Functional Illusions

There are many functional illusions that we operate from automatically and very seldom question. Unless you have tendencies toward philosophy or mysticism, it might never occur to you that the only existence you can be certain of is your own; everything else could be the product of your brain's output or the brain's five sense interpretation of some raw generic substance that, in combination with you as the observer, makes up existence.

We generally do not consider the functional illusions we operate from because it would pretty much drive us crazy. Can we conceive of no beginning and no end, or does everything require a cause for us to have it make sense? Causal reality is a functional illusion. Who is to say that cause and effect are absolutely necessary? Might something have always been and always will be? The human mind rejects the thought in a way similar to how it rejects the thought of a reality lacking the forward flow of time. No past, no present, no future...only a constant moment of 'Now'? For many a constant 'Now' is hard to conceive, let alone achieve.

We are provided from birth with our functional illusions and when they do not develop, we think of it as a problem or a disability. Curious then, how we strive as adults to recapture that moment before the illusions set in and call it a spiritual journey.

Comparisons...

AUTISTIC - Mystical

1. Fact based consciousness - Thoughts and experiences organized chronologically or by logical categories (Philosophical thinker; many features of what we commonly call reality cannot be proven as being real) (Are events organized Chronologically or Sequentially? Do logical categories mean by relationship to each other?)
2. Knowledge as the goal, analysis as the tool - The autistic has simple desires, such as to fulfill curiosity and avoid trouble (Desire for peace and exploration; witness consciousness)
3. Emotions are at the edges of consciousness, tying together any unexplainable areas (Similar to how the God concept is used to explain the unexplainable)
4. Thinks in imagery. Audio-visual imagination separated from tactile senses (like watching a movie) (Spiritual Tongue; ability to visualize; pre-language; thoughts without words; poetic pictures) (Some call the state of being this document describes a modabid. A modabid is a dream of colors and spoken images.)
5. Self has an open boundary - tends assume that other people are like them and trusts them equally (I am You, You are me) (Namaste)
6. Consciousness does not "mark" non-verbal behavior as important, thus dismissing them as irrelevant (mind takes precedence over body, the mind may not be in full control of the body)
7. Consciousness experienced mostly through the self as the experiences and thoughts of an individual (Subjective reality)
8. Locus of control weak or missing - the autistic does not experience a strong sense of control over his thoughts, emotions and deeds ("God's will, not mine" Pre-determined universe. Submission of the individual will. Detachment)

(Strict rituals - repetitive ritualistic activity - religious ceremony; sacred rites; structured prayer)


NON-AUTISTIC - Physical

1. People based consciousness - Thoughts and emotions are organized by human archetypes or experiences with people (Stereotypes)
2. Fulfilling desires as the goal, exercising influence as the tool - All thought, words and deeds are aimed to create the right influence among other people to achieve desires (Manipulation)
3. Emotions at the core of consciousness, indistinguishable from other conscious experience (Emotions and desires over mind and reason)
4. Tactile senses complement audio-visual imagination without any separation in one's imagination (Sight and Touch are fused; non-physicality is taken as not being possible; religion over spirituality)
5. Self has a closed boundary - tends to bond with those they feel "comfortable" with; regulates people with different levels of trust & information access (A sense of Separation and Difference; I am not you; you are not me)
6. Consciousness reacts instantly to subtle changes in non-verbal cues: Reactive Predictive Communications (physical hyper-vigilance...? More manipulation...?)
7. Consciousness experienced mostly through one's social circle as the collective impression one has created (not really interested in others but of the impression they have of you) (They tell you what they want you to believe rather than telling you the truth yet still believe they are indeed telling you the truth)
8. Locus of control inherent - the non-autistic experiences his thoughts, emotions and deeds as willed by himself (Individual will rules; concept of free will is firmly established; Master of my own Destiny)

Karma - Multiple Lifetimes and Past Life Experience

One Consciousness going through a sequence of lives with each lifetime being greater in Knowledge than the last. This sequence of lifetimes is experienced through a chronological filter. This filtering is why entities with various levels of Understanding can seem to exist at the same time and in the same place. Those people you see around you are actually you at different places along the Sequence. The parser, the separator, the filter, is Time.

See 'Karma'

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Karma -

"What goes around comes around."

Existence is One Consciousness making multiple impressions. The Consciousness experiences Reality through the Interaction of Aspects in Sequence.

Sequence is not chronologically structured.

There is only one active point of observation at any given moment, everything else in relation to that active point is Illusion.

A Consciousness runs through the entire Sequence of life or Existence as the active point of observation before transferring its attention to the next so that everything serves a turn as both Observer and Illusion. There is the Observer and there is the Illusion of that which is observed. These taken together represent the Consciousness.

