Re: [Mind's Eye] Re: Awareness

Even in the unconscious there is a slight awareness , otherwise it
would be akin to a death-state.

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 2:43 AM, rigsy03 <rigsy03@gmail.com> wrote:
> Then one would not remember dreams (subcs) nor freeze or flow via
> messages from the id. Everyone seems to forget our reptile brain!
>
> On Sep 9, 10:00 am, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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.
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>> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Molly <mollyb...@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.- Hide quoted text -
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