Cognizing Entity

Sanyaha told his students: "This is not a world experienced by "me." The "I" is not moving through a world that is out there. The world does not act upon a "me." The "me" is an experience of consciousness.  Consciousness assumes the form of a me, of a world, of you, and all the time, there is no cognizing entity, no center.  There is only ever the knowing of experience. Cognizing yes, entity, no.  Experience continues to happen.

First arises an assumption that "you" are the mind in a body, navigating the objective world, which existed before you were born. Then you may learn that something called Consciousness experiences all that is known and there is no personal volition.  Finally it is seen that the experience, and the knowing of it, are one and the same."

Student:  "If there is no me, then why does it seem as if I am still looking out of these eyes?"
Sanyaha: "You" are not looking out of those eyes. There is only perception occurring, along with conditioned thoughts about a fiction called "me".  You think everything you know and do has an owner called "you".  This is John's body, these are John's thoughts.  I, John, should have done a better job on that." This is not the case. It's like thinking the sandman brings sleep every night as your parents may have told you as a child. Then you find out there is no sandman. Sleep happens without anyone's help.

When you are looking at something and thinking nothing, do you disappear? Whatever you are, exists before, after and during thoughts. Do not give this a name. The name is only a word. Existence or being is present with or without any words."