When the mind is still functioning under the veil of ignorance, where the mind is still being conditioned by the mind perception of duality and 'I-ness' and 'mine-ness' under the influence of worldly egoistic beliefs, values, aspirations, and practices, where the mind couldn't perceive, or grasp, or understand the teachings about 'The conscious mind evolution' and 'The mind purification and silencing process', and the one same essence in all and everything, about 'Selflessness', 'Oneness', 'Non-separateness', 'Non-self', or 'Timelessness', as well as 'The timeless attributeless selfless universal consciousness', or 'The silent witness', it is normal and common that the mind will think and believe that there are many different individual consciousness that exist in the many different bodies and minds respectively under many different realms/conditions/qualities/traits, that there is different quality or attribute in the consciousness, that there is the higher pure consciousness and the lower impure consciousness, where there are different degrees of impurities existing in the different individual consciousness, where the mind thinks that the mind purification process is about purifying and removing the impurities in the contaminated corrupted impure consciousness, to make the consciousness to become pure, to regain its original state of purity.
There is nothing wrong, and it's common and natural that the mind will think and understand in such way under the influence of ignorance.
Upon the annihilation of ignorance after engaging in the genuine and persevered mind purification and silencing process, the same mind will realize that it is not what it thought it is, but there is also nothing wrong, because the presence of that impure incorrect understanding in the mind, where the selfless thinking and acting faculty under the presence of conscious awareness is aware of the presence of ignorance/unknown in itself, and hence, there is the intense yearning towards liberation and knowledge and peace, that activates the mind purification process to be annihilating the veil of ignorance, of restlessness, impurities, the idea of 'I', and egoism, and to be engaging in the self inquiry process to inquire towards the truth of everything.
That incorrect understanding of 'Purifying the inferior lower impure consciousness to regain the state of purity and become one or identical with the superior highest pure universal consciousness', which has been the main conscious desire/motivation that motivates the mind to be engaging in the mind purification and silencing process diligently and determinedly, even though it is not at all about purifying the consciousness that is neither pure nor impure, that doesn't need to be purified, but then, eventually it will lead towards the annihilation of the veil of ignorance, a.k.a. the silence of the restless egoistic impure mind stuff/thought current/thought activities/restless modification of the mind, devoid of the idea of 'I', egoism, impurities, and restlessness, that enables the mind to realize or see the truth of all that.
Because the mind couldn't grasp something that the mind doesn't know, that is unknown to the mind.
The mind might be able to perceive, know, and understand towards, "I am aware of/experiencing/conscious towards this or that, or I know and understand and remember this and that, or I am not aware of/not experiencing/unconscious towards this or that, or I don't know and don't understand and don't remember this or that."
As well as under certain innovative scientific tools or machines deriving from advanced science and technology, where the tools/machines can detect certain gross and subtle conscious and unconscious brains activities/thought current, of thinking, emotions, restlessness, calmness, sleep state, dreaming, or deep sleep state, of the state of consciousness (wakeful state/conscious activities), the state of semi-consciousness (semi-awake/sleep state and dreaming/semi-conscious activities), and the state of unconsciousness (deep sleep state/coma/autonomous selfless operation of the selfless bodily systems ceaselessly operating for basic life maintenance even under complete absence of conscious physical and mental activities, that is highly essential for life maintenance/regeneration/rehabilitation/recuperation).
But then, "The selfless timeless attributeless universal consciousness? What is selflessness? What is timelessness? What is attributelessness? What is universal consciousness?"
Just as the infinite space, that is nameless/formless/shapeless/sizeless/weightless/tasteless/soundless/smell-less/attributeless/substanceless/motionless/timeless/limitless, that doesn't increase of decrease regardless of all kinds of names and forms under different qualities ceaselessly arising and passing away in the infinite space, that one cannot see, cannot touch, cannot feel, cannot hear, cannot smell, cannot taste, cannot imagine, cannot hold, cannot keep, and cannot measure, but one cannot deny that it is here and there and everywhere, within and without all and everything that are under certain names and forms of certain qualities.
Before the mind attains direct self realization towards the all pervading infinite timeless attributeless selfless universal consciousness that pervades all and everyone and everything selflessly, it is normal and nothing wrong that the mind might understand and refer 'the selfless universal consciousness' that is being mentioned in both the teachings of yoga and/or buddhism as something of pure quality, or of highest purity, that 'belongs to' the highest 'authority' of the universe a.k.a. the 'creator of the universe', that is distinct and separated from the many different 'individual consciousness' that 'exist' in the many different individual sentient living organisms that are impure respectively, that 'belongs to' each of the many different individual impure bodies and minds respectively, where after engaging in the mind purification process to be purifying the impure consciousness that is being contaminated by all kinds of impurities, the individual consciousness will regain its original state of purity, which will then become one and identical with, or non-distinctive from the superior highest and purest consciousness of the 'creator of the universe', that 'belongs to' the 'creator of the universe'. And hence, there is the proclamation of, "I am THAT."
