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> I was trying to figure out the meaning of Non-self one day and
> stumbled upon this idea. Please bear with me as this is a bit long...
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There are four great elements which are responsible for all conceivable objects and forms. If we take a human being, we have a body made of the 4 great elements and a consciousness. As we know there is no such thing called a person beyond the grammatical meaning, therefore neither mind or body is a person or a soul or any such thing.
Let's expand this to a universal level, the same way a body host a consciousness, the universe hosts all consciousnesses. So the assumption here is that 4 great elements provide the infrastructure for the birth of a consciousness. if we forget the identities like human,animal,heavenly,etc, what we have is a sea of 4 great elements that facilitate the existence of all so called "beings". this shows an uncanny resemblance to what we call a being.
**- Allow me to elaborate -**
A body is a housing for a consciousness, the body consist of the 4 elements.
The universe is a housing for consciousnesses, the universe consist of the 4 elements.
Take into account that according to the teaching, the consciousness is not a permanent one, it is explained as a static that occurs and ceases with every though,recognition,comparison,etc.
Taken as a static, a consciousness does not even last a second. Bearing this in mind, allow me to end the question.
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> If consciousness is a static like phenomenon, and the body taken out
> of its uniformed identity resembles the universe itself, can one find
> that the non-self idea within this context?
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> * ***I know that this is very philosophical, but this is how Buddhism's discussions have happened in the canon and the only way to discuss
> deeper concepts. as i expecct my friends here to be more than
> signposts that point directions, i have asked this here and i hope the
> question is not going to be flagged or deleted because of its long and
> philosophical nature***.**
Asked by Theravada
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Oct 12, 2017, 04:49 AM
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