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**Nzmoafzn** · 05-28-2011, 03:32 AM

I think this is exactly the delusion that Buddha teaches to be aware of. There is no denial. To denial is to fight, to hold, to be stressed by... to elaborate views. Anatta is to be experienced by means of insight; of an attentive inspection of how things arise and fade; impermanence... The continuum of an individual is the core delusive thought. IMO the ariseing and fadeing away of fabrications do not mean a "continuum of an individual".

No, that's the whole point. There is no continuum of the individual.

It is with that understanding that the question "what could explain the reappearance of consciousness after its interruption by deep sleep or unconsciousness" is asked.

If there is no continuum, what is it that seems to be picking up again where it left off before?

Again, I am asking if there are any references to this in the Pali (Theravada) sources.

05-28-2011, 03:32 AM	#37
Nzmoafzn Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 464 Senior Member	I think this is exactly the delusion that Buddha teaches to be aware of. There is no denial. To denial is to fight, to hold, to be stressed by... to elaborate views. Anatta is to be experienced by means of insight; of an attentive inspection of how things arise and fade; impermanence... The continuum of an individual is the core delusive thought. IMO the ariseing and fadeing away of fabrications do not mean a "continuum of an individual". No, that's the whole point. There is no continuum of the individual. It is with that understanding that the question "what could explain the reappearance of consciousness after its interruption by deep sleep or unconsciousness" is asked. If there is no continuum, what is it that seems to be picking up again where it left off before? Again, I am asking if there are any references to this in the Pali (Theravada) sources.
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