The mind might misunderstand that the mind purification process or the path of yoga/buddhism/meditation, is about purifying the lower impure individual consciousness (some minds refer that as the permanent independent immortal individual soul) to be free from impurities to regain the state of purity, to become pure again, to become one and identical with the superior highest and purest universal consciousness that 'belongs' to the 'creator of the universe', and hence, some minds refer that as, "I am the pure soul," or "I am the pure consciousness," or "I am THAT."
The selfless timeless attributeless universal consciousness doesn't belong to anyone or anything, not even 'belongs to' the universe, no to say, the so called 'creator of the universe' that 'exists' in the many different worldly beliefs under different names and forms.
It is the selfless universal consciousness, because it is the one same all pervading timeless attributeless selfless consciousness that pervades the entire infinite space, that pervades and exists within and without all and everything, regardless of living organisms or non-living objects that had existed, that are existing or have been existing, and that are ceased existing, in NOW.
It is all pervading within and without all kinds of selfless impermanent limited and conditional names and forms that ceaselessly arising, changing, and passing away under the influence of the intentionless indiscriminate nature's law of cause and effect in this infinite space that doesn't belong to anyone or anything.
Under the absence of the selfless conscious mind awareness, or under the state of semi-conscious, or being unconscious, where the selfless perceptive cognitive intellectual emotional thinking and acting mind is semi-conscious/unconscious towards anything, there are still some semi-conscious physical and mental activities (such as dreaming and/or sleep walking during sleep, or wild imaginations and hallucinations under the influence of substances, or under certain physical condition and mental state), or there are ceaseless subtle autonomous life maintenance activities ceaselessly receiving inputs and/or releasing outputs operated under the different selfless autonomous bodily systems, even though the selfless universal consciousness is always here and there and everywhere, as it is, never appear or disappear, never increase or decrease.
Just as the sun is always there as it is, never appear or disappear. However, under the movement of the earth (just like the conscious, semi-conscious, and unconscious states and activities of the body and mind) and various elements in the atmosphere (just like the impurities and restless thought activities in the modification of the mind), the sun (just like the selfless universal consciousness) appears to be appearing and disappearing, generating the false impression of day and night, or sunrise and sunset, or the heat appears to be mild or intense.
Just like the body and mind being fully aware (wakeful), or semi-aware (sleep/dream), or unaware (deep sleep, or coma), of the different states of conscious awareness (just like the movements of the earth and the various elements in the atmosphere that are ceaselessly changing) generating the false impression of the consciousness appears to be coming and going (just like the sun appears to be rising and setting), while it is actually the selfless mind conscious awareness that is changing, that is presence or absence, that appears or disappears, that appears to be strong or weak, and hence, there is the practice of developing and empowering the limited and conditional degrees of awareness, or alertness, or focus, or attentiveness.
That is also why, after a prolonged duration of wakefulness/alertness or intense focus on something, the mind will become tired, and needs to take rest. Just like the selfless impermanent limited and conditional existence and the different functions of the body and mind, the conscious mind awareness/focus/attentiveness, or the willpower/patience/forbearance is also limited and conditional.
The only 'thing' that is unlimited and unconditional, is the infinite independent permanent timeless attributeless all pervading selfless universal consciousness.
The selfless impermanent limited and conditional world of names and forms, of inevitable ceaseless maintenance during the momentary existence and function, of non-satisfactory momentary perishable goodness or pleasurable enjoyment, and the inevitable/evitable impermanent painful suffering that is being perceived/experienced under the presence of the conscious mind awareness, where all that don't exist, if without the selfless function of the mind functioning under the existence of the selfless universal consciousness that gives rise to the conscious mind awareness to the mind, to be conscious towards itself internally (the physical structure) and externally (the surrounding environment).
Whether the selfless body and mind is living/activating/functioning consciously/semi-consciously/unconsciously, or not, and is 'being aware of' the ceaseless changes in the selfless impermanent limited and conditional existence and function of the selfless body and mind that has a beginning of existence and an end of existence, or not, it doesn't affect the timeless attributeless all pervading selfless universal consciousness.
There might be certain illness/injury/damage happening to the brains, or the nerves, or the senses, or the organs of the senses, where there is certain partial dysfunction or complete dysfunction of the brains, or the nerves, or the senses, or the organs of the senses, where the body and mind might not be able to function as it is, but that also doesn't affect the selfless universal consciousness.
