Consciousness

The origin of consciousness is presented as comparable in difficulty and philosophical depth to the origin of the universe. Foundational questions about consciousness and cosmology involve origin, causality, existence, and limits of knowledge. The article explicitly labels its consciousness claims as philosophical and speculative compared with photosynthesis or bird magnetoreception. The article does not develop a detailed theory of consciousness. Meltzer divides mental life into conscious thought and action, subconscious beliefs, and deeper unconscious patterns. The article defines faith as the aggregate frequency of thoughts, actions, beliefs, and underlying traits. The article frames consciousness as potentially distributed across mitochondria, DNA, structured water, fascia, and liquid crystalline tissues. The article speculates that mitochondria could act as distributed biological observers. The article links mitochondrial observation claims to intention, consciousness, and reality collapse. Meltzer’s law of Goya requires action through hard work, smart work, and long-term work. Keating frames the origin of consciousness as one of the major questions he would ask a supreme bei…