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Originally Posted by Profpat  ... However it is to esoteric and ethereal for me to give you an answer. Michael is more involved than I am at this level of reality, and would probably better suited to respond to it. ...
But myself I do not know if it is the pure mind state, or not. Again the ether that I'm referring to is, while not mass or matter, is more substantial than psyche, it is energy. or EMR. ... |
The kicker is that all we sense, touch, and feel in the external world may be a mirage. The more we understand about the brain, mind, and emotion, the more we must face that it is a digital creation which we "assume" reflects a real universe.
Just as in a dream, we accept its reality, yet our existence may be a dream of our higher existence. In a nightly dream, we may forget what car we drive or our checking account balance only to have them reappear upon awakening. Yet, the dream seems real while we are in it, and we react to it as such.
If we all participate in a dream together, then it must have consistency for all who explore it. In a shared dream, each of us must find that our commonality is essentially the same. Hence, we find natural laws.
And though an aether may be the fabric of mind, we learn nothing by assigning it to the realm of magic. It is only by investigating the clues that emerge before us that we test ourselves and grow - that we learn patience and humility as we stand before the great complexity of the universe we assume is real.
Mikal, you may be right in your perspective. But Profpat is following the non-magical path which has rules and pleasures of its own. And your suggestions and questions are presently beyond the horizon of Profpat's methodical path. One day his progress may substantiate your views.
(Drifter, I think you've infected me. I'm beginning to wax poetically. Is there an antidote?)