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From the viewpoint of photography, consciousness is like a camera lens taking a picture. It captures everything. But what you see of the picture, or more importantly, what you don't see of the picture, is totally determined by how many filters your mind applies to the lens.

@Javfly33 In the all-encompassing Light of God's Love even farts and rainbows are equal.

So, after experiencing the totality of the tail I can see what comes next of the ox.

Funny you should say that because before while I was leaving my reply, I became directly consciousness of infinity. Then suddenly I saw a scalp being torn away from a skull. Nice and close up too and in full detail.

I've never done 5Meo but I have experienced infinity through deep meditation and cessation of the ego. Do I remain at that level of infinity 24/7? No. But that too is infinity. So, in a sense I'm always infinite even when I'm not directly conscious of infinity. Infinity is inescapable.

My dog writes to other dogs in pee.

Think of the liberation that awaits you when the body falls away. In my case I'll be ditching a wheelchair too. Sweet!

You exist in my reality only as long as I'm observing this. Once I stop observing your post and move on to observing something else you will then exist in a state of probability. *The moon only exists when you're looking at it.

In Zen a Koan is often used to "jailbreak" the mind.

Love = acceptance/none-resistance to what is This is liberation.

All the planning one could ever muster is no match for dumb luck. Objective reality is a crapshoot.

@Vibes You can get the same here for free. If you know Truth from B.S. Let's put it this way. It's a lot like searching for magic mushrooms in a cow pasture. You gotta know what to take and what to leave.

Glad nobody got the card. Otherwise, I was going to make up for it by taking no one out for dinner. Which I may still do. Reservations- party of 0.

@Princess Arabia Didn't you not get the card?

Neo Advaita Valentine's card....... Roses are red violets are blue I don't exist and neither do you

@Princess Arabia You asked me once "Why you?" And if I answered then it wouldn't have made any sense. This -now is why.

I saw nothing materialize "out of thin air". Just out of his hand or mouth.

From my experience the life I lived was there but a million miles away (so to speak) and very insignificant. Do you remember what you were doing at this time one week ago? Do you need to remember what you were doing at this time one week go?

I have an extensive collection of seashells. I keep them on all the world's beaches.

My experience with death is this. Not actual physical death but death of the attachment to self-identity. So, here's the story- A few years ago, I was into a serious meditation practice. Like 3 times a day for 30-40 min. ea. session for 3 years straight. To be honest not much was happening until I added cessation of the self to the practice. I was practicing no-self. That's when things started to get interesting. The first thing that started happening was consciousness was beginning to become liberated from the body. It felt sort of like an out-of-body experience, but I wasn't floating above myself or remote viewing or anything like that. But it was more like we normally experience conscious- awareness as projecting outward from the self. But that is what changed. Consciousness started to feel like it was outside the body location filling the room I was sitting in. When it first happened it was a bit of a surprise b-c I wasn't expecting that. So, I pulled back and consciousness returned to the usual experience of being projected outwardly from my body/mind's location. Then I thought something here is presenting itself and if I don't muster up the courage to go with it then all the meditation practice will have been for nothing. So, I surrendered to it and just let whatever happens come. What happened next is hard to explain but I was no longer aware of the room I was in. I wasn't even in the body I was in. I became (and I use the word "I " loosely) what I can only describe as being the very fabric of all of reality. Pure Love, potential and intelligence. Suddenly there were no questions. Questions became totally irrelevant b-c everything was already answered and complete within itself. How else could it be? Since that experience, I know exactly where I'm headed when the body falls away. I will be (and I am) the Love and intelligence and pure potential for everything regardless of whether it is manifest or not.

To each his own but I prefer telling myself 'I am in heaven already and have been here forever and can never get out because it includes everything'.

Just enough to keep me here (for now). But this isn't about me. Again, avoidance.

@James123 Instead of asking the question on a forum than dicking around for 3 days talking shit why not just go the direct root and die already. I'm not talking about physical death, but one can experience a complete cessation of self if you were willing to give it total and complete surrender. But instead, you do everything you can to avoid it.