Mind and consciousness

CE Journal - Peat

But a variety of other approaches are possible:

That mind was present in the universe ab initio. For example, in the form of a proto mind associated even with the elementary particles. The emergence and evolution of complexity occurs in both matter and mind, each perhaps assisting the other.

That mind is of a totally different order from matter, that it cannot be reduced to any scientific, quantitative description animates its liaison with matter via the medium of the brain (The dualism of Popper and Eccles).

That both mind and matter (at the quantum or sub-quantum level) arise out of some deeper level.
Or, to follow Bohm, that mind and matter constitute an unanalyzable whole which must therefore be addressed within a totally different order of explanationóthe Implicate Order. In this case the Cartesian cut between matter and mind is an illusion, albeit a very effective and compelling one, that is present only at the Implicate Order of perception, language and explanation.