Theory of Conciousness

By Alan Benesi

Consciousness is discussed in scientific terms. Conscious entities can change their own momenta. Conscious entities are proposed to be the instigators of all forces. Wherever forces exist, conscious entities exist. Conscious entities exist in the nuclear, atomic-molecular, biological, and astronomical space time realms. Consciousness is proposed to ultimately be all that exists.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alan Benesi
• Release date: Mar 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781506903903

Alan Benesi

About Alan J. BenesiAlan Benesi grew up in Berkeley, California. He earned a B.A. in Chemistry at UC Santa Cruz and a Ph.D. in Biophysics at UC Berkeley. He postdocked at UC Santa Barbara where he fell in love with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. After his postdoc, he taught chemistry at Eastern Oregon State College in the beautiful Grande Ronde Valley for five years, then at UC Irvine for two years. In 1985 he became manager of the NSF Regional NMR Facility at the University of South Carolina, and in 1987 became director of the NMR Facility at Pennsylvania State University where he worked until 2012. In the past several years he has written two books, A Primer of NMR Theory with Calculations in Mathematica and Theory of Consciousness. He is currently working on a new illustrated book that will be available soon, and has started a project at UC Irvine using NMR to create atomic fingerprints of the pure components of cannabis.

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Table of Contents

PREFACE

Chapter 1   Definitions of Consciousness and the Quest for Meaning

Chapter 2   The Entity Perspective vs. Mechanistic Perspectives

Chapter 3 Entities

Chapter 4 Identification of Entities

Chapter 5 Space-Time Realms of Entities

Chapter 6 Evolution of Biological Entities

Chapter 7 Entities in the Quantum Realms

Chapter 8 The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and the Entity Perspective in Quantum Space-time Realms

Chapter 9 Gravitational Forces and Astronomical Entities

Chapter 10 Tidings of Comfort and Joy!  Human death is not the end of consciousness.  The gods are within us

Chapter 11 Forces Created by Biological Entities

Chapter 12 Stream of Consciousness

The Collected Postulates of Consciousness

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Theory of Consciousness

Alan J. Benesi

Preface

My interest in consciousness was stimulated by hallucinogenic drugs.  Their effects were, for me, intense and beautiful.  I wondered how simple chemicals were able to open the doors of human perception[1].  After a small dose of LSD on a warm Spring afternoon in 1970 I had a revelation.  Tiny flies swarmed in the sunbeams hitting the trunk of a huge redwood. Then without warning the truth sent a jolt of realization through my being and I saw the humming life in all things.  It was obvious.  Everything is conscious.  It was a sensory experience, not a result of logic or language.  But it also made everything fit logically!   This epiphany is the origin of my continuing interest in consciousness.  

That everything is conscious is not a new idea.[2]  I do believe, however, that I have recognized a simple and scientifically rigorous way to look at the phenomenon of consciousness.  I earned a Ph.D. in Biophysics at UC Berkeley, and I spent my academic career teaching Chemistry and doing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy at major universities.  I am familiar with physics, quantum mechanics, chemistry, biophysics and biochemistry.[3]

I’ve attempted to be scientifically rigorous.  I use axioms and postulates to present the main ideas.  The axioms are assumed to be self-evident, i.e. inherently true.  The postulates are consistent with observations so far.  I try to adhere to the principle, often called Occam’s Razor, that the simplest idea that conforms with observations is the best.  The ideas will be controversial.   

Alan Benesi

Chapter 1:  Definitions of Consciousness and the Quest for Meaning

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