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<p>We step into existence by dividing it into two conceptual parts for study: the experiencer and the experience.</p>
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<p>The experiencer is the aspect of existence that knows everything. It cannot be experienced because it is the one experiencing. If it could be experienced, it would no longer remain the experiencer. The experiencer is entirely non-experiential and is not an object. It is the witness of all objects.</p>
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<p>The experiencer does not change. If it did, it would become an experience, not the experiencer. It has no boundaries or shape. If it did, it would become experience and no longer the experiencer. Similarly, the experiencer is timeless, without beginning or end. Any start or end would be witnessed, making the experiencer already present. It has no cause, as any cause would already require the experiencer to witness it.</p>
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<p>There is only one experiencer. The notion of multiple experiencers is logically and experientially invalid. Also, the experiencer has no location. Any attempt to locate it would turn it into an experience. There is no process that gives rise to the experiencer. Any such process would require witnessing. Moreover, the experiencer is not a person. Personalities are experiences. The experiencer is beyond them.</p>
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<p>The experiencer permeates all experiences as their background. It is present here and now, essential to existence itself. It is indivisible, without parts and is the very essence of existence. The experiencer is absolute emptiness. All that changes is false. The experiencer, being changeless, is the ultimate truth. It is the pure existence.</p>
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<p>The experiencer is unknowable as an object or experience. It cannot be known through sensory means. It is known by being itself. This self-illumination is called awareness. This awareness confirms the experiencer's presence. The experiencer and experience are inseparable. Neither can exist without the other. The experiencer is the ground of all experiences. It is devoid of qualities. Descriptions are only negative, indicating what it is not. It is beyond attributes and form.</p>
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