I first came here looking for information and interesting conversations about lucid dreaming. I had spent so much time arguing politics with rabidly shrill balls of hatred who only understand hostility and insults, and I came here for a place to chill out and talk about really far out things with people who would be wanting to get along and do the same. I chose "Universal Mind" because that is an Eastern concept that has fascinated me for a while. It refers to the single consciousness that all individual forms of consciousness are manifestations of. In a broader sense, it is the consciousness of existence itself. I thought such a name would be appropriate for conversations about consciousness and theories on what consciousness is and what its possibilities are. Interestingly, although I am getting more into lucid dreaming than ever, I feel like I have learned the meat of what I came here to learn, so I spend most of my time here in the philosophy and religion/spirituality forums arguing with jerky people and making fun of them for being ridiculous assholes. At this point, it seems like I might as well change my screen name to "Screw you, you evasive and hypocritical liar!" and make my sig line something that makes fun of Jesus. I am not on the road I started out on here. It's kind of like drug addicts who go to rehab and end up with nothing but more connections.