Guest guest Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 Maybe consciousness in the pure state--what is called plain awareness-- maybe this could be likened to the basic 50000 watt signal put out by a radio station. The ten thousasnd things are the infinitely varied modulations that a radio signal has sculpted--a little bit of poetry early in the morning--into it by the modulating apparatus so that that one signal can carry decodable words and music and all the other sounds a radio can make.So the sounds and the signal are nothing but each other. I am sure someone has hit on this idea before and probably I am rmemebering it from having read it or heard it somepalce but thinking of it this morning was fun. And the decoder that transforms the raw modulated energy of the signal into words and music--what woudl that be other than thought with all its works and pomps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 Nisargadatta , " tom " <jeusisbuen wrote: > > Maybe consciousness in the pure state--what is called plain awareness-- > maybe this could be likened to the basic 50000 watt signal put out by > a radio station. The ten thousasnd things are the infinitely varied > modulations that a radio signal has sculpted--a little bit of poetry > early in the morning--into it by the modulating apparatus so that that > one signal can carry decodable words and music and all the other > sounds a radio can make.So the sounds and the signal are nothing but > each other. I am sure someone has hit on this idea before and probably > I am rmemebering it from having read it or heard it somepalce but > thinking of it this morning was fun. And the decoder that transforms > the raw modulated energy of the signal into words and music--what > woudl that be other than thought with all its works and pomps? > Nice analogy Tom! However I see thought as being just part of the content, basically the same as sensation. When people read tea leaves they " see things in them " . In my view, the same with consciousness: we see things in it, which doesn't mean they are actually *there*. Nisargadata talks about gold and gold ornaments. He recommends letting go of fascination with the ornaments to appreciate the gold that is in all ornaments. He then compares gold to " I am " and the ornaments to " I am x " , " I am y " , etc. He recommends letting go of concern about x, y, etc. and just being with " I am " , which is a purity that pervades all the I-am-x/y/z's. [And then eventually even that drops away!] Bill PS: what is there *not* to let go of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 Nisargadatta , " billrishel " <illusyn wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " tom " <jeusisbuen@> wrote: > > > > Maybe consciousness in the pure state--what is called plain awareness-- > > maybe this could be likened to the basic 50000 watt signal put out by > > a radio station. The ten thousasnd things are the infinitely varied > > modulations that a radio signal has sculpted--a little bit of poetry > > early in the morning--into it by the modulating apparatus so that that > > one signal can carry decodable words and music and all the other > > sounds a radio can make.So the sounds and the signal are nothing but > > each other. I am sure someone has hit on this idea before and probably > > I am rmemebering it from having read it or heard it somepalce but > > thinking of it this morning was fun. And the decoder that transforms > > the raw modulated energy of the signal into words and music-- what > > woudl that be other than thought with all its works and pomps? > > > > Nice analogy Tom! > > However I see thought as being just part of the content, > basically the same as sensation. > > When people read tea leaves they " see things in them " . > In my view, the same with consciousness: we see things > in it, which doesn't mean they are actually *there*. > > Nisargadata talks about gold and gold ornaments. He > recommends letting go of fascination with the ornaments > to appreciate the gold that is in all ornaments. > > He then compares gold to " I am " and the ornaments to > " I am x " , " I am y " , etc. He recommends letting go of > concern about x, y, etc. and just being with " I am " , > which is a purity that pervades all the I-am-x/y/z's. > > [And then eventually even that drops away!] > > > Bill > > PS: what is there *not* to let go of? >Leave it to good old N. to come up with the gold thing. Very true it is. I have noticed that that old cigarette roller had a pretty mean head for sharp thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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