1 THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS

For the scientific development of human consciousness its "functional aspect " is of the same importance as its "bio-physical aspect": it is important to search for the bio-physical origin of consciousness, but it is also important to practice techniques that help to awaken human consciousness. One of the main techniques that awaken consciousness is watching (witnessing). Human beings have the capacity to watch and become aware of the way the mind functions, and to watch and become aware of body movements and breathing. Watching is an individual research method that leads to a conscious experience of the world. It is a method that allows human beings to grow beyond religious, national and racial conditioning. Introduction In common scientific experience perception and experience are separated through the rational activity of the mind. Information enters the senses, goes into the rational part of the mind, where it is elaborated through logic and mathematics, and then becomes an experience