Enlightened master Jan Frazier on nature of unconsciousness

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Insightful article by female enlightened master Jan Frazier on being conscious and unconscious...

Being conscious occurs in the now. When you’re conscious, you’re aware of what’s happening in the now: sensation in your body, what your body is doing, things directly observable in the immediate scene. Consciousness is neutral, unresisting awareness of present-moment reality. There are no mental filters, no inner narrative. Simply awareness of what is, right now.

Being unconscious means you’re lost in thought, in the pictures and stories your mind is producing. You have entered the made-up content of your mind and are occupying it as if it were reality itself. Your ego is invested in this content as being real and important, and very likely as a result you are experiencing some kind of emotion (stirred up by the thinking). You have forgotten that all of it is the product of your mind (even if its content appears to be true or important). As a result, you are missing actual reality, what’s happening in the now — including that you are inventing the thoughts. ~ Jan Frazier

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Post by Elizabeth on Sept 16, 2018 16:02:06 GMT

Can't they have other definitions as well? Like conscious=alive and unconscious=dead
A living body is always conscious because it has the ability to think, feel, etc. Even one that's asleep. One may not have felt someone's touch while asleep but the concious living body felt it despite you being aware of it yourself. Like blood is alwaye moving throughout your body because body is alive yet you can't feel that. But I guess we can define conscious and unconscious different ways. According do Jen I'm only half conscious probably being half asleep LOL

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Sept 16, 2018 16:02:06 GMT Elizabeth said:

Can't they have other definitions as well? Like conscious=alive and unconscious=dead
A living body is always conscious because it has the ability to think, feel, etc. Even one that's asleep. One may not have felt someone's touch while asleep but the concious living body felt it despite you being aware of it yourself. Like blood is alwaye moving throughout your body because body is alive yet you can't feel that. But I guess we can define conscious and unconscious different ways. According do Jen I'm only half conscious probably being half asleep LOL

Unconsciousness here is related to deep involvement in one's thoughts and corresponding emotions to the point of missing reality as it is.

I know of a fanatic fan of a sports team, depressed by its failure in a certain match, who shot himself dead. The guy identified with the team to the extent that its failure created corresponding thoughts and emotions of depression leading to his suicide.

Similarly there are people who had died in cinema theatres suffering heart attacks due to too much emotional involvement with the characters in the movie , especially in times of distress and tension.

Obviously such incidents are totally unnecessary,and are symbolic of unconsciousness due to belief systems, conditioning and inability to detach from the mental stream of thoughts and emotions that flood the mind due to external stimuli or due to impact of past memories.

Practice of present moment awareness, emphasized in all religions, enables one to detach from blind involvement in one's thoughts and emotions, and have a balanced and realistic perspective to each situation without emotional distortions.

Self-awareness is yoga. - Nisargadatta Maharaj

Evil is an extreme manifestation of human unconsciousness. - Eckhart Tolle

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