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There are an endless number of ways in which this level manifest itself but common examples of the experience often include: | There are an endless number of ways in which this level manifest itself but common examples of the experience often include: | ||
* A sense of unity between specific living things such as animals or plants and their surrounding ecosystems | * A sense of unity between specific living things such as animals or plants and their surrounding ecosystems | ||
* A sense of unity between other human beings and the objects they are currently interacting with | * A sense of unity between other human beings and the objects they are currently interacting with | ||
* A sense of unity between any number of currently perceivable inanimate objects. | * A sense of unity between any number of currently perceivable inanimate objects. | ||
* A sense of unity between humanity and nature | * A sense of unity between humanity and nature | ||
* A sense of unity between literally any combination of perceivable external systems and concepts | * A sense of unity between literally any combination of perceivable external systems and concepts | ||
====2. Unity between the self and specific external systems==== | ====2. Unity between the self and specific external systems==== | ||
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There are an endless number of ways in which this level manifest itself but common examples of the experience often include: | There are an endless number of ways in which this level manifest itself but common examples of the experience often include: | ||
* Becoming unified with a specific object which is being interacted with | * Becoming unified with a specific object which is being interacted with | ||
* Becoming unified with another person or multiple people | * Becoming unified with another person or multiple people (particularly common if engaging in sexual or romantic activities) | ||
* Becoming unified with the entirety of one's own physical body | * Becoming unified with the entirety of one's own physical body | ||
* Becoming unified with large crowds of people | * Becoming unified with large crowds of people (particularly common at raves and music festivals) | ||
* Becoming unified with the external environment but not the people within it | * Becoming unified with the external environment but not the people within it | ||
This creates a sensation which is often described by people as the experience of becoming inextricably connected to, one with, the same as, or unified with whatever the perceived external system happens to be. | This creates a sensation which is often described by people as the experience of becoming inextricably connected to, one with, the same as, or unified with whatever the perceived external system happens to be. | ||
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When experienced, this feels as if one's sense of self has become attributed to all of space and time including every single past and future event such as the initial creation and eventual destruction of existence. At this point, a number of commonly reported, innately extrapolated conclusions of a religious and metaphysical nature often begin to manifest themselves as profound realizations. These are described and listed below: | When experienced, this feels as if one's sense of self has become attributed to all of space and time including every single past and future event such as the initial creation and eventual destruction of existence. At this point, a number of commonly reported, innately extrapolated conclusions of a religious and metaphysical nature often begin to manifest themselves as profound realizations. These are described and listed below: | ||
* A perspective which feels personally responsible for the [[feelings of self-design|self designing]], planning, and implementation of every single specific detail and plot element of one's personal life, the history of humanity, and the universe as a whole. This naturally includes personal culpability for humanity's sufferings and its flaws, but also includes its acts of love and achievements | * A perspective which feels personally responsible for the [[feelings of self-design|self designing]], planning, and implementation of every single specific detail and plot element of one's personal life, the history of humanity, and the universe as a whole. This naturally includes personal culpability for humanity's sufferings and its flaws, but also includes its acts of love and achievements | ||
* The sudden and total acceptance of death as a fundamental component of one's life. This is because death is no longer felt to be the destruction of oneself but simply the end of this specific point of conscious awareness-- the vast majority of which has always existed and will continue to exist and live on through everything else in which it resides | * The sudden and total acceptance of death as a fundamental component of one's life. This is because death is no longer felt to be the destruction of oneself but simply the end of this specific point of conscious awareness-- the vast majority of which has always existed and will continue to exist and live on through everything else in which it resides | ||
* The realization that one's preconceived notions behind the definition of their concept of “god” or “god-hood” can now be felt as identical to the nature of existence and to that of one's true self. This realization is generally reached through the subconscious conclusion that the usually differing concepts of god-hood, existence and self are each now identically defined as that which is the all-encompassing, all-powerful, creator and sustainer of this existence.</onlyinclude> | * The realization that one's preconceived notions behind the definition of their concept of “god” or “god-hood” can now be felt as identical to the nature of existence and to that of one's true self. This realization is generally reached through the subconscious conclusion that the usually differing concepts of god-hood, existence and self are each now identically defined as that which is the all-encompassing, all-powerful, creator and sustainer of this existence.</onlyinclude> | ||