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Before you were born,<\/p>\n
before you had your first thought,<\/p>\n
what were you?<\/p>\n
What Are<\/span><\/strong> you?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In preparation for the third novel in the Unfolding series, I\u2019ve had to research these questions. When we strip everything away what\u2019s left at the core?<\/p>\n The search for the soul as been with us longer than our history. Stories of the earliest inquiries I\u2019ve heard said the ancients connected it with breathing. Why? Because once the breath stopped \u2013 there was nothing.<\/p>\n We are fortunate to live in a time where science is able to devise human experiments that are less injurious to their subjects than our ancestors. Today researchers are able to image a living brain in ways that that monitor variables such as blood flow to indicate activity in specific regions and from that are able to identify brain functions to create a map of the brain.<\/p>\n True mind reading through technical means is not yet possible, but it\u2019s getting closer.<\/p>\n One school of thought says consciousness is nothing more than sensory input and an awareness mechanism in a perturbed state. In the largest sense, not only are we aware, but there are those same stimulus\/response mechanisms available at the cosmic level. The researcher explaining this concept could not bring himself to say God exists. In his mind it\u2019s all about the combination of input and awareness interacting.<\/p>\n In pre-consciousness what are you?<\/p>\n What are you when you are beyond thought?<\/p>\n What\u2019s there?<\/p>\n This is where I live.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a video worthy of your consideration:<\/p>\nBeyond Thought (Awareness Itself)<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n