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CONSCIOUSNESS. What is CONSCIOUSNESS. It is a phenomenon of “EXPERIENCEING” or “KNOWING” or “COGNIZING”. Phenomenon of consciousness is “A flow, a flux, constantly changing, constantly coming and going, never remaining the same”. What are we “EXPERIENCING?”.
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What is CONSCIOUSNESS • It is a phenomenon of “EXPERIENCEING” or “KNOWING” or “COGNIZING”
Phenomenon of consciousness is “A flow, a flux, constantly changing, constantly coming and going, never remaining the same”
What are we “EXPERIENCING?” • Seeing: Eye-Consciousness • Hearing: Ear-Consciousness • Tasting: Taste-Consciousness • Smelling: Smell-Consciousness • Touching: Body-Consciousness • Knowing: Mind-Consciousness
Phenomenon of Seeing: “EYE-CONSCIOUSNESS”
Phenomenon of Hearing: “EAR- CONSCIOUSNESS”
Phenomenon of Smelling: SMELL- CONSCIOUSNESS
Phenomenon of Tasting: “TASTE- CONSCIOUSNESS”
Phenomenon of Touching: “BODY- CONSCIOUSNESS”
Phenomenon of Thinking: “MIND- CONSCIOUSNESS”
In an ultimate sense, it is the “CONSCIOUSNESS” that does everything. So, it is an Ultimate Reality. Ask about the mango simile to understand this profound truth
CLASSIFICATIONofCONSCIOUSNESS Criteria: 1. Uniqueness of Experience 2. The utility; function of Experience 3. The manifestation of Experience 4. The Immediate Cause of Experience
Types of consciousness • S u b c o n s c i o u s n e s s
SUBCONSCIOUSNESS • Made-up of stored-up karma, memory, reactions, etc • A resultant-state; seed-like; Potentiality • Does not become consciousness until it gains enough strength through conditionality • Subservient to consciousness • Does not co-exist with consciousness • Serves as the life-continuum; the undercurrent • Fuel (energy) for the continuity of existence
Investigating Consciousness Order of CONSCIOUSNESS Registering Consciousness • S u b c o n s c i o u s n e s s
What’s the Point ? To understand the following and remove delusion (ego): • All our experiences at the most intimate level are nothing but “consciousness”; • There is no “I” in Consciousness; No permanent entity: • There is no one single-consciousness but many ; • The order of consciousness is fixed. No ruler of it.
Knowing this, Let us abandon the ‘self’ (ego) Let us become free of greed, hatred, anddelusion Let us become free from all suffering & imperfections Let us experience freedom and peace