At some point Consciousness may be a bird in a tree observing a horse in a field. When Consciousness is situated in the bird, the horse in the field and all else is Illusion. Consciousness will live out the entire life of the bird whole and complete from beginning to end as one Sequence without interruption before transferring its attention to the next active observation point.

For the sake of convenience, let's say the next active observation point is the horse.

At some moment in its life the horse will look up at the tree and see the bird watching. When Consciousness is situated in the horse, the bird in the tree and all else is Illusion. Consciousness will live out the entire life of the horse whole and complete from beginning to end as one Sequence without interruption before transferring its attention to the next active observation point.

Existence forms whole and complete from beginning to end as one sequence without alteration; the only thing that shifts in this Block Universe is the point of observation.

The Consciousness within this Block Universe is the single point of Reality as Observer. Whatever the Consciousness observes is an Illusion of Reality. The Illusion of Reality is Chaotic Nothingness being filtered into a pattern by the psychic senses and the physical senses working together.

(We have not yet discussed Nothingness as Chaos. Anne has provided the information but the concept is central to another idea that is very significant, so I have requested further verification from Anne. Do channels tell lies? We'll see.)

The entire Universe then, is Illusion with the Potential to Become Reality. This includes living beings!

Each Aspect of Reality is either Consciousness as the 'One Observer' manifesting at distinct points within a Sequence - or - Consciousness as the 'Illusion' manifesting at distinct points within a Sequence.

Consciousness is able to interact with different aspects of itself through a filtering process that sorts Sequence into bits and pieces of Time. Think of Sequence as a very long thread that winds back to the beginning and beyond. Time as a filter parses instances of Sequence into multiples that fold in upon themselves to create a 'weave' which allows the separate sets of what is now Apparent Sequence to chronologically interact with each other. Each Aspect of Consciousness is separated from the other by Time, and by its position in the Apparent Sequence.

Apparent Sequence is Sequence as experienced from a chronological point of view. Apparent Sequence is misleading.

See 'Time'

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Time -

Everyone has an internal 'Now' moment that orients them as to whether an Event occurred in the Past, Present or the Future. If someone were to 'travel back in time' that person would not experience anything except 'Now'. It is always 'Now'. The ability to slice Reality into pieces and assign the pieces chronological order is the Sense of Time. Time is largely Illusion. It can be made to speed up or it can be made to slow down, or it can be tossed aside altogether. We process Time as moving forward. This Human tendency makes it difficult to understand the ways of Sequence, which has no chronological order. Sequence was in existence before we discovered Time.

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Karma . . . cont'd

Whenever you do something to another you are actually doing it to yourself because both of you are expressions of the same Consciousness manifesting as separate and distinct through Sequence and Time. Consciousness as the bird pecking the horse would eventually, through Sequence, become the horse being pecked by the bird.

Negative affronts to you now originate from you at an earlier Sequence through an aspect of Consciousness which had less developed Knowledge. The action to take is to return good for bad and teach the earlier aspect of yourself a better response to Reality. Both aspects, the giver and the receiver, are actually yourself at different stages of development. What you once gave, you are now receiving; and what you once received, you are now giving. Both actions are coming from yourself as distinct, separate, and sequenced aspects of Consciousness.


What this means -

What this means is that the person reading this right 'Now' - You - is the point of observation for this Sequence. You are the single point of Reality as the One Observer. Everything around you, including the people and other living things around you, is/are manifesting as Illusion.

This also means that right 'Now' for me as the writer in this distinct and separate Sequence, I am the single point of Reality as the One Observer, and everything around me, including the people and other living things around me - You - is/are manifesting as Illusion.

One Consciousness going through a sequence of lives as both the single observer and the illusion observed by turns; living lifetimes whole and complete from beginning to end without interruption before moving to the next in the Sequence and using Time as a filter to fold Reality into the Illusion of simultaneous interaction between individual and distinct parts that appear for all purposes solid and real.


See 'Complexity'

Consciousness and NDE

Consciousness is here defined as a state of being in which mind and living matter are associated and in contact with each other; this contact may be temporarily broken, in which case the entity (mind / matter association) is said to be unconscious (non-functioning). When this contact is permanently severed, the entity is said to be dead or comatose. In a comatose state, the mind / matter association that comprises the entity may continue until the living matter can no longer support life, at which point the entity enters a state of death; the previous mind / matter association dissolves and contact is permanently severed.

Living Matter.
Inert matter becomes living matter through an organization of individual parts (cells) into a subsequent or simultaneous integration of (biological) function.

