All I Know

All I know:

consciousness is all I know — and really I know very little about it at all. The hard problem of the study of consciousness is said to be why is any particular state of matter conscious and another not? As of yet science has no definite answer. There are plenty of theories from philosophers, yogis, meta-physicians and the like. But no one really knows. Here’s what I know for certain…

I’m aware.

yes, consciousness is all and I can state that with certainty — there is nothing I can know without being conscious of it. That’s the simplicity of my answer. There are many thinkers who believe that awareness pervades every once of matter and is the base existence of all the universe. They might be right. Others are of the belief that consciousness begins and ends within a strand of DNA, that it’s physical, biochemical by nature. They might be right as well.

but this isn’t about science or philosophy.

it’s about awareness, that I’m conscious of my thoughts, aware of my body, and of the world — and more that this is all found seamless, no break between it all. One endless stream of this awareness. I find no cause to argue this, or to make that it is anything more than what appears. Isn’t it enough to find ourselves gifted as aware? With an entire world somehow given to be explored? To claim this as any exclusive camp of…