FROM A SITE VISITOR: Please explain consciousness as opposed to awareness. Thank you. Harish
F.: Hello, Harish. In the no-concept, non-dual reality, there is nothing “opposed to” anything else, but the terms you mention can be used post-Realization to allow seekers to understand the nature of reality beyond Self-Realization.
An out-of-town group of some 40 seekers has asked for a discussion of “The Illusions of Mind and Personality,” so it will be Thursday before your question can be addressed. In preparation, please consider the following:
F.: Hello, Harish. In the no-concept, non-dual reality, there is nothing “opposed to” anything else, but the terms you mention can be used post-Realization to allow seekers to understand the nature of reality beyond Self-Realization.
An out-of-town group of some 40 seekers has asked for a discussion of “The Illusions of Mind and Personality,” so it will be Thursday before your question can be addressed. In preparation, please consider the following:
From the third-floor balcony early last evening as a storm approached, the skies were seen to darken. Walkways cross the green terrace that leads down to the lake, and all along their path, soccer ball-sized lights are mounted on two foot posts to illuminate the way. As the remaining daylight was blocked by the heavy clouds, the bulbs inside the fixtures were seen to come on automatically. As water puddled in the walkways, the lights began to cast diagonal reflections of themselves that appeared to be two to three-feet in length. Those golden lines of reflected light glistened in the water and appeared to become a thousand smaller lights, twinkling as the raindrops began to splatter into the gathered pools.
As you consider consciousness/awareness, find a message in that happening. The reflections were not the real light, were they? The appearance of a thousand different things was also a misperception. If you had been there and looked beyond the reflection, you would have seen the actual light fixtures in the background. Too, you would have understood that there was something even beyond that which was housing the light, namely, a form of energy. No one had to tell that energy how to behave in order for the light and reflections to appear. It just all happened automatically. In preparation for the discussion later this week, consider what that analogy might reveal to you about consciousness/awareness. Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued Thursday)
As you consider consciousness/awareness, find a message in that happening. The reflections were not the real light, were they? The appearance of a thousand different things was also a misperception. If you had been there and looked beyond the reflection, you would have seen the actual light fixtures in the background. Too, you would have understood that there was something even beyond that which was housing the light, namely, a form of energy. No one had to tell that energy how to behave in order for the light and reflections to appear. It just all happened automatically. In preparation for the discussion later this week, consider what that analogy might reveal to you about consciousness/awareness. Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued Thursday)
