Can you hold on to consciousness or is it an illusion?

[Rilles]

4 minutes ago, Alex bliss said:

@Nahm do I have to push away all the sensations and thought in order to get hold of that awarness??

 

 

[Nahm]

40 minutes ago, Alex bliss said:

@Nahm do I have to push away all the sensations and thought in order to get hold of that awarness??

There is no pusher.

Are you aware that you are aware?

Are you aware of thoughts? 

 

[Alex bliss]

@Nahm yes but it is kinda mixed with sensations and feelings 

Edited August 26, 2019 by Alex bliss

[Rilles]

18 minutes ago, Alex bliss said:

@Nahm yes but it is kinda mixed with sensations and feelings 

Close your eyes, who is the behind the eyelids? Is there anyone there? If you say that there is someone there observing... how can you see the one observing? How can you know that its observing? That its aware?

Do that for 10-20-30 years, just sit with closed eyes looking around behind your eyelids.

When you feel utterly confused youre on the right path. 

Edited August 26, 2019 by Rilles

[Nahm]

1 hour ago, Nahm said:

There is no pusher.

Are you aware that you are aware?

Are you aware of thoughts? 

 

 

1 hour ago, Alex bliss said:

@Nahm yes but it is kinda mixed with sensations and feelings 

No, it isn’t. 

You’re awareness, directly aware of sensations. 

You’re awareness, directly aware of thoughts. 

You’re mixing them. They are not mixed.

When all is let go, consciousness alone remains. 

One who holds onto consciousness, sacrifices consciousness, for a thought. 

(The thought: I am holding consciousness)

[Phoenixx]

On 8/26/2019 at 6:03 PM, Alex bliss said:

@Nahm do I have to push away all the sensations and thought in order to get hold of that awarness??

Sensations and thoughts are part of what you are and they are essential for the self-inquiry process. Meditation won't make you enlightened but it can help you focus better. Your sensations & thoughts are perfectly fine, don't fight them.

Edited August 28, 2019 by Phoenixx