  This is a model of consciousness. The hard problem of consciousness, what it
feels like, is answered. The work builds on medical research analyzing the
source and mechanisms associated with our feelings. It goes further by
describing a generic model with wide applicability. The model is fully
consistent with medical pathways in humans, but easily extends to animals and
AI. The essence of the model is the interplay between associative memory and
physiology. The model is a clear and concrete counterexample to the famous
philosophical objections to a scientific explanation.
