consciously, noLastLegend wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:09 am We always contact the floor right but we won’t feel that until we notice it. Without noticing there is no sensation recognized.
But subconsciously, yes.
consciously, noLastLegend wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:09 am We always contact the floor right but we won’t feel that until we notice it. Without noticing there is no sensation recognized.
There is often saying in guidance be aware of all what happens in your body. Strange, there then happens a lot what normally doesn't. And later on in meditation when swept away by thoughts, pause and ask: Oh what is happening in my mind? This to turn back.PadmaVonSamba wrote: ↑Sun Nov 28, 2021 11:31 pm What would correspond to the western concept of ‘subconscious’ I don’t mean dream state, but rather, that we are subconsciously aware of lots of things in our environment, even our bodies. For example, every area of skin has active nerve endings. We constantly feel temperature and moisture and texture. Right now, you feel the surface of your knees. You just don’t realize it. There are other things, like when you have a hunch or feeling that you are in danger.
I think this is what Bankei refers to as “marvelous unborn mind”.
Is this awareness or consciousness or something else?
Well, since I brought ‘subconscious’ up in the first place, what I am defining it as, in this context, basically means being aware of things (the body, the environment, etc) without knowing or realizing that you are aware of them.Johnny Dangerous wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:18 am So really, if someone wants to make this objection, they should first define exactly what is meant by "subconscious" in such a critique in the first place.
First I like you to understand the source & meaning of the Sanskrit word Mantra. „Man“ refers to mind & „tra“ to a tool; hence Mantra is a tool for the mind. While our mind includes both consciousness & sub-consciousness, „tra“ is like a bridge. As we understand it, the consciousness accounts for about 10% and the sub-consciousness for the remaining 90%.
https://chogyalrinpoche.org/how-to-chant-mantra/
This has sort of been my understanding.
This has nothing to with with the teachings of the Buddha. The Buddha never identified something as "awareness" which is separate from the consciousness and which "goes beyond the ego and emptiness." This is some kind of Advaita idea.
So obvious, it didn't need an expert to point out.Malcolm wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 3:42 pmThis has nothing to with with the teachings of the Buddha. The Buddha never identified something as "awareness" which is separate from the consciousness and which "goes beyond the ego and emptiness." This is some kind of Advaita idea.
Lotus sutra on earth was spoken by Guatam Buddha (16th son of Great Universal Wisdom Execellence Buddha------ref phantom city chapter 7).Malcolm wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 3:42 pmThis has nothing to with with the teachings of the Buddha. The Buddha never identified something as "awareness" which is separate from the consciousness and which "goes beyond the ego and emptiness." This is some kind of Advaita idea.
No matter which way you slice, the dharmakāya is never separate from the rūpakāya. They are in union, a whole.Riju wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 3:17 pmLotus sutra on earth was spoken by Guatam Buddha (16th son of Great Universal Wisdom Execellence Buddha------ref phantom city chapter 7).
Guatam Buddha was capable of experiencing only the consciousness of His father. He never experienced the awareness that was guiding His father. This is the reason that Guatam never commented on God and awareness. Awareness comes not from Emptiness but from a different source.
Yeah, sorry I was only referring to the “consciousness bound by ego” part. Not the “beyond emptiness” part.Malcolm wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 3:42 pmThis has nothing to with with the teachings of the Buddha. The Buddha never identified something as "awareness" which is separate from the consciousness and which "goes beyond the ego and emptiness." This is some kind of Advaita idea.
I'm not sure that this report is accurate.