What is Consciousness? What is Its Purpose?

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Much thanks to Mind.Divided for allowing the use of his music, Cryo Chamber for allowing the use of Keosz' music, Professor Kliq for creating the ending track for Athene's Theory of Everything which is used at the end here as well and to Chris Zabriskie and Stellardrone for making their music available for free and free to use under the Creative Commons license.

Full tracklist (excluding some purchased royalty-free music):
00:00:06 Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Eight
00:02:30 Keosz - Be Left to Oneself
00:03:59 Mind.Divided - Filled With Dreams
00:07:33 Stellardrone - Journey To The Sun
00:11:41 Stellardrone - Red Giant
00:19:54 Stellardrone - Endeavour
00:21:39 Stellardrone - Maia Nebula
00:23:07 Mind.Divided - Only Human
00:25:53 Stellardone - Twilight
00:28:53 Stellardrone - A Moment of Stillness
00:33:41 Stellardrone - Ultra Deep Field
00:34:41 Chris Zabriskie - The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan
00:36:25 Chris Zabriskie - Remember Trees
00:39:01 Mind.Divided - In Her Eyes I Saw Supernovae Erupt In Violent Flame
00:42:24 Stellardrone - Stardome
00:45:27 Stellardrone - Blinking Star
00:59:44 Stellardrone - Galaxies
01:00:36 Stellardrone - A Moment of Stillness
01:01:44 Stellardrone - Stardome
01:04:06 Professor Kliq - Satellite

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[jameskerry]

I was waiting for him to say "MR ANDER-son...."

[spacerecyclers]

After long years of studies, all i know is that i know nothing.

[rabiabanu]

I don’t have words to express my gratitude for such a beautiful explanation,
It will take me time to absorb the material but, ones you understand it’s a next step to awareness and self understanding

At a time when humans are creating machines for mass destruction of mankind and aligning our race with the perished, this phenomenon is gold ♥️

[jeffsimoneaux]

I love the statement, "even though we don't know them, the answers to all the questions we will ever have already exist"

[brianhunt]

this is extremely well made! far beyond what you could ask for on this topic to be found for free on YouTube. Great work!

[evcman]

I love all this stuff, I love all you responders, I will drink a beer for all of us seekers, be happy, be kind to each other, and we will see what happens...

[Frogfriend]

This is some fucking good editing... Whoever does that now... keep that guy!

[jeonesevenv]

"Let there be light"
I believe this "light" is consciousness. The type that would exist in this realm of existence. The type that would make us capable to understand to a certain point, what 'love' and 'hatred' is in this dualistic reality (left, right, up, down, no bravery without danger, etc) and the type that would be able to obtain wisdom.

"In Our image and likeness"
Two persons (Adam and Eve)
The joy of love is what existed before all things, in obviously deeper and stranger ways. But, joy of love nonetheless.

[mary-annmacelheren-obrien]

I will be watching this video a few times, it definitely helped me clear up a lot of issues I've had

[ChrisOakesCO]

Consciousness is not in brain. It is self awareness. The brain is just like a frequency tuner. As in TV or radio stations.

[kareldegreef]

Tip => play it at 1.25 and it sounds normal + you will get smarter faster ;-D

[DanielRamBeats]

“The brain holds as many neurons as there are stars in the universe”

Eastern Philosophy: Each person holds the universe within themselves.

[thierry.w]

My core drive is trying to understand why my core drive is trying to understand what my core drive is.

[maciulis]

Love this kind of informational videos. Thanks to all people who made this I really apriciate the time you put in to make this video.

[briellehunter]

Thank you so kindly for all the hard work put into this video. I appreciated you sharing your intellectual known with us.

[karendiliddo]

This was by far the best documentary I have seen on this topic. One which I will rewatch many times. Much appreciated, thank you for all your efforts in getting this valuable information to people. Go Bless

[jasonhallneuroverse]

Fantastic work guys. You continue to inspire and influence a generation in the best possible way. Thank you.

[virvisquevir]

"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

[TheFaarf]

This is quality content right here, can't imagine the work behind this. Thank you for doing this!

[alleniluminada]

When A Genuine sense of WONDER and CURIOSITY become extinguished, we become dedicated to seeking the approval of others, and we give up INDEPENDENT LOGICAL INQUIRY or "CREATIVITY".... our CONCIOUSNESS become CONDITIONED... we lost our INNER CHILD. :(