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Originally Posted by anthony c
The Absolute(The Dao or real nothingness) is outside consciousness and it has no attribute meaning it is Real nothingness(not a thing but consciousness is oneness and it's a thing, still 1 attribute.)
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It seems to me when you use consciousness you are referring to its reflection in/illumination of mind and that is a thing that can be directly known by mind. When I use Consciousness I refer to That which is reflected in/illumines mind and That is
no thing and cannot be directly known by mind.
The eye cannot directly see itself but by the virtue of seeing its existence is self-revealing and self-evident. Like Descartes said, "I think therefore I am" only take it one step deeper to That which is aware of thinking.
This is what Advaita Vedanta posits.