Reason.
"Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,
Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend
More than cool reason ever comprehends." ~ William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Actually, prior to this, Geoffrey Chaucer, 1340-1400 CE, (per the English Oxford Dictionary) used the term to...
These exist due to primary cause. Cars exist because of humans, humans exist because of procreation, and death exists because of life.
These, too, shall pass. Everything that exists in phenomenal reality is temporary.
So you're aware that there is not a thing to remember. Awareness didn't stop.
No. In that state, one experiences absence. One is still aware one is experiencing nothing. One's awareness doesn't stop experiencing. It is experiencing and absence of time, space, and causation.
In a manner of...
I don't know, but I would guess around the time living beings made discoveries they couldn't understand and/or explain objectively.
Or consciousness developed humans. ;)
Intentionally left-over moong dal curry and basmati rice.
Tonight, I'll likely be throwing something together with some random ingredients I have lying around. Vegetable broth, basmati rice, lentils, chilis that are about to turn, mushrooms, garlic, ginger, and some random spices.
Awareness remains whether under general anesthetic or in a deep sleep state. If you were not aware, would you be able to claim the nothing you experienced?
As I see it, these states (along the state of not living) are an experience of absence, not an absence of experience.
You're not wrong...
I rarely talk about the weather unless there is some unusual or exciting phenomenon occurring. I often engage with perfect strangers or acquaintances with random off-the-wall observations I find amusing or fascinating.
Which people? I haven't met them.
Most people are either apathetic to religion or don't want to hear anything outside their tightly held beliefs.
The other day, a neighbor walked up to me with her phone, clearly excited about a video she saw and wanted to share. She opened with, "I don't...
I can see where you arrive at that conclusion based on what I said. That's primarily because you took one sentence from what I said out of context.
Please allow me to clarify. Experience does not exist in the absence of an experiencer. There is nothing that contains experiences in the...
Okay...let's try this in terms you may be able to better understand.
How are Himalayan's different from other cats?
Does this mean that they are still different from cats?