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What Are You Before You Go to the Mind?
The question points to the timeless awareness that exists before mental activity - the Self that remains when all thought subsides.
Key Teachings
- You exist as pure awareness before the mind engages - there is a state of being prior to thought
- The mind is a tool you use, not what you fundamentally are
- Inquiry into 'what am I before the mind?' reveals the essential Self that is always present
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From: What Are You Before You Go to the Mind? - 3rd September 2021