"Conscious and unconscious experiences do not belong to different
compartments of the mind; they form a continuous scale of gradations, of
degrees of awareness." Arthur Koestler (1905-1983)
There appears to be a life-long (quantitative) process of "wiping the mirror bright" in order to purify the mind of defilements (gradual enlightenment), periodic qualitative leaps of insight (sudden enlightenment), as well as life-long practice to integrate these insights.
There appears to be a life-long (quantitative) process of "wiping the mirror bright" in order to purify the mind of defilements (gradual enlightenment), periodic qualitative leaps of insight (sudden enlightenment), as well as life-long practice to integrate these insights.
An arahant is said to be fully conscious, not to have any unconscious. "... completely free, liberated through final knowledge." (Majjhima Nikaya 1. 141)
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