[Mind's Eye] Re: Awareness

To say that awareness is a function of mind is analogous to saying
that being is a function of ego. Both mind and ego are mere organs to
the greater sentience: awareness.

On Sep 8, 3:58 pm, Chad Moore <nis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The mind as we know it, has two aspects: It's contents and the awareness of
> those contents. The contents are all thoughts and images. That's all thats
> there. The contents are completely the energy flow of stimulus-response
> conditioning. The awareness is not part of the conditioned flow of thought,
> yet it is the only cognitive element within the mind. Awareness doesn't
> think, but it is the vivid clarity of thought itself. When awareness is
> reflecting upon itself, the cognitive quality of thought is no longer
> illuminating the mind. Without the illumination of awareness, the mind does
> not appear, it can't because awareness is the only cognitive element in the
> mind to notice mental events. So as awareness settles within itself fully,
> as the simple, naked presence of attentive clarity, mind and mental events
> cease naturally. The contents of mind cannot be found as the light of
> awareness is illuminating only itself.