Just as there are all kinds of activities that are happening in the universe, of countless names and forms ceaselessly arising, changing, and passing away, but all that don't affect, or damage, or contaminate the infinite space, that is always there, as it is.
The selfless universal consciousness doesn't increase or decrease, and doesn't come and go, even if the energy level can be high or low, or the body and mind can be functioning efficiently or inefficiently, or the body and mind is conscious/aware, or semi-conscious/aware, or unconscious/unaware, or whether there is the presence or absence of ignorance, restlessness, or impurities in the modification of the mind, or the different states of mind, as well as upon the body and mind ceaselessly decaying, weakening, and disintegrating, or completely ceased existing and functioning.
The selfless universal consciousness that pervades all and everything, that enables the living organisms to have the conscious awareness to be aware/conscious of its selfless impermanent momentary existence and function as well as the surrounding environment, is the one same consciousness in all and everything. There are many different individual selfless bodies and minds that have their own particular cause and effect and traits/qualities/conditions/abilities/disabilities/limitations to be existing and functioning as what they are, but there is no different separate individual consciousness of specific permanent independent immortal individual self identity, that belongs to each particular individual selfless impermanent limited and conditional momentary living being or non-living object respectively, not to say, there is no 'lower impure individual consciousness'.
It is attributeless. It is permanent and unchanging. It is infinite, limitless, and unconditional. It is neither superior nor inferior. It is neither pure nor impure. There is neither pure consciousness nor impure consciousness. There is neither higher consciousness nor lower consciousness. There is neither my consciousness nor your/his/her/its consciousness.
The selfless universal consciousness is the selfless actionless timeless silent witness that has been witnessing all kinds of selfless impermanent limited and conditional momentary names and forms ceaselessly arising, changing, and passing away, that is untouched, uncontaminated, undetermined, unaffected, uninfluenced, unchanged, or undamaged by the presence or absence of all kinds of impurities, restlessness, the idea of 'I', and egoism, of all kinds of physical and mental conditions/states/activities/abilities/disabilities/limitations, thoughts, feelings, emotions, sensations, memories, imaginations, ideas, beliefs, values, understanding and non-understanding, desires and don't desires, behaviors, actions, reactions that ceaselessly arising, changing, and passing away upon the selfless universal consciousness throughout the body and mind.
Just as all kinds of different images or contents of the different movies being projected onto the screen don't affect, or contaminate, or damage, or change the screen. The screen (just like the selfless universal consciousness that pervades the entire infinite space) is what allowing the countless different movies (all kinds of manifestations/perceptions of names and forms under different causes and effects) to be screened upon it for the viewers (the perceptive conscious mind) to watch (to perceive/experience/be aware of) the movies (the mind perception of all kinds of names and forms/experiences), and to have different reflection/understanding/opinions/thoughts/ideas/actions/reactions towards the different movies (pleased or displeased, desirable or undesirable, agreeable or disagreeable, like or dislike, enjoyable or non-enjoyable, inspiring or non-inspiring, enlightening or non-enlightening, elevating or depressing).
The difference between the screen and the selfless universal consciousness, is that the screen is like all the other names and forms that are impermanent, limited, and conditional, that is subject to decay and disintegration, that can be damaged and destroyed, that will affect the quality of the images or contents of the movies being projected onto it, that will cease existing, but not the selfless universal consciousness.
The selfless universal consciousness reflects all and everything as they are, however, the presence of the veil of ignorance, or the restlessness, the impurities, the idea of 'I', and egoism in the selfless modification of the mind distort or corrupt the reflection of all and everything, and/or hinder the mind to see all and everything as they are. It is like the mirror will reflect all and everything as it is, however, the presence of dust, or dirt, or cracks, or movement will distort or corrupt the reflection, or hinder the mind to see the reflection of all and everything as they are. Similarly, the mirror is also a name and form that is impermanent, limited, and conditional, but not the selfless universal consciousness.
It is the selfless impermanent limited and conditional mind stuff, or the function/modification/activity/state of the mind, that appears to be pure and calmed and egoless under the absence of impurities, restlessness, and the idea of 'I' and egoism, and that appears to be impure and agitated/disturbed/restless and egoistic under the presence of impurities, restless thought activities, and the idea of 'I' and egoism.
