Consciousness

Consciousness – a state of Self doing self, Life doing life, within our imagination; sentience using form with form forged from our surrounding elements; interdependence and mutual arising with all; what we might call `the godliness of all life.`

A simple, yet penetrating way to express `consciousness,` was written by Uchiyama Kosho Roshi -

“Heaven or hell

Love or hate

No matter where I turn

I meet myself”