[mkirkpatrick]

A simple and basic answer to this question,What phenomenon is consc-
iousness,would be something like;awareness of existance,consciousness is the shadow cast by the indwelling lifefullness within?Were that the case,then you would prehaps have to say that it was basic,would you not?As I see it all
of existance is alive,and thereby exhibiting various degrees of consciousness,
from the profound lethagy of a stone,to the animated antics of a Baboon!So
then consciousness is a factor of limited and unlimited awareness,depending on your level on the evolutionary arc?


kind regards michael.