The tools and techniques designed to alter, expand, or monitor your state of awareness, ranging from ancient meditation practices to modern brain-zapping headbands. This includes float tanks (expensive baths in the dark), psychedelics (illegal but effective), and meditation apps that guide you to mindfulness while also tracking your screen time. The paradox of consciousness technologies is that the more gadgets you use to "find yourself," the further you drift from the simple awareness that was there all along, usually while checking your phone.
Consciousness Technologies Example: "He bought a $400 consciousness technology headband that promised to induce deep meditative states. After a month, he'd achieved a state of profound relaxation while simultaneously feeling intense anxiety about whether the headband was working. He concluded that this contradiction was the meditation."
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Get the Consciousness Technologies mug.The interdisciplinary field that attempts to study the one thing you can't put under a microscope: the subjective experience of being alive. It's the science of why red looks red, why music gives you chills, and why there's "something it's like" to be you. Consciousness sciences bring together neuroscientists who look at brain scans, philosophers who ask "yes, but why?", and mystics who just smile enigmatically. After decades of research, the field has conclusively proven that consciousness exists and that nobody has the faintest idea how.
Example: "He spent his career in consciousness sciences trying to locate the seat of self-awareness in the brain. He found lots of correlated neural activity but no actual 'self.' His final paper concluded that he, as a researcher, might also be an illusion, which made writing the paper complicated."
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by Baron Neville July 14, 2019
Get the organic-consciousness mug.A being (usually a human being) that has the amazing capability to consistently fail to understand any abstract concept, social cue, literary element, or hint within conversation. They seem to be so stupid that it prompts one to ask, “How did this person manage to get this far in life?”
Despite this, they carry on like anyone else would.
Despite this, they carry on like anyone else would.
This customer had a rock consciousness. They complained that the food they were given didn’t look exactly like the picture on the menu.
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Get the rock consciousness mug.Once in meditation. I unlocked meta-consciousness and since then I would put full focus into anything.
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Get the Meta-consciousness mug.The extent to which an individual is aware of what is happening in the government and society, as well as what various politicians, organizations, businesses, and political parties’ agendas, beliefs, and actions are on numerous policy issues. This includes being aware of the activities of various social movements looking to reform society. It is important to remember being aware of the beliefs and activities of only one political party means an individual’s political consciousness is limited at best because in order to fully understand what is going on politically, you must have descent understanding of multiple political parties so you can see the issue from multiple angles, allowing you to see the situation more clearly without being manipulated too much by any one party. Usually, the more someone is aware of what is happening with multiple political parties, the stronger their political consciousness is.
Roderigo is aware of what is happening with the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the Libertarian Party, and the Green Rainbow Party. Samantha is only aware of what the Republican Party is up to. Roderigo has a strong political consciousness, while Samantha has limited political consciousness.
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