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Originally Posted by Amanda Norris  It's hard for me to understand Subjective Reality. When I think of consciousness as just my own human awareness, it's hard for me to accept that I'm the only consciousness and everything I'm aware of is my own creation. |
IMO, it's not just your human awareness, Amanda. Your human awareness is limited, your true awareness is not. There are no gaps or separation within it. It is complete, and it is that sense of completion that leads many to call it a state of perfection.
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Originally Posted by Amanda Norris But if I think of consciousness as something greater than the human mind, it doesn't make it any easier to grasp. If I'm really a greater consciousness, how come I can't experience any other human minds other than my current one? |
You actually can. You believe you can't, so you can't. Psychics and Yogi's and other mystics will tell you it's possible. But people telling you it's possible won't convince you. You need to experience it for yourself to understand. The reason you can is because their ego mind and your ego mind are extensions of your larger Self. Egos adopt many limitations because they give validity to the ego's existence. The ego has a vested interest in remaining individualized.
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Originally Posted by Amanda Norris What makes the most sense to me is that every human is a similar creature. What applies to me should apply to every human. |
You
are every human...
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Originally Posted by Amanda Norris What if we are all the creations of someone else's mind? In that case, do we have free will, or are we just like scripted characters in a book or movie, who have no choices but just act out the part that was created for them?  |
We are all the figments of something's imagination. All that means is that while you indentify with your human ego, you were created. All things that have a beginning, eventually have an end. Your ego had a beginning, and one day, it will have an end. Your true mind had no beginning, and as such, will have no end.
You have free will. You can do anything you want to do in life, but if you identify with your ego (the limited mind), you may have a "destiny" or "script". All that means is that you have certain patterns, dispositions, and tendencies that could possibly predict what you will seek and perhaps how fast you will seek it. The more awareness you gain, the more your dispositions disappear and are replaced by one disposition -- the disposition for more awareness. The more awareness you have, the more free will you have.
Life is a story book, but it's a "choose your own adventure" story book.
