We can be more or less conscious when you create grades of focus on a subject that is flowing in our stream of consciousness.
Antonio DamasioConsciousness begins when brains acquire the power, the simple power I must add, of telling a story.
Antonio DamasioEmotion operates, very often when you think about how you react to the world, you know, something is happening to you, you're simply going along and you're being confronted by different things, not necessarily very important or significance for your ultimate life, but you are constantly reacting to the world.
Antonio Damasio