The Subtle Nature of Consciousness

The essential nature of consciousness can't be described because all our words have evolved to describe the content of consciousness. Consciousness, ultimately, isn't even a verb, but it's less concrete to refer to it as a knowing than consciousness. That's why I very often use the word knowing rather than awareness because it's a verb, not a noun. We need to agree with each other and with your listeners that by using the term consciousness or awareness, we're not implying that the reality we are referring to is some kind of subtle object.

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