Implicit-explicit gradient of nondual awareness or consciousness as such

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作者
Josipovic, Zoran [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] NYU, Psychol Dept, Grad Sch Arts & Sci, New York, NY 10003 USA
[2] Nonduality Inst, Woodstock, NY 12498 USA
关键词
nondual awareness; consciousness as such; neural correlates of consciousness; meditation; consciousness; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; MEDITATION; SELF; PRECUNEUS; BRAIN; STIMULATION; REFLEXIVITY; EXPERIENCE; ATTENTION;
D O I
10.1093/nc/niab031
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Consciousness is multi-dimensional but is most often portrayed with a two-dimensional (2D) map that has global levels or states on one axis and phenomenal contents on the other. On this map, awareness is conflated either with general alertness or with phenomenal content. This contributes to ongoing difficulties in the scientific understanding of consciousness. Previously, I have proposed that consciousness as such or nondual awareness-a basic non-conceptual, non-propositional awareness in itself free of subject-object fragmentation-is a unique kind that cannot be adequately specified by this 2D map of states and contents. Here, I propose an implicit-explicit gradient of nondual awareness to be added as the z-axis to the existing 2D map of consciousness. This gradient informs about the degree to which nondual awareness is manifest in any experience, independent of the specifics of global state or local content. Alternatively, within the multi-dimensional state space model of consciousness, nondual awareness can be specified by several vectors, each representing one of its properties. In the first part, I outline nondual awareness or consciousness as such in terms of its phenomenal description, its function and its neural correlates. In the second part, I explore the implicit-explicit gradient of nondual awareness and how including it as an additional axis clarifies certain features of everyday dualistic experiences and is especially relevant for understanding the unitary and nondual experiences accessed via different contemplative methods, mind-altering substances or spontaneously.
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