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>Consciousness is the Self, because we are living intelligent beings endowed with sentience, we have selves of consciousness, which allow us to be conscious of things. Consciousness has an inescapable subjective component to it, it’s experienced, consciousness experiences itself as the conscious ‘subject’ who is the Self, and through this window that is provided by its light the world appears, this world is the ‘other’ or ‘non-self’ in contrast to the self-revealing, self-illuminating light of the Self, i.e. consciousness

so wrong. consciousness is one of the processes of samsara. it’s not me. your consciousness is driven by reaction which is craving and aversion. what are you conscious of? where do your eyes go? what do your ears look for? you’re conscious of my words because your craving to prove me wrong drove your eyes to read this post. your consciousness is not you. you are conscious of your fingers tapping the keyboard because you crave to win. i am guilty of it too but with meditation sila samadhi and vipassana, we can end the painful cycle of consciousness, perception, sensation and reaction. don’t you want to be free?