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"consciousness has a twofold appearance.
It appears to itself and it appears as the object.
The consciousness which appears as the object-having taken on the aspect of an external object-
becomes an object for the consciousness which appears to itself."
Indeed. I feel this acutely far too often.
yes, flipping makes me dizzy sometimes.
Yes! It makes me feel existential or unreal. But that’s actually more real. And that self-reflective/reflexive flip is always close.
it's a gestalt switch. like we can touch ourselves (as active) or be touched by ourselves (as passive). just by changing the gestalt.
"That which is spoken of as appearing to itself is the subjective aspect.
That which is spoken of as appearing as the object is the objective aspect.
That very objective aspect which has taken on the aspect of the object is explained as the object of the subjective aspect.
Therefore, the experience of the objective aspect by the subjective aspect is explained as the meaning of 'selfawareness'.
Thus what is called self-awareness is a separate subjective aspect."
awareness is a möbiusloop