4 elements meditation – not finding the whole

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    • #2307
      Manita Roose
      Participant

      Rik, I saw an interesting video on YouTube. In Dutch
      Universiteit van Nederland
      Waarom jij niet hetzelfde ziet als iemand anders
      Geeft niet echt een antwoord op jouw vraag, maar wel interessant dat we soms zien wat we verwachten te zien. En daar zit misschien de verklaring in die jij zoekt in je laatste vraag.

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      Mircea Mocanu
      Keymaster

      Hi Rik, my experience is similar with the arising to mind of the concept of 4 elements of the aggregates. Some appear clearer, some in a more undecided manner. When you talk about eye, are you talking about the eye consciousness, or the eye organ, part of the form aggregate? I would say that the tactile is wrapped around the entire body, including the eyes, ear, scalp, etc.

      If it’s about the later, maybe is just a matter of familiarity, clarity over the imputed object. In opposition to the arm, which is highly visible in our field the visual “lens” doesn’t see itself, only in a mirror.

    • #2383
      Ven. Gendun
      Keymaster

      It is definitely happening to your eye consciousness as well, for individual photoreceptors are triggered, but these are grouped into distinct categories of phenomena on the basis of your concepts.

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