we begin in awareness with a knowledge of dimension
our awareness is of internality - and of externality
it is an awareness that manifests as logic - that which is - that which is not
this reality of awareness in the world - of internality and externality is the foundation
of logic - it is the ground on which all thinking is based
this is the reality of consciousness
awareness of awareness and awareness of what is outside of awareness
that consciousness is 'aware of itself' - is not a relation internal to consciousness
awareness just is this luminosity - it is of the nature of the thing - or more precisely
the reality of the dimension
internality is awareness
awareness is 'self-awareness'
that is all consciousness is self-consciousness
our language is essentially a tool for dealing with the external reality - and so its
fundamental structure is subject / object
when we come to consciousness - when we come to the internal reality - we find that
the object language does not fit
we need a language - if we are to explain consciousness as we do external objects -
that makes sense of a subject holding itself as object
and so this is the initial problem - the object language cannot be used in this context
really this just points to the fact that the internal dimension will not be elucidated by
external means - in external language
so at this point we are best to drop the idea altogether - object language or subject /
object language will not do the job -
but this is not a drama -
we cannot put prose to the service of consciousness -
but we can and do call on poetry
and poetry is just that 'misuse of object language' that will enable us to have a sense -
an 'account' of the internal
poetry in whatever form - in language - art - music - dance
poetry displays awareness
and at this point we realize there is no explanation
there is just display
and the possibilities of display are endless
poetry is the language of consciousness
finally consciousness is never authentically revealed in an external form
poetry is a corruption of the prosaic - of the subject / object language
a necessary one because we do need to display awareness
and there are indeed many reasons for this - but the essential enduring reason is the
need for delight
however the metaphysical fact is that awareness is essentially - internal -
and so essentially unrevealed
the poetry of the unrevealed is the essence of mysticism
there are those who prefer to direct their gaze inwards rather than outwards
those who prefer an internal focus rather than the external focus
here is theorigin of religious experience - the poetry of the internal
what is I think is clear is that neither perspective - the internal or the external is in
itself complete
the essential unity that either perspective presupposes is unknown
