Can we experience things only by using physical body, not the mind (ideas, feelings, apperception, consciousness)? According to Buddha, we can. "Herein, Bahiya, you should train yourself thus: 'In the seen will be merely what is seen; in the heard will be merely what is heard; in the sensed will be merely what is sensed; in the cognized will be merely what is cognized.' In this way you should train yourself, Bahiya." Read more about this at here.
Truth is within? Sorry, but Buddha disagree.
"When Bahiya, you are not in that, then, Bahiya, you will be neither here nor beyond nor in between the two. Just this is the end of suffering." So, anything within us like our pure consciousness is not the truth. Furthermore Buddha said, "leave the consciousness." - Alagaddupama Sutta. "No Lord, pure consciousness has reached nonself level." - Monks. "Leave it, its speed up the liberation." - Buddha.
So truth is not within, unless daily truth (sammuti sacca). Aggregates are not something one can call Buddhahood, since it always dependent on each other, so we cannot get truth from that condition.
When you are objectless, when you are not this or that, when you cannot reasoning on a question but simply know and and say it, then it is Dhamma. Answers that comes from reasoning or logical conjectures are not Dhamma, but still disciplines, like a view discipline.
If an answer comes from an idea/thought, thats not Dhamma.
If an answer comes from perception, thats not Dhamma.
If an answer comes from feelings (even intuition), thats not Dhamma but just the best answer.
If an answer comes from pure consciousness, thats not Dhamma but just pure answers. Pure answers cannot become way because it still governed by subconsciousness/bhavangacitta.
After experiencing pure consciousness, Buddha stopped his meditation after he didnot find anything within him. He then blend Vipassana Bhavana with Samatha and make a shortcut from jhana 4 to jhana 7 and 9, he succed becoming a Buddha.
Forms and Emptiness both are not enough. One should also have Dhamma as his raft for liberation. "Having Dhamma as your island, Ananda, you make yourself an island." - Mahaparibbana Sutta. Somehow some people cut this and change it to sounds like "make yourself an island."
Q: "Everything is Dhamma!"
A: Dhamma is something that real. Because it is real, it is being used as a way of creation and proper activities.
Adhamma is something thats not real. Because it is not real, it is only used by beings who still full of stupidity, greed, and hatred.
Dhamma as a way has purpose as a foundation where creation and proper activities being done. While as religions, like Buddhadhamma (buddhism) or Sanatanadhamma (hinduism) has purpose to reveal what is way and what is not way so beings can live for proper things only and liberate themselves.
Ideas are not real because they are impermanent residue of Subconsciousness or consciousness.
Feelings are not real because they are impermanent residue of ideas.
Apperception is not real because it is impermanent residue of feelings.
Consciousness is not real because it is impermanent residue of contact.
Likewise the physical components are also not Dhamma because they are impermanent residue of the mind.
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