Consciousness and the I and I page one
	Much has been said about parallel universes.  String theory suggests a plethora of them.  It all sounds rather Star Trek’ish; surreal; a premise for science fiction and not reality.  However, parallel universes fit very comfortably within the philosophy of Beneficent Parentalism. Experience and consciousness are two very distinct realities.  They seem to attach at the point of physics based activity within the brain, but they are increasingly alien to each other from that point on. As has been mentioned, the brain is a fabulous organ.  It is fabulous wherever it exists; from simple ganglion complexes within simple organisms all the way to the most progressive example, the human brain.  After genetics plays its role in brain formation, the brain is an absolutely extravagant example of receptive and expressive activity. These interrelated activities are dependent on the mathematic laws of physics for their processing.  Natural immutable laws control each and every one of these intricate relationships.  Conscious intervention would interject a cumbersome, altogether unwieldy element into the intricate and unerringly precise workings of the brain's mental processes. Fortunately, the brain behaves independent of consciousness.  Historically, consciousness has been perceived as controlling the action and therefore brain activity has been considered an act of a will.  This isolation of a perceived will has given rise to the concept of a free-will.  Brain activity and consciousness are synchronized to such an extent they appear to happen simultaneously.  This perceived simultaneous synchronization makes it possible to entertain the idea that conscious thought produces the action.  Self-produced actions are the building blocks of a free-will philosophy.  This intuitive construction has plagued mankind for millennia. Recent brain research, notably that of Chun Siong Soon in 2008 and Benjamin Lipet in 1983, refutes this, however.  Consciousness is a product of brain function; brain function is not a product of consciousness.  Consciousness merely gives the individual awareness of the products produced by brain function. In this, consciousness is isolated and plays no role in human behavior.  This is a tough concept to wrap one’s brain around.  Given the parameters of consciousness and brain activity, it is difficult to comprehend that even our thoughts are products of physiological sequential cause and effect events within the brain and occur independent of our conscious involvement. It sure seems like I am controlling the thinking process, which is inspiring my fingers on the keyboard to type what I am thinking in my head. I, I, I.  My, my, my.  Me, me, me.  The propensity to think in these terms has so molded our thinking regarding individual brain activity, it is immensely difficult to separate consciousness from it. If what is controlling the fingers is not, me, what is controlling the fingers?  The answer is, a vast stockpile of precisely recorded experience stored in the brain. What causes mankind to think in terms of I, me and my?  The answer is, a vast stockpile of precisely recorded experience stored in the brain. What makes each reality unique?  The answer is, a vast stockpile of precisely recorded experience stored in the brain. All experience is quantifiable, physics based interaction.  Consciousness is a product of quantifiable physics based activity as well.  Some will simply stop there and leave well enough alone.  Then there are those of us who perceive this to be infinitely majestic, so impossibly crammed with undiminishable Truth and unaffected Wisdom, unbearably Beautiful, a Loveliness that cannot be confined, simply too amazing, fantastic and intricate to have occurred by happenstance.                                                                   Simply Too Much                                                There’s simply too much rhyme and reason                                                    for there not to be a Poet;                                                There’s just too much melody and harmony                                                    for there not to be a Master Musician;                                                too much truth and wisdom                                                    for there not to be a Teacher;                                                too much unadulterated beauty                                                    for there not to be a Parent;                                                too much Love                                                    for there not to be a God,                                                       an Awesome Is,                                                       a Higher Power,                                                       a MotherFather,                                                           or whatever it is you wish to call It.                                                There is simply too much reality for this not to be so.                                                rko                                                               april nineteenth, two thousand, seven                                                               two: twelve p.m. Why do we perceive these realities differently than others do?  The answer is, a vast stockpile of precisely recorded experience stored in the brain.
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