How do I know myself as Consciousness?

[Ewwerrin]

Originally Posted by J_A_S_G

It's like the blind ...
... Light of Pure Knowing.

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Do you mean that definitions can be wrong but the experience itself is always perfect?

And why is the experience called "the shining light of pure knowing" ?

For example, we cannot see the light that sound radiates.
And if it were possible, why would it not be called an experience, but "pure knowing" instead?

The idea that we can know experiences, ok, relatively.
But in absolute terms, no thing happens twice. So no experience can ever be truely known, because it has never happened before in absolute terms. So we cannot even remember it, as it cannot exist as a memory, if it has never happened before.
And the experience of it will also always change.
Even repetition adds up and will thus always change.

[Ewwerrin]

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[MikeS80]

Originally Posted by Ewwerrin

Do you mean that definitions can be wrong but the experience itself is always perfect?

For example, we cannot see the light that sound radiates.
And if it were possible, why would it not be called an experience, but "pure knowing" instead.

This can be tricky! Does the experience come from experiencing something for your self as an individual or does the experience come from knowledge/information that you got from someone else? Therefore you experience through someone else, by the way, it is impossible to gain experience from someone else, and is not gaining experience for yourself. Someone can only point to the eperience for you.

Pure knowing also requires knowledge and trust and belief in someone.