so
consciousness / mind is the inside
of the body / of the world
it cannot be known objectively - observationally
we cannot observe mind
mind is the observer
knowledge of consciousness is subjective
it is reflective knowledge
the reflectivity of consciousness - is simply the way
it works - what happens - inside
as to what this is - how to describe it - again -
this cannot be done - objectively
mind is knowing from the inside
any account of the reflectivity of mind - is reflective
that is any account of reflectivity - is reflection
the fact that mind can look at itself -
hold itself as object
the subject as object
is to say the object is contained in the subject -
therefore knowledge of consciousness - of the mind -
is analytical knowledge
the reflective capacity of the mind is infinite
it is the infinity of operation
the operation is reflection
in this sense - the mind is infinite
however it is not an infinity that increases
it is not a quantitative / substantive infinity
it is rather what we would call a mathematical /
logical infinity
in this sense the mind is infinite
the essential characteristic of the mind of consciousness -
is focus
focus in / focus out
the mind is Janus
this is the primary characteristic
all conscious activity is reflective
the mind is reflectivity
all reflective activity is focused
reflection as such cannot be explained non-reflectively
the reason for reflectivity - for the reflective mind -
is speculative
it does not appear that all consciousness is reflective -
or reflective to the same degree - of the same kind
in so far as the mind is the inside
mind is everything - is in everything
everything - any thing - that has an outside - by
definition has an inside
however - it seems clear that most of nature -
is non-reflective
which is to say that inanimate entities - do not know
so - talk of the inside - of mind - in such categories -
is effectively irrelevant
the mind of things - the inside fits with its outside
this is not an empirical - rather logical assertion
understanding the surface of something -
and the differences in surfaces -
is a key to knowing the nature of the inside of things
this though is speculative
inside knowledge - is confined to entities that have
reflective consciousness
reflectivity seems to be a characteristic of certain
complex living physical entities
to say this - to go here - is a reflective view
in truth we cannot have real objectivity
in the sense of step out of ourselves - and look back
the idea of this is the fallacy of third man -
such concepts - i.e. - Spinoza's substance though illogical -
have imaginative value
reflection is knowledge
the object of knowledge - is that which is not knowledge
the object is not altered by the focus of consciousness
reflection creates its own platform
its own foundation
knowledge is a response to need -
the need to know
the need to know the unknown
knowledge is therefore necessary
creativity - meta creativity is
consciousness fulfilling its need
