Core Concept
Total consciousness
The complete set of all conscious experiences across all bodies that produce your ixperiencitness. Not just one lifetime, but every one of them taken together.
The term Total consciousness refers to the all of the consciousness produced by an itobody. The total consciousness produced by an itobody over time is called the mentapath. The total consciousness produced by an itobody can be in the form of one or more awarepaths or simiawarepaths and any part of other consciousnesses that might be produced by fidentireplicas, insidentireplicas, comboidentireplicas, musidentireplicas, etc. If an awarepaducer is considered to be one itobody its mentapath can produce many awarepaths.
Related Concepts
- APA
- Douglas, M. (2026). Total consciousness. You Never Die companion site. Retrieved from https://volney.co/concepts/total-consciousness.html
- MLA
- Douglas, Mark. "Total consciousness." You Never Die companion site, 2026, https://volney.co/concepts/total-consciousness.html.
- Chicago
- Douglas, Mark. "Total consciousness." You Never Die companion site. Last modified 2026. https://volney.co/concepts/total-consciousness.html.
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