Bobo:
Somewhere in the brain? The distinctions we would have to make are between counscious , unconscious and not even conscious as parts of what we experience as events and other people's consciousness.
There is a difference between mind, thought and consciousness.
The hierarchy:
Consciousness is the full set and has an infinite membrane for memory. It is why the laws of physics work.
Mind is a subset of consciousness and is equal to the universe as it requires perception.
Awareness is a subset of mind as it requires object or thing.
Thought is a subset of awareness and may only focus on one finite thing at a time.
The logical syllogism that proves we eventually experience a state of omniscience. In order to be omniscient, we must have experienced both Heaven and Hell and all points in between.
1. All things are finite as they are clearly identified by what they are *not* (~).
2. All things have a boundary or limit.
3. All things are contained by what they are *not* (~).
4. All things can be measured by empirical or conceptual means.
5. The Container of all things is beyond measurement as there is not a correlate.
6. All things are contained by an infinite set.
7. An Infinite set is beyond all limits, boundaries and measurement.
8. There can only be one infinity else it is limited by what it is not.
9. All things contained by the infinite are caused by the infinite.
10.All things contained in the infinite are in motion through cause and effect.
11.There is an infinite amount of energy propelling all things.
12.All possible worlds are true.
The Three Thought Experiments:
1) Throw a ball at the edge of your awareness. If it bounces back - it is finite.
If it keeps going at the edge of your awareness - it is infinite.
Therefore; all things are contained by your consciousness as nothing exists outside of the field of awareness.
Physics uses this experiment to determine the bounds on the universe.
Does the mind exist within the brain or does the brain exist within the mind?
2) Count the objects where you are and you will quickly see you cannot count them all. Yet; you are aware of the 'total' amount of objects in your illuminated field of perception.
You are performing the hyper-task of an infinite amount of individual tasks of perceptual awareness and all done in a finite amount of time.
Your consciousness is therefore infinite in its field of awareness.Your body releases heat and effects and sends signals out and back to you. Your brain and central nervous system just released a stream of electrons by thinking about this and most assuredly impacted and effect all objects in your field of awareness (electrons are not subject to gravity but only effected).
It is also what you are (infinite consciousness), created in his image and likeness. It has always been you observing and experiencing the universe from every memory.
Truth is acknowledgement of what is factual. There can be no facts without the 'you' present in experience. Every single particle of your physical body is in communication with every other particle in the cosmos.
3)"Can I conduct an experiment to 'pause or freeze' my experience of reality"? Has my experience always been a steady stream and how much energy is required for infinite change?
Ask yourself; "Has my experience ever paused"?
"Have I ever repeated an experience of any kind"?
"Is my life of experience of the universe in a constant momentum, flux, or rush"?
Your consciousness is always experiencing an infinite state of flow or momentum of energy even if time were on pause. You would still be the observer of this dynamic.
Your consciousness is in a state of constant transcendence as it can never exhaust itself in thought, awareness, and experience. Therefore; consciousness is in a state of infinite energy.
You are the writer, director, and main character of your life movie. Every story in the history of mankind has a conflict within the telling of the tale. The conflict resolution is necessary for comparisons and to establish a level of transcendence of limitation, as in seeing the smile of a child that we help.
The universe exists and it certainly had you in mind at its creation. You are no accident as that would mean the universe in and of itself is an accident.
Let C stand for consciousness (velocity of light).
Let d stand for the derivative or perceptual awareness.
Let A stand for an infinite state of change or flux (cause and effect).
C = dA + A ^A
Consciousness transcends and contains the universe.