The Duality of Reality

Jean Paul Sartre wrote: "All consciousness is consciousness of something."

This truth means that there can be no consciousness without a solid or abstract something of which consciousness can be conscious. Consciousness in isolation can only be nonconscious because it cannot be conscious of anything. Nonconsciousness equals nothing. But since nothing itself exists as an idea to consciousness, then nonconsciousness would have to be less than nothing. Nonconsciousness equals absolute nothingness. In order for consciousness to be real, it must be conscious of something even if that is the consciousness of nothing. For this reason, unconsciousness is different from nonconsciousness because unconsciousness is conscious of nothing except somatic heartbeat and breathing.

On the other hand, any matter or abstraction in isolation from consciousness also equals nothing because only consciousness holds the power to locate a particular matter or abstraction in time and space and isolate it from all other matter or abstractions. But even a matter or abstraction in isolation from consciousness would have to equal absolute nothingness because no idea of nothing, which consciousness uses to isolate it and identify it, would be attached to it by consciousness. It would be nowhere and at no time. In order for matter or abstractions to be real, consciousness must be conscious of it.

Sensory deprivation experiments have shown that consciousness in isolation creates its own fantasy reality; that is, its own abstract inner matter. This fact proves that consciousness possesses an inner reality as well as an outer one. This fact also proves that consciousness must be conscious of something in order to be real.

Reality must also be useful and creative in order to be real. Nonconsciousness as well as matter and abstractions in isolation from consciousness are both totally useless. This fact means that consciousness must forever be conscious of something in order for reality to exist.

Consciousness itself cannot be matter or energy or abstractions because consciousness reflects matter, energy, and abstractions. This fact puts matter, energy, and abstractions outside of consciousness. Consciousness can only be immaterial.

Consciousness possesses an inner reality as well as an outer reality, Since reality can only exist when consciousness is conscious of something, and this reality must be forever, then an Infinite Consciousness must exist as an infinite reflection on Itself and its Inner Reality. This Infinite Inner Reality could be called information, and the Infinite Reflection could be called the Infinite Power of this Inner Reality. This Infinite Reality would be One. The Holy Spirit would be the Infinity of this Oneness. John 1:1.

God created an outer reality based on His inner ideas. The universe is real in its solidity and shape and is not just mental. Nevertheless, the universe cannot be real unless God is conscious of it.

Consciousness could be a kind of infinite reflection which transcends to an infinite frequency which manifests Itself as a finite image in finite consciousness but as an Infinite Reflected Image in Infinite Consciousness. The infinite frequency would congeal into an Infinite Image which would appear to Itself as Infinite Consciousness. Since this Infinite Image cannot be outside infinity, then the Infinite Image can only be a necessary, eternal appearance to Itself. This condition would make the Infinite Consciousness One with Itself, but at the same time an Infinite Duality. This condition would form the basis of both outer consciousness of matter and inner self-consciousness in finite consciousness.