@Olivier5,
Quote:And we don't need proof for it's existence: we get every day when we are conscious of our thoughts. That's proof enough for me.
it is proof enough for you now, because you refuse to question further. the intellect will naturally seek expansion, and you will eventually question further, as will frank apisa and everyone else who rejects non-duality. haha..
Quote:But if consciousness is a sense, like I think it is, then it follows that it involves a mechanism to extract information from its object, for instance that one part of the brain can 'hear' what another part is thinking.
perhaps read some medical books before just guessing how the body works. keep guessing about consciousness, nobody can explain it. the auditory centre in the brain receives signals from the ear. the way you 'hear' thought is unexplained, but the auditory centre in the brain appears stimulated under imaging. so the conjecture is that consciousness is able to 'imagine' a sound by stimulating that section of the brain spontaneously. this conjecture is completely unproven by medical science. i am not arguing with it per se, i am proving the absolute primary nature of consciousness itself, with no science to back it up.
to say that proof isn't needed is naive, it only comes from accepting this entire reality as it is spoonfed to you by others. the only way to figure things out yourself is to investigate your own consciousness completely, and truly figure out for yourself.
Quote:Science is very ignorant of these things, it's true, but ignorance doesn't prove an an absence of material causes to the mind. It just means we don't know yet.
yes, i don't doubt science will eventually prove consciousness in some tiny particles, who cares? my point is that right now, by your own investigation, you can find out much more about consciousness than science ever can.
Quote:What do you think creates the mind? Magic? What's the damn purpose of non-dualism if you can't even resolve that the mind is materially supported rather than magically different from matter?
THESE questions are exactly what non dualism attempts to resolve. you cannot determine how your own mind appears to exist, so you continuously try and figure it out. non dualism does resolve everything as an appearance. dualism insists on some absolute reality.
Quote:I'm not the confused one here. Your consciousness is far far from infinite. Smile it's only turning around in circles, like the dog chasing his tail...
both mine, yours, and ALL HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS is infinite, because it is experienced as such by everyone. everything about your current experience is infinite, right now. star light from light years away from earth is able to reach your eyesight. there is no theoretical limit to any of your senses, everything is infinite. if you want to believe i am 'chasing my tail', what do i care? i am doing whatever i want, you don't have to respond..