Distinguishing consciousness from its contents Sam Harris observes: "At the level of your experience, you are not a body of cells, organelles, and atoms; you are consciousness and its ever-changing contents".Harris, S. (12 October 2011). The mystery of consciousness. Sam Harris. https://www.samharris.org/blog/the-mystery-of-consciousness Seen in this way, consciousness is a subjectively experienced, ever-present field in which things (the contents of consciousness) come and go.
DIstinGuIsHing ConscIousneSs from Its coNtents sam harris ObSErveS: "at the Level OF your expEriEnce, yoU aRe not a body of CElLs, orgANeLles, and AtOms; You are coNScioUsNEsS anD its evEr-ChAnGiNg CONtents".hArrIS, s. (12 oCtOber 2011). thE Mystery of CoNSciousnesS. sam haRris. HTtps://www.samharris.oRg/blOG/tHe-mySterY-of-cOnsCiousNEsS Seen In this wAy, ConsCioUsnesS is a SubJectIvELY expERIenceD, EveR-preSeNT fIeld in Which ThingS (The contents of CONSCiousNEss) CoME anD go.