Just as everyone in existence has different levels and types of intelligence, so does everyone have different levels of ordinary consciousness. Within certain limits there is a continuous spectrum of human consciousness, with no one individual consciousness being exactly like any other. Any individual's level of consciousness is also continually varying over a 24-hour time period, such as during sleep, slumber, alert wakefulness, drunkenness, etc. What each person experiences during the ordinary consciousness state is unique, just as each of us has a different and unique perception of reality. Some minds would appear to be more visual, while others are more auditory. The conscious experience of a Down's, savant, or autistic person certainly must be different from that of an Einstein.
The following formulas are postulated based on the concepts discussed above. They are not yet considered to be complete, but do represent a beginning. They also begin to demonstrate how consciousness interrelates with space, time, matter and energy.
| (1) AC = (RP)(K1) |
| (2) TI = (V)(D) |
| (3) TI = (RS)(T) |
| (4) RP = (LR)(SM)(K2) / BD |
| (5) PE = (TI)(LR)(IF)(SM)(DL)(K2)
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| AC = Actual level of consciousness being experienced at any moment in time.
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| BD = Brain dysfunction (loss of brain integrity secondary to any pathological process such as stroke, Alzheimer's, alcoholism, and encephalitis, all of which result in a decreased ability
to process information).
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| D = Density of information (number of units of information stored per unit-volume of space).
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| DL = Distress level prior to P.E.
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| IF = Intensity of focusing of attention.
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| K1, K2, K3 = other influencing factors yet to be discovered.
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| LR = level of relaxation of body musculature.
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| PE = highest level of consciousness potentially achievable (peak experience).
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| RP = rate of information processing (number of units of information, both conscious and unconscious, being processed by the mind per unit of time).
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| RS = rate of information storage (number of units of information stored per unit of time).
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| SM = level of effectiveness in stilling the mind.
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| T = total duration of time over which entire quantity of information was stored.
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| TI = total quantity of information accessible to mind, which includes all that is both conscious
and unconscious.
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| V = volume of space that the total quantity of stored information is contained within.
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There are undoubtedly other properties of consciousness which will be better identified as more knowledge accumulates. Some additional properties will be discussed as we begin to examine altered states of consciousness.
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