Consciousness - controller or controlled?

[L2R]

my pleasure, p a.
i'd love to share that piece with as many seriously minded people as i can. i think there is a key in there to unlocking a vast resource of personal potential if one were willing to take and capable of taking that kind of critical self awareness to another level.

 

[P A]

You're in good company. Albert Camus had a similarly-minded conception of morality that (he found) was ideally expressed in the form of fiction. His perspective reminded me of Hume's identification of moral judgments with aesthetic ones.

 

[Lost Ego]

Forgive me if this thread is a bit nonsensical, i'm not too good at writing all about philosophy and all that.

Anyway, I was thinking about stuff like this - there's quite a bit of literature if you look deep enough, but basically, it explains that the brain makes decisions before we 'consciously' think about doing them. This got me thinking - if it isn't our thoughts being directly controlled by 'us', then could this mean that consciousness itself, the state of thought, is predetermined before we actually 'think' and realise it?
Would it be possible that our consciousness, rather than working as something that controls our actions, merely sits on top of them - that is, our brains automatically dictate our actions without our conscious minds actually interfering. It just so happens (or is made to happen) that our conscious state is made to be streamlined in with our actions and thoughts?

Ever considered that the entire physical body could be sending signals to your brain before whatever drives consciousness can?
Ever consider that your brain could think for itself? A self sustaining system.
Ever think that your body thinks for your brain and your soul encompasses your entire being?