RE: The Tendency of the Self (Mind)
Hi @lordless.exile,
I wanted to touch base with you so I could make an edit in what I wrote:
If you are conscious like I am, and not just a fabrication of my mind, you also exist outside of your thoughts and outside of your self (mind / ego) >>>> but if you assume the form of your mind you will be completely destroyed only to become the collective consciousness with no self.
I think it is more useful to describe it like this:
The self (everyone's self / mind / thoughts & experiences including me & mine) will disappear in consciousness (the "collective consciousness" ) and we'll essentially wake up as consciousness (Self-realization I.e. discovering the no-self Self) through our own destruction.
And consciousness will eventually lose consciousness and it will wake up as nothing.. but none of us knows what that is like nor can we.
I have a more useful definition of enlightenment.. now that I am gaining a better grasp on it, and I'll update this thread soon.
I hope you got a lot of work done and I benefited from your replies 👍
Thank you
~ @chrisrice
I think if you read my most recent post you may better understand why I am lacking the will to indulge in this conversation. I mean not to be rude - it is just, incredibly difficult for me to converse with people who believe they have all the answers. I tend to speak in constant theories and so the conversation comes to a standstill really when someone thinks they know anything at all for sure, because the only thing I know for sure is that no one knows anything for sure. That's how I feel right now, at least.
This is undoubtedly a problem of my own, and not one of your making. It is one I am working on, however.