Abstract

The inquiry about the breakdown of consciousness into its natural elements starts by categorizing consciousness into two major types of conscious activities that are different from each other such as: Cosmic Consciousness versus brain consciousness. The second breakdown of consciousness is to separate brain consciousness to differentiate human brain consciousness from animal brain consciousness. The third breakdown of consciousness identified Cosmic Consciousness as a specific type of consciousness for trees and plants. The fourth breakdown of consciousness is the familiar breakdown of human brain consciousness that Plato wrote as (The Tripartite Soul of Man) which subsequent philosophers Hume, Descartes, Kant, and Freud argued about, and tried to change or improve upon, which is known as the three faculties of mind. Detailed definition of these four different types of consciousnesses began when this research asked the question what is Consciousness? The findings of this research suggest that Consciousness consists of an initial Cosmic Consciousness that preceded brain consciousness, and gave rise to brain consciousness. That Cosmic Consciousness was the first original consciousness that emerged on earth and also gave rise to all living organisms such as; plants, animals, and human beings. That it was Cosmic Consciousness that give all living organisms a) sensitivity, b) sentience, and c) intelligence. In other words, Cosmic Consciousness infused and inhered all living organisms as the common denominator of conscious sensitivity, conscious sentience, and conscious intelligence. For example, the proof that living organisms such as trees and plants have Cosmic Consciousness is their ability to exhibit conscious sensitivity, sentience, and intelligence. Therefore, any living organism that exhibits conscious sensitivity, sentience, or intelligence that are characteristics of Cosmic Consciousness is proof that such a living organism has Cosmic Consciousness. The second major division of consciousness is the separation of brain consciousness into two different types of consciousness as; human brain consciousness from animal brain consciousness. The third category of consciousness is the specific consciousness for trees and plants that do not have brains namely, Cosmic Consciousness. Plants exhibit conscious sensitivity, sentience, and intelligent abilities. This indicates plants ability to use Cosmic Consciousness. For example, plants engage in conscious activities of survival and perpetuation of their species. Plants germinate, grow, feed on nutrients in the soil, produce offspring, grow old, and die like humans and animals. Thus, all three categories of living organisms such as plants, animals, and humans, exhibit attributes of Cosmic Consciousness or brain consciousness. Hence, neuroscientists, physicists, and philosophers, who define consciousness in ignorance of, and omits to mention Cosmic Consciousness, have not done their due diligence of rigorous scientific inquiry about the full nature of consciousness (that definitely includes Cosmic Consciousness), as they should.