Colorful houses dot the South Bronx neighborhood of Castle Hill, which has enjoyed a steep drop in crime rates over the past decade. Mom and pop businesses, including PJâs Liquor (678 Castle Hill Ave.), are daily meeting spots for many residents.olorful houses dot the South Bronx neighborhood of Castle Hill, which has enjoyed a steep drop in crime rates over the past decade. Each Sunday, âYour New Yorkâ takes an inside look at a city neighborhood.
Consciousness is the state or quality of awareness, or, of being aware of an external object or something within oneself. It has been defined as: sentience, awareness, subjectivity, the ability to experience or to feel, wakefulness, having a sense of selfhood, and the executive control system of the mind.
Many fall into the trap of equating consciousness with self-consciousnessâto be conscious it is only necessary to be aware of the external world. Consciousness is a fascinating but elusive phenomenon: it is impossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it has evolved. Nothing worth reading has been written on it.