II.   Mind (PSY)

Consciousness or “conscious” is a term used to define one (1) of the five (5) Fundamental Systems of the Mind exhibited primarily through a lucid, awake and aware state and the state of wakefulness itself as “being conscious” and Consciousness. Consciousness is one (1) of three (3) systems of the "Lower" Mind.

The meaning of Consciousness is derived from the Latin word conscientia meaning “knowledge within oneself, sense of right, a moral sense” itself derived from two (2) earlier Latin words con meaning “with, together” and scienta meaning “knowledge, skill”.

By definition unconscious means "without knowledge" which is contradictory to the purpose and function of the Mind. Therefore the term "unconscious" is forbidden to be used as a valid term to define an element of Mind.

The Conscious Mind is directly connected to the Interconscious Mind and indirectly connected to the Subconscious and Superconscious Mind.

Excluding wakefulness, which is also a state of being, there are eight (8) attributes of Mind classed as fundamental to Consciousness including self, lucidity, sensory, locational, momentary, contextual, situational, hypothetical:

(i) Self awareness is awareness of one’s own unique existence as a whole as distinct from other life forms and objects; and

(ii) Lucidity awareness is awareness of one’s own thought as it has emerged just prior or during its expression; and

(iii) Sensory awareness is awareness of a present flow of sensory input of one’s location, including but not limited to light, smell, temperature, sound; and

(iv) Locational awareness is awareness of the physical conditions of one’s present location including the presence of other life and the presence of any real or potential dangers; and

(v) Momentary awareness is awareness of the change in conditions of one’s location over periods of time, particularly in the change in status of any real or potential dangers; and

(vi) Contextual awareness is awareness of how one came to be in the present situation, including the path of arrival and important decisions made leading to the present moment; and

(vii) Situational awareness is awareness of the present situation and subject including the ability to process all previous data to try and predict the present intentions of immediate higher order life forms and any threat or inconsistent change in behaviour; and

(viii) Hypothetical awareness is awareness of all previous information, including the present situation and assumed motives and conditions of present situation and calculate possible hypothetical outcomes, enabling a potential path and course of action to meet an associated intention.

The general distinction between Consciousness and Interconscious or Subconscious Mind is normally through three (3) methods being observation, response and measurement:

(i) Observation is subjective observation whether the eyes of the higher order life form are open or closed and if any movement appears to occur in direct correlation to changing environment, particularly by the observer; and

(ii) Response is action - reaction via speech, touch or some other sensory means indicating a deliberate and clear response; and

(iii) Measurement may be observed through clinical tests indicating higher levels of brain activity, heart rate and organ function. However, such clinical results may also appear during REM sleep, which is not considered a state of being Conscious.

Conscious Mind is most closely associated with the physical apparatus of the COGNO nervous system being the cerebral cortex and somatic nervous system of highly developed triple neural network “placental birth” life forms such as mammals.

The system of Consciousness of a higher order being as a whole may also be defined as Unique Collective Consciousness (UCC).