Kaleidoscope and Consciousness

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At times it seems to me that *consciousness* can be seen sort of like a

kaleidoscope. There is movement (change via comparison) *within* the

kaleidoscope but the kaleidoscope doesn't go anywhere, simply

permutationing or modificationing taking place. No distinct boundaries

or separation anywhere. As someone mentioned, a seamless non-finiteness.

And when one or more various aspects or distinctions within the

kaleidoscopic displays occur, and especially if/when identified with,

the sense of lack, separateness, incompleteness, and fear automatically

arise which is usually followed by strategical efforting to overcome

these by engineering various psychophysical experiences of consolation,

distraction, pleasure, etc...all of which simply serve to perpetuate and

intensify the sense of a *me* who suffers and can (hopefully and

eventually) effect an escape, remedy, cure, fix, liberation, solution.

Definitely sad and tragic and futile while also (depending on which

*side* of the fence you sit) is quite humorous. Sort of like watching

someone yell at an echo to go away and becoming annoyed when it doesn't

" obey " him/her so they yell even more loudly thereby hoping to force it

to cater to their whims and wishes and impotent threats. :-)

 

Michael

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In a message dated 3/29/2006 3:54:06 PM Pacific Standard Time,

Nisargadatta writes:

 

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:48:53 -0800

" Adamson " <adamson

Kaleidoscope and Consciousness

 

 

At times it seems to me that *consciousness* can be seen sort of like a

kaleidoscope. There is movement (change via comparison) *within* the

kaleidoscope but the kaleidoscope doesn't go anywhere, simply

permutationing or modificationing taking place. No distinct boundaries

or separation anywhere. As someone mentioned, a seamless non-finiteness.

And when one or more various aspects or distinctions within the

kaleidoscopic displays occur, and especially if/when identified with,

the sense of lack, separateness, incompleteness, and fear automatically

arise which is usually followed by strategical efforting to overcome

these by engineering various psychophysical experiences of consolation,

distraction, pleasure, etc...all of which simply serve to perpetuate and

intensify the sense of a *me* who suffers and can (hopefully and

eventually) effect an escape, remedy, cure, fix, liberation, solution.

Definitely sad and tragic and futile while also (depending on which

*side* of the fence you sit) is quite humorous. Sort of like watching

someone yell at an echo to go away and becoming annoyed when it doesn't

" obey " him/her so they yell even more loudly thereby hoping to force it

to cater to their whims and wishes and impotent threats. :-)

 

Michael

 

 

 

 

Do you 'see' this in consciousness, Michael? I ask because it's very much

like what I 'see'.

That which consciousness 'creates' with it's focus of Self cannot help but

be identified with, eh? It literally IS the Self, and so identification is

also spontaneous and inevitable until such 'time' that these " distinctions "

dissipate.

 

Phil