04-20-2017, 12:53 PM
(04-20-2017, 12:07 PM)anagogy Wrote: This is one of my favorite Neville Goddard quotes:
"I AM is a feeling of permanent awareness. The very center of consciousness is the feeling of I AM. I may forget who I am, where I am, what I am, but I cannot forget that I Am. The awareness of being remains, regardless of the degree of forgetfulness of who, where, and what I am."
I tend to lean towards the feeling that "I" is synonymous with consciousness. Consciousness is always a first person perspective to my understanding. I think the absolute state contains the self, but it is not defined in any way whatsoever. It is just awareness of infinity. The eye ("I") cannot see itself in this realm. If this infinite intelligence chooses, through the act of exercising will, to define itself, the Logos manifestation then emerges from that undefined infinity. It then becomes self aware -- a circumscribed boundary of consciousness with an inner mind, and an outer body. Prior to that, I think there is just awareness of infinite potential. No thoughts about self, just blissful awareness of infinite beingness.
Though, of course, there are no words to describe such a state. It is also infinite creativity, infinite curiosity, and infinite everything.
Of course, there is no way to know for sure until we're there, but its fun to share our speculations.
This is rather precisely my view. Anagogy, every response you make its like your my Self explaining something to my Self. It's pretty awesome.
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