The Stringent Relationship Between Consciousness and Reality

Thus, the question arises as to how awareness and reality are related. Are they related or unrelated?

Reality possesses no inherent qualities. Although reality does exist, existence is not a quality. Hoffman’s theory is that human beings, and indeed all life, have developed in such a way that they impose features on reality that are necessary for their individual and species survival. We do not only see certain qualities of reality – length, colour, texture, taste, smell, and specific vibrational frequencies, for example – we are the literal source of these properties. They would not be present unless we noticed them. Underneath this interface is a universe of objective consciousness. This is the point at which our current conceptions of space and time must be reconsidered. In this world, sentient agents interact in a way that may explain a large number of the world’s current puzzles. Our conscious experience of the “taste of chocolate” is a basic example of a current puzzle. We lack a scientific explanation that explains how our conscious experience of the “taste of chocolate” is generated. This new paradigm of inquiry may result in the development of new ideas that are applicable not just to our existing reality but also to the potential for the emergence of additional conscious experiences.