Conscious Awareness Research Paper

“I doubt that you would so quickly commend the policemen if you were to observe their ugly and inhumane treatment of Negros here in the city jail; if you were to watch them push and curse old Negro men and young boys; if you were to observe them, as they did on two occasions, refused to give us food because we wanted to sing our grace together.” (King, Jr., n.d)

Native Americans believed that we are and should be one with Mother Nature. Many believes stem from them being so Intune with the wind, ground, tress/plants and animals. They believe that everything is connected and to be fully connected they needed to have these special ceremonies. These ceremonies included peyote and strong tobaccos to reach true enlightenment and to become one with yourself. Also in these ceremonies you typically are on a journey to find yourself or see things you need to strengthen within yourself. Since I have started mediating and looking further in depth about meditating, I have learned that many feel that you cannot reach true enlightenment in ordinary consciousness. I believe that this “ordinary consciousness” is somewhat

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Consciousness is what is used to define the non-physical mind. It encompasses thoughts, feelings and emotions among other attributes. Consciousness creates a picture of the mind being vague, Vast, mysterious and something that cannot be seen by the naked eye but is present nevertheless. You can’t slice open someone’s brain and see what they are feeling, or dreaming or thinking. You can only know that by observation likes someone crying, smiling, laughing or showing some form of physical reaction or by someone simply telling you how they are feeling. Consciousness is part of the mind-body problem that we read about with Descartes where he believes that we have a thinking mind and a physical body. Both are present but two separate parts.

Have you ever given thought to how powerful the unconscious mind is? Did you know that hidden in the psyche, there exists a plethora of information in the unconscious mind? What would you think if you discovered that the unconscious mind could potentially unlock many answers to your conscious self? Could it be that the numerous mental health issues that individuals suffer from could possibly be understood in greater depth, by understanding ones’ unconscious?

Numerous factors determine when and why you feel tired, full of energy, and hungry. A person's state of consciousness and awareness varies throughout the day and depends on a person's activity, environment, and time clock.

“I was extra careful to pay attention to the other black boys sitting inside […] I studied their postures and their screwfaces, the unlaced purple and turquoise Filas on their feet, their mannerisms […] These boys would never be singled out and dissed the way I had been. I decided I wanted whatever it was that protected them”

In the wake of slavery, the black body is constantly under attack. The hold co-exists within the wake of slavery. According to Christina Sharpe, college professor, author of In the Wake on Blackness and Being, (2016) “The wake; a state of wakefulness and a state of consciousness” (pg. 5). Being in the wake of slavery means one still faces the negative effects it and is aware of the negative affects it has on the black community. The hold co-exists in the wake of slavery and the black body is inhibited by this hold. Sharpe defines the hold as, “A large space in the lower part of a aircraft in which cargo is stowed (of a ship or aircraft); keep or detain (someone)” (p. 68). In the hold, the black body has been introduced, taught, ingrained and continues this idea of the language of violence. Through the actual hold of the ship during the Middle Passage, to the perception of blacks which also holds the black body, and to the engrained idea of the “masculine black body” which keeps queer black bodies in their own hold. In this paper, I will examine the intersectionality of blackness and queerness which is being held in the wake of slavery.

articulated in the book, however, I believe that the portion pertaining to love as a means to embrace

It’s funny how most of the book's profound words about love don't include the word "love" at all.

Stood out like his first love in a room full of people while everybody tired to be the same as everyone else . As she did the same. I still thought she was Beautiful, she thought I was a terrorist. I thought she was intelligent, she thought I was a nerd. Sorry im not who you think I am. Im sorry if you just copied my test and got a fail. to be honest. I didn’t study. I was out all night racing in Compton till I got arrested. Im sorry officer im not the kid who was just walking home late at night. I was the kid who was burning out making clouds in mid night. Im sorry if im late to my flight. You see I get randomly selected everytime. I’m sorry If i cant fit in. im sorry if I don’t fit your description of a “sand nigger”. Im sorry if im not up to your expectations. I am sorry if I don’t like math. I like cars actully. Im sorry if im not into videos games. Im into fashion. Im sorry I don’t work at a 7-11. I work on myself. So to the kid who dared to lift his pale sinful hands and stole the crown on my head. Sneaking behind me like a thief in the night. Well so will the truth. So forgive you. Because your ignorance made me intelligent. Your ugliness made me beautiful. Your white pride made me a prider. Your hatred make me kinder. Because of you I wake up everyday and look in the mirror and tell

African-Americans lived in fear everyday not knowing if the K.K.K would come after them for making the smallest mistake. This acts as an evidence that an African-American man can get punished for doing something as small as brushing a woman’s shoulder. When Levi Hubert interviewed Mrs.Cole and her family members, they told a story of an African tinsmith and his son. They were fixing a roof on a building in the business section of a Southern city. The tinsmith misplaced his foot and fell.

In America, our self-image undoubtedly plays a significant role in our daily lives. In an ever-changing world, we are constantly working in the lens of which we believe the world sees us. But is this true of all people? “Disparities in self-perception between different groups of people can easily be detected through cultural psychology (Heine, Takemoto, Moskalenko, Lasaleta & Henrich, 2008).” Perception, especially self-perception, can vary vastly from one culture to another. One perspective that drove home this idea was the thinking that “East Asian’s attempt to place their concern with self-concept in the hands of the people around them, as opposed to some other cultures that can be found to focus more prominently on individualism

the police came to. this was ecomeing danerrouse. the angery mob of blacks where carrying nives and broken bottles. king went out and spoke at once “My wife and baby are alright.” he said, “i want all of you to go home… we cannot solve this problem through… violence. We must meet hatred with love. Remember, if i am stopped, this movememt will not stop becuse god is with this movement.” after this the crouds violance vanished and they went home.

The statements “I have a guilty conscious” and “My conscious eating me alive” are phrases that have been giving physical meaning by everyday people. What has not been given merit is the imaginable state of consciousness or ones conscious. Are the statements true or just simply a saying with no meaning?