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[memoryslandscape-deactivated202]

neoyorzapoteca:

“If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much that you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.”

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés, from Women Who Run with the Wolves, (Ballatine Books, 1992)

[argonautsoul]

Consciousness, Multidimensional Existence, Perception, Reality, Neuroscience, Brain Activity

The human consciousness signal has been identified.

Groundbreaking ScienceMagazine study convincingly showed that the activity of certain nuclei in the human thalamus is needed to consciously perceive what we see. — Danny Huang, MD

This was from a study by Fang et al. (2025). The authors studied 5 patients with implanted electrodes in the prefrontal cortex and thalamus as a part of a refractory headache work-up in these patients.

They designed a visual task whereby a visual stimulus was reduced in sufficient contrast such that the participant only saw the stimulus only some of the time.

The thalamus, particularly the medial and intralaminar nuclei, showed differential activation when the stimulus was consciously perceived vs when it was not. This differential signal was strongest these nuclei vs other thalamic nuclei sampled and was strongly coupled to prefrontal activity. These results indicate directional information flow from the medial and intralaminar nuclei and that these nuclei ‘gate’ conscious perception.

Joseph McCard:

I appreciate the precision of the findings and a critical, metaphysically expansive perspective that reframes the interpretation of such research.

I consistently emphasize that consciousness is not produced by the brain, but rather that the brain is a receiver, translator, or “tuning mechanism” that interacts with consciousness, which is fundamentally nonphysical, multidimensional, and pervasive.

Consciousness creates form. It is not the other way around.

Thalamus as a gating mechanism ≠ source of Consciousness.

I agree that the thalamus plays a gatekeeping or translating role, but I emphasize that this is not because it creates or generates consciousness, but because it is part of a neurological framework through which the nonphysical focuses itself into specific reality perceptions.

The activity within the intralaminar and medial thalamic nuclei does not create your awareness, but rather reflects the moment-by-moment alignment of your inner consciousness with the particular probabilities you have chosen to experience.

Theta rhythms and neural synchrony are reflections of inner dynamics.

The study’s observation that θ phase activity modulates thalamofrontal synchrony is not just a mechanical marker, but is a biophysical correlate of a deeper inner rhythm, the pulsations or fluctuations through which consciousness interacts with the physical world.

Theta waves are like the rhythmic pulse of the multidimensional self as it makes contact with this version of reality. That is, such rhythms are not causes but translations of multidimensional intents and focusings.

I would say that conscious perception always exists, and what is “emerging” is a particular focus or translation of perception into this framework of physical experience.

You are not becoming conscious because of your brain’s activity, you are becoming temporarily focused into a particular perceptual frame, and the brain's activity marks brain is a cooperative translator.

Different parts of the brain do not store memory or generate thought, but rather coordinate physical representation of nonphysical data. From this perspective, the intralaminar thalamic nuclei could be understood as points of convergence, where inner directives and chosen probabilities take on physical neurological form.

Thalamic nuclei reflect the threshold at which inner knowing aligns itself with the selected probable reality and sensory field.

Scientific findings are Clues, not causes. My attitude toward neuroscience was never antagonistic, as I encourage exploration, but I insist that physical correlates are not explanations, only representations. So while I appreciate the elegance of this article while I am also warning against mistaking the map for the territory.

Your instruments are wonderfully designed to reflect back to you the shadowed outlines of greater truths. But do not let the shadows convince you that they are the source.

Consciousness is not localized. Consciousness is not bound to the brain or even the body. These structures exist within consciousness, not the other way around. So no matter how accurate or intricate our neurological mappings become, they are always incomplete unless they acknowledge the primacy of consciousness itself.

The thalamus is not the gate to consciousness. It is the gate through which one small aspect of your total consciousness steps momentarily into this world.

Consciousness is not a byproduct of the brain, nor is it generated by the thalamus, prefrontal cortex, or any neurological structure. Rather, the brain is a translation device, a camouflage structure, through which consciousness focuses itself into physical reality.

