Is consciousness just an illusion?

Is consciousness just an illusion? May 31, 2017 22:44:43 GMT

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Post by Toasted Cheese on May 31, 2017 22:44:43 GMT

May 31, 2017 12:07:26 GMT faustus5 said:

May 31, 2017 10:57:32 GMT Toasted Cheese said:

Was it a difficult question, or you are you just refusing to see the larger landscape?

I don't think it is a good question and I also don't think there is a larger landscape to see or refuse to see.

In other words, the reason we are here is to find purpose and that is created through authentic and genuine action and thought.

What evidence would support this view as opposed to a competing view, such as that we exist only to spread genes as a result of completely mindless processes going back billions of years, and that "purpose" that is "created through authentic and genuine action and thought" is just a useful fiction?

Don't knock useful fictions, by the way. We can't live without them. We're largely made of them, in fact.

It was a very good question, one that you don't know how to answer, because you don't see the bigger picture. Or perhaps you just refuse too? That is your prerogative though.

Everything is in your power. You take responsibility for all thought and action and that is the life you are creating. It is all connected and all action, and nothing in the universe and how it operates is going to change that, no matter how much you may choose to fight against it. Do you wish to live your life in a constant state of flux and conflict and not take responsibility for all that is going on around you? It is all in your own hands and goes so much deeper, beyond the ego mindset.