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Originally Posted by Larv
Two things here:
1. I'm not at all clear how one can be aware of a dream and be conscious at the same time. Isn't a dream a subconscious thing? As such, how can one be conscious of a dream?
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Are you familiar with the concept of "
lucid dreaming?"
Have you ever had experience of being in half dream state, half wake state (say upon first waking up) and continuing "plot" of dream in a conscious way?
How about day dreaming and fantasy? Are these not images and events that are not grounded in "this reality" while being directed by consciousness?
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2. The apple on the table would also be "the same visual" for a fly or an ant. So, in that regard, how do you differentiate human consciousness from that of an ant?
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(Just speaking to the general topic, not necessarily the specific quote above.)
> While the visual is (arguably) the same for all eyes in the room, it is the interpretation and meaning that matters. IMO, it literally
matters.
> And I don't believe it can be overstated how much it matters that the same eyes look upon "own self" interpreting that within context.
> I think conceiving of a distinction in consciousness is subconscious processing. That these distinctions may surface to level of consciousness, and be held with conviction (that there are individual, separate consciousness around me), is I believe subtle example of consciously being aware while (day) dreaming.
