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Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
I was just thinking that in my life, I have met quite a few very simple, not well read people, not particularly religious people, who lead extraordinary lives. They seem to have the benefits of enlightenment, the grace, the peace, the acceptance and understanding, without ever having had the experience itself.
Originally posted by awakened sleeper
What was with my physical body growling? It sounded like a dinosaur, and that reminds me about the so called reptilians. Perhaps one was in my body?
Originally posted by awakened sleeper
Have you ever seen or heard of anything like sperm and tiny robots fighting?
Originally posted by awakened sleeper
I would like to add that it seems as if I had saved myself that night. What if I had never left my body and woke myself up? If I had just slept all night with the tylenol in my system, I think I would have died. Perhaps, it is most interesting.
What happens to a person with acetaminophen-induced liver damage?
Three clinical stages (phases) of acetaminophen-induced liver injury have been described. During the first phase, that is, the initial 12 to 24 hours or so after ingestion, the patient experiences nausea and vomiting. For the next perhaps 12 to 24 hours, which is the second phase or the so-called inactive (latent) phase, the patient feels well. In the third phase, which begins about 48 to as late as 72 hours after the ingestion of acetaminophen, liver blood test abnormalities begin to appear. Most notably, extremely high (abnormal) levels of the liver blood tests, AST and ALT, are common with this type of liver injury. The outcome (prognosis) of the liver injury can be predicted fairly accurately on the basis of the patient's clinical exam and blood tests. For example, at one extreme, if the patient develops severe acid buildup in the blood, kidney failure, bleeding disorders, or coma, then death is almost certain. Only a liver transplant can possibly save such a patient.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
I actually think that in this regard we are discussing the same concept. I just think that my words work less well for you than your words work for me.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
Here, I am going to disagree a little. For me, and it seems in many descriptions, there are no archetypes in the experience itself.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
I feel that "gnosis" is not a collection of facts, bit of data, but more what Spinoza was talking about when he said "intuitive knowing." Some might call it "clairsentience." A sudden rush of insight that fills the mind of the "questioner" with a "knowing" that is more than should be expected of the mind. Knowing the "form" Plato might say. Intelligence in the moment, rather than "I know" in a closed door fashion.
You are saying to try this without mind altering drugs? Just sit in a black room and try this? Reminds me of the dark room and the mirror stories, seeing ghosts and what not.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
Separate question to the readers at large,
Has anyone ever considered that maybe the "enlightenment experience" rather than being a reward for merit, or something awarded the "advanced" souls, is actually sort of a "study hall" for the spirits, souls, etc., that have strayed pretty far from the way they were meant to live?
Rather than being something "good" in the sense that you earn it with good behavior, it may actually be like a "cheat sheet" given to the really poor students?
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
Separate question to the readers at large,
Has anyone ever considered that maybe the "enlightenment experience" rather than being a reward for merit, or something awarded the "advanced" souls, is actually sort of a "study hall" for the spirits, souls, etc., that have strayed pretty far from the way they were meant to live?
Rather than being something "good" in the sense that you earn it with good behavior, it may actually be like a "cheat sheet" given to the really poor students?
I am not saying it is, I am just considering it opposite from the way the mainstream religions do.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander After all, both your and my vision of what is included a deep sense of "its all perfect" so perhaps, we only get what is perfect for us, or what we need, and the thing itself has no objective value?
Originally posted by awakened sleeper
My (I-physical) body then sat up and starred straight through me and growled the most evil, vicious, ferocious of all growls. The next thing I know I am in the place of my (I-physical) body and I feel horribly sick. I then rush to the bathroom and vomit everywhere, and I do mean EVERYWHERE.
Originally posted by awakened sleeper
They tested me for two days and found nothing, much to my surprise, and let me go on the second day. They claimed that I drank too much and perhaps needed more sleep.
I have not been able to leave my body, consciously, but I do remember every one of my dreams and write them down.
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Originally posted by awakened sleeper
I see static in all material things, and especially in metal. It flows in the air as if on invisible interstates, and even in the clouds and sun rays. When I concentrate and think, “Static move to the right,” it moves to the right. Out of the corner of my eye I see shapes moving, and swirling through my home, and the majority of them appear to be humanoid. I see what appears to be energy (this is what I have been calling it, but as to what it actually is I can not say) and it forms a thin membrane around my body, and even other bodies. If I look close enough I can see it as a transparent film, almost as if there were two of me and they are slightly off from one another. If I hold my fingers close to each other like forming a circle with my right thumb and index finger, the film or energy arcs across the plane. At night I can also move my hand from left to right while in front of my body, and then watch as the energy film follows my hand as if on a 1 second delay. This is quite amazing, and I would really like to know more about this. Also, my ears seem to ring a lot now. They pulse in the left, right, and both ears on occasion, and it seems to happen when I am thinking on certain things. I have heard many ideas on ear ringing, but nothing seems viable as of yet.
Does anyone have any clue what this is, or what it could be? I do have many ideas for I read, and only read, and have been researching so much since 2007. I bought all of Robert Monroe’s’ books, along with another thirty odd books on OOBE, Astral travels and ESP. I have been practicing OOBE for over a year now, and even have HEMI SYNC. I have not been able to leave my body, consciously, but I do remember every one of my dreams and write them down. The only thing that seems abnormal is that when I am listening to HEMI SYNC and laying down, after what seems to be 15 minutes I get this warm fuzzy sensation all throughout my body, and then my vision goes from black to colors. These colors are shaped and beautiful, and they swirl in a spiral form, from far to close, right in front of me, and they seem in encompass my entire body. I can stay here for as long as I want, but nothing more seems to come out of this experience. I cannot leave my body. After a while I fall asleep and have very vivid dreams, most of which involve aliens.
Originally posted by RogerT
Cool, I also have the hemisync sound files, but have been just to busy to get started with them. Maybe next year