Annapurna wrote:@ Dawn, sorry, I don't understand what you mean.
Perhaps we need to define what we see as Consciousness... then...?
Good idea.
For me consciosness is manifestation. When there is manifestation - there is consciosness. If we use Dhamma words we can say that when there is namarupa there is consciosness.
For exemple between 0 and 1 there is consciousness, between silence and noize there is consciosness, between a paper and a painture there is sonciosness, between void and form there is consciosness.
Duality is condition to consciosness, when there is duality - there is consciousness.
So, to be able produce a mouvement, spermatozoid need information to direct this mouvement, when there is information and some receptor of this information there is consciosness.
But consciosness is conditioned by reception capacity. (sense-base)
For exemple spermatozoid can recive the information that a ovule can not, and ovule can recive information that spermatozoid can not, they have a different consciosness.
When there is information (namarupa) - there is consciosness.
So i use consciosness in this meaning.