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Nicolai Levashov. Spirit and mind. Vol.1

the etheric and astral bodies of the cerebral neurons. Concomitantly, a further
saturation of the neuronal bodies occurs, leading to a rise in their dimensionality
level, while, at the same time, the etheric and astral bodies of the active neurons
undergo loss of primary matters.

Thus, we may note two distinct processes unfolding: additional saturation by
primary matters resulting from the horizontal movement along the chain, plus
permanent loss of primary matters by the etheric and astral bodes of the active
neurons. (The latter loss is a result of all the various energy expenditures incurred in
the process of living) And, if these two, basically antithetical processes be-come
approximately equal, they neutralize each other — canceling out the total effect of the

additional saturation.

So, how can we preserve the effect of additional saturation so as to facilitate
qualitative changes, particularly in the etheric and astral bodies of the active neurons,
as well as in the brain as a whole? The answer is very simple: reduce the loss of
primary matters by the etheric and astral bodies of the active neurons and
increase the capacity for additional horizontal saturation.

Decrease of loss can occur when the chains of active neurons become closed.
And that, in turn, can happen when adhesion between different chains of active
neurons occurs. The latter can be achieved through a random, chaotic process of
joining huge numbers of chains together.
Thus, information chaos, absorbed by the human brain from the external
environment is A NECESSARY CONDITION FOR THE BIRTH OF
CONSCIOUSNESS. Further, to increase the capacity for additional horizontal
saturation, the largest number possible of active neurons is required, forming one
system, in which processes of matter disintegration are occurring at the same time.
And this becomes possible when the number of active neurons joined in a com-
mon system achieves a certain critical value.
Hence, a critical number of active neurons united into one common system is a
SUFFI-CIENT CONDITION for the emergence of CONSCIOUSNESS. And, to
repeat, the critical number is achieved spontaneously under the impact of the chaos of
information being absorbed by the human brain from the outside world. For any
human being, his or her social environment — society — represents the cumulative
informational input from all the preceding generations.

Thus, some volume of chaotic information from the outside surroundings
appears to be a NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT CONDITION for the
appearance of CONSCIOUSNESS. At this point we are nearing an
understanding of the logical inevitability OF THE BIRTH OF
CONSCIOUSNESS AT A CERTAIN STAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND
ORGANIZATION OF ANIMATE MATTER.

Homo sapiens, owing to his species' peculiarities and his collective (social)
organization is "doomed" to the birth of CONSCIOUSNESS. And this is a
consequence of the niche which humans occupy in the ecological system of the
planet. As life evolves, one ecosystem supplants an-other, each becoming more
suitable than the primitive one it replaces. And this process continues until an
ecosystem appears capable of supporting that emerging spark of consciousness.

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