Explaining consciousness

A short introduction to this album. 

Examining the nature of consciousness. 

Can consciousness ever be described and explained in scientific terms? 

The purpose of consciousness, and how it governs the imaginative use of our sensory apparatus. 

Annaka Harris dives deep into some of the most profound and perplexing questions about the nature of consciousness, perception, free will, AI, and the underlying meaning of love and existence. Annaka begins by defining consciousness and exploring the "hard problem". She discusses ... Show More

Deepak Chopra explores an alternative explanation for the origin of the universe, the "Consciousness Model." It contrasts the limitations of the Big Bang theory, highlighting unanswered questions about its cause and the nature of things like dark matter and dark energy. The Consc ... Show More

Sam Harris speaks with Christof Koch about the nature of consciousness. They discuss Christof’s development as a neuroscientist, his collaboration with Francis Crick, change blindness and binocular rivalry, sleep and anesthesia, the limits of physicalism, non-locality, brains as ... Show More

Simple understanding and definition of emotional intelligence. 

True understanding of consciousness comes not through philosophical thinking or external experimentation but from the direct experience of Self. When awareness is no longer distracted by thoughts, emotions, and sensory inputs, you can remain in the seat of objective observation a ... Show More

Sam Harris speaks with his wife, Annaka Harris, about LIGHTS ON, her ten-part audio documentary exploring the perplexities of consciousness and the cosmos. They discuss the hard problem of consciousness, whether consciousness is fundamental, what split-brain patients can teach us ... Show More

I wanted to create a comprehensive scale from 1 to 1000 for levels of consciousness and energy, using similar systems created by David Hawkins, Frederick Dodson, Robert Anton Wilson and Timothey Leary but I wanted to integrate the ten sefirot of the tree of life and 7 densities o ... Show More

Being consciousWe think we have this thing, consciousness, whether we share it with the entire earth or with only our species, but yet its definition has evaded the efforts of leading philosophers and neuroscientists alike for decades. Do you think you know what consciousness is? ... Show More