[MD] Awareness and consciousness in the MOQ

[david buchanan]

valkyr at att.net said to Dmb & Andre,


Let me expand: And for the record, in my experience of mindfulness, there is no 'I'.  If there were such an 'I', it would no longer be considered mindfulness, but would be the process involving the twin reification of self (I) and object.


dmb says:
Mindfulness is a matter of being fully aware and in touch with your own inner experience. It's about paying attention to the felt qualities of your present experience without judgement or attachment. Claiming to be mindful, even if it were true, is not relevant to the actual complaint, which is about a lack of conceptual clarity and logical coherence.

It is logically inconsistent to say "there is no I in my experience". Unless you make some kind of distinction or otherwise qualify the meaning of "I" and "my", it's like saying there's no cash in my coins or no food in my lunch. It's just nonsense.