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At some point in the creation of an entity, an association is formed between mind and living matter (mind in this context is not to be confused with intellect, nor is it to be confused with consciousness). Near Death Experience (NDE) may be the subjective observation of this process working in a somewhat diverse way. Consider: With NDE the physical body is empty of life yet still capable of sustaining life. The living matter of the body is in between life and permanent death - not yet irreversibly dead. The display of light, promise of contentment and expressions of love and peace may be how living matter attracts a mind in the formation of an entity. The living matter romances the mind and if successful, captures it (or recaptures it in the case of NDE). The resulting association becomes a condition I presently call the persistent dream, a state of being in which mind and living matter remain intimately connected for as long as the living matter is capable of sustaining life. (the mind may travel to other dimensions during trances or dream states yet always returns to the associated body upon awakening, thus the persistent dream)

In order for the living matter to become an entity, it must first attract an element of consciousness (mind*) and form an association with it. When living matter becomes capable of sustaining life, this process of attraction begins. In the case of Near Death Experience, the entity is already formed and the process of recapture is integrated into its memory as subjective experience.

* mind and living matter are here both considered to be separate elements of consciousness.

The Mysticism of Quietism

The majority of mystic practices (from what I can determine) seem to indicate a key concept: quieting the mind - basically ignoring the sensory input and the random thoughts that are constantly flowing through the brain. This silencing of the physical reality allows the presence of a non-physical reality to enter the consciousness.

The problem is that this non-physical reality returns no experience - it is as though nothing has happened and no time has passed.

How can the non-physical, then, provide physical proof of its existence?

This question is the biggest hurdle to convincing the non-believer - although it may turn out that some minds are simply incapable of making the leap into a non-physical [Spiritual] dimension. Subjective "experience" of the event is the current proof. Logic can get the intellect to the door, but the mind must step through its doorway to completely understand what lies on the other side.

And since there is no return of cognitive information, it is difficult to speak of the non-physical without sounding deranged or contradictory; thus the 'silence' of the mystic. If the experience is mentioned at all, it is in the form of poetic verse or Kōan-like riddles that force the mind to hold two contradictory thoughts at the same time (this sets up a static interference and the brain shuts down allowing the other reality to flow in).

It's not so much that science doesn't know a non-physical reality exists, but so far, it has no physical application and is seen as pretty much worthless.

Religion uses the non-physical [Spiritual] environment as a power base, since most people can sense the presence of its reality without being able to explain its fact.

Here is a way to get close to a conception of the non-physical:
Let's say that all you know is 'east' as a direction. All other directions - west, south, north - are viewed as 'non-east'. Since east is the only familiar referent, anything not east is a basic unknown described only as being 'not east'. So it is with the non-physical. There may be many dimensions to it, but we can only say 'non-physical'.

The 'non-physical' lies cloaked in mystery as long as 'physical' remains the experience which fills the consciousness to the exclusion of all else - but it does not go away. It waits patiently for any who care to find it.

Realm Dynamics and Simulated Awareness

The idea that we are living in a simulation, a false world, that there is another reality which transcends or precedes the current one has been expressed throughout human history. This concept has taken the form of religion, mysticism, spiritual revelation and has come through entities both within the simulation and outside the simulation (through channeling, telepathy, dream communications and such).

The idea of a false reality is not particularly disturbing nor are there many precautions against it. The danger seems to be in the nature of the simulation itself - in its ability to catch one up in its eternal drama and not let go. Entities both within and beyond the simulation warn of this.

Simulated Entities -
Some actors are produced by the simulation and remain forever a part of it. These simulated entities have no awareness beyond the simulation. Theirs is a simulated consciousness produced by a simulated awareness. They do not sense the possibility of a greater awareness which lies beyond the simulated one and believe the simulated environment to be 'all there is'.

Transcendent Awareness, or that form of awareness which has its basis beyond the simulation, is not the sole domain of humans. Any player or entity within the simulation may have transcendent awareness as its source awareness while still remaining active within the simulation. This includes inanimate as well as animate objects. It should be noted that not all players are conscious or possesses consciousness and that consciousness is not limited to entities classified as living.
(See 'conscious, consciousness')

The Hierarchy -Awareness - Consciousness - Mind - Thought

Transcendent Awareness doesn't change, it doesn't come and go. Existence coats transcendent awareness like a layer of painted dust then blows away or dissolves when life and/or existence ends. If the conscious entity mistakenly identifies the simulation as its source awareness, the consciousness and its connection to transcendent awareness will dissolve when the simulated environment reaches its inevitable conclusion. The entity's identification as a transcendent being will end when the simulated environment ends, and its node of awareness will disappear. The chance to correct this can only be done from a conscious perspective and while all things in existence are aware, not all things are conscious. Therein lies the danger. The disconnected node will exist for all of Eternity but will end when the simulation ends. Eternity means 'for as long as there is Time'. Eternity is a product of the simulation as is Time; time being the forward progression of Past, Present, and Future.

