Where Consciousness Resides

The brain is an extraordinary machine, perhaps the most complex known to man. It guides thought, emotions, and movement. However, the brain is not the "mind." What we call the mind seems to go beyond the pure functioning of neurons. The mind is not just mechanical. It is something that lives on associations, memories, and dreams—an intangible dimension that eludes definition but which we recognize as our essence.
And then there is consciousness. Consciousness is not the "brain" or the "mind....