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Consciousness

Apr 24, 1996 05:43 PM
by Dr. A.M.Bain


In message <199604241952.PAA25712@ultra1.dreamscape.com>, "liesel f.
deutsch" <liesel@dreamscape.com> writes
>Good stunt, Daniel!
>
>I'm trying to think of what I believe consciousness is. I've listened to
>tapes about it. I think Ravi Ravindra talked about it, but I really don't
>know what consciousness is.

Consciousness is a state of being.

> It is something aware ... maybe aware of itself.

Awareness is a function of consciousness.  Therefore I can be aware that
I am. I can be aware of what I do.  I can be aware of more or less.  The
essence of theosophia is to be aware of more.

I *am* consciousness.

I *have* awareness.

Alan
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