What If Consciousness Is Fundamental?

Annaka Harris discusses the research she is doing on consciousness

This is Sam Harris interviewing his wife Annaka about the research she is doing on consciousness, or Consciousness, as the case may be. I post this because it’s interesting to see the gradual acceptance of this perspective by the priesthood of materialistic science. The notion of consciousness preceding matter is the basis of Eastern cosmology and has been understood for thousands of years yet runs completely antithetical to the edicts of materialism, which assert consciousness to arise out of physicality and the brain more specifically. The reason why this disconnect exists is because materialists lack the consciousness required to perceive such an inverted logic, as they’ve been indoctrinated to worship at the altar of the intellect and the senses, which are extremely limited and dualistic.

While I find this trend in the sciences to be a net positive, I personally prefer the perspective of yogis, rishis and mystics, and very much look forward to the day where these worlds fully collide.

I’m reminded of this quote from Nikola Tesla:

The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.

If you’re interested in learning more about these ideas from a scientific perspective look into panpsychism and the work of the philosopher Philip Goff.

Namaskaram