proportions of three nucleotides which provides an index of the energy state of the cell:
- Adenosine- Mono- phosphate (AMP)
- Adenosine- Di- phosphate (ADP)
- Adneosine- Tri- phosphate (ATP)
Biological development occurs from simpler, less ordered processes to more order and greater complexity. (metabolism., Encyclopaelig;dia Britannica, 2013)
Three early ecological roles of animals were as filter feeders, predators, and scavengers. (animal., Encyclopaelig;dia Britannica, 2013). Later on in biological development, we can cite 3 types of feeding among animals: Herbivore- Carnivore- Omnivore... and some consider that these three can be further subdivided into three categories.
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