The perceiver cannot be perceived. Anything that is perceived is not the perceiver.
On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 4:23 PM, fearlessinquirer <[email protected]>wrote: > "Only when the mind stops does Consciousness behold Itself." > > > On Sep 4, 11:21 am, [email protected] wrote: > > Consciousness 'is' saying that. > > Sent via BlackBerry from Vodafone > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: fearlessinquirer <[email protected]> > > > > Sender: [email protected] > > Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 08:15:44 > > To: Advaita-Zen<[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Being aware of your self > > > > who is saying "No, that is consciousness."? it appears a perceiver is > > percieving consciouness also. > > > > On Sep 4, 11:09 am, [email protected] wrote: > > > No, that is consciousness. > > > Sent via BlackBerry from Vodafone > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: fearlessinquirer <[email protected]> > > > > > Sender: [email protected] > > > Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 07:59:37 > > > To: Advaita-Zen<[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: Being aware of your self > > > > > who is speaking/writing? isn't that the perceiver? > > > > > On Sep 4, 10:50 am, [email protected] wrote: > > > > I know nothing about the perceiver because I've never perceived it. > > > > Sent via BlackBerry from Vodafone > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: fearlessinquirer <[email protected]> > > > > > > Sender: [email protected] > > > > Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 07:46:19 > > > > To: Advaita-Zen<[email protected]> > > > > Subject: Re: Being aware of your self > > > > > > If it doesn't exist then who is the perceiver. Does the perciever > have > > > > a birth certificate? Does the perciever come and go? Is the > perceiver > > > > always there or not there at all? > > > > > > On Sep 4, 6:12 am, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > You can't. What you can be aware of is not your self. You can be > aware of beingness aka of your I am sense, so that sense is not your real > self. Your real self is impossible to perceive, so don't loose time trying > to do so. > > > > > Of course what I am referring here when I say 'your real self' is > just an idea because I can't really refer to that which doesn't exist. I say > it doesn't exist because I define something to exist with something which is > perceivable. > > > > > Sent via BlackBerry from Vodafone- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -
