By Leo Hartong, Tony Parsons

Awakening to the Dream talks in regards to the present of lucid residing, shock of re-cognising the secret of our collective and real identification, and approximately re-membering the treasure trove inside.

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Stating that being a separate individual is an illusion may sound like a bold claim, but neither contemporary western science nor eastern mystical traditions confirm the existence of a separate self. ’ Subjectively, however, most of us are convinced of its reality. The next three chapters are dedicated to dissecting this belief. We will approach this apparent certainty from different angles and see how much substance there is to the idea. Nothing said here is meant to tell you to get rid of your ego, but rather it endeavors to show you that there really is no independent ego, just like there are no waves independent of the ocean.

The intellect is the wrong tool for relating to non-dualistic reality, in the same way that a bucket is the wrong tool for scooping up the summer wind, or that bars are unfit to confine the rain, or that a sealed coffin can’t hold sunlight. The mind not only appears in Awareness, it tends to confuse its own intellectual activity with Awareness. pmd 47 15-5-2003, 20:05 ground common to everything, including the mind and its activity. Like the screen on which we watch a movie, this background is generally ignored in favor of the impermanent activity that appears on or against it.

The intellect is the wrong tool for relating to non-dualistic reality, in the same way that a bucket is the wrong tool for scooping up the summer wind, or that bars are unfit to confine the rain, or that a sealed coffin can’t hold sunlight. The mind not only appears in Awareness, it tends to confuse its own intellectual activity with Awareness. pmd 47 15-5-2003, 20:05 ground common to everything, including the mind and its activity. Like the screen on which we watch a movie, this background is generally ignored in favor of the impermanent activity that appears on or against it.

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