Photoshop And Life

[PureExp]

Just throwing this metaphor out there, its fun

Open Photoshop and go on adding any pictures you have as layers. With each layer set to 20-40% opacity, so that it somewhat blends with whats below it. Use a lot of pictures, more the better.

Now you will have pile of layers all mixed together. This is Presence (Existence, Brahman). Its all there is.

The image will be just a blur of everything. This is the Presence watching itself. The Self (consciousness) as it is without contents, just experiencing what is and itself.

Now go to a random layer, right click on the eye icon in the layer and click "hide other layers". Turn opacity to 100%.

A picture appears ... Magic ! This is the Self having a human experience, an exclusive experience of limited contents. It has ignored everything else, it has a narrow focus now, but the experience is more defined and is beautiful. However, if you forget about the pile of layers, it is ignorance of a kind.

Try using a brush, or changing the color here and there, or cut and paste parts. This is action, and it has consequences. If you are talented, if you know the art, the results are going to be even more beautiful, you will be happy. You must know what you are doing. Else, the picture will quickly turn into a mess, you won't like it. Some people may randomly choose a pretty picture, some may end up with a gray one. But we all have capability to beautify it, add to it. Just needs knowledge and skills. You can practice and become better, this is Sadhana, the cultivation.

You may totally forget that there is more, you may think only this picture is there, because now you can't see other layers and have forgotten about them. This is another kind of ignorance.

Now, turn opacity back to 30% and hide it. This is death.

But if you unhide the layer just on top of it and set opacity to 95%, you get something similar back. Rebirth ! Your earlier work is still there, hidden below it, perhaps you can see some through it. This is Samskaras, latent tendencies, Karmic storehouse. It affects your current picture and actions.

Hide it and unhide some other random layer, keep opacity low. Try working on it, create.... you won't see much, its not clear, but some stuff appears and disappears as you change it. This is dreaming. The experience is not so opaque or solid. Hide it, this is deep sleep. No contents there, no experience, except that you are....

Hide it and unhide another layer, set opacity to 90%. A new experience appears. This is Astral projection. You just got a hint on how to experience the non-physical

Unhide all, and you are back to the Presence. Don't forget the screen, its the absolute. You can't see it, but its there.

 

PS: Imagine a video with sound in place of pictures, and it gets closer to life. Imagine a 3D view, like a game with an avatar and some freedom to move in the picture. That's even closer. Imagine a VR headset on, and now you are immersed in it, try tactile feedback etc, and its as good as real thing.

Edited February 5, 2017 by PureExp

[jse]

@PureExp , excellent analogy!

1 hour ago, PureExp said:

Imagine a video with sound in place of pictures, and it gets closer to life. Imagine a 3D view, like a game with an avatar and some freedom to move in the picture. That's even closer. Imagine a VR headset on, and now you are immersed in it, try tactile feedback etc, and its as good as real thing.

This would be a worthwhile project for someone with the available skills and time. 

 

 

 

 

[PureExp]

@jse That will be inevitable in future. We are creators by nature.

Funny that there is a theory out there which says that the reason we do not see any aliens (ETs) is because they have shifted to virtual realities of all sorts completely.