Under the presence of impurities, restlessness, and the idea of 'I' and egoism, the impure restless egoistic modification of the mind (the selfless corrupted mind stuff - the cognition, the understanding, the intellect, the reasoning power, the thinking and behavior pattern, the action and reaction) is the selfless subject that needs to be undergoing the mind purification process to be purifying and eliminating impurities, restlessness, the idea of 'I', and egoism from the selfless impermanent modification of the mind, so that the selfless perceptive cognitive intellectual emotional thinking and acting faculty that perceives and that is conscious/aware of all kinds of names and forms under the presence of the selfless conscious mind awareness to be conscious/aware of all THAT that are being reflected upon the selfless universal consciousness, can now perceive/see/know the names and forms that it perceives through the senses, or the objects of the awareness/perception/senses as what they are, as they are.
Upon the direct self realization towards all that under a purified and quiet modification of the mind, the selfless perceptive cognitive intellectual emotional thinking and acting faculty (the selfless mind) will know that there is only the one same all pervading timeless attributeless selfless universal consciousness that pervades all and everyone and everything, within and without, that doesn't belong to anyone or anything.
There is not any lower inferior individual consciousness that is impure (that is distinct and separated from the so called 'highest superior universal pure consciousness'), that needs to be purified to become pure, to regain the state of purity, and to become one and identical with the selfless universal consciousness. It is always the one same all pervading timeless attributeless selfless universal consciousness.
The different impermanent limited and conditional selfless bodies and minds/names and forms coming and going in this infinite space that doesn't belong to anyone or anything, generating different causes (actions) and effects (consequences of actions) impacting all and everyone and everything, either wittingly or unwittingly, and they are never the same but ceaselessly changing, but the selfless timeless attributeless universal consciousness is still the same. The infinite space of the universe is still the same. They are not being affected, or damaged, or contaminated by all kinds of selfless manifestations being what they are.
The many different individual selfless perceptive minds have their own particular individual and/or collective group perceptions/experiences in their respective momentary existence, and might or might not remember all the perceptions/experiences from the moment of forming (birth) until the moment of disintegration (death) under the selfless function of the memory and memory storage, however, the one same selfless timeless universal consciousness (the one and only silent witness) that pervades all and everyone and everything, has been witnessing all and everyone and everything, of the ceaseless births and deaths of the countless names and forms, of the ceaseless impermanent changes in the countless names and forms in between arising (birth/the beginning of existence) and passing away (death/the end of existence).
The minds that understand this, they will also understand towards what is 'the recollection of countless reincarnations of many different names and forms under different qualities transitioning under different realms under different time, space, and causation' that are merely the timeless imprints of the timeless selfless manifestations of all kinds of momentary names and forms arising, changing, and passing away upon the selfless timeless all pervading universal consciousness (the timeless silent witness of the timeless and endless manifestations of countless names and forms manifested under different qualities ceaselessly changing under different time (era), space (location), and causation (cause and effect)), where the selfless mind perceives the imprints of 'the countless manifestations (different births and deaths) of countless different names and forms under different realms/conditions/qualities in different time, space, and causation' that don't belong to this particular selfless mind that only exists in NOW, in this particular selfless body, that has its own particular perceptions/experiences/impermanent changes/conditions/states/qualities/traits/cause and effect, and its particular memory storage of all that, in NOW.
All these imprints of the timeless selfless impermanent limited and conditional manifestations of names and forms witnessed by the timeless selfless universal consciousness are neither good nor bad, neither positive nor negative. That's also why there is the highly essential and basic teaching and practice of yoga and buddhism of non-grasping/non-attachment/non-identification/non-craving/non-aversion/non-comparison/non-judgment/non-expectation, for all the selfless impermanent minds that have the intense yearning towards knowledge, liberation, freedom, and peace.
That's why, the selfless mind only knows and remembers what it can remember that it has been perceiving/experiencing in its particular selfless existence and function in NOW, that there is only this particular selfless impermanent limited and conditional mortal momentary life existence and function of this particular selfless body and mind (limited adjunct) that is constantly changing, decaying, and disintegrating, and eventually it will pass away or ceased existing, and there are no past previous countless lives or future next lives (the 'ceaseless and endless loop of reincarnation' of a permanent independent immortal infinite individual self identity to be reincarnating into different finite momentary existence of different names and forms transitioning under different realms, under different time, space, and causation) of this particular selfless impermanent limited and conditional mind, that is impermanent, limited, conditional, and non-self, that only exists and ceaselessly changing in NOW.
Most of the time, when the minds think and believe that they 'see', or 'feel', or 'experience' something that is not real, that doesn't exist in the reality, in NOW, it is merely some wild imaginations or hallucinations that happen under certain physical condition and/or mental state, or under the influence of certain substances. Just like dreams. Dreams are not real. If the mind thinks and believes that all the dreams that it perceives as something real, it is insanity.
