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The Psychology of Consciousness. 🧠

Henry Johnson LR
18 min readJul 16, 2019

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It is the most fundamental moments of all, in finding our waking moments and giving rise to what we think and feel. Without consciousness, we have no way of proving we or other living things exist. That’s why we have remain a mystery that some of the greatest minds have been unable to solve. The reason beings exist is because they are conscious. Consciousness is something that human’s minds are incapable of solving.

This analysis would focus on the “I”, philosopher’s theories, Native American experience with knowledge and the hard and easy problem of consciousness. So, what is consciousness? To examine this question; consciousness must first be defined. The Webster Dictionary defines “Consciousness” as the state of being mindful and aware of one’s surroundings. It is the awareness or perception of something by a person.

By this description, all living things have some form of sentience. Animals are cognizant of a cliff edge and predators. Living plants are ‘mindful’ of the five components of life and the sun’s position for reproduction. Whether this perception is a mere biochemical reaction to certain stimulants, contagions in the soil, odors in the atmosphere, or the extraordinary…

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Henry Johnson LR
Henry Johnson LR

Written by Henry Johnson LR

I am a Liberian-born American writer with great ideas to impact lives and leave this world a little better than I found it.

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