Roy Melvyn

But phenomena can never exist without consciousness.

The knowing that Wu Sin is speaking about is not the same as knowing the world.

It is not a physical or sensual or mental activity that's done by body, sense or mind.

This is the knowing of any and all phenomena that appear in the field of consciousness.

It illuminates the field, absent of any illuminator.

As silent knowing, it is completely detached from the thinking mind, the perceiving senses, the doing body or the happy or unhappy person.

Whatever you perceive is there in the field of knowing.

But it is not you.

So stop assuming that you are something inside the field.

Imagine if you have a brother-in-law who comes to your house every day drunk and throws up on your floor.

The solution to the problem is not for him to come less frequently,

Some have suggested the approach of watching the mind.

But how can paying attention to the mind cure the problem of paying attention to the mind?

Your mind holds sway over you because you have granted it an audience.