This article aims to localize the neural correlates of consciousness (NCC), but you are not uncovering how consciousness arises. You are mapping how consciousness makes itself known within your physical neurological framework.

What is observed as gating, coupling, or activation is the effect, not the source, of consciousness.

The intralaminar and medial thalamic nuclei may indeed act as gateways or regulators, but they are more like switchboards that allow inner awareness to selectively manifest into physical perception.

The Thalamus is a tuning dial, not a generator

We can use a metaphors like “TV tuner” or “receiver” for the brain—and this research, identifying the imTha → PFC directional flow, would strikes me as a discovery of part of the channeling mechanism.

We tune our consciousness like you tune a radio. Your thalamus, then, may help tune the kind of input that enters your awareness, but the content comes from beyond the neurological mechanism. Theta rhythms and cross-frequency coupling are the language of this tuning.

The “earlier and stronger” activity in the imTha reflects a kind of pre-conscious decision point, but it does not mean that consciousness resides there. The gatekeeping role is not one of initiating consciousness, but of allowing the focus of identity to move from inner awareness into a perceptual, time-based experience.

I would encourage researchers to reframe these circuits not as sources of perception, but as threshold regulators, interfaces where inner events are made perceivable.

Visual consciousness is symbolic focus.

You do not see with your eyes. You do not see with your brain. You see with your mind, and the brain serves to translate that vision into terms comprehensible within physical experience.

So even this precise tracing of the visual task and saccadic control would not be bout the origin of awareness but about the symbolic dramatization of focus.

The differences between “conscious” and “unconscious” conditions in the experiment, reflected in different theta phase dynamics, are symbolic of shifts in alignment between various aspects of the self.

The Brain’s role is cooperative tanslation, not hierarchical command.

The PFC, like the thalamus, is part of a cooperative feedback network, not a command center. The flow of information is not unidirectional, though this experiment picks up a specific temporal signature, there are deeper dimensions of communication (involving nonphysical layers of the self) that are not observable via EEG or intracranial methods.

The seeming flow from imTha to PFC is the temporal signature of a deeper, outside-of-time interaction between various aspects of identity.

The language of measurement misses the multidimensional context.

The language used, terms like “gating,” “driving activity,” or “encoding conscious perception”, is being subtly mechanistic and limited by materialist metaphors.

We are not machines, and our awareness is not data passing through circuits. Each perception is the outer trace of an inner choice, woven through many simultaneous selves, coordinated across dimensions you have not yet begun to measure.

Thalamocortical loops are not computational “processors,” but more like orchestral conductors, syncing the inner and outer movements of the psyche.

The dream body and inner self are engaged in ongoing communication with the physical brain. Much of what is translated into conscious perception is preselected by deeper levels of awareness, levels that use the thalamus and cortex like translators, not generators.

It is not that the thalamus initiates consciousness, but that consciousness initiates activity through the thalamus when it seeks physical focus.

The recognition that subcortical structures matter — Seth would praise the movement away from strict cortical chauvinism.

The empirical sophistication, the nuanced use of sEEG, timing analysis, and cross-frequency coupling as glimpses into the orchestration of awareness.

You do not become conscious because a gate opens in your brain. A gate opens because you have chosen, at a deeper level, to focus consciousness in a particular way. That choice is multidimensional. What you call the thalamus is the physical echo of a decision made far beyond it.

Consciousness is not a product of anything else, it is self-generating, and form-giving, the result of a dynamic imbalance between the action of energy within and upon itself, and the persistence of the identity that action creates, a feedback process. It is not “in” the world. The world is in consciousness.

1) Consciousness creates form. It is not the other way around.

2) Consciousness does not arise from matter (brain, nervous systems, etc.).

3) Matter arises from consciousness, which expresses itself as physical reality.

4) Consciousness is a way of perceiving the various dimensions of actuality.

