So, consciousness is required to give a physical being a sense of identity and free will.
When we introduce free will, it adds what can most closely be described as an element of randomness to a being's actions. Of course, it is not truly random. But in terms of programming, that's what it would most closely be related to.
If there is not free will, there is no purpose to consciousness whatsoever. All consciousness does is add the random element. If a being's actions are predetermined beforehand, if every decision has a fixed outcome even before it is made, then all you need is the algorithms, which can exist without consciousness.
On one of the websites I was looking at it said that consciousness gives animals the ability to plan. I don't understand why you need consciousness to plan. You don't. You just need more complex algorithms.
Free will is something very small, but very powerful. Free will is limited by the way your brain is wired. Free will exists in your thought processes. When you make a decision, it starts with a thought. Which leads you to the next thought, and you have a very small range of thoughts that you are likely to choose. Free will is what gives you a range of thoughts. Otherwise, without free will, you would not have any choice at all and only one possible thought to follow the first thought. From the second thought, you choose a third thought, from the small range of thoughts. Each thought is like a node, and while the range of choice from thought to thought is very small, you go through many thoughts which increases the range of variation when it comes to the outcome, which is the choice you make in the end. It is the shear number of nodes or thoughts that make free will powerful. Just so you know, I am just making this up.
Free will is most closely related to randomness, but it is not really random. However, it is not fixed beforehand either. It is neither. It is based on the nature of the spirit.
What exactly free will is, we are not supposed to know. All we know is that it is not random, not fixed, not known by us, and it is something in existence that is very magical and sacred.
Now, imagine a universe without consciousness or awareness. It's something that's kind of difficult and amazing and mind-blowing. If it's not, than you aren't doing it correctly! Because, through imagining the universe, you are imagining how you would experience this universe without any sort of awareness. Except, without awareness there are no experiences. Things don't look like anything. There are no thoughts or concepts to describe anything. So if you are doing it correctly, you should just draw a complete blank, because anything you experience when imagining it is an experience and in this world there are no experiences.
And so when I think of this, I am reminded of how truly magical and extraordinary consciousness is. And I realize that consciousness is everything. It is the source of everything beautiful and good in existence.
If something exists that doesn't effect anyone's experience of anything, does it really exist? No.
And I am reminded of the quantum mechanics slit experiment thingy I don't know much about.
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? If a universe exists but no one is around to experience it, does it really exist? Did the universe really exist before life came about?
Yes. That's because God was around. That's what I think.
So I guess what I am trying to say is, consciousness is like the most fucking amazing thing ever. It is something so mind-blowing it is impossible to comprehend. That's why it amazes me that some people think it is just some accidental byproduct of life forms, that it serves no purpose, or it is just an illusion. What the hell? Yeah, I read that some people think it is just an illusion. How the hell could it be just an illusion? Like I think I experience things, but I don't really experience anything at all besides total and utter nothingness. God dammit some people are just so god damn fucking stupid.
Or maybe they just didn't understand the question.
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