Speculation on the nature of consciousness from theoretical physicist, Fred Alan Wolf:
In brief, mind appears to be a tachyonic (faster-than-light) and therefore atemporal field embedded throughout spacetime, which came into existence along with matter starting with the big bang and continuing to present day, in what makes up the sought-for Higgs field in particle physics colliders today. Consequently, I offer my speculations, based in quantum physics, on what we may call acausality and its intimate link to mind...
http://www.neuroquantology.com/index.php/journal/article/view/456