Peter Richard

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My Consciousness

What is consciousness? I know that my conscious mind is the only thing whose existence I am certain. I can not explain it other than to say that it exists. Only in my mind, I can perceive everything. Without consciousness there exists nothing for me, not a wooden cube, not… Weiterlesen

The limited physical world view

The physical world view is the view of the world of a limited consciousness, which is intended as a standard view for every primitive, little-developed human being. Only people with a more developed consciousness, which has already internalized many insights into the reality of the world, will realize that the… Weiterlesen

Only my spirit is certain

The only thing I am absolutely certain of is that I exist, that my consciousness exists, that my mind exists. To me, all three concepts are one and the same. I call this spiritual entity my Experience-Entity. This is me. I do not yet know how it is constructed and… Weiterlesen

Only my mind is certain

The only thing I am absolutely certain of, is that I exist, that my consciousness exists, that my mind exists. To me, all three concepts are one and the same. I call this spiritual entity my Experience-Entity. This is me. I do not yet know how it is constructed and… Weiterlesen

Millers magical Number 7

The magical number 7 refers to the fact that a person is only capable to hold 7 ± 2 pieces of information (chunks) present in short term memory. This magical number was determined by George A. Miller. The size of the short-term memory is genetically determined and can not… Weiterlesen

Infinity & Continuity

Why do I understand infinity? I have an understanding of infinity. I understand the idea of the real number line which contains several ideas of infinity. Starting from zero it contains the infinit numbers of natural, positive integers and in the other direction infinite negative integers. Furthermore, between any two… Weiterlesen

Why do I understand?

Throughout my life, I have accumulated a lot of understanding of my environment and my individual reality. I use constantly my earlier understanding stored in my memory to evaluate my current situation to try my best to meet my short-term goals of my next activities. Thi works only, because I… Weiterlesen

The experienced Worldview

Let’s look at the interplay between consciousness and matter on a human example. Many adults in western culture have played as a child with building blocks made of wood and thereby acquired and developed important skills through play. Perception Let us perceive a wooden cube with our senses. We feel… Weiterlesen

Creator of the Universe

The fact that we are convinced that our consciousness really exists, and that there are phenomena outside of our consciousness which penetrate in our consciousness unwantedly, led and leads in all cultures to the experience that there must be a higher power or a higher being that is the reason… Weiterlesen

My Problem

I am absolutely sure that I have an awareness, that I am a spiritual being. I am absolutely certain that I, that my mind exists. For me, mind and consciousness is one and the same. I can not say with the same absolute certainty, that my body really exists the… Weiterlesen