Whatever appears must appear IN something or ON something. It is not possible to have a movie without a screen. It’s not possible to have the words of a novel without a white page. It’s not possible to have a cloud without a sky. It’s not possible to have a thought without …
… without what? [Silence]
Moreover, if we are seeing the movie, we are by definition experiencing the screen. If we are reading a novel, we are by definition experiencing the page. If we are seeing the clouds, we are experiencing the sky. Therefore, if we are experiencing our thoughts (and each of us is experiencing our thoughts) we must, by definition, be experiencing whatever it is they appear In.
What is that? [Silence]
And just as the screen is not made out of the movie, the white paper is not made out the words of the novel, the sky is not made out of clouds, so whatever it is in which our thoughts appear is not itself made of thoughts.
Just as a screen is free of the limited qualities of the movie, just as the white page is free of the limited qualities of the story in the novel, just as the sky is free of the limited qualities of the clouds that appear in it, so whatever it is in which our thoughts appear ... is itself free of the limitations of thought …, and is, as such, unlimited.
Furthermore, the only substance present in the limited movie is the unlimited screen, the only substance present in the limited words is the unlimited paper, the only substance present in the limited clouds is the unlimited sky.
As such, the screen is said to be the Reality of the movie, the paper the Reality of the words, the sky the Reality of the clouds; that which is Real in them. The movie, the words, the clouds, are a temporary appearance of their ever-present Reality.
Likewise, the only substance present in limited thought is this unlimited something in which it appears. This unlimited something in which the limited thought appears is its Reality.
In relation to thought, this unlimited something is called Consciousness. It is Present and Knowing.
A limited thought is a temporary appearance of this unlimited Consciousness. In other words, thought is not made of thought; it is made of Consciousness.
Ice is not made out of ice, it is made out of water. The ice is a temporary name and form of the ever-present water. The water is its Reality. When ice ceases to be ice, all that is lost is a temporary name and form, but the Realty of the ice, the water, is not lost. It remains present and available, ready to assume the next name and form.
So, when a thought disappears, its Reality (Consciousness) doesn’t disappear. It simply loses a temporary name and form and remains available, ready to assume the name and form of the next appearance.
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