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Originally Posted by Maguru  I have a bit of a problem with this exists and that doesn't exist. If no-thing exists then everything exists. We cannot know either. If this no-thing is pure awareness then it is something. That something constructs the everything, the all we know. Both are real and true.
This POV doesn't include the ego. The ego or perceptions are just descriptions of the constructs. Our way of seeing and understanding ourselves and the world around us.
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I dont mean to say affirmatively that nothing exists. I havent been there and so I refer to that as "no-thing".
Yes as you mentioned pure awareness could be something. Nisargdatta constantly mentions in his book "I am that" that he doesnt have words to express that state. I agree that the deeper we go we will acquire pure awareness and may be more. But we have to go to know that.....staying here will only confuse us with more words and terminology.
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I prefer to not chance there being no beyond, and thus focus on living this corporeal life as best as possible. That should carry on to the next, if there is one, right?
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Mark, I understand where you are coming from. I can only speak from what I have read and learnt from books and theories. Your mind understands things with form. To know the formless you have to rise above your mind. As far as I know, rising above your mind is a good thing and there are no bad effects to it. It will only empower you and so its worth taking the chance.