When you empty consciousness of its contents what's left?

[sandandfoam]

Do you believe?

 

[Gjallarhorn]

Objectivity.

 

[Me Myself]

Me Myselfless

 

[YmirGF]

Reality

 

[ChristineES]

Someone who lives by instinct.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Unconsciousness.

 

[Willamena]

You can't empty it of what it is --I suppose if you did, you derive nothing.

 

[connermt]

Do you believe?

When you empty ANYTHING of its contents, what's left?
Thing we can't see.

 

[Literate Peasant]

Reality

Amen.

 

[Madhuri]

Consciousness doesn't become empty or fill up.
The mind does that.

Dis-attach the consciousness from the physical mind and then you simple have... Being.

 

[dyanaprajna2011]

Reality

This.

 

[zenzero]

Friend stephenw,

When you empty consciousness of its contents what's left?

Emptiness itself is consciousness!
[you may rephrase your question.]

Love & rgds

 

[Yerda]

Do you believe?

I don't understand the question. Can you elaborate, Stephen?

 

[sandandfoam]

I don't understand the question. Can you elaborate, Stephen?

I was thinking of the argument that when discussing consciousness we confuse the contents of conscioiusness with consciousness.

If one were to take everything -all the objects and things - one is aware of out of consciousness what remains?

 

[zenzero]

Friend stephenw,

one is aware of out of consciousness what remains?

AM not sure if one can be aware of being out of consciousness as awareness itself is consciousness rather being aware means to be conscious.
Plainly being out of consciousness is unconsciousness and subconsciousness, id etc.
When am tired physically and mentally am totally unconscious and even if someone steals all possessions or cuts the throat will not wake up.

Love & rgds

 

[Koldo]

You can't empty it of what it is --I suppose if you did, you derive nothing.

:yes:

 

[Willamena]

I was thinking of the argument that when discussing consciousness we confuse the contents of conscioiusness with consciousness.

If one were to take everything -all the objects and things - one is aware of out of consciousness what remains?

It's not always a confusion; sometimes they actually are synonymous. For instance, without something to be aware of, what is awareness?

 

[Ozzie]

Do you believe?

I believe in death of consciousness, and sleep without consciousness. But I think your referring to a dissociative state, right?

 

[sandandfoam]

I believe in death of consciousness, and sleep without consciousness. But I think your referring to a dissociative state, right?

Spot on.

 

[doppelganger]

Paraphrasing Hume - consciousness IS its contents.