Consciousness is much more of the implicate order than is matter.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Consciousness belongs more to the deeper, interconnected order of reality than physical matter does.
- In plain terms
- Mind is more fundamental to reality than matter.
- What can you take from it?
- Value consciousness as a deeper reality than matter.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is mind part of matter?
- What is fundamental reality?
Another view
It is a speculative claim in physics.
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