Guest guest Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 http://www.presentnonexistence.com/teacher/consciousness.html "my" consciousness nome: Here's a funny thing. within the limitlessness of your own consciousness, where we really don't see a boundary or a size or shape, within that consciousness there appears as it were a wave an illusion of certain ideas. One of those ideas is "i", some of those ideas make up what you commonly call a personality or a mind-- whatever seems to mark you off as a separate being. You are the consciousness and you have these ideas of a separate being, and then marvelously enough you imagine you stand as the separate being and refer to the consciousness as if it were your possession. Isn't that a funny thing? That's very strange. first we set something apart from ourselves, then we step into it as if it were ourselves. and look back at ourselves, thinking that we are a stranger to ourselves. but none of that is true, none of that is actually happening. there is really no such thing as "my consciousness" or "your consciousness". "mineyour" etcetera, these are just ideas, and all ideas or thoughts are inert. the consciousness is the living part. now if you look right directly into your consciousness it doesn't have an "i" or a "you" or a "yours" or anything else like that. upstream of all thought, in your consciousness where you know nothing other, where you know no thing whatsoever, there is no illusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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