Re: [Mind's Eye] Re: Awareness

It is the ego which is aware , even in a state of coma there is an
awareness of a certain degree ; it is only in death that there is a
total cessation of awareness. Ego has two aspects --it is the one that
is aware and it is the one which acts and reacts. Awareness is merely
an attribute of life and on death ceases to be. It is only when alive
that ego acts and reacts , on death it vanishes as an image vanishes
when a mirror is totally disintegrated.

On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Molly <mollyb363@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.