If it is not merely some wild imaginations, or hallucinations, or dreams that are not real at all, where the minds claimed that they could fully consciously 'know' or 'perceive' something that they think and believe is 'their own' countless ceaseless reincarnations in countless different existences of different names and forms transitioning under different realms/conditions/qualities under different time, space, and causation, but they are merely some random selfless imprints deriving from the all pervading timeless selfless universal consciousness (the timeless silent witness) that has been witnessing the countless selfless manifestations of countless names and forms under different time, space, and causation, manifesting under different realms/conditions/qualities/states, that don't belong to these particular minds that only exist and ceaselessly changing in NOW.
There is the beneficial reason why the timeless selfless universal consciousness or the timeless silent witness of all and everything is unknown to most minds. It will be over-whelming, and extremely disturbing and confusing for the minds that don't really understand what and why are all those imprints coming from the timeless limitless selfless universal consciousness that don't even belong to themselves, and it will be treated and referred as insanity.
Many minds would like/wish to be able to know what is going on in the minds of others, under specific intention or desire, that is their freedom of thinking and desire, but if they know the truth of the restless impure mind stuff, they won't even want to confront with their own restless impure corrupted modification of the mind, not to say, they would not want to know about what is going on in the mind of anyone, as it will be extremely disturbing and exhausting. Just by dealing with the restless impure mind stuff in oneself, is already so difficult, over-whelming, confusing, and exhausting, not to say, if being consciously aware of what is going on in all the other minds that are full of all kinds of desires, greed, violence, hypocrisy, lies, plotting, scheming, ill will, hatred, anger, jealousy, fear, worry, insanity, madness, confusions, corruptions, wild imaginations, hallucinations, impurities, and restlessness, as well as all kinds of painful sorrow and suffering, while not being able to interfere with all the others being what and how they are under the influence of the nature's law of cause and effect.
There is no painful suffering in the all pervading timeless attributeless selfless universal consciousness, even when it is the timeless silent witness timelessly witnessing towards all kinds of painful suffering that the countless selfless impure egoistic restless minds had/have been generating and undergoing.
It is only the countless selfless conscious perceptive cognitive intellectual emotional thinking and acting minds functioning selflessly under the selfless impermanent limited and conditional mortal physical structure that is non-self, that doesn't even belong to the selfless body and mind itself, that is the one that perceives all kinds of painful sorrow and suffering, or the notion of 'I am not free' due to being ignorant towards all these selfless natural manifestations, under the influence of the veil of ignorance.
The sense of separateness and duality, as well as pride and shame, low and high self esteem, positiveness and negativeness, goodness and badness, righteousness and evilness, meaningfulness and meaninglessness, offensiveness and defensiveness, togetherness and aloneness, possessiveness, discrimination, discontentment, greed, clinging, the conscious desire and/or the instinctive urge to control, and fear, that exist under the sense of separateness and duality, will be vanished from the modification of the mind, upon the direct self realization towards all these.
If the mind doesn't know this, where it has doubt (and, the mind should be doubting*) towards the truth of all these, then the mind can engage in certain methods or practices that can help to purify and quiet the modification of the mind, to be inquire towards the truth of all these, to attain direct self realization towards all these.
*Doubting, is absolutely nothing wrong, and it indicates the possibility of conscious mind evolution. Doubting towards the truth of something or everything, apart from the direct or indirect experience of painful sorrow and suffering, is the highly essential element that initiates the mind purification and silencing process, to be inquiring towards the truth of everything, to be free from ignorance, to attain direct self realization towards the truth of everything.
Just as the young Siddhartha Gautama Buddha was being initiated by the indirect not personal experience under the perception/awareness towards the existence of painful sorrow and suffering in all the others in the surrounding environment, towards the inevitable suffering of selfless impermanent limited and conditional existence and function that needs ceaseless effort for maintenance, of inevitable changes, decay, aging, weakness, illness, and disintegration, or death, and had ignited the intense yearning towards knowledge, liberation, freedom, and peace in himself, even when he hadn't have any direct personal experience towards painful sorrow and suffering, while being determined to attain direct self realization towards the truth of suffering, and eventually, he attained self realization after years of renunciation and learning all kinds of methods and practices from different teachers of different lineages and paths, and underwent the different paths of extremity that didn't work, that led to the realization towards the middle path, that eventually led to the self realization towards the mind stuff, the truth of Selflessness, Impermanence, Limitation, Conditional, and Non-self, and the nature's law of cause and effect.
Do not blind-believe, blind-follow, blind-agree/disagree, blind-practice, or blind-propagate anything from anyone.
Inquire the truth of everything, including all that is here.
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