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In terms of sapience? Or sentient?Does consciousness have to be aware of itself and other self?
Does consciousness have to be aware of itself and other self?
Does consciousness have to be aware of itself and other self?
sentientIn terms of sapience? Or sentient?
You need to clarify your question as other members have suggested. IMHO, one has to bring his attention to a particular subject to be aware of it. One has to have focus. One cannot be aware/conscious of anything without bringing it to one's focus.Does consciousness have to be aware of itself and other self?
understoodTo what end?
In order to be itself? No. Evidence of this abounds.
And what is this 'other' self you speak of? Are you meaning the ego self?
The focus in Vedanta is on self-awareness, rather than being habitually conscious of external objects and people for the sake of sensory stimulation. You can see from experience that the latter is easy while the former is relatively harder.
Nisargadatta Maharaj have elucidated below on the relation between awareness and consciousness....
'Awareness is primordial; it is the original state, beginning-less, endless, uncaused, unsupported, without parts, without change. Consciousness is on contact, a reflection against a surface, a state of duality. There can be no consciousness without awareness, but there can be awareness without consciousness.'
You need to clarify your question as other members have suggested. IMHO, one has to bring his attention to a particular subject to be aware of it. One has to have focus. One cannot be aware/conscious of anything without bringing it to one's focus.
i believe this is why western religions have a lapse in its morality. they do not recognize the shadow of their own psyche
What is (outward) evolving consciousness?consciousness flows both ways, both evolving(outward) and involving(inward). what seems prevalent is mostly extrospective vs introspective
'You' are but a chimera. There is no 'you'.Whether you are aware of anything at all or not, you are still there.
Does consciousness have to be aware of itself and other self?
What is (outward) evolving consciousness?
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Often it is not.Does consciousness have to be aware of itself and other self?
What is 'prana'? Being an atheist and advaitist, I do not accept the existence of either 'prana' or a 'consciousness' which is supposed to depart from a dead person.in the same way prana moves.
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