Guest guest Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 Is the natural state Consciousness-at-rest? It is the natural state, outside of phenomenality. In phenomenality the natural state is the non-witnessing state. But that non-witnessing state is not Consciousness-at-rest? Oh, no! Everything in this phenomenality is a concept, an illusion, and for practical purposes we can forget the Consciousness-at-rest because we can only talk of phenomenality. A friend of mine has been coming to me for eight years. I told him he talked of reality, but in reality, reality is a concept. He literally started tearing his hair! He said, " What do you mean, reality is a concept? Reality is reality! " So I said, " Yes, reality is reality, but not when you talk of it. " When you talk of reality, you have converted reality into a concept. Reality, as a word, is a concept. Reality, as reality, is not something you can think of. When you are the reality, you cannot talk of reality. So the moment you talk or think of something, it is in phenomenality and therefore conceptual. ... Conversations with Ramesh S. Balsekar Consciousness Speaks (Ramesh S Balsekar) published by Advaita Press PO Box 3479 Redondo Beach CA 90277 USA www.advaita.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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