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Originally Posted by thef0x  This is ridiculous in my mind.
The idea (IDEALISM) of consciousness that YOU create in YOUR head is what you're bringing upon reality, calling it God and vibrations.  |
Surely, even as a simple human being, you yourself have experience several different levels of consciousness/self-awareness.
When you are asleep and dreaming, you still have consciousness. It's just not the same as what you experience when awake and moving around.
How would you feel if you were, say, in a coma, and some advanced species came along and saw you lying there, doing nothing, and declared you were no more conscious than the bed you were lying in. Your consciousness might be dormant for the moment, but it still exists nonetheless. Who are you to say that your roommate's guitar does not experience a very limited, dormant form of consciousness.
A couple of hundred years ago, most people thought that the idea that man could fly through the air was ridiculous; let alone set foot on the moon. What you perceive as ridiculous may well just be an idea that the world hasn't caught up with yet.
Logic is a wonderful tool with which to explore the universe. But it is not the only one.
As for leading a delusional life... I believe most people search for meaning and purpose for their lives. In a cold, logical, and godless universe, I cannot find any purpose whatsoever for existence. The thought that my life, let alone all existence has no purpose is extremely saddening to me.
The idea (as you like to say) that there is great and majestic purpose to existence -- i.e. spiritual growth and evolution through living out countless lives and experiences and teachings from karma -- not only makes me a happier person; it makes me a BETTER person.
So, if I'm wrong and there's nothing at the other end of my existence but oblivion... it's still preferable to have lived a happy and productive life, albeit "delusional" as you put it. But if I'm right, how would I feel after living a life where I believed there was no purpose to my existence. I would wager that I'd have much fewer friends, relationships, successes, and may well wind up either suicidal, borderline criminal, or at best, an annoying, negative curmudgeon constantly blaming everyone else for his problems. But at least I'd have my logic!
~ RS