I put it the way I did, to say that reality exists, mainly for the sake of emphasizing the point that thought must be present for any 'thing' to exist, without wiping out reality as a result. Reality is indeed nondualistic and thus the designation of 'existence' is ultimately inapplicable. Thanks for clarifying.movingalways wrote:Gravity doesn't exist, consciousness doesn't exist, form doesn't exist and most certainly "reality as a whole" doesn't exist. Wisdom of emptiness ends the delusion of the existence of things.Russell wrote:Yes, but even the law of gravity requires consciousness to exist. Without thought, there is no demarcation of reality being made; anything beyond thought is necessarily undefined. Only reality as a whole.. infinite, unbounded, undelineated reality, can be said to exist without consciousness.
When all is said and done, form or distinction is the only reality that can be known. While reasoning the concept of formlessness is necessary in order to realize emptiness of self (Zen's Ten Ox Herding Pictures comes to mind), in truth, there is never a moment in our consciousness when a distinction (appearance of a boundary) isn't being made.
So yes, consciousness is required to distinguish (think of) gravity.
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If the Infinite is no-self then from where does this 'you' come from that makes it 'become'?ardy wrote:Not so, the no-self is the infinite and you make it 'become' for want of a better word. It is an indivisible part of you and it connects you to everything. There is no you in it but it is your existence that makes it 'become' for you.
Any notion of an "I" automatically implies duality. You can't create non-duality, it is simply the default state. Duality is created by and along with the occurance of consciousness within infinite causality.I have experienced emptiness and what a wonderful thing it is, when I first experienced it in the mid 90's I was overwhelmed by it and felt insignificant. As I got used to it I realised that it was I who created it within me, not that it was something outside of me (duality) that was creating me. Funny that I still am overawed by it although I am creating it.