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Consciousness, at its simplest, is awareness of a state or object either internal to oneself or in one's external environment. However, its nature has led to millennia of analyses, explanations, and debate among philosophers, scientists, and theologians. Opinions differ about what exactly needs to be studied or even considered consciousness. In some explanations, it is synonymous with the mind, and at other times, an aspect of it. In the past, it was one's "inner life", the world of introspection, of private thought, imagination, and volition. Today, it often includes any kind of cognition, experience, feeling, or perception. It may be awareness, awareness of awareness, metacognition, or self-awareness, either continuously changing or not. The disparate range of research, notions, and speculations raises a curiosity about whether the right questions are being asked.

Examples of the range of descriptions, definitions or explanations are: ordered distinction between self and environment, simple wakefulness, one's sense of selfhood or soul explored by "looking within"; being a metaphorical "stream" of contents, or being a mental state, mental event, or mental process of the brain.

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January 8th, 2010, Serial No. 03702

Karmic Consciousness, Study, Consciousness
Jan 08 2010

October 1st, 2009, Serial No. 03679

Karmic Consciousness, Samadhi, Consciousness
Oct 01 2009

August 23rd, 2009, Serial No. 03676

Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Lotus Sutra
Aug 23 2009

August 8th, 2009, Serial No. 03669

Ceremony, Stillness, Consciousness
Aug 08 2009

April 16th, 2009, Serial No. 03648

Consciousness, Pain, Suzuki Roshi
Apr 16 2009

February 7th, 2009, Serial No. 03637

Emptiness, Stillness, Consciousness
Feb 07 2009

January 25th, 2009, Serial No. 03634

Consciousness, Karmic Consciousness, resistance
Jan 25 2009

July 28th, 2007, Serial No. 03445

Buddha, Lotus Sutra, Consciousness
Jul 28 2007

May 5th, 2007, Serial No. 03429

Consciousness, Precepts, Right Speech
May 05 2007

March 15th, 2007, Serial No. 03416

Evil, Study, Consciousness
Mar 15 2007

December 15th, 2005, Serial No. 03263

Doubt, Consciousness, Yoga
Dec 15 2005

November 17th, 2005, Serial No. 03257

Consciousness, Impermanence, Time
Nov 17 2005

November 10th, 2005, Serial No. 03250

Consciousness, Pain, Time
Nov 10 2005

November 3rd, 2005, Serial No. 03248

Consciousness, Delusion, Enlightenment
Nov 03 2005

October 24th, 2005, Serial No. 03241

Abhidharma, Consciousness, Heart Sutra
Oct 24 2005

April 28th, 2005, Serial No. 03230

Delusion, Enlightenment, Consciousness
Apr 28 2005

2005, Serial No. 03271

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Consciousness
2005

February 2004 talk, Serial No. 03179

Enlightenment, Consciousness, Mindfulness
Feb 2004

January 16th, 2004, Serial No. 03166

Emptiness, Buddha, Consciousness
Jan 16 2004

January 14th, 2004, Serial No. 03165

Letting Go, Delusion, Consciousness
Jan 14 2004

Unraveling Consciousness and Rebirth Truths

Consciousness, Emptiness, Bodhisattva
Jan 14 2004

November 25th, 2003, Serial No. 03148

Consciousness, Soto Zen, Practice
Nov 25 2003

June 2003 talk, Serial No. 03114

Suffering, Mindfulness, Consciousness
Jun 2003

April 14th, 2002, Serial No. 03064

Consciousness, Samadhi, Skandas
Apr 14 2002

April 13th, 2002, Serial No. 03063

Consciousness, Heart Sutra, Emptiness
Apr 13 2002

April 12th, 2002, Serial No. 03062

Consciousness, Impermanence, Mindfulness
Apr 12 2002

April 11th, 2002, Serial No. 03061

Pain, Mindfulness, Consciousness
Apr 11 2002

April 11th, 2002, Serial No. 03060

true dharma, Consciousness, Samadhi
Apr 11 2002

Awakening Consciousness: Journey of Eros

Consciousness, Duality, Emptiness
Jun 22 2000

June 15th, 2000, Serial No. 02973

Consciousness, Love, Study
Jun 15 2000

June 8th, 2000, Serial No. 02972

Consciousness, Separation
Jun 08 2000

March 7th, 2000, Serial No. 02953

Consciousness, Emptiness, Instruction
Mar 07 2000

February 20th, 2000, Serial No. 02946

Consciousness, Passions, Suffering
Feb 20 2000

February 19th, 2000, Serial No. 02945

Buddha, Consciousness, Suffering
Feb 19 2000

January 31st, 2000, Serial No. 02939

Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Practice
Jan 31 2000

January 30th, 2000, Serial No. 02938

Practice, Breath, Consciousness
Jan 30 2000

June 23rd, 1997, Serial No. 02864

Karma, Consciousness, Observe
Jun 23 1997

Introduction To The Four Afflictions Of Self

Discussing afflictions of the mind where the self appears, as an opportunity to explore consciousness. The ignorance of the view that the self is operating the situation.

Consciousness, Anger, Emotions, Ego
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