Still Confused

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Dear J.B., Tony, Joyce, Teegee, and Amanda

 

Thank you for your responses to my question re insentience and

consciousness. I regret misreading the original posts from Joyce and

Amanda, and appreciate your clarifications. I must admit that I am

still confused, as I am stuck in precisely the place that the Rinpoche

mentioned, and Amanda points out in the latest post, that it is hard

for the "active" consciousness to imagine, let alone experience this

root consciousness. Indeed, due to the limitations of language, the

notion of "consciousness of consciousness" creates the famously

troubling regress of consiousnesses, and further, smacks in some sense

of very subtle duality. But direct knowledge seems to be the key

here, and until you get it, you don't get it. So thanks for your

patience. Some day the penny will drop. (Unexpectedly, I assume.)

Terry. (P.S. Teegee, $89.99 seems a bargain for "enlightenment")