Nor is it knowingness itself. It can neither be seen nor understood, It cannot be given boundaries. It is ineffable and beyond thought. It is indefinable. It is known only through becoming it.
Pure experience is the mind seeing itself as reflected in itself.
The Essence of Self When you are in this state you discover a sense of self that is more real and more fundamental than any you have known before. You are no longer an individual person, with individual characteristics. Here, in the complete absence of all normal experience, you find your true identity, an identity with the essence of all beings and all creation. Usually we derive our sense of self from the various things that mark us out as individuals our bodies and their appearance, our history, our nationality, the roles we play, our work, our social and financial status, what we own, what others think of us, and so on. We also derive an identity from the thoughts and feelings we have, from our beliefs and values, from our creative and intellectual abilities, from our character and personality.