Looking Into Fear to find the Self

Post date: Aug 24, 2016 4:19:0 AM

Fear of criticism, fear of abandonment, fear of death vanish when it is seen that the "I" that fears is utterly non-existent...

Just an image, an idea, "in the mind", a non-existent "self" in a non-existent mind.

Yet a "Self" exists, and knows that it exists - "I am".

But with absolutely no objective properties; not as an object.

Consciousness is, but it is not a "thing".

There are no "things", except in the dream.

There is only Consciousness, in which this dream an all experiences appear.

Consciousness as "mind"/"body"/"world".

We never find these "objects" in the reality of our experience.

We find "thinking/imagining/sensing/feeling/perceiving".

Consciousness as "thinking/imagining/sensing/feeling/perceiving".

Consciousness as "thinking/imagining" = dreaming

Consciousness as "thinking/imagining/sensing/feeling/perceiving" = waking

Consciousness at rest = deep sleep.