You are being told that you will about to feel like you are in a dream like state of mind. The doctor tells you to breath slowly and allow the anesthesia take hold. You suddenly become very tired however its a comfortable feeling that you accept and embrace.the doctor tells you that everything will be OK and he starts counting down from 10. You quickly realize that you are losing consciousness however not in an uncomfortable state. you quickly fall into a deep state of unconsciousness before the doctor reaches 9.

Daniel Bor writes about our state of consciousness in The Ravenous Brain. In this intriguing novel, Bor explains to us through many different perspectives the ideology of consciousness starting from its genetic origins to the simple idea that human consciousness came from the heart. He analyzes many paradigms and questions that cannot be currently answered that exist in the realms of neuroscience. Bor goes out to explain that the main point behind our own human consciousness is our aspects on learning. However consciousness is an aspect that we are researching not to advance, however to suppress our  ability to be conscious.

There are many drugs that medical professionals use to eliminate all forms of consciousness in order to prevent the individual from experiencing any sort of pain during surgeries.  An article on the New York Times explains what aspects of the brain are in part of creating our consciousness and what methods were used by neuroscientists to discover this. Although these methods did not give us full analysis of how our consciousness works neurologically, it is a step in the right direction.

In order to determine what brain structures were involved in fading in and out of consciousness, scientists Harry Scheinin, Jaakko W. Langsjo and Micheal T. Alkhire, would combine the use of anesthesia and brain scans in order to determine where consciousnesses originates in the brain. With these findings, they found that it begins to activate in the thalamus, cingulate cortex, and the brain stem. This was not the only test that was enacted with the use of anesthesia. They also examined the effects of two different forms of anesthesia;  propofol and dexmedetomidine. They examined the different strength of the drugs and how they effected consciousness.  They attempted to communicate with the subject and tried to get them to demonstrate their consciousness by following different commands. they found that those under propofol were not able to communicate at all after the effects of the anesthesia took place, however when they started weening of the drug they were able to respond normally. However those under dexmedetomidine were able to do when the doctors asked. For instance when one doctor asked the individual to open their eye, the subject was able to. These studies although do not offer us a massive amount of information, allow us to generate an idea as to how consciousness works in the brain. this is only but a small step in the direction of the mystery behind our human consciousness.