Human Consciousness - Axioms defining consciousness in terms of what we directly experience (part I)

Human beings are conscious living entities. Consciousness is spread throughout the body. Where does our consciousness originate from? Is it a product of the brain, e.g. are our brain activities stimulating consciousness, or has it another source? What does the present stand of scientific data say about consciousness, self-reflection and the brain?

Martin Fleming (UK) is a distinguished Vedanta philosopher known for over 400 broadcasts on BBC Radio 4 specializing in consciousness and reality subjects. He trained for twenty years in a meditative yoga discipline, studying the experiential metaphysics of India’s extensive Vedic texts. Currently, he is a director of the Science & Philosophy Initiative in the UK and the Bhaktivedanta Institute for Higher Studies in the USA. Recently in April, he presented a four-hour workshop at the international Science of Consciousness conference in Tucson, Az.

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