The core of awakening is the expansion of identity, which happens not through the abandonment of self-concept but through the refinement and expansion of it.
Awakening, if it is to mean anything beyond spiritual ornamentation, must be understood as an event that reorders experience rather than abolishes it. It is not the annihilation of the ability of the consciousness to contain concept, but a transformation in their gravitational center. To say that awakening is “beyond concepts” is true only in the sense that a horizon is beyond the traveler: it is not negated by approach, but revealed as that within which movement already occurs. “Beyond” does not mean discarded, nor does it mean irrelevant. It means seen through, repositioned, relieved of the tyranny they once exercised.
Yes, quite a good explanation of the two truths about Self.
It seems to be a major theme in The Lotus Sutra, the basis for the "Wonderful Law" that all beings ultimately attain complete enlightenment and are saved from all suffering.
I don’t think we are talking about the same distinction. I talk about the distinction between self-awareness as the ego and self-awareness as the Self, both of which require reflexive capacity (representation). I don’t think self-awareness is possible without reflexive capacity.
The Pace, Energy and Beauty in Expressing This Truth blew me away, Thank You 🤍
The Subtlety of what You Write about is Felt Deeply in the Heart..🙏
There is nothing inherently wrong with any concept..We can use them..just like we Are Right Now. We Are Always Beyond 🤍
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Thank you for your kind words. I’m glad to hear it resonated with you. Love you too. 🤍
Awakening, if it is to mean anything beyond spiritual ornamentation, must be understood as an event that reorders experience rather than abolishes it. It is not the annihilation of the ability of the consciousness to contain concept, but a transformation in their gravitational center. To say that awakening is “beyond concepts” is true only in the sense that a horizon is beyond the traveler: it is not negated by approach, but revealed as that within which movement already occurs. “Beyond” does not mean discarded, nor does it mean irrelevant. It means seen through, repositioned, relieved of the tyranny they once exercised.
Yes, quite a good explanation of the two truths about Self.
It seems to be a major theme in The Lotus Sutra, the basis for the "Wonderful Law" that all beings ultimately attain complete enlightenment and are saved from all suffering.
https://burnteliot.substack.com/i/170529565/the-flowering-of-a-wonderful-law
I don’t think we are talking about the same distinction. I talk about the distinction between self-awareness as the ego and self-awareness as the Self, both of which require reflexive capacity (representation). I don’t think self-awareness is possible without reflexive capacity.
Yes, when I re-read it, I think you are right and I misunderstood the focus of your comment.