This Simple Fact of Consciousness

i.

Thought filters consciousness. This is called emotion.

When such thoughts and their emotions are accepted as reality, this is called belief.

Belief is nothing but a thought form. Thus reality is not a form.

ii.

Forms appear in consciousness. Consciousness does not appear in form. This is the initial key to going further.

Materialists, both the scientific and religious kinds, think consciousness appears in form. Or from form.

This form of belief in scientific materialism is called theory. This form of belief in religion is called dogma.

iii.

The fact that form is appearing in consciousness is not an act of belief, either theoretical or dogmatic.

Understanding this simple fact of consciousness is purely experiential, strictly observational, and innately natural.

Some call this understanding an awakening, insight, satori, savikalpa samadhi, or aha!

footnotes

1.

Thought filters consciousness.

I stole this concept from Ruiz. His math goes: love minus thought equals emotion. Let’s call this the Don’s postulate.

Belief equals thought plus emotion. In circularity, belief is like a whirlpool.

It begins in thought, is propelled by emotion, and goes down the rabbit hole of belief.

2.

Forms appear in consciousness. Consciousness does not appear in form.

This cannot be emphasized enough. This is, in essence, the first paramahavakya: prajnam brahma.

It’s not that form is the absolute. Consciousness is the absolute.

The western world and all its materialist works of art, philosophy, and fictions, is made obsolete by these sanskrit words: prajnanam brahma.

3.

Understanding this simple fact of consciousness is purely experiential, strictly observational, and innately natural.

There’s the rub.

This is why the sage is pointing to the moon.

This why the tao that can be spoken is not the true tao.

Experiential, observational, and natural: in other words, beyond words.

The myths of nonduality can only take you so far.

It’s like Zeno’s paradox or some zen koan.

Only consciousness fills in the blanks.

end notes

1.

No one speaks the truth.

One can only be not-it.

If all forms, including all thought-forms called belief,

appear in consciousness, then all beliefs appear in consciousness.

Thus consciousness is not believable but foundational.

Beyond words but that you are.

Love is not believable

but almost eight billion people know it when they see it.

2.

Even unconsciousness appears in consciousness.

According to the myth of nonduality, awareness does not appear in consciousness.

Accordingly, the sun is currently appearing in a black hole next to you.

It’s not so much the sun of consciousness is collapsing as the black hole of absolute awareness is being self-aware.

Maya just means the truth is way beyond the mind.

The mind prefers duality.

If nonduality minus maya equals duality,

then nonduality equals duality plus maya.

3.

Maya is just another way of saying 

That beyond the reaches of the mind.

Philosophy is truth 

according to the mind lol.

I’m not as much the sun of consciousness

collapsing

as the black w/hole of absolute awareness

being.