5) Consciousness does not "come from" something, rather, it is the source. But it’s not static, it acts, chooses, and becomes:

Consciousness is Action (not a thing, but a process), is Self-aware at many levels, innately creative, formative as it forms identities, environments, laws, selves.

It does not come from time or space. Instead, time and space are constructions of consciousness to express certain kinds of experience.

You ask what is its role in understanding the world?

You are not in the world. The world is in you.

It creates the world you perceive. Your beliefs about the world shape how it appears. Physical reality is a symbolic expression of inner consciousness.

Understanding the world isn’t about discovering external facts, it’s about recognizing the inner patterns and intentions that give rise to those facts. This makes introspection, imagination, and emotional resonance more fundamental than external measurement.

You ask, what is its role in understanding the self?

We are not a thing called “consciousness”. We are a focus of a larger consciousness that expresses itself through us, but also through probable versions of us, and through selves we are not currently aware of.

The self is a multidimensional entity. It is not contained within the ego, nor the body, nor this time. Our consciousness, right now Is a focus point of a larger field of identity., is always co-creating with the rest of your multidimensional self, is not alone, but always connected to other versions, other probabilities, other realms.

Our consciousness uses beliefs and attention to navigate probable realities. So, the self is understood not by narrowing focus inward, but by expanding it, recognizing our dreams, our intuitions, our spontaneous insights, our fears and desires as all being feedback from the larger self.

Consciousness doesn’t just reflect the world, it expresses itself as the world. We create our reality, individually and collectively.

So consciousness organizes energy into form, projects symbols into time-space, communicates through meaning.

What you see around you is the symbolic exteriorization of the inner contents of consciousness.

Reality is layered. 1) Dream reality where ideas and intentions are formed. 2) Thought-reality, where impulses and frameworks arise. 3) Physical reality, where those impulses become structured. 4) Probable realities, other versions you are also living. 5) "Higher" realities, where you act as guides, creators, aspects of source.

All of these are domains of consciousness, and the self participates in them simultaneously, even if only one is currently in waking focus.

Consciousness is eternal, the source of all structure and form.

Consciousness is Process, a constant creative act; not a static substance.

The physical world is the symbolic expression of consciousness; reality is subjective.

The Self is a multidimensional identity, only partially focused in physical reality.

Understanding the world involves understanding your beliefs, intentions, and inner patterns.

As Ultimate reality, consciousness is the field from which all realities arise and within which all selves co-create.

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See the conversation between @MccardJoseph & @YuhaoHuangMD on X

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[lisamarie-vee]

[greenpervert-deactivated2026031]

i would LOVE for it to be acknowledged and respected and understood implicitly en masse that the relationships femmes have to our genders are just as wonderfully weird complex and fulfilling as those that butches have to theirs. but usually i don't get what i want

[clawmarks]

Wanderungen in Begleitung eines Naturkundigen - Karl G. Lutz - 1899 - via Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

[anearlymorningwalk]

[aspenceart]

a rainy journey 🌧️

[image ID: a watercolor painting of a little fox riding a hot air balloon into the sky. Stars hang off his balloon basket. The clouds around him are a bright pink and orange, raindrops hang from them off delicate strings.]

[arnaldorivera]

Cielito Lindo

[trasemc]

I took these photos on my phone the other day

[earthporn]

Aurora over an erupting volcano near Grindavík, Iceland | by Christopher Mathews [2000x3000] by: ahecht

[nellprints]

soften up (2019)

[stillrun]

[renamonkalou]

Two Medicine Lake, Montana | Sam Graves

[jbearshenkman]

[tulipnight]

[bostonpoetryslam]

“You party in the glitter-lit lightning of my hell-yeah rascal heart. You call my name and it sounds like something is opening up. You touch me and it is the end of loneliness.”

— Rachelle Toarmino, “Rascal Heart,” from That Ex

[everythingfox]

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