Stream of consciousness may refer to:

  • Ostensibly unedited, spontaneous live or recorded performances, as in film, music, and dramatic and comic monologues, intended to recreate the raw experience of the person portrayed or the performer
  • Stream of consciousness (narrative mode), a narrative mode used as a literary, cinematic, theatrical, or lyrical technique
  • Stream of consciousness (psychology), in psychology
  • stream-of-being also known as the mindstream (Buddhism)

Stream of consciousness may also refer to:


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Stream of consciousness (narrative mode)

In literary criticism, stream of consciousness, also known as interior monologue, is a narrative mode or device that depicts the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind. The term was coined by William James in 1890 in his The Principles of Psychology, and in 1918 May Sinclair first applied the term stream of consciousness, in a literary context, when discussing Dorothy Richardson's novels.

Definition

Stream of consciousness is a narrative device that attempts to give the written equivalent of the character's thought processes, either in a loose interior monologue (see below), or in connection to his or her actions. Stream-of-consciousness writing is usually regarded as a special form of interior monologue and is characterized by associative leaps in thought and lack of some or all punctuation. Stream of consciousness and interior monologue are distinguished from dramatic monologue and soliloquy, where the speaker is addressing an audience or a third person, which are chiefly used in poetry or drama. In stream of consciousness the speaker's thought processes are more often depicted as overheard in the mind (or addressed to oneself); it is primarily a fictional device.

Stream of consciousness (psychology)

Stream of consciousness refers to the flow of thoughts in the conscious mind. Research studies have shown that we only experience one mental event at a time as a fast-moving mind stream.William James, often considered to be the father of American psychology, first coined the phrase “stream of consciousness". The full range of thoughts - that one can be aware of - can form the content of this stream.

Buddhism

The phrase "stream of consciousness" (Pali; viññāna-sota) occurs in early Buddhist scriptures. The Yogachara school of Mahayana Buddhism developed the idea into a thorough theory of mind.

The practice of mindfulness involves being aware moment-to-moment of one’s subjective conscious experience from a first-person perspective. In other words, when practising mindfulness, one becomes aware of one’s "stream of consciousness." Buddhist teachings describe six triggers that can result in the generation of different mental events. These are input from the five senses (seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting or touch sensations), or a thought (relating to the past, present or the future) that happen to arise in the mind. The mental events generated as a result of these triggers are: feelings, perceptions and intentions/behavior. In Buddhist teachings, the manifestation of the "stream of consciousness” is described as being affected by physical laws, biological laws, psychological laws, volitional laws, and universal laws.

Stream of Consciousness (album)

Stream of Consciousness is a concept album by the Italian progressive power metal band Vision Divine. The album was released in 2004 on Metal Blade Records.

Track listing

All music written by Olaf Thörsen (Magnani) and Oleg Smirnoff. All vocal melodies written by Fabio Lione (Tordiglione) except tracks 6, 8,9,10 & 14, written by Michelle Luppi. All lyrics written by Olaf Thörsen.


  • Chapter I: Stream of Unconsciousness (0:59)
  • Chapter II: The Secret Of Life (5:09)
  • Chapter III: Colours Of My World (7:25)
  • Chapter IV: In The Light (Instrumental) (1:23)
  • Chapter V: The Fallen Feather (5:50)
  • Chapter VI: La Vita Fugge (4:30)
  • Chapter VII: Versions Of The Same (4:38)
  • Chapter VIII: Through The Eyes Of God (4:31)
  • Chapter IX: Shades (5:27)
  • Chapter X: We Are, We Are Not (5:35)
  • Chapter XI: Fool's Garden (Instrumental) (1:59)
  • Chapter XII: The Fall Of Reason (Instrumental) (1:50)
  • Chapter XIII: Out Of The Maze (6:28)
  • Chapter XIV: Identities (5:36)
  • Personnel

  • Michele Luppi - vocals
  • Podcasts:

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    Stream Of Consciousness

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    First ray of light
    Introduction to being aware of
    Taking turns in shifting from fiction
    To living in constraint
    It's real but changing
    My form is changing
    My consciousness changes
    Waves of moments
    Patterns of phrases, endless or elusive
    They keep being continuous
    Being aware of what it takes to live
    Is keeping me sane, so sane
    The art is born, the eyes wide open
    Diffuse colors projected on your retina
    Watch the play, divert the primal shapes
    Primal shapes in disarray
    The art is born, for we are becoming
    Slaves of thought
    Using the stream of consciousness
    Prove the senses
    Taste the ambience of feelings
    And make contact
    Here you are
    Aware
    In direct confrontation
    With your inner self
    The constrained reason
    Has to be erased
    Here I am
    Exploring and expanding my senses
    Constructive building, new minds
    The tools are given
    BY nurture or nature
    Time to apply the physics
    New seeds
    These wheels turn forever
    Endeavour after emotion
    We are all part of this perspective
    We recreate and we contemplate our answers
    Conquer as you strive for a victory
    On fortified feelings they are part of you
    First ray of light
    Introduction to being aware of
    Taking turns in shifting from fiction
    To living in constraint
    Constrained reason has to be erased
    Currents of emotions, electricity
    Behind the eyes, machines are running
    Organic, continuous
    Conducting the sounds into feelings
    Sights into predictions
    Reliving, observing
    The worlds endless exchange




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