When I use the expression ‘pervade’ of the inert body/mind that is pervaded by consciousness I do not wish to imply that consciousness is an external force that lights up the inert. The being of things is consciousness. To be is to be conscious.
This is counter to the idea of consciousness as an emerging power. What is of its nature conscious has nothing but complexity of structure added to it to gain in awareness. The self luminous awareness of man is the pinnacle of this evolution.
Going back to McGinn it must be admitted that this is also a mystery overcast by the cloud of unknowing. All that the seeker can do is put themselves in that luminous darkness which he realises by his being but which he cannot know in an objective sense. The comprehension is rather transformative and not apodeictic. Put yourself in the presence of a sage. That helps.
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