Ananta

What makes you think I havent? That's why I don't agree with you. I'm fine with agreeing to disagree.

That's not true! Well, maybe you think it's true, for you. No, im not "my" consciousness. I "am" consciousness. There is "one" awareness/consciousness, everything arises within awareness (nonduality). Meaning awareness is always "full of things", but awareness doesn't have to be bound (or identified), by what appears. Who's promoting deception? What exactly do u mean when u say, "end duality in themselves"? That's left wide open for mis-interpretation. No, I dont actually.

Also, it seems like the "mind slips away" (not aware- engrossed in thought), when we have to be totally engrossed in something for practical purposes. That's totally necessary, at times, during the day. However, the amount of time that is needed is much less time then most would think, in between bringing the mind back to being completely aware again (ie, no thought or aware of the thoughts).

I will tell you how I see it, others can disagree. You (awareness/consciousness) are aware, always. The action figure, Anna, might not be consciously aware, at all times, but awareness is. Yes, that's difficult to grasp, I know. Which leads to what you say here- I'm not talking about Bnaz being constantly aware. I'm talking about the real you, awareness. Awareness is always aware, always. What makes you think you're not aware, is identification with phenomena, mainly thinking. This is,what you're referring to when you say your mind slips away. I don't think there is an answer to the question- " why am I here" Personally, I don't think there's a reason at all. It's just an "apparent" reality, much like a dream. Once you awake from a dream it's as if it never happened, same here.

@B_Naz I clarified in the above post to faceless. Does it make more sense now? Sorry, I've been off forums for awhile now and I forgot how much detail has to be added to posts for others to understand what I mean.

You can only BE awareness/consciousness and you are always that whether you know it or not. As awareness, you are aware OF seeing..... (and hearing, smelling, tasting, touch, thought, etc), as it arises within you. The limited action figure most think they are can not "see" what you really are (awareness), because it's attributeless. Is that more clear?

I think you miss read or misunderstand what I wrote. The first sentence doesn't apply to what I said/meant, so I'm not sure what you meant by the 2nd sentence. If you'd like me to clarify I will. Fair enough.

You can only BE it! ...no seeing it. You (awareness) are aware OF seeing.

Huh??

No. You are consciousness/awareness (no-thing). Lol!

Hi there, Yes, there is an infinite amount of possible experiences, of course! No, everything that CAN happen, doesn't have to occur. Facing the unfaceable. ..well, for me that is my child moving away and unfortunately that is exactly what I'm facing at the moment. So, Id say that is individual and you'd have to answer that your self. The potential for suffering is limitless, imo, but...if you see you are not that which can suffer, then you are free. So, this action figure has cried and had emotion moving through it about "my" son moving, but that is just phenomena, witnessed by awareness.

@Saumaya I was writing a post basically saying much of the same as you. No need now so, delete...lol (ie, no levels of consciousness, no levels of enlightenment)

Yes, you are simply awareness and awareness is what is. You are not the ego. You've identified with phenomena and thoughts of past and future, this made it appear as if you were an ego. The ego can not survive without past and future thinking. In the present moment it disappears, showing its unreality. It's an illusion. Imo, its the intellect, an aspect of mind, that discriminates, deliberates and makes final decisions when needed.. but this still is just happening, an appearance Yep! You see the dream for what it is and recognize you are awareness, aware of it all. Here is an important question... is the knowledge that you "are" awareness/being/presence hard and fast? (The info would be readily available, at all times, if needed). It's simple, as in not complicated, however easier said then done. Actually, you can't "do" it, it just happens and your job is to let go and keep letting go (of identifications, attachments, etc.), but also to allow phenomena like emotions/feelings to move through you without resisting or grabbing hold of them.

Lmao!

Not a problem! Communicating on forums is difficult, imo. Anyways, I would say the phenomenal world is "apparently" real. That's why I would get some dream water, for my dream house fire

@B_Naz Actually, it doesn't matter if someone gets water for the house fire or toasts marshmellows. The point was that although this is "ultimately" a dream/illusion there are still physical laws and cause/effect "seemingly" at play.

Although the question has seemingly appeared within conciousness and then has been written down, communicated by the body/mind. There is no-self doing it, there is no doer. There is apparent identification happening with an appearance (phenomena) and that creates a belief that the dream is real and happening to an illusory "me".

It's not "ultimately" real. However, if your dream house catches on dream fire, you definitely want to go get some dream water!

I'm quoting my own post to clarify what I mean, hopefully, lol Everything is illusion/dreaming, except what you really are, awareness/presence. To recognize what you are, you need to negate (neti-neti) or see through, what you've thought was real (phenomena), then you realize you've always been it, awareness. But, the dreaming/illusion/phenomena, although seen through, "persists", meaning, thoughts/feelings/sensations/sucky situations/illness, etc ....continue to be experienced (by no-one...lol). In that sense, there is no getting out of the dream/illusion, although you know it's not real. Peace.

Everything you see, hear, smell, taste, touch, think and feel is an illusion. Negate it all. You can only truly know what you are, by knowing what your not. You can only be it, that's it, but you will not get out of the illusion. Trying to get out is madness.

Exactly! You "are" what you're looking for.... the wave IS the ocean believing it's a wave. There's an imaginary "me" that believes what you see, smell, hear, taste, feel and think, is you. It's not you, it's just happening, within awareness/presence/being. Which is truly what you are. Yes. Except, ego doesn't actually exist, it just seems to. There "seems" to be a person inside us that we call "I" or "me", but that's only because of identification with the thought/feeling system and the body is used as a point of reference. Daily habits either happen or they dont, but ask, who is the one doing them? Or does the doing just happen...or not? If you feel you should be meditating, ask, who is the meditator?

All Anyone Needs To Know Is that What's looking, is what You're Looking for. Simple. The wave can study the ocean, meditate on the ocean, read books about the ocean, pray to the ocean, etc, ad nauseum. But, until it realizes, "Hey, I AM the ocean!". I AM what I'm looking for, then it's just chasing it's imaginary tail.

@sarapr I truly wouldn't know..lol. As I think it's gross! But, maybe it is part of a fetish/bondage/domination thang?

I'm sure u could've lived the rest of your life not knowing that and been perfectly fine...lol. So, no biggie. However, now you know if someone asks you for a golden shower what they really mean.