How to Eradicate the View of Self in Consciousness?

Observing the selflessness of the five aggregates and eighteen elements primarily involves observing the selflessness of consciousness. The states of consciousness are numerous, some coarse and others subtle, some pure and others impure, some empty and others non-empty. To observe consciousness, one must experience the impermanence, suffering, emptiness, and selflessness inherent in the arising and ceasing of all states of consciousness. Consciousness manifests various phenomenal appearances and states, such as all kinds of afflictive appearances, all kinds of pure appearances, all kinds of empty appearances, all kinds of knowing appearances, all kinds of discerning appearances, appearances with language and words, appearances without language and words, appearances with sound, appearances without sound, appearances of stillness, appearances of clamor, and so forth. These appearances and states are all impermanent, arising-and-ceasing conditioned phenomena; they are not the self and are all empty.

Including when the mind settles into stillness and not a single thought arises—this is the still appearance of consciousness. By seeing through its illusory nature and not recognizing it as real, as the self, as the dharmakaya, or as the Tathagata, one eradicates the view of self regarding consciousness at that moment. However, there remain other instances of the view of self regarding consciousness, such as the intermediate gap after the previous thought has ceased and the next thought has not yet arisen, which may seem pure but is essentially still a state of consciousness. Only by seeing through it can one eradicate the view of self regarding consciousness.