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FYI, this way of experiencing the world can be regained through meditation. This includes, from my experience: - The quieter inner narrative and silent observa
by justinpombrio 8y ago
FYI, this way of experiencing the world can be regained through meditation. This includes, from my experience:
- The quieter inner narrative and silent observation.
- The feeling that things not currently being experienced do not "exist" in the same way that things currently being experienced do. They exist in your imagination, and they exist in the sense that you correctly predict that if you were to observe them they would be there, but this knowledge feels ephemeral in contrast to the vivid detailed senses being experienced right now.
- The disconnectedness of time. The past only exists in your memories. If you recall a memory, that happens in the present, and is quite unlike the experience you had that formed the memory.
- Less of a sense of self. All your knowledge is available, but it feels third-person.
I can't relate to some of the other parts of your experience, though, like the lack of separation/names of objects, and the realization of causation.
As a caveat, I haven't been in this state of mind for a week or two, and as you say it doesn't play well with being remembered and analyzed.