"Consciousness awakens us from sleep. So only consciousness (who am I?) awakens us from the false carnal life. The soul is consciousness. It would seem that it is a small conscience. Life is so complicated and tangible, and consciousness so small, so hard to notice. Small and hard to see, but she is Everything. What is consciousness? It is the fact that I will ask myself the question of who and what I am. And I will answer, I am me. But I will ask myself who is this second "I"? The answer is only one: me too, and whenever you ask me too, me. Obviously, the "I" is something outside of space... outside of time... The only thing that really exists. Everything corporeal could have appeared under the conditions of space and time, but not consciousness. And consciousness is everything.
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Consciousness awakens us from sleep. So only consciousness (who am I?) awakens us from the false carnal life. The soul is consciousness. It would seem that it is a small conscience. Life is so complicated and tangible, and consciousness so small, so hard to notice. Small and hard to see, but she is Everything. What is consciousness? It is the fact that I will ask myself the question of who and what I am. And I will answer, I am me. But I will ask myself who is this second "I"? The answer is only one: me too, and whenever you ask me too, me. Obviously, the "I" is something outside of space... outside of time... The only thing that really exists. Everything corporeal could have appeared under the conditions of space and time, but not consciousness. And consciousness is everything.
""Conștiința ne trezește din somn. Deci numai conștiința (cine sunt eu?) ne trezește din falsa viața trupească. Sufletul este conștiința. S-ar părea ca e o conștiința mică. Viața e atât de complicată și de palpabilă, iar conștiința atât de mică, atât de greu de observat. Mică și greu de observat, dar ea e Totul. Ce este conștiința? Este faptul că îmi voi pune întrebarea cine și ce sunt eu. Și voi răspunde, eu sunt eu. Dar mă voi întreba oare cine este acest al doilea „eu“? Răspunsul e unul singur: tot eu, și de oricate ori ai întreba tot eu, eu. Evident, „eul“ este ceva în afara spațiului... în afara timpului... Singurul care există cu adevărat. Tot ce este trupesc ar fi putut apărea în condițiile spațiului și timpului, dar nu conștiința. Iar conștiința este totul."