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About The Thinking
Process
The Thinking
Process and the Thinker
According to Advaita Philosophy
Mysticism is just a word symbolizing a way of
looking at and being in the world… it is an understanding that whatever is
known, be it scientifically or philosophically is always based on a personal
way of “seeing things”… Let me explain … anything that a scientist or any
other human being “sees” and understands is based on a concept that is a
projection of his own level of Consciousness. Therefore a scientist’s way of
understanding the world will be different and probably more complex and
objective than the way an artist sees. However, both have the same five
senses and use their intuition and imagination to describe the world they
see and understand, though, the messages received by the same senses will be
perceived differently…because their concept of the world is for most of the
time totally or partially different…
A scientist and a “mystic” are both human beings living in duality…meaning
in a world in which the mind functions as a mirror of subjectivity…so, what
is subjectivity? It is the unknown Subject that can never be “projected in
duality” because it is the noumenon… It is the thinking process itself…and
not the thinker…so, we can ask ourselves, what do we mean by objectivity?…to
be objective…pragmatic… scientific…or mystical are different approach
sometimes diametrically opposed to each other and yet their origin is the
same… it is based in subjectivity…What is subjectivity? It is the
“mirroring” in the mind, of the noumenon… each human being will mirror
“outside” of him, through his mind and feelings his own subjectivity, his
own way of “looking” at the world – through his own perception -
understanding… and this is how opinions, concepts, philosophies develops…
Let us look at the meaning of "I am"? When we say “I am”, we are
unconsciously projecting the noumenon in the world of “objectivity” and
automatically we make "that I am" an object… which it is not…and can never
be… thus subjectivity cannot appear in duality …and therefore it cannot be
conceived as an object. But subjectivity manifests as the thinking process…
and we do not realize that when we describe who: “I am”… This “I am” becomes
necessarily an object, because, it cannot be. It can only project concepts
of what it is NOT… In fact a subject becomes necessarily an object in so far
as it is seen as a subject. We are here in a very deep mystical domain…
sorry if this sounds strange or new to you.
So we can ask ourselves: What, then, is the subject of which I am the
object? Sorry for the repetitions… We said that there is only one subject
that cannot become an object, the reason is that a subject cannot be
conceived as an object, since the subject does not exist in the world of
duality (as it is beyond it)…The mind is the mirror reflecting subjectivity,
which functions as the noumenon in manifestation…but it can become apparent
only through concepts, so the subject the “I am” in the world of duality is
in itself: “I AM NOT” …since it cannot be apprehended conceived as an
object…. Since it is the THINKING and not the thinker!
So, what about the subject behind the “thinker”…the noumenon… Here is the
mystery! and this will remain one until object and subject merge and become
one… To explain it will mean to explain it through other concepts… this
takes us back to the process of thinking…thinking will always change and our
experiences will change with our thinking process and as a result
Consciousness unfolds the Source if Being which is NOT… and cannot be
conceptualize…
This is beautiful! Because it shows us that as sentient beings we have the
scope of discovering always more and more about ourselves – creating,
generating, producing, discovering…projecting manifesting more and more…in
the world of duality…which is the phenomenal, objective, relative world of
sense impressions and is therefore an interpretation by divided reasoning
mind (which operates by a comparison of opposites) of noumenon, the
absolute, subject, (the whole Mind) none of which (if you regard them as
different in any way or as aspects of one whole) it is able directly to
perceive. So the absolute Being or the Source of Consciousness (Who is NOT
and cannot manifest as a phenomenon can only manifest as subjectivity… but
in the world of oneness - wholeness…which is the world beyond duality…
everything is in potential… static… beyond concept…the real unknown subject
of the objectification … through the thinking process….via Consciousness….
So, the so called mystery of the “Who Am I?” is in itself trying to
objectify something that it can never be… Let us find out, who is asking
this question? Is it the thinker an object of the thinking process? Remember
that, we said that the thinker is an object, a projection of subjectivity
and the thinking process…and we also said that Consciousness can never be
objectified, since it is the “projector” through which the thinking process
unfolds “objects”, thoughts and feelings …that is the reason why the
noumenon (the Whole the Source) cannot be something since it is the: “I am
not” an object…I am beyond the object…I am the hidden unmanifest subject…the
one that runs the projector and directed the movie….
And here is a paradox that might sound strange to you… so, I as the
consciousness unmanifest (noumenon or Soul – Source) do not exit in the
world of duality, since I am not an object – and therefore in the deepest
sense of the: “Who am I?” – the answer is simply: “I AM”, and this
realization cannot reveal the subject that remains unmanifest, and because
"I" cannot be an object and yet, I know that " I AM"…. How? Because I
express the unmanifest through the thinking and feeling processes…and by
doing so, become an object…Therefore, I come to the realization that both
aspects of being need each other and they are at a certain level of the
awakening process seen as one…. They are complementary….the two opposite and
yet complementary polarities that sustain by their difference each other…
the unmanifest (I am not an object) with the manifest (I am and become an
object all the time to reflect the unknown)… just like day and night… two
aspects of ONE …part of the Source of Consciousness, which is the noumenon.
We are both subject and object, alternatively in duality, simultaneously,
fused, in wholeness and pure Consciousness.
If Being or Consciousness is the real subject, and everything, including
myself is object, then I am object, and subject only in so far as I am
Being, like everything else. But Being or Consciousness is also an object
and is not. As we said the reason is that seen from the world of duality it
becomes an object…projecting itself through the expressions of our psyche
and subjectivity, but beyond it…it is NOT and can never be apprehended as an
object…
So, what becomes clear (I hope) is the fact that everything that sentient
beings think and feel are projections in duality of their own subjectivity…
the source is unique and it is the universal and cosmic Consciousness, the
noumenon…the One… call it with whatever word you prefer… I call it sometimes
Consciousness…Being… the Presence…God, etc… Subjectivity is a reflection of
this unique Source the noumenon and in man it is the thinking process in
duality…and everything that we imagine, create, think, feel, compare,
foresee, etc… are based on personal experiences, which are later developed
into concepts… and on their turn, concepts unfold new discoveries which
unveil “new” ways of seeing the world – followed by new creations and new
concepts… and, this is the "game" of life... the world goes round and
round…creating to destroy - and destroying to create anew…all having their
source in the thinking process…which is pure Consciousness. Hence, every
aspect of a human being changes, from birth to death, the thinking process
in him unfolds according to his needs and the inner "programming" or
"software" implanted in his psyche. And by this creating and destroying
process, each human being realizes that without this law of nature, he would
never be able to know and express himself in the world - never understand
that he is an expression of pure Consciousness - the Source of Being and
further more, Know that it is the thinking process and not the "thinker"
that unfolds wisdom in him.
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