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Sorry to hear that you run out of wrestling partners (perhaps they got tired of your naughty tricks)

Long seeking it through others,
I was far from reaching it.
Now I go by myself;
I meet it everywhere.
It is just I myself,
And I am not itself.
Understanding this way,
I can be as I am.

(Tung-shan Ling-chia)

so consciousness is self-caused? Consciousness is Acausal. There is no known original causer of the cause & effect phenomena because only phenomenal unoriginal effects are known.. aka ideas about what is thought to be happening but not happening. Effects are caused by previous effects, as every eff...

Nothing wrong with subjecting Consciousness to mind games and intellectual exercises, as long as it is not stuffed in a box and thus made disappear from sight.

Mind can imprison as well as liberate itself. Liberating is an act of Will & Love and can thus bring about Selfrealisation.

How about:

mind accumulates and transforms the manifestations of Consciousness - Self is the coordinate and core of mind

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Thu Aug 15, 2019 9:19 pm

Prior to this post,

- there were 15 posts
- made by 7 posters
- voicing 11 different opinions on
- 1 topic.

Yep. We are philosophers.

Thank you friends !

Would be great if you were to contribute to some of my other posts

All our deeds, emotions, thoughts, creeds – and whatever else we are trying to relate ourselves with – are expression of Consciousness which exercises its possibilities in order to realise itself. a different view of the same concept: The following is based on the supposition that unity comprises m...

No, the mind is fundamental. Consciousness is a property of mind. Which comes first - the chicken or the egg ? :wink: We are all mincing words without a thought to reason. In other words, I believe none of us knows what we are talking about. In other words, we have strong opinions on things we care...

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Wed Aug 14, 2019 3:27 pm

Ramu wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 14, 2019 3:09 pm

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Tue Aug 13, 2019 11:06 am

AlexW, what's the difference between mind and consciousness? They constantly co-exist. How do you separate the two?

Consciousness is prior to mind.

No, the mind is fundamental. Consciousness is a property of mind.

Which comes first - the chicken or the egg ?

All our deeds, emotions, thoughts, creeds – and whatever else we are trying to relate ourselves with – are expression of Consciousness which exercises its possibilities in order to realise itself.

you might be right if you refer to your particular location at 07.08.2019 AD

P-S- give other humans a chance too

The reflection/projection capability of mind is the cause of many of its controversies – and their solution as well, as it can bring about a self-awareness that supersedes subjective-objective, internal-external & other dualisms. ----------------------------------------------------------------------...

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