awareness of the outside world
how are we to understand this?
the outside world is given in consciousness
it is what is given
given in the sense of reflected in - consciousness
consciousness is the ground of reflection here
consciousness is in this sense a mirror for the outside world
the outside is mirrored in the inside
the relation is symmetrical
are we to say the relation is causal?
the outside world causes - the awareness
does the outside of anything cause its inside?
the outside - the surface is not the cause of the inside
the outside of consciousness - given consciousness - is reflected in consciousness
awareness is this reflection - (and awareness of it)
it is the showing of the world
the world - the outside world as presentation
presentation is only possible given consciousness
the world is not altered by the fact of consciousness - it is shown
its showing is not on the surface
its showing is inside
consciousness brings an inside the world
and here I favour a kind of Liebnitzian view
internal monads - centres of consciousness
these monads are all identical
their character is given in their surface reflections
here is where difference occurs
and this difference is unique
no two bodies occupy the same space -
have the same view
and consequently -
or the same history
time gives us simultaneity
reflection is the world internalized
a mode of being
non-reflective reality is - the non-conscious
non-reflective reality has no centre
consciousness centres the world
gives it focus if you like
this fact has no bearing on the outside - the surface
it is an internality
an internal reading
