Originally Posted by
Darkmatters
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Serious - how did you get in my head??!! I haven't had an experience like that from meditation, but I did have the "everything is" experience once from doing acid. I didn't do enough to hallucinate or anything, but my mind started racing and I engaged in a deep philosophical conversation with myself, the end result of which was a clear and profound thought - Everything Is. Meaning everything a person can think of exists - and if you can think of something that doesn't exist, then it now exists - as a thought. And moreover - I understood that everything we humans say is simply a partial attempt to express that idea. YES!!!!
This is my belief...
Exactly everything begins with a thought wether it comes from you or the source (which is ultimately you). I feel we are here to express ourselves and to get back to the understanding that we all come from LOVE that there really is no separation it is an illusion. I could go one step further and also say Time is an illusion. All conflict outside of ourselves is a reflection of our inner selves, and can be a tool to understanding compassion not only for someone else put for ourselves.
I can certainly understand having an epiphany like that on occasion - I just can't see remaining in that open-minded state for any length of time - you'd need to return to normal human experiencing when it's over or lose your sense of identity.
I meditate fairly regularly, not always by sitting quietly in a meditative state (I have two young girls 1 1/2 and 3 years old) but I constantly shift my consciousness into alternant perspectives. I posted an example in one of my previous posts " Clear light Perspective" about the awareness of a carrot meditation.
Just remembered - when I had this Everything Is experience on acid - it felt like the top of my head was open wide... crown chakra indeed.. :shock:
it is very possible to get back there in meditation and in your dreams. I was thinking of this last night as i was falling asleep (I didn't sleep, well my whole family is a bit under the weather) I'm going to start saying an affirmation as i fall asleep, " I want to see everything from the perspective of the Sun". Thank you for all your brilliant thoughts and for providing me with the insight for this affirmation! I believe that conversations of sharing perspectives are the key to expanding our awareness.
Hmmm... then the thought occurs to me - why are we having this discussion? I mean, I basically agree with you - but if Absolute Truth is beyond our comprehension - then pffft!