In this episode of Musings on Mysteries and the Mythical Matrix, we’re launching a 6-part mind-bending series: Psych & Spirit.

And we’re starting at the core—consciousness. What is it really? Is it just neurons firing... or something far more profound?

📖 In this deep dive, we explore:
🔹 Why the mind-body problem still baffles scientists
🔹 A real-life trauma that shows how emotion, memory, and awareness intertwine
🔹 Dualism vs. Materialism – is your mind more than your brain?
🔹 Leading theories: Global Workspace, Recurrent Processing, Higher Order Thought
🔹 Integrated Information Theory, Predictive Processing, and even Panpsychism
🔹 The wild idea: consciousness is a quantum phenomenon inside microtubules
🔹 What if anesthesia shuts down something deeper than brain waves?
🔹 And how does this all firt with the idea that the 4th geometric dimension is actually... spiritual? 

👁️ This episode bridges neuroscience, philosophy, quantum theory, and the unseen. Whether you’re a skeptic or a seeker, it’ll stretch your thinking—and challenge everything you thought you knew about being aware.

⚠️ Buckle up. You’re about to cross into The Spirit Layer.

🎙️ Follow for the full Psych & Spirit series and drop a comment with your theory.

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Episode Sources:
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Labrakakis C. (2023). The Role of the Insular Cortex in Pain. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(6), 5736. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24065736
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Rolls, E. T. (2023). Emotion, motivation, decision-making, the orbitofrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, and the amygdala. Brain Structure and Function, 228, 1201-1257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-023-02644-9
Siegel, J. (2024, May 30). Quantum mechanics and the puzzle of human consciousness. Allen Institute. https://alleninstitute.org/news/quantum-mechanics-and-the-puzzle-of-human-conscious ness/
Wagner-Altendorf, T. A. (2024). Progress in understanding consciousness? Easy and hard problems, and philosophical and empirical perspectives. Acta Analytica, 39, 719-736. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12136-024-00584-5
Yurchenko, S. B. (2024). Panpsychism and dualism in the science of consciousness. Neuroscience and Behavioral Reviews, 165, 105845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105845
Quantum Consciousness: 
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.1998.0254
https://www.sciencealert.com/quantum-entanglement-in-neurons-may-actually-explain-consciousness
https://www.eneuro.org/content/11/8/ENEURO.0291-24.2024