When a brain signal passes along a dendrite and meets the resistance of a synapse, or when holographs, or holograph signals meet, an interference pattern is created. These patterns are created in rapid succession which, when the brain is observing activity, give the impression of smooth movement whereas what is being conveyed is a staccato sequence of 'stills'. This is demonstrated when a forward running wheel can appear to be going backwards.

We have to accept that this synapse-creation of interference patterns is the sole fundamental activity of the brain and that, in conjunction with the formation of holographs which facilitate memory and the interaction of those holographs, this activity is synonymous with thought.

For example, a primitive human has lived his whole life so far at peace with his community and in a close and intelligent relationship with his environment. Everything he sees as he walks about is familiar. Only minor variations in the weather, in the shape of a footprint, in the behaviour of a bird will produce small interference patterns as the new experience clashes with the norm. As he looks at his spear, recollection of a recent hunting failure meets recognition of his tribes long-established tradition of spear-making, and the resultant interference-pattern brings about a dawning awareness that a change is needed to tradition. It can be seen that the most complex thinking must be the result of extending, cross-referencing and testing constructions of mind grown from this simple foundation.

In a Machine-society it is inevitable that all minds shall contain contradictions. In most cases the person concerned manages to get by despite them - they are not irreconcilable. But sometimes the contradictions are too stark and powerful to reconcile, and the person is then considered to be mentally ill. Unless it is rooted in some damage to the brain, mental illness is a matter of certain disharmonies, conflicting holograms being fixed in the mind which alternate in gaining the attention of the self and to which the self gives inappropriate, unbalanced attention, causing the person to respond unreasonable, resulting in behaviour which appears abnormal to others but not, at the time, to that person.

All the persons described in Figure 24 are fundamentally the same humans, with the same minds privately exposed to a high degree of morality giving them deep-down concern for the same basic humantruths, people who could not, personally, treat any animal cruelly and who, bringing their private morality fully to bear, could not justify animal testing even on the grounds of dire human need of the health benefits it procures - even their own need. But people are publicly exposed to an amoral reality which allows the Machine to govern the conscious and ignore the postconscious and, consequently, persuades them to wrong decisions and actions and failure to acknowledge the right.

In the present world we generally pay regard to the Postconscious mind as conscience only, yet this is the faculty that makes us human. It unerringly aims to arrive at the truth, which means going to the root of all matters and correlating them utterly. In the case of Fig.24 the postconscious would first consider whether the problem should rightly come to exist in the first place. It would place firmly in our awareness that intelligent humanity should be bound by humantruth which cannot allow that moral values apply to humans only, not to other life.

Figure 26 shows the effect of incoming new information on one simple holographic thought-construction. The A-signal could be true, and its denial confirms the false overall character of this conscious mind-cell. The empathetic B-signal could be anything from benign goodwill to murderous intent; the more positive it is, whether immoral, amoral, or moral, the more energy it will attract from the cosmos. One very positive C-signal has quite dramatically altered this simple mind-cell and many millions of such reactions would constitute a change of mind. Imagine the effect that a breakthrough A-signal might have.

This is a tiny portion of the neocortex and each arrow head may move continually to another position, for each holograph has a multitude of angled contact points each of which projects a slightly different picture from its neighbour. When signals collide they produce interference patterns. Those interference patterns which do not attract signals or contribute to expanding holographs, soon fade away. Those which do attract signals survive, build their own holographs and contribute to others. To extract maximum effect from the system all holographs are continually moving about, twisting and turning. They are not hard-wired (as suggested, for convenience, in the diagram) but use more subtle means of communication. This diagram represents the thinking of a totally non-supraconscious part of a human conscious mind to which the true influence of the postconscious is refused admittance. Of course, other parts of this mind will admit the influence of the postconscious, ie conscience, but it has to be admitted that in the great majority of cases, thinking as shown in Figure 27 dominates the human individual mind.

Truth is that signal or value, or that collection of interrelated signals or values, in which there can be no fault of reason or fact, no conflict, no permanent disagreement, no inconsistency, no prejudice, no ulterior motive, no self-interest, no pride, no competition, no physical intimidation, no influence of force, no dishonesty, maximum simplicity, minimum complexity, no unreasonable emotion, no fear, no hate, no discrimination, no dishonesty, no harm.

The principle of supraconsciousness is hard to accept because it does not make sense to the conscious submerged in the Machine. The difficulty lies in the conflict between that supraconscious principle by which we give to the community and the community looks after us, the conflict between that and the deeply ingrained principle which we have always observed - that we compete in the name of self-interest.

The case for supraconsciousness is absolute, but it is impossible to explain and justify except to a mind which is already to a considerable degree supraconscious, because such minds are no longer led by consciously focussed thinking and wilful choice. Such minds are withdrawing from or have already abandoned the conscious-dominated sphere of Machine-reality, replacing it with humantruth.

As supraconsciousness gains ground and conscious dominance declines, the former will be increasingly strengthened by the universal influence of truth while the latter's energy supply reduces. People will turn away from competition and towards co-operation. A humantrue reality will start taking shape and this humantrue reality shall recognise the vital need to teach supraconsciousness from the earliest age. True thinking would form the foundation of a society which would require and support true thinking.

For this to happen requires that a minority of individuals turn against the seemingly irresistable tide of Machine reality, and, either by example or holograph, transmit it to the postconscious minds of others. This is remarkably difficult to do, even for the individual to persuade his or her own conscious against its inclinations, because it goes against the norm, and the norm is overwhelmingly established.

The fundamental requirement of humantrue society is the fulfilment of intellect, but an important key to its success is emotion. Guided by emotion we are presently capable of dire immorality because much of our feeling is engendered by an amoral/immoral society. Good human relations depend upon everyone being guided by benign, truly human emotion. But society cannot be humanised by good feeling alone - the Machine has too tight a grip on our thoughts and activities. The Machine shall be defeated by the widespread influence of humantrue reason. Such reason shall cause us to withdraw our emotional support from Machine values and practices like competitiveness and self-interest, instead placing it behind cooperation and brotherhood and sisterhood.

This whole article concentrates on getting things right and true. If I hardly mention beauty, love, moving experiences and so on it is not because I am unconcerned about such emotions but because they follow from true perfection. We achieve beauty not by extracting rare examples of it from a surrounding ugliness, but by aiming for, and attaining, true perfection.

This article, giving a new explanation of our concept of spirituality and 'cosmic consciousness', is an adjunct of The Silent Oracle (Trunk 1-9) and is intended to be read in conjunction with that website. Also with the foundation of the author's work, now made available on this website under the titleThe Wrong Reality (formerly the Book of Supraconsciousness, self-published in a very small way).

List of Branch articles, in no particular reading sequence:

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CURRENT : 19. The Holographic Dimension

REMAINING : 20. Transhumanism transcended 21.Mind, Will and Self

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