Theory of Consciousness

By Alan J. Benesi

Consciousness is discussed in scientific terms.

Conscious beings can change their own momentum and the momentum of other objects and beings.

Conscious beings are proposed to be the insti

• Language: English
• Publisher: ARPress
• Release date: Nov 3, 2022
• ISBN: 9798893300192

Alan J. Benesi

Alan Benesi was born in San Francisco in 1950 and grew up in the Bay Area. He earned a Ph.D. in Biophysics at the University of California, Berkeley. He became fascinated by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and spent most of his career as an NMR spectroscopist and Lecturer in Chemistry at major universities. He has over 75 peer reviewed publications in scientific journals, and has written four books, The Science of Ethanol Production, A Primer of NMR Theory with Calculations in Mathematica, Theory of Consciousness, and The Gods Are Within Us.

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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 

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.

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