A Krishna menon. Subject object

 

Quotes on Subject & Object

“Experience proves that the objective world will always appear in perfect tune with the stand taken up by the subject. Therefore, it is not the objective world which presents obstacles to one’s spiritual progress, but the false stand one has taken up. If this is given up, spiritual enlightenment follows.” — Atmananda Krishna Menon

“Body, sense-organs, mind, will and intellect come under the category of objects … Sense-objects such as sound, touch, smell, etc., are mere thought-forms … Form can exist only as the object of seeing and never independently of it. This rule applies to all sense-objects.” — Atmananda Krishna Menon

“Birth, growth, decay and destruction are characteristic of matter, the object of Consciousness.” — Atmananda Krishna Menon

“Objects of Consciousness can never be separated from Consciousness itself. They have no independent existence. They are therefore nothing other than Consciousness … The entire objective world is also nothing other than Consciousness.” — Atmananda Krishna Menon

“Variety is in the objects (of consciousness). The perceiving consciousness is one and the same throughout … Objects can never cause any change in consciousness.” — Atmananda Krishna Menon

“Consciousness becomes dimmed chiefly through one’s captivation and abiding interest in external objects. When one outgrows this interest and looks at the objects it will be found that they rise and abide in Consciousness alone.” — Atmananda Krishna Menon

“It is in Consciousness that objects rise … Observing carefully, one can see every thought arise and set in pure Consciousness alone.” — Atmananda Krishna Menon

“The seer as such can never be the seen, and the seen as such can never be the seer … Before the seeing, there is no ‘seen’ and there is no ‘seen’ after the seeing … When this truth is clearly understood, it will be evident that there is no ‘seen’ even at the time of the seeing.” — Atmananda Krishna Menon