Chapter 2113: Chapter 53: Tree of the End, Black Hole Engine (7200)_2
Because it does not have self-awareness, it will not be identified by the Aether, nor will it be noticed by the âAetherâ.
In other words, as the Aether embodiment of the Star God, it is difficult to observe the End.
Just like a bat that cannot receive ultrasound can only perceive a blank space in front of it, a Star God that cannot receive âAether Feedbackâ cannot determine the existence of the End, and can only confirm through various indirect feedback that âthere is a huge and troublesome monster hereâ.
And this monster cannot even recognize itself, has no âdesireâ, no âdreamsâ, and is essentially unimaginably large. The Aether cannot grant it a soul; instead, it uses the Aether as a tool to transcend time and space.
This sounds incredible, but it actually involves a very serious question.
ââWhat is the use of self-awareness?
The self-awareness of ordinary humans is actually quite slow; before they realize their decisions, the decisions have actually already been made. Itâs like after a person lifts their hand, it takes a short period to clearly realize it.
âThe self that realizes my behaviorâ is not actually the true decision-maker, but an observer. âMyâ actions are not actually governed by âself-awarenessâ.
And the phenomenon of âblindsightâ in people with partially damaged brains yet normal visual systems further highlights this point.
As everyone knows, humans do not actually âseeâ with their âeyesâ, but rather âseeâ with their âbrainsâ. The eyes are merely optical signal capture devices, a display apparatus. Everything people âseeâ is a picture imagined by the brain, greatly differing from the real world.
Patients with blindsight lack the ability to imagine images. His eyes can still capture light, and his brain receives the relevant information, but they do not know how to turn this information into images.
Regardless, even if the patient cannot see, his âbodyâ will still use other methods to react as if he âsawâ.
A blindsight patient walking down the street is, to himself, blind, with a pitch-black view, yet his body will act on its own, suddenly stepping back â in the next instant, a truck roars past the spot he had just been standing.
His brain received the signal and responded, but the âself-awarenessâ did not know.
Anton-Babinski syndrome is the opposite of blindsight: Due to certain brain damage, they cannot actually see, but they insist they can because the brain âimaginesâ various optical signals, deceiving the patient.
âConsciousnessâ may exist, but it is not the true controller â human bodies inherently possess a wisdom beyond the imagination of many, their abilities surpassing self-awareness itself.
âSelf-awarenessâ does not equate to âwisdomâ.
A âphilosophical zombieâ without self-awareness can also be very intelligent; it can mimic humans, seemingly possessing emotions, just like a human, but it truly lacks emotions and self. Its âwisdomâ determines that mimicking humans enables better survival.
This point is something that humans have already realized.
Ian couldnât help but recall what Hiliard said when first teaching him the âSublimation Pathâ.
[ââHumans are not a species that can directly see the Logos; what is seen through the eyes is like seeing objects through a mirror, all are illusory and blurry.]
The brain is deceptive, deceiving itself merely for âcomfortâ, and perhaps the âsubjectivityâ of self-awareness is the result of self-deception by the brain.
Thus, the Heart Light Body came into being.
Human âself-awareness defectsâ and âblindsightâ phenomena have been overcome by the Aether. At the Third Energy Level, the Heart Light Body is the concentration of self-awareness, controlling the body without any delay, where consciousness controls the brain and body, rather than the reverse.
The Heart Light Body also represents the integration of human soul and body, allowing perfect control over innate instincts, driving neuro-reflexes with pure will, using sheer willpower to move bodies that theoretically cannot move.
This âborrowing illusion to cultivate truthâ is the essence of the human Sublimation Path, and reaching its peak is immortality and the Star God.
But what if there is a type of life form that is inherently âtrueâ?
For example, at the cosmic singularity of The End, amidst the conglomeration of all information from the universeâs birth to its conclusion, such an existence emerges.
Or, a regular occurring âphenomenonâ appeared, which could self-replicate, protect self-existence, and continuously propagate.
A kind of âlifeâ.
It is the gravitational waves themselves that contain all information from the universeâs birth to its end, generated by the Doomsday Black Hole, conforming to the fixed bending of spatial axes, moving along the time axis, requiring âinfinite timeâ to fall into the âsingularity of The Endâ.
Everything is contained within it because all material information in the universe returns to the singularity of The End following the âGreat Collapseâ, allowing it to directly touch âLogosâ, âDaoâ, âAkashic Recordsâ, or any concept used to describe this âinfinite knowledgeâ.
ââBecause it knows everything, there is no need for thought, inquiry, curiosity, doubt, nor does it think itâs imperfect.
ââBeing aware of everything means it is both one and all, both power and wisdom, both reincarnation and transcendence, both end and creation.