Saket:
Thank you.
‘-So my stream of consciousness is different from your stream of consciousness.’ and
‘-And each individual stream of consciousness had NO BEGINNING (always existed in Sansara).’
So this means that the individuality (of every singular ‘mind’ ) persists after the attainment of Nibbana… and also, it is not that that individuality, or that individualization was acquired through sanasara by the assimilation into it of qualities that in time gave rise to that individuality. Rather, the individuality, that which distinguishes every ‘mind’ from another (in the sense of those streams of consciousness) was always there, and the whole process is only one of
removing the defilements; much like an uncountable number of pebbles covered in mud. The pebbles are inherently different in shape and colour from one another, all are unique. The process (sansara) just removes the mud so that the pebbles may shine in their true glory.
This puts to rest other conflicting theories I had been grappling with for a long time, found mainly in Mahāyāna or Mahāyāna-related literature, which never really sank in.
Yes,your post DID help,
thanks again
y not