Consciousness Travels in Waves — The Conwave Model

Abstract

There are three common approaches to resolving Chalmers' hard problem of consciousness in the academic literature, especially within scientific circles: Consciousness as an emergent property of complex or complicated neuronal computation in the brain; consciousness viewed as spiritual trait or quality of the Universe, which is distinct from purely physical actions; and consciousness composed of discrete 'proto-conscious' events occurring in a manner which obey physical laws of nature that are not yet understood fully. However, for one reason or the other, all three positions are problematic and are not able to address the hard and binding problems of consciousness. The Conwave Model, part of the author's larger The TEMIC Framework of Reality (TemFrame), resolves the hard and binding problematic issues in these positions by positing that consciousness is a fundamental, intrinsic, and primordial property of the Universe that transmits information (self-awareness, awareness of the surroundings, experience) and energy traveling in waves called conwaves (consciousness waves) from the absolute vacuum to any matter serving as a host to consciousness. Nervous systems (such as brains in animals) in relatively highly evolved organisms such as animals, information processing and/or signal transmission system in plants, micro-organisms, and other organisms are aspects or organs of consciousness in these living organisms (complex systems). Importantly, the Emergent Model of Inner-Outer Universe Cosmogeny (TEMIC) in TemFrame proposes that Big Bangs can also be regarded as expansions or explosions of fundamental consciousness in the absolute vacuum giving rise to individual consciousnesses in stars, planets, organisms, and others in the Universe, and fundamental consciousness, being one of the key forces of nature, is driving the accelerated expansions of the Universe.