Guest guest Posted April 1, 2007 Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 What realised beings think of this statement? Man: " A tree is a manifestation in consciousness. It's not the tree that is real, but consciousness that is real. Another Man: " A tree is an individual interpretation of a " absolute " reality. The tree exists, regardless of if you think it's a tree. If the absolute reality of your " head " intersects with the absolute reality of the " tree " , it will react in a predictable manner; ie you will hurt yourself. To some degree, it's that reaction that ultimately defines how we intrepet the absolute reality. We see things in terms of how we've previously interacted with similar things. But the bottom line is that your intepretation of " tree " isn't independant of the absolute reality of the object. This is something that I think of many times. There seems to be something " Out there " , make impression on consciousness all the time. Like hot cold. " Out there " make impression on consciousness fabric. Ok, we say, we are consciousness, and identify with that. But that is like bubble with things pressing on it. Unknown things out there. To call world consciousness seem to be wrong, because consciousness not one, but only half, out there other half. Here I am stuck. Please no silly message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 A realized being is not driven by thoughts. Realization is not a state in which a particular knowledge about the world arises... Nisargadatta , " tigerlily_du_lac " <tigerlily_du_lac wrote: > > What realised beings think of this statement? > > Man: " A tree is a manifestation in consciousness. It's not the tree > that is real, but consciousness that is real. > > Another Man: " A tree is an individual interpretation of a " absolute " > reality. The tree exists, regardless of if you think it's a tree. > If the absolute reality of your " head " intersects with the absolute > reality of the " tree " , it will react in a predictable manner; ie you > will hurt yourself. To some degree, it's that reaction that > ultimately defines how we intrepet the absolute reality. We see > things in terms of how we've previously interacted with similar > things. But the bottom line is that your intepretation of " tree " > isn't independant of the absolute reality of the object. > > This is something that I think of many times. There seems to be > something " Out there " , make impression on consciousness all the > time. Like hot cold. " Out there " make impression on consciousness > fabric. Ok, we say, we are consciousness, and identify with that. > But that is like bubble with things pressing on it. Unknown things > out there. To call world consciousness seem to be wrong, because > consciousness not one, but only half, out there other half. Here I > am stuck. > > Please no silly message. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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