The Accessories of Enlightenment — The Conscience That Unfolds the Nature of Objects

How a Spiritual Genius Looks at the World of Things

Seeing the Object Beyond the Habit of Interpretation
The so-called object, the entire field of what stands before awareness, is revealed to have several layers when examined through a conscience trained in clarity. At its first level, it appears as a pure construction of the mind, shaped by imagination and habit rather than by any direct encounter with what is real. The spiritual genius sees that much of what he calls “the world” is simply an extension of his own conditioning projected outward, and therefore he understands this layer as unreal construction, vivid in appearance but lacking any alignment with deeper intuition. When this imaginative layer softens, the object begins to show itself in a different light, neither fully real nor fully unreal, appearing in a way that supports clarity but without possessing independent substance. This middle layer contains the functional tools and perceptions that help the mind penetrate its distortions, yet even these have no inherent nature of their own.

Beyond this lies the nonconceptual, the direct suchness of what is encountered before the mind overlays it with any interpretation. This is not a blank void but a presence free from division, where the object is no longer separate from the awareness that knows it. A spiritual genius rests here with ease, recognising this nonconceptual contact as the doorway through which reality reveals its undistorted face. Finally, there is the subtle state that arises after such clarity, where perception begins to function again in ordinary life but carries the imprint of what has been seen. This state is neither conceptual nor nonconceptual; it bridges both without belonging to either, allowing the spiritual genius to move through the world with the memory of truth intact. In this way, the entire field of objects—whether seen as projections, as useful appearances, as direct suchness, or as the quiet afterglow of insight—becomes a single continuum through which conscience matures and illusion dissolves.