Telekinesis - Levitation and the Mind Body Problem

I cannot say for certain, but I think I levitated myself. I have dreams about me levitating quite often and that is not what I mean. It was a rainy work day and I was walking to the bus stop. I slipped on a muddy spot and fell. I managed to brace myself with my palms that sent a shock through to my collar bone (it hurt a bit and was sore for a few days after). I had thought my clothes were dirty or wet from the contact with the ground, but there was no mud or water on them - not even on my hands. I was hoping I could use it as an excuse for going back home - no such luck.

I have given a lot of thought to that incident and can only come to the conclusion that my body did not make contact with the ground but rather with something solid above the ground. My mind re-identified the ground's location to my body and my body reacted as though it were fact. This brings up the mind/body problem. Let's suppose that PSI is not a physical phenomenon but simply the non-physical transmission and reception of information. Let's further suppose that this transferal and reception of information happens through a process of mind but is not originated in mind (the information does not originate from within the mind nor from the physical environment, but affects the physical body associated with the mind in question - that is another discussion; See 'Involution').

If mind, or consciousness - the ability to gather and process information - is a crucial factor, then living things could be levitated while non-living things (objects) could not be levitated (affected by thought). A mind or a consciousness is essential on both ends - reception and transmission. A thought reassigning the location of a surface should be able to affect living entities but not objects attached to living entities. A person should be able to re-identify the physical location of an underlying surface to a plant (or to their own bodies for that matter) causing the plant (or their own body) to reposition itself the indicated distance above the actual underlying surface. This should be done, however, in the absence of a pot or other such container that would constrain the movements of the plant's roots.

That means you can leave your clothes on and they will be levitated with the body whereas a five-hundred pound weight would not.

Why a plant rather than an earthworm? Because plants are passive and receptive.

2012 Stuff...

There has been much discussion over the events of 2012, but it may be the Mayan prophecies do not address the entire human species. It may be the struggle and revelation foretold is meant to only affect certain individuals. These would be the ones who are currently going through a cycle of destruction and into a higher dimension of consciousness. If this is so, the affected individuals would have experienced an ego shattering episode in their lives corresponding to the last era's end - 1987 through 1998. If they have managed to survive the upheaval, they have been restructuring themselves and are due for major transformation December 21 2012. This might be what is meant by the Ascension. The years between December 21, 1999 through December 21, 2012 mark the beginning of the sixth era. By December 21, 2012 the sixth era will be fully in place, the transformation will have completed itself.

The feared world-ending catastrophe might refer to the ego-death of the consciousness, similar to that which occurs before the final stage of Enlightenment. If the above statements are valid, the Winter Solstice of 2012 doesn't mark the beginning of a transforming process - it marks the end.

Waking

When I wake up in the morning it feels as though I am being poured back into my body. I feel it enter through the center of the top of my head and it travels through my head to my spine where it travels down my vertebrae to the base of my spine and from there downwards to the backs of my knees. From there it goes down into my feet. Then I begin to feel as though I am being inflated. Sensation changes and I start to rise from a different place in my mind. Hearing returns and my body temperature goes up and I feel a need to stretch, like the muscles are waking up too. I remain at that level until I open my eyes. Then I can get up.

The Problem with Lucid Dreaming

In Lucid Dreaming the Conscious Mind remains actively awake so that it can observe the workings of the SubConscious Mind. The danger in this is that the Conscious Mind can override the SubConscious and / or misinterpret the symbolic language the SubConscious Minds uses as its communication. (This is why Astral travelers often attach a silver cord to their astral bodies. It is the Conscious Mind maintaining a connection to the physical self for fear of losing its identity.)

Lucid Dreaming, like most Spiritual lessons, is not a thing to hold onto. It is to be experienced and let go of so that the newly discovered SubConscious Mind may continue its work unhindered by the limited scope of understanding which characterizes the Conscious Mind.

Memory, the Imagination, and the Here & Now

What happens to Memory when the Conscious Mind stays focused on the Here & Now?

One thing that happens is that Memory ceases to function as fully as it once did. Short term events are easily forgotten or better stated, are not easily recalled. Dream events happen, yet the Conscious Mind has difficulty recounting them, even though it was easily done before.

The Conscious Mind is aware, but not conscious of, the Dream World. This may seem confusing until you realize the Dream World is where the SubConscious Mind / Higher Self plays with the Imagination and creates the Future. Memory deals with the Past.

The Past and the Future - Memory and the Imagination - are not functions of the Here & Now Consciousness.