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The TRUE nature of “SELF”

18 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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This is a YouTube video titled "The TRUE nature of “SELF”" containing a monologue or lecture-style discussion from September 18, 2023, exploring Buddhist concepts of the self, consciousness, and awareness. The speaker elaborates on the mind-made sense of self as a fiction and introduces a deeper dimension of consciousness beyond the conceptual mind.

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The Buddha called it the self, which is the mind-made sense of self. That mind-made sense of self is ultimately a kind of fiction that you live through. When you realize that this is the case, another dimension of consciousness has arisen in you, which is not your mind. We could call it awareness, or we could call it presence. So when you realize what your mind is doing that is not part of the conceptual mind that works through stories and words and concepts, it is a deeper, or you could say deeper or higher dimension of consciousness that suddenly has a resonance.