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Originally posted by chadderson
My definition.
Peace of mind / Harmony : The ability to justify and cultivate, in every moment of consciousness, the feeling of comfort and love.
Originally posted by smithjustinb
We are all one. The next big leap in human consciousness is to know that everything we observe is part of the one selfness that we are. It is to know that everything you see, touch, taste, smell, and hear, is you. Not you as an individual, but you as what you are as your essence of youness.
The brain is how you see, but the mind is what you see. See that. Can't you see how everything you observe makes up your own mind? Its all inside you, as you. It's you because you define it. Everything you see has to be filtered through your own preconceptions, and what is seen, isn't necessarily ever what is actually there, but what is seen is what is there the way only you can see it. See? What is seen is seen the way you see it, because it is you seeing and it is you seen. Get it?
This is how our nature is freedom. You are your body, and your body can only do what your body can do, but your mind is free. Your mind is not your body. Everything you observe makes up your mind and everything you observe is free and what is living that you observe has free will, so the nature of your selfness, of your mind, is that freedom.
I want to point something else out. I already said all is one and we experience this unity from individual perspectives. But as individuals, and particularly as humans, we have been granted, probably through a variety of mental distortions, the ability to create technology. All is one, so what you create, technologiically, THAT YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH, is an extension of your individualized self and also, by your individual efforts, now part of the greater unified self. So, be mindful of your creative power and efforts, because we truly do get what we put in.
Originally posted by LesMisanthrope
Originally posted by smithjustinb
We are all one. The next big leap in human consciousness is to know that everything we observe is part of the one selfness that we are. It is to know that everything you see, touch, taste, smell, and hear, is you. Not you as an individual, but you as what you are as your essence of youness.
We are all one...well finish the sentence—one what?
I disagree. We are made out of the same stuff and bound by the physics of the universe, but we are not one. The Universe is one (maybe) but we are just parts of the universe. If we were indeed one, we'd be able to become one physically, we would all experience the same thing at the same time, but we cannot because we are merely parts and not "one". I'm not sure how one can claim that "we are one" when they can plainly see that we are not. The statement "all is one" or "we are one" is a huge contradiction. If all became one, it would cease to be all, but since we know we are not one, we still continue to contradict ourselves.
We are one consciousness.
Physically, matter is separated by space. In fact, everything seen is 99% empty space. Yet, you still somehow are able to maintain the awareness that your world is full of objects when in fact it is not, its full of space.
The point is, for life to have occurred, there must be something in the fabric of what the universe is that is living and conducive to being able to observe. In other words, matter and energy itself is consciousness. Protons, neutrons, and electrons are really all the same substance, but just with different polarities. What is that substance? Consciousness.
Originally posted by Starchild23
So the question that begs asking is this: where does consciousness come from?
I'm sure, whether or not it is actually correct, you have an answer to that.