Who or what am I?

Originally Posted by Altair

Oooh I like the sound of ''hidden desires''! That's where you can tell what's really going on..

hiding the last piece of apple pie now. some posts talked about seeing yourself in a mirror, none of us have seen our own heads in 3D.... that's odd. then there's that thing where people don't like the sound of their own voice from a recording, scientists say the reason for that is we have never heard what our actual voice sounds like to others, we hear the "in my head" version which is different.

Originally Posted by AbodhiSky

hiding the last piece of apple pie now. some posts talked about seeing yourself in a mirror, none of us have seen our own heads in 3D.... that's odd. then there's that thing where people don't like the sound of their own voice from a recording, scientists say the reason for that is we have never heard what our actual voice sounds like to others, we hear the "in my head" version which is different.

that's true. When I hear a recording of myself, I sound so rough and when I see myself in a window, I want to vomit.

.... When you look in the mirror you see your soul..

[sky]

Originally Posted by hazada guess

when I see myself in a window, I want to vomit.

So your seeing a reflection of your thoughts

: Lol,I'm not that bad.

[Miss Hepburn]

Originally Posted by Ewwerrin

And who is the one
that becomes aware of the one
who becomes aware
of their own awareness?

OMG...that is a good one!
Where is that thread on What Members Say?
Reminded me of:

I hate the guys
That minimize
and criticize
the other guys
whose enterprise
has made them rise
above the guys
that criticize.

[sky]

Originally Posted by hazada guess

: Lol,I'm not that bad.

Excellent now when you look in the mirror that's what you'll see

Originally Posted by sky123

Excellent now when you look in the mirror that's what you'll see

Bless you.

[HITESH SHAH]

Originally Posted by Greenslade

That would be your ego and what it identifies with. The ego is the centre of the field of consciousness and gives you a sense of 'I am.' The 'contents' of the ego is what your ego thinks that 'I am' is, which in your case is an imposition of the ego one the self and not actually the self.

Here i used the word 'Self' with capital 'S' to denote spirit . Spirit denotes pure unadulterated eternal awareness/consciousness in individual which is small particle cosmic consciousness.

Ego - I maker contents you talk about when mixed with spirit becomes a soul in Christianity . There are similar terms in other religion also.

Psychologically what u say makes sense . But - psychology is not alone in the world . There is spirituality also . And world wide lot of great spiritual people in various region / period have said/experienced about pure unadulterated awareness - Spirit . And I definitely can resonate very well with them . So I still contend that Spirit is the one who creates the experience - creating various illusions , delusions and confusions (including that I-maker is the center of the field of consciousness ). While u can carry on with your belief , I certainly dont believe it to be final truth . There is lot more to it than meets the eye.

Originally Posted by HITESH SHAH

So I still contend that Spirit is the one who creates the experience - creating various illusions , delusions and confusions (including that I-maker is the center of the field of consciousness ).

I guess Jung - who was regarded as a great mind of his time and was a Spiritual adept, particularly in Advaita Vedanta - was delusional then?

Spirit is not the one that creates the experience, your unconscious (and its various subsystems) creates your experience - the experience is the experiencer. A discussion of who/what I am is incomplete at best without at least some understanding of psychology, because we are far more that most people want to believe we are. The 'I' that the I-maker or Ahamkara creates is itself an 'invented thing', the an 'invented thing' creates the 'I' that is seen in the mirror.