Guest guest Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 I thought this essay may be relevant to the discussion. 2007/02/19/is-enlightenment-personal/ Harsha Ananda Wood wrote: > Namaste, > > A member of our e-group sent me an off-line message raising the > question of how consciousness can be impersonal. In case there are > others interested in this question, what reply I could manage is > reproduced below. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 In short, true knowing can be investigated by asking what persists through the change of mental states, from one moment to another in the mind. This change is so drastic that no differentiation of form or name or quality survives. Nor does any change or variation of personality and world. All that continues is undifferentiated and unchanging consciousness, which is utterly impartial and impersonal. Yes, I keep asking what persists and I don't know what it is. " I " can't find it, locate it or " think " about it. Isn't THAT exactly IT? That which " I " who am seeing it can't see? I keep on and on and on and I never find it because I'm it...yes, I know the theory, but " I " don't think " I " have the conviction yet. Advaita, Maharshi, Nisargatta etc all use the word " conviction " rather than faith or belief. I feel in my bones that I get it, yet I feel also that I don't yet have total conviction...Best wishes, Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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