Human consciousness is a treasure most have never dreamed of--You - TopicsExpress

Human consciousness is a treasure most have never dreamed of--You call yourself “I,” but you refer to all the parts of your body, each one of them, as ‘it.’ And whatever you call ‘it’ cannot be the speaker of the ‘I’ in you, because that which you regard as ‘it’ cannot be your ‘I’ at the same time. Were it so, you would have to separate it form itself and from its own ‘I-ness’ and this is impossible. Thus, all things pertaining to you called ‘it’ are neither all of you nor part of you. If it were possible for you to separate a part of yourself from your ‘I-ness,’ your ‘I-ness’ would not remain ‘I-ness.’ Just as if you separate even one part from a house, like a wall or a door, it can no longer be called a house. Therefore, since you refer to all your bodily parts-such as the brain, heart, liver, and other parts-by ‘it,’ as well as whatever else is in heaven and earth, your essential self is beyond all this.’ al-Suhrawardi al Maqtul