Consciousness Quote by James David Lewis-Williams Download Open image ““Consciousness has evolved biologically and can therefore be explained biologically.”” — James David Lewis-Williams ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Consciousness Philosophy of Mind Upper-palaeolithic-art
Consciousness is a fascinating but elusive phenomenon: it is impossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it evolved. Nothing worth… — Stuart Sutherland Copy Share Image
Consciousness, for me, is a manifestation of complexity in biology. It's an emergent property. — Gregory Stock Copy Share Image
We can truly see that consciousness is operating creatively even in biology, even in the evolution of species. — Amit Goswami Copy Share Image
“We are consciousness examining and expressing itself so that it can become increasingly aware of its infinite capacity for being and evolving.” — Jay Woodman Copy Share Image
“As an ultimate example of emergence, consider your own consciousness that is emerging from the connections of neurons in your brain.” — Rich Jolly Copy Share Image
“Perhaps consciousness arises when the brain's simulation of the world becomes so complex that it must include a model of itself.” — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Consciousness precedes phenomenon, and therefore consciousness can alter phenomenon.” — Shai Tubali Copy Share Image
Consciousness is the basis of all life and the field of all possibilities. Its nature is to expand and unfold its full potential. The… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
“Consciousness is the chronic pain of life, and all higher organisms suffer it every waking moment.” — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“Consciousness is part of our nature as sentient beings, but doesn’t mean we are aware at a particular moment. By perceiving our consciousness -… — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
“I now argue that entry into Upper Palaeolithic caves was probably seen as virtually indistinguishable from entry into the mental vortex that leads to… — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
“For the makers, the paintings and engravings were visions, not representations of visions.” — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
“The principal aim of a vision quest is to ‘see’ a spirit animal that will become the quester’s animal-helper and source of his power.” — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
“I suggest that the type of consciousness – not merely the degree of intelligence – that Neanderthals possessed was different in important respects from… — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
“To understand the ‘wounded men’ of Upper Palaeolithic art, I now consider somatic hallucinations; these include attenuation of the body and limbs, polymelia (having… — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
“The picture of change in human society that emerges from this recent research throws new light on that aspect of the Transition that has… — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the most striking feature of the west European Upper Palaeolithic, one on which many writers comment, is a sharp increase in the rate… — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
“The first point to notice is that the Transition cannot be explained by climatic change alone: human change was not the direct result of… — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
“The world’s oldest ‘art’ (77,000 years old) comes from Blombos Cave on the southern coast of South Africa.” — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
“Improved memory made possible the long-term recollection of dreams and visions and the construction of those recollections into a spirit world.” — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
“Under certain social circumstances, which may have varied from time to time and place to place, certain people (shamans) saw a relationship between the… — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
“Primary consciousness is a state of being aware of things in the world – of having mental images in the present.But it is not… — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
“I now argue that entry into Upper Palaeolithic caves was probably seen as virtually indistinguishable from entry into the mental vortex that leads to… — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
How wonderful it would be to scatter words as they rise to consciousness, to let them lie where they fall. — Joanna Scott Copy Share Image
“People and situations always show us what we need to see and learn about ourselves, and when we take responsibility for our own feelings,… — Eliza Mada Dalian Copy Share Image
With the realization of God comes all power. If the little wave knew that behind it is the great ocean, it could say, "I… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
It is proposed that a form of free dialogue may well be one of the most effective ways of investigating the crisis which faces… — David Bohm Copy Share Image
The purpose is to be in gratitude forever. Live with applied consciousness, prosperity will break through the walls, flood you with it. You do… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
“No one has any right to tell you that the way you perceive yourself is wrong. Because by doing so, they also discourage the… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
A language possesses utility only insofar as it can construct conventional boundaries. A language of no boundaries is no language at all, and thus… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
So many people are passive participants in their very short time of having a consciousness, and those who aren't inspire me. Like Malala Yousafzai… — Dylan Gelulla Copy Share Image
“The vision teller tells the vision to unguarded minds' of prey. The programmed.” — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image