In the absence of such information trading, even when the brain is physically present, the meaning of existence is lost. This exchange of information gives rise to the non-physical attributes, such as mind, consciousness, and, as some believe, a soul within the human body. The cells that make up the brain interact within a complex network that communicates among various segments of the brain. But, if the brain is just a collection of particles that constitute cells, it wouldn’t be much different than a rock or a piece of wood.

They create our universe at a basic level, as they do our body and brain. Our scientific quest, based on reductionism, tempts us into believing that fundamental particles are really fundamental. But, a deeper analysis suggests, as the physicist Max Planck believed, that consciousness is elemental and everything else is secondary. It may be argued, scientifically, that matter originated first and the interactions of networked matter created everything else, including life, mind and consciousness.

Mind over matter origin