Guest guest Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 Consciousness stands accused of a nameless crime. And if put on the stand, if mercilessly interrogated it may crack, reveal, and confess its hideous heinous crime. Is that what you really want? This confession could trigger a revolution that will subvert and cause the collapse of the habitual and familiar, and leave you stranded on an unknown land. Here are the questions, but remember, don't let the accused answer you in words. It must answer by divesting of verbal trappings and denuding its transparent flesh. Is the accused aware of anything other than change, time, the contrast of opposites, or their comminglings, copulations, and the subtle shadings of pleasure pain, suffering and joy, better or worse? Without duality, multiplicity, and something to reflect, would the accused be said to even exist? Why does the accused fear its absence? Could any unpleasantness exist without it? Could even fear exist without it? Is not the accused the cause of all disquietude? Could there be the least trace of ill in its absence? Has the accuse any knowledge regarding its absence, or how does it feel? And if not, why the fear of not feeling, when without feeling no evil can be? Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 Nisargadatta , Pete S <pedsie4@e...> wrote: > > Consciousness stands accused of a nameless crime. > And if put on the stand, if mercilessly interrogated it > may crack, reveal, and confess its hideous heinous > crime. Is that what you really want? This confession > could trigger a revolution that will subvert and cause > the collapse of the habitual and familiar, and leave > you stranded on an unknown land. > > Here are the questions, but remember, don't let the > accused answer you in words. It must answer by > divesting of verbal trappings and denuding its > transparent flesh. > > Is the accused aware of anything other than change, > time, the contrast of opposites, or their comminglings, > copulations, and the subtle shadings of pleasure pain, > suffering and joy, better or worse? > > Without duality, multiplicity, and something to reflect, > would the accused be said to even exist? > > Why does the accused fear its absence? Could any > unpleasantness exist without it? Could even fear exist > without it? > > Is not the accused the cause of all disquietude? Could > there be the least trace of ill in its absence? > > Has the accuse any knowledge regarding its absence, > or how does it feel? And if not, why the fear of not feeling, > when without feeling no evil can be? > > Pete > Can we say that consciousness and its content are not separate, and therefore that consciousness is all there is, e.g. an atom is a curvature in space, and space is consciousness? What I mean is that we have not consciousness AND something else, we have ONLY consciousness, and yes that includes the physical body and brain. al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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