I conceptualise the mind as an intermodulation product between sensory input and the brain resulting in the formation of ideas, emotions, awarenes etc. Intermodulation examples can be seen in non- linear devices and radio waves where two signals modulate to form an intermodulation.

This intermodulation formation can be both conscious and subconscious (not in focal awareness) and is consciously perceived as awareness or sentience. More complex intermodulation can take the form of ideas, love and beliefs.

Acknowledging this concept helps us to be aware of what these forms actually are; a level or dimension of consciousness that we ourselves create. Our acceptance of these forms determines our reality.

This theory does not diminish the idea of ‘self’ nor ‘belief systems'. If anything this affirms our sense of being in that it provides a process that explains the existence of otherwise ethereal perceptions such as self, heart, soul (psyche) etc.

As we are born with inherent traits and instincts this leads me to surmise that we have a neural network from birth that determines certain aspects of our being. Perhaps sensory input interacting with this network forms intermodulations which create our inherent 'self' which develops as we age based on further sensory input ie. we are born with the template of a soul that manifests itself in the form of a mind.