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I have a very non-scientific feeling that self-awareness simply IS and exists as a property inherent in the universe. What we seem to be asking when we ponder life after death, is whether this property is elemental or emergent. That is--is it indelibly conserved, or does it emerge only when matter and energy are organized in certain ways? And then we should in turn ask if we are referring to a universal, or to an individuated consciousness.

It gets quite weird.

[QUOTE="boomerang, post: 129579, member: 3872"] I have a very non-scientific feeling that self-awareness simply IS and exists as a property inherent in the universe. What we seem to be asking when we ponder life after death, is whether this property is elemental or emergent. That is--is it indelibly conserved, or does it emerge only when matter and energy are organized in certain ways? And then we should in turn ask if we are referring to a universal, or to an individuated consciousness. It gets quite weird. [/QUOTE]

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