[Dan.Linehan]

Is there any difference between the ideas of subjectively reality and non-dualism? They seem like the same thing.

I had a thought about non-dualism when I read this.

Let's say that everybody in the universe is part of one consciousness, and that consciousness is that of the dreamer having this dream of reality. So, George Bush is part of that consciousness, Ron Paul is part of it, Erin Pavlina is part of it, etc. Each person you see is an avatar representing a piece of that greater consciousness.

Why are we all split up? What could the purpose of that be?

It would seem to mean that that the dreamer is not self aware. His/her consciousness is split into 6.5 billion avatars who don't know what the others are thinking. Possibly more if there are forms of life we don't know about.

Not self aware yet anyway.