From brain to consciousness: overcoming the explanatory gap

The mental and physical belong to different “poles” of being. The physical ultimately turns into nothing, and the mental ultimately is grace. The question arises about the image of the unification of ontologically heterogeneous principles in human nature. It is assumed that the mental is formed from uncreated energies by means of a forming created, material body. The forming soul is also created, since it is limited by the moment of its emergence. The formation of the soul is like reflected light, where the original light is uncreated energies, and the mirror is the body. This model allows us to overcome the explanatory gap in understanding the connection between processes in the brain and consciousness. The “difficult problem of consciousness” can be resolved by supplementing the anthropological model of the created nature of man with uncreated Divine energies, which impart to creation the existence of everything and, most importantly, the Creator.