Re: Are you ready?
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:00 am
Just kidding. :P
2. Does experience belong to the body, or does the body belong to experience?
There is awareness.
Whatever awareness is aware of becomes the experience.
We use the term 'experience' because it encompasses the fact that the mind is making memories, gaining wisdom from its field of awareness. Even though awareness is not aware of this process of memory-making, the term 'experience' takes this process into account (at least, this is how I view the term).
The body is part of the experience, and awareness of the experience happens through the body's senses, but the body does not belong to the experience, nor does the experience belong to the body (even though the body does 'store' the experience in the form of memories), since 'belonging' is a term which implies a self... I'll say why tomorrow, gotta sleep.
2. Does experience belong to the body, or does the body belong to experience?
There is awareness.
Whatever awareness is aware of becomes the experience.
We use the term 'experience' because it encompasses the fact that the mind is making memories, gaining wisdom from its field of awareness. Even though awareness is not aware of this process of memory-making, the term 'experience' takes this process into account (at least, this is how I view the term).
The body is part of the experience, and awareness of the experience happens through the body's senses, but the body does not belong to the experience, nor does the experience belong to the body (even though the body does 'store' the experience in the form of memories), since 'belonging' is a term which implies a self... I'll say why tomorrow, gotta sleep.