If brain is destroyed, and consciousness cannot express itself in any way, then how can consciousness really exist other than a property of the neuron activity of the brain? What is the point in consciousness that depends in every way on brain's function? It is like positing a Self that expresses itself through 5 aggregates, where impermanence of the aggregates supposedly doesn't affect that Self.Metta-4 wrote:I'll take a crack at it. Only the expression of consciousness is affected by damage to the machine, ie; the brain.
Why is it that not just expression, but consciousness itself, is affected when the brain is affected (ex: drugs, alcohol, oxygen deprivation, stroke, brain damage, etc). It is not that one wants to say or do something but physically can't get it out, the innermost consciousness is different. Even behavior and emotions can be changed if certain parts of the brain are damaged.
"Ultimately, everything we experience is a product of our cells and their circuitry." - p. 172
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor