--- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
> In waking state there is a confound between awareness > and "I". This "I" is actually the result of the > projection/identification of consciousness with mind. > When this projection/identification ceases it becomes > quite clear that there is no subject or "I". "I" is an > artifact of identification. It is an extremely subtle > thought. If examined (atma vichara) it melts away. > There are thoughts, feelings, experiences, but no > subject who "has" these experiences. The "subject" is > not consciousness. The feeling of "me" in waking state > is actually pure consciousness projected into mind. > That's why it feel like "you" are "something." But > "you" are just pure awareness, independent of any > boundary. > I had such an unsatisfying experience of "I" yesterday, whining about something or other, and "I" just couldn't get myself to believe it. "I" could feel that the whole experience was just paper thin at best. Really amusing when the ego tries to insist upon something that obviously isn't there. Must've been a faint impression left over of past behavior. So I just changed my mind or let the thoughts drift away and solved the imbalance. > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!' > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Sell on Yahoo! Auctions no fees. Bid on great items. > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
