Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Nisargadatta , " Stefan " <s.petersilge@c...> wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " toombaru2004 " <cptc@w...> wrote: > > >You refer to " it " as if it has a separate existential reality. > >What, in your opinion, it the nature of this " it " ? > > Wait a minute... I just have said that " it " has NO separate > existential reality. Furthermore, you have put the term " it " on the > table, not me. > > Now you answer my questions first, then we can see if there is any > more worth to be said. > > I requote the original post: > > --- > Me: > > I can experience sensations, I can experience their judgement. I can > experience emotions evoced by other experiences. But experience itself > is not a sensation, I cannot experience the experience itself. > > you: > And why do think that is? > > me: > You mean what I think *why* that is so? I was wondering if there was the apperception that there simply is no entity......the appeception that reason that " you " cannot experience the experience is that there is no locus in which that could occur...and even if there were......there could be nothing outside of its self to " see " . > > Well, as I have said, it is simply not possible for me. I have tried > it. How is it for you? There appears to be less and less desire to accomplish the impossible.....the lines between " things " are smudging...the dark night in gone...and where it used to be....the most unspeakable emptiness. all things .....seem to be laughing. > > But if you want a logical explanation, I will give it to you. To say > " I experience experience " is like to say " I see seeing " . The term > " experience " is not describing an entity, it describes a process, or > lets say a continous event. It exists only in reference to that which > is experienced. It cannot relate to itself because then it would be > the subject and the object at the same time. > > Stefan Stefan, Many here see a small vein of gold within your words...... ........and we like gold. :-) toombaru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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