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The Self is a complex and core subject in many forms of spirituality. Two types of self are commonly considered - the self that is the ego, also called the learned, superficial self of mind and body, an egoic creation, and the self which is sometimes called the "true self", the "I" (or "I-I"), the "Atman", the "Observing self", or the "Witness". Spirituality, in a narrow sense, concerns itself with matters of the spirit. ...
In spirituality, and especially nondual, mystical and eastern meditative traditions, the human being is often conceived as being in the illusion of individual existence, and separateness from other aspects of creation. ...
Discussion Traditions such as Buddhism see the apparent self (our identification as souls, minds, bodies and egos) as a grasping-after self--i.e., inasmuch as we have a self, we have it only through a deluded attempt to shore it up.
Descriptions of the egoic self and Witnessing Self - Further information: Ego (spirituality)
Ken Wilber describes the Witnessing (or Observing) Self in the following terms: In spirituality, and especially nondual, mystical and eastern meditative traditions, the human being is often conceived as being in the illusion of individual existence, and separateness from other aspects of creation. ...
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- "This observing Self is usually called the Self with a capital S, or the Witness, or pure Presence, or pure awareness, or consciousness as such, and this Self as transparent Witness is a direct ray of the living Divine. The ultimate I is Christ, is Buddha, is Emptiness itself: such is the startling testimony of the world's great mystics and sages." [1]
He adds that the Self is not an Emergent, but an aspect present from the start as the basic form of awareness, but which becomes increasingly obvious and self aware "as growth and transcendence matures." As Depth increases, consciousness shines forth more noticeably, until: Presence is the seventh studio album by English rock band Led Zeppelin, released by Swan Song Records on March 31, 1976. ...
In biological psychology, awareness describes a human or animals perception and cognitive reaction to a condition or event. ...
Consciousness is a quality of the mind generally regarded to comprise qualities such as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the relationship between oneself and ones environment. ...
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Christ is the English translation of the Greek word (Christós), which literally means The Anointed One. ...
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- "shed[ding] its lesser identification with both the body and the mind ... in each case from matter to body to mind to Spirit... conciousness or the observing Self sheds an exclusive identity with a lesser and shallower dimension, and opens up to deeper and higher and wider occasions, until it opens up to its own ultimate ground in Spirit itself. And the stages of transpersonal growth and development are basically the stages of following this Observing Self to its ultimate abode, which is pure Spirit or pure Emptiness, the ground, path and fruition of the entire display." [1]
In a similar vein, Evelyn Underhill states: // Computer programming In object-oriented programming, object identity is a mechanism for distinguishing different objects from each other. ...
Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941) was an Anglican writer on mysticism, a novelist, and a metaphysical poet. ...
"It is clear that under ordinary conditions, and save for sudden gusts of “Transcendental Feeling” induced by some saving madness such as Religion, Art, or Love, the superficial self knows nothing of the attitude of this silent watcher—this “Dweller in the Innermost”—towards the incoming messages of the external world: nor of the activities which they awake in it. Concentrated on the sense-world, and the messages she receives from it, she knows nothing of the relations which exist between this subject and the unattainable Object of all thought. But by a deliberate inattention to the messages of the senses, such as that which is induced by contemplation, the mystic can bring the ground of the soul, the seat of “Transcendental Feeling,” within the area of consciousness: making it amenable to the activity of the will. Thus becoming unaware of his usual and largely fictitious “external world,” another and more substantial set of perceptions, which never have their chance under normal conditions, rise to the surface. Sometimes these unite with the normal reasoning faculties. More often, they supersede them. Some such exchange, such “losing to find,” appears to be necessary, if man’s transcendental powers are to have their full chance." Transcendental in philosophical contexts In philosophy, transcendental experiences are experiences of an exclusively human nature that are other-worldly or beyond the human realm of understanding. ...
[2] See also Similar concepts to the Observing Self: Spirituality, in a narrow sense, concerns itself with matters of the spirit. ...
In spirituality, and especially nondual, mystical and eastern meditative traditions, the human being is often conceived as being in the illusion of individual existence, and separateness from other aspects of creation. ...
A nondual philosophical or religious perspective or theory maintains that there is no fundamental distinction between mind and matter. ...
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The Wheel of Life as portrayed within Buddhism, showing the cycle of Samsara, or reincarnation. ...
The soul, according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is the self-aware essence unique to a particular living being. ...
Atman is a Sanskrit word, normally translated as soul or self (also ego). ...
The Atman or Atma (IAST: Ä€tmÄ, sanskrit: आतà¥à¤®â€ ) is a philosophical term used within Hinduism and Vedanta to identify the soul. ...
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References - ^ a b Ken Wilber, A Brief History of Everything, ch. 12, p.197-199
- ^ Evelyn Underhill, "Mysticism: A Study in Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness, Section III, P. 55.
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