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It was actually a couple psychedelic experiences that allowed me to "get over the hump" and "see" the universe the a larger, deeper, internal lens. It also allo
by KennyCason 9y ago
It was actually a couple psychedelic experiences that allowed me to "get over the hump" and "see" the universe the a larger, deeper, internal lens. It also allowed me to reflect and understand myself in a way that I found to be extremely valuable. While the experience itself was simply beyond description, ineffable, the single most enlightening moment of my life, it was the following years of reflection on it and everything around it that start putting things into place.
I remember one particular thought of how "real" the mind space actually is. We tend to think of the perceived reality as very physical, when in fact the mind space is able to simulate the same feeling of physicality. It really makes one question if the difference between mind and physicality is even worth distinguishing.
- goldenkey 9y agoRight but that link between physicality and mind _is_ consciousness..the perception of qualia. So though they may be caused by the same thing, the process itself is one to be looked at carefully.
- xaedes 9y agoSo, consciousness is a hologram of the universe? I can imagine it like that. I often describe consciousness/me/you/entities/etc as dynamic lenses of the universe. Something (like information) goes in from all directions and the lens transform that into reaction. I think you could actually extend that view to entities like atoms. Hm, every point is a lens in itself?