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@Fairy I tried as you suggested but nothing revealed itself. This was taken just before they thawed me out.

@Jack Walter Leon First I'd like to say welcome to the forum. Your asking about something that can't be proven either way. But that being said here's my take on it. The "essence" of each of us remains in an unmanifest state eternally. Everything in existence has an essence.

@nado That was the words Jesus spoke when hung on the cross. Maybe the message for humanity was that they were living a life of duality. Killing the flesh will never kill truth.

God can't be seen because God is the seer.

Who asked?

@Girzo That wouldn't suprise me at all. I've experianced reality as being flat field from time to time. It happens suddenly without a thought.

@Rilles Like cutting in your baby teeth it only hurts for a short while. But such is growth. @Jordan Welsh This too shall pass.

@Jordan Welsh Type in "Ego Backlashes" in the search menu.

Good point. And not just stars but also emission nebula abundent in hydrogen alpha. Than there is infared, x-ray, ect. The stars seen with the naked eye only represent the "white light" portion of what is there.

And xyz coordinates is science. A human tool.

@Roman Edouard Where is the universe located?

@Truth Addict That's where the real magic starts to happen. When the world of seperate forms collapse and is reveiled as being of one substratum.

@Inliytened1 Here's something a little different. Check out a Rush cover band called "Dream Theater" doing Xanadu from the Fairwell to Kings album.

@Jack River The illusory nature of reality is everywhere the mind goes. Most won't leave home without it.

@phllip103 I like doing about 20-30 mins. of mantra meditation to still the mind than about another 20-30 of do nothing and mostly bask in the silence. Maybe a little contemplation too if something worth investigation so happens to arise like an insight for instance. Or just sit with it. But that's my practice.

@phllip103 It could be because you never really experienced true stillness before. It will all work out with some tweaking and with more practice.

@phllip103 How long have you been meditating?

@OneLittleHumanMind "I" is the loop.

If your desires are true to your being the're not going anywhere. And if they arn't true they will fall away on their own. Best to find out early as possable so you don't spend a lifetime doing something that wasn't true to your heart. If there is any reason for you being here it is to realize your full potential. Every aspect of it. Even things the mind can't percieve as possable. .

@Serotoninluv Wouldn't that be surrendering/letting go? Total acceptance

@Jack River As you know fear will keep you in the cluches of mind. Fear is it's weapon of choice.

@Jack River What he's calling "instinct" could also be fear/mind in disguise.

@Jack River Maybe. Choosing between instinct vs. enlightenment?

@ground What does this even mean? Sorry I'm truly clueless here. The first sentence is a given but the second I'm totally stumped.