BACKGROUND CONSCIOUSNESS

Background consciousness, also called seed consciousness, also called stillness, presence, also called transcendental consciousness, or simply pure consciousness, is found in all of existence.  It is all of existence.  All of existence emanates from it like sparks from a fire.  It illuminates the conditioned, foreground consciousness of humans.

Background consciousness is the “witness,” the “watcher,” likened to a screen on which all that happens in the universe is projected.  Yet, it is not a doer, for no matter what appears on the screen, it does not react to it or interfere with it.

A person is liberated when he sees that his true identity is this background consciousness.