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**Adeniinteme** · 10-08-2010, 10:01 AM

Great! Thanks again FBM... Grin

Quote from: Former Buddhist Monk on Today at 09:26:55 AM
Consciousness is a process, not a thing in itself.

So, in this sense, as any process, seems to be a flow...

Grin

Makes sense to me, a process cannot occur but over a period of time.

I think the idea of stream/flow of consciousness in Tibetan Buddhism is basically just referring to a series of conscious moments that are connected by cause & effect relationship. The "mind stream" as I understand it refers to
1) this cause and effect relationship between moments of consciousness
2) the perceived experience of continuity that an individual usually experiences

10-08-2010, 10:01 AM	#40
Adeniinteme Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 591 Senior Member	Great! Thanks again FBM... Grin Quote from: Former Buddhist Monk on Today at 09:26:55 AM Consciousness is a process, not a thing in itself. So, in this sense, as any process, seems to be a flow... Grin Makes sense to me, a process cannot occur but over a period of time. I think the idea of stream/flow of consciousness in Tibetan Buddhism is basically just referring to a series of conscious moments that are connected by cause & effect relationship. The "mind stream" as I understand it refers to 1) this cause and effect relationship between moments of consciousness 2) the perceived experience of continuity that an individual usually experiences
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