I see an important distinction between what seems to me to be two very distinct versions of subjective reality. Both versions agree there is one underlying awareness but the distinction is how they view the experiencing.
Version 1: There is no simultaneous awareness of different experiences, only one experience at a time, one avatar.
Version 2: There are simultaneously separate experiences being experienced, multiple avatars.
The thing I don't like about version 1 is that it means for example that this post will not really be read in the same sense that it is written. It is written with consciousness experiencing its writing. Under version 1 there is never any experience of it being read.
I believe it is version 1 that makes people feel lonely. It seems like many people seem to believe in version 2 and also many people who believe version 2 is a misunderstanding of subjectivity. Is the notion of only one avatar a requirement for subjectivity?
I don't think it is. LOA makes just as much sense if not more under version 2 and version 2 doesn't feel lonely to me.
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