Consciousness has been studied and discussed by philosophers, psychologists, neuroscientists and ancient spiritual traditions.

Scientists have established one correct theory of consciousness that is widely accepted and adopted in philosophy, neuroscience, and psychology.

Psychologist Carl Jung believed that consciousness could be described as:

Neuroscientists might describe consciousness in terms of:

David Chalmers is a Western philosopher of consciousness who popularized discussion about what he called the “hard problem” of consciousness.

Qualia refers to the phenomenological experience of consciousness.

A reductionist would posit that there is no “hard problem” of consciousness, because consciousness is caused by brain activity.

Ancient indigenous philosophical and medical systems did not view consciousness as an important driver of healing responses.

“Big C Consciousness” refers to consciousness that is beyond the conditioned mind -  and relates to concepts such as Oneness, Toho Bohu, the Void, and Atman in different spiritual traditions.

Sat-Chit-Ananda is an ancient terminology from Hindu philosophy that describes qualities of unbounded Consciousness as all-encompassing truth, knowledge and bliss.

 Ayurveda is an indigenous whole person medical system from India,  that linked expressions of consciousness with elemental energies or forces, that included earth, water, fire, air, and ether, and believed that healing could happen by harmonizing these energetic forces in the body.

Indigenous forms of medicine like Ayurveda and Chinese medicine believed that one could connect with “Big C Consciousness” to help heal, by using:

Holistic medicine only examines physical causes of disease.

Ancient philosophies described subtle flows of energy in the body, such as prana and chi, as being related to states of consciousness.

Which of the terms below refers to the “blissful” subtle body as described in yoga traditions?

Jain spiritual philosophy described how the karmic body (karma sarir) and fiery body (taijas sarir) combine to gives rise to the subtle or etheric body (sukhsma sarir).

Descriptions of subtle energy and subtle bodies are found in the Upanishads, dating back to approximately 6th century B.C.E.

Ancient philosophies believed that by connecting with “big C Consciousness” through practices like meditation, we could influence our karmic patterns, as well as our vital energy.