If the relationship between consciousness and preconsciousness is similar to that of spiders and spider webs, i.e., if there are circumstances in which conscious neurons create the emotional control system and language system and use them freely, it may be possible to think that consciousness manages preconsciousness, particularly that consciousness integrates information. However, in preconsciousness there are "non-conscious" neurons, specifically "self-neurons," which are different from conscious neurons. In preconsciousness, even if conscious neurons form various systems, the owner of the systems is a self-neuron. In daily life, even if a situation is not conscious, preconsciousness often performs a task effectively. Moreover, if conscious neurons request self-neurons to do something, they may not necessarily accept it. Such negotiation between neurons always occur.
Perceptual information and emotional information, which have already been taken in and processed, are connected (integrated) or unconnected (scattered) by various conceptions. However, it depends on how conscious neurons choose information held by self-neurons and how self-neurons can connect information choosen by the conscious neurons. Self-neurons might always prepare the connecting work, and according to the situation, conscious neurons might also judge how prepared they are (although conscious neurons do not always think about overall composition with a broad perspective). Even if the information is integrated in such a way (no matter how well both neurons collaborate), there is no guarantee that the integration of information is intellectual and rational. The integration of information may be a significant mistake. ("Integrated information" stored up in preconsciousness appears in a dream and consciousness focuses on it).
Excuse me for being personal, but I often sleep saying (to my family), "I have to think of something." After falling asleep, I can smoothly solve the issue that I could not solve before sleeping. Ergo, I often spend time sleeping ahile thinking about something. (To be precise, I frequently fall asleep while I think about something). Are there people with similar experiences? (Individuals often deal with an issue after they encourage themselves to think of various things before returning to the problem at hand). While describing my issue, I feel tired and sleepy. therefore, I drift asleep again. Post that, I can think clearly again. There is no end! I have gone through the last 40 years based on this life pattern. There is a witness to this. However, I have never thought that my consciousness integrates my thinking.
What is running in my mind while sleeping? Flash is crucial in all cases. I write "〇〇 like a lump of intuition" on my website. However, intuition is not integrated. It is the kind of guiding principle. Therefore, intuition shows us a way to progress. "What can it do?"; it is through this content that I have defined consciousness, which is mentioned later. Without consciousness, preconsciousness can advance the relationship with unconsciousness, as if in a situation with consciousness. Moreover, this process is continuous (in any individual's mind). While sleeping and acting unconsciously, various cognitions are generated and form nets. This process is stealthy (without being noticed). How can this be identified? I think that "this is processed by self-neurons."
Consciousness is needed when various cognitions are formed and also when various cognitions are improved for recognition. The influence of consciousness is widespread. However, self-neurons (preconscious neurons) learn the knack of forming cognition and of drawing recognition. For example, "Just make it in the same way." Both self-neurons and conscious neurons collaborate, in the following way; self-neurons act with conscious neurons, to say, "You may be sleeping" and conscious neurons in turn, "Then I shall presume upon your kindness." Self-neurons settle work other than the work that needs consciousness, and they arouse consciousness. Sometimes, we awake without any stimuli. This might be caused not by external stimuli (including physiological stimuli) rather by the message of the self-neurons, "It's time to get up!" Consciousness when awoken performs intuition in so-called the key point, wherein "the key point" is the work that self-neurons leave unfinished. Self-neurons gathere intuition, develop insight, and form a network. Moreover, consciousness is also involved in conducting the self-neuron procedure necessary for forming network. Consciousness appears at each key point. The key point if the location where a choice is needed. Therefore, consciousness is the navigator that goes through a detour.
The region introduced here is a world that passes over the function of consciousness. Even if self-neurons (preconscious neurons) form various cognitions, they won't be able to surpass the conscious neurons unless they know how to raise cognition to recognition. Conscious neurons cannot distinguish between "sanity and insanity." The emotional control system, which is a collaborative work with conscious neurons and self-neurons, functions automatically (preconsciously or unconsciously). Further, if self-neurons can acquire control in the displeasure-regulation system, they can establish a more dominant position over conscious neurons. Incidentally, the concept of integration should not be limited in the function of consciousness, but used as a more broad concept that includes "sanity and insanity" beyond the power of consciousness, i.e., phenomena concerned with normality and abnormality of the mind (health and disease of the mind). To do so, we first separate and set up the action of conscious neurons and self-neurons in the brain and investigate their meaning individually. However, I do not know whether this will succeed.
This is no time to be talking complacently, "Consciousness is the organization of integration." If we have no language and live only with the displeasure-defense system like other animals, conscious neurons become superior to self-neurons. (However, as introduced in "Input of information to consciousness" and "Output of information from consciousness," the idealized self and the punitive self are the functions of self-neurons). If conscious neurons are superior to the self-neurons, subjectivity (in the field of self-neurons) is not reassuring for humans.
In contrast, in humans, self-neurons have the displeasure-regulation system (a collaboration with conscious neurons). The displeasure-regulation system can put our minds at ease. What happens without the displeasure-regulation system? We might wander in the insane world. Conscious neurons might produce "random intuition." Based on this, self-neurons may continue to form the insane world. Can we avoid such risks? To do so, we should have a methodolofy that can create a normal (healthy) mind by using language, which is the result of the displeasure-regulation system. In other words, it is the creation of linguistic consciousness. When we create and carry linguistic consciousness, we can always receive the benefits of ultimate collaboration through normal (healthy) conscious neurons and self-neurons.
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