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I am beginning to think that the consciousness that individuals experience does indeed comes from a body.. and that body came from the singular consciousness that is source/god/whatever. In other words, the source/god imagined what we could refer to as the universe. This is the raw materials for bodies that we have. Than that raw material created bodies capable of projecting source/god consciousness. Furthermore, the consciousnesses that the bodies create are also able to act as "little gods" that can create their own universes within their consciousnesses and see them manifest! This last part is S/R ala Steve. The initial part suggests there is more outside of your own consciousness.

(A small note here: The projection of your own body within your consciousness is very likely different than what your body really looks like! Just like inside a dream your body may or may not look like what it looks like in the "real" world)

This explains how you don't remember before birth without going into "you agreed to forget who you really are to experience being human" spiel. The answer is "You don't because the consciousness you refer to as yourself did not exist even though the design for that consciousness did exist at the source/god level!"

I simply cannot imagine an omnipotent being just giving up all its powers so it can feel like a human! As if being human is all that awesome. It's a hype man! Thus, that logic does not work for me. However, I can understand the omnipotent being wanting to experience its own omnipotence. Being the only consciousness, and no other to compare itself against, it creates beings in his mind and have them interact with each other. Each being has some or all of His powers and can do things as if it was Him. Through them, he can experience His own powers, but He is not them. Yet, He needs them because there is no other omnipotent beings out there to use His powers against.

Originally Posted by Andrew Brunelle

You are consciousness. You are everything. Your physical body is a manifestation of your consciousness, as is everyone else's.

See above.

Originally Posted by Andrew Brunelle

Why consciousness chose this body to see things through, I don't know.

There was no choosing per se. He created them all, and you are that single consciousness experiencing itself through this particular body. You are both Him, and also not Him. The powers you are granted are His powers, and your consciousness is His as much as your body allows it to be.

Originally Posted by Andrew Brunelle

Why my perspective is here and not within you, I don't have a clue.

Same reason as above.

Originally Posted by Andrew Brunelle

I have no doubt there's life after death, but I feel like I won't get any "why" answers until my physical body dies out.

I have no doubt either. My issue is that if there truely is reincarnation and I am going to keep coming back to this freakin' planet over and over until the sun turns into a black hole and swallows it (which kinda means it won't be forever!), then it is all good. If not, then I might be in trouble.

Since I am leaning more towards the "single body, single soul, single Earth experience" view, and granted I might know more when I die, what I know then might indicate that I should have done/learned certain things while I was on Earth is what prompts me to investigate this further.

FYI, I am not saying "This is so". It is just a theory..