A Zen detective investigates being

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A Zen detective investigates Being"I know I exist, but when I look into this existence, I can't pinpoint exactly the core of my identity.""How do you know you exist?" The Zen detective asked."I think, therefore, I am.""Ah, yes, Descartes famous dictum. Do you consider it true?" He said with a smile."Certainly.""Thinking is just comparing information. Computers do that, don't they? But they are not conscious of this process? So, what you really mean is that you are conscious of your thoughts, so therefore, you can pose a question regarding your existence. Consciousness, rather than thinking, is the proof of existence. But can we really extend this proof to an "I" different from this awareness?""I think we could.""I'm not so sure. Let's look into it. When you say, "I am aware" you are posing an entity that is conscious of awareness. By saying this, you are claiming, two awareness simultaneously conscious of each other, when in reality, there is only awareness of a memory. The 'I' is a very intricate mental contraction resembling a spider web knitted by memory. It's a magical spider web and anything it traps becomes a memory. It's this magical spider web reflecting the light of awareness, which gives the illusion of self-consciousness. When we say we are aware, it's only awareness trying to catch itself in the act of being aware. Awareness chasing its own tale gives birth to the 'I feeling', and to that peculiar activity called spiritual search. In trying to unearth the core of the self, you will only expose endless layers of thoughts, and memories.""So must I give up the search for my true self?"The detective laughed, " There is no 'I' to give up anything, when awareness stops chasing itself, then endless luminous openness is there. This openness can neither be defined nor possessed. It just is." Pete

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on 4/9/03 7:36 AM, Juansi Nulo at Juansi2 wrote:

 

> A Zen detective investigates Being

>

>

> " I know I exist, but when I look into this existence, I can't pinpoint exactly

> the core of my identity. "

>

> " How do you know you exist? " The Zen detective asked.

>

> " I think, therefore, I am. "

>

> " Ah, yes, Descartes famous dictum. Do you consider it true? " He said with a

> smile.

>

> " Certainly. "

>

> " Thinking is just comparing information. Computers do that, don't they? But

> they are not conscious of this process? So, what you really mean is that you

> are conscious of your thoughts, so therefore, you can pose a question

> regarding your existence. Consciousness, rather than thinking, is the proof of

> existence. But can we really extend this proof to an " I " different from this

> awareness? "

>

> " I think we could. "

>

> " I'm not so sure. Let's look into it. When you say, " I am aware " you are

> posing an entity that is conscious of awareness. By saying this, you are

> claiming, two awareness simultaneously conscious of each other, when in

> reality, there is only awareness of a memory. The 'I' is a very intricate

> mental contraction resembling a spider web knitted by memory. It's a magical

> spider web and anything it traps becomes a memory. It's this magical spider

> web reflecting the light of awareness, which gives the illusion of

> self-consciousness. When we say we are aware, it's only awareness trying to

> catch itself in the act of being aware. Awareness chasing its own tale gives

> birth to the 'I feeling', and to that peculiar activity called spiritual

> search. In trying to unearth the core of the self, you will only expose

> endless layers of thoughts, and memories. "

>

> " So must I give up the search for my true self? "

>

> The detective laughed, " There is no 'I' to give up anything, when awareness

> stops chasing itself, then endless luminous openness is there. This openness

> can neither be defined nor possessed. It just is. "

>

>

>

> Pete

 

 

Namaste Pete!!

I love it! The mind is a spider's web. One little desire, and poof! All

this.

)))))Shawn