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[[File:Tumblr_inline_mmi698051Y1qz4rgp.gif|thumb|right|upright|238px| This symbol depicts the | [[File:Tumblr_inline_mmi698051Y1qz4rgp.gif|thumb|right|upright|238px| This symbol depicts the universe as a "self-excited" circuit. It was originally created by the late theoretical physicist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler John Archibald Wheeler] in his 1983 paper [http://what-buddha-said.net/library/pdfs/wheeler_law_without_law.pdf law withoutlaw].]] | ||
'''States of unity and interconnectedness''' start with a change in perspective which is consistently interpreted as the removal of a deeply embedded and all encompassing illusion. The destruction of this apparent illusion leads onto feelings that the tripper frequently interprets as some sort of profound “awakening” or “enlightenment”. | '''States of unity and interconnectedness''' start with a change in perspective which is consistently interpreted as the removal of a deeply embedded and all-encompassing illusion. The destruction of this apparent illusion leads onto feelings that the tripper frequently interprets as some sort of profound “awakening” or “enlightenment”. | ||
Once removed, the illusion feels as though it has always been in place, forcing a person’s perspective of the world into feeling as if their concept of “self”, “I” or “me” with which they identify themselves as is assumed to intrinsically follow two fundamental rules. The first of these rules is that the self is inherently separate from the external environment and could not possibly extend into it. The second is that the self is specifically limited to not even the physical body as a whole, but exclusively a person’s internal narrative and the image of their own personality as built up through social interactions with other people. | Once removed, the illusion feels as though it has always been in place, forcing a person’s perspective of the world into feeling as if their concept of “self”, “I” or “me” with which they identify themselves as is assumed to intrinsically follow two fundamental rules. The first of these rules is that the self is inherently separate from the external environment and could not possibly extend into it. The second is that the self is specifically limited to not even the physical body as a whole, but exclusively a person’s internal narrative and the image of their own personality as built up through social interactions with other people. | ||
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The lowest and least complex level can be referred to as a state of “''unity between specific external systems''”. This is the only level of intensity in which the subjective experience of unity does not involve a state of interconnectedness between the self and the external. Instead, it can be described as a perceived sense of unity between two or more systems within the external environment which in every day life, are usually perceived as separate from both the self and each other. | The lowest and least complex level can be referred to as a state of “''unity between specific external systems''”. This is the only level of intensity in which the subjective experience of unity does not involve a state of interconnectedness between the self and the external. Instead, it can be described as a perceived sense of unity between two or more systems within the external environment which in every day life, are usually perceived as separate from both the self and each other. | ||
This effect can manifest itself in an endless number of forms but common examples of the experience often include | This effect can manifest itself in an endless number of forms 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 specific human beings and the objects they are currently interacting with | *A sense of unity between specific 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 | ||
====Unity between the self and specific external systems==== | ====Unity between the self and specific external systems==== | ||
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This effect can manifest itself in an endless number of forms but common examples of the experience often include: | This effect can manifest itself in an endless number of forms but common examples of the experience often include: | ||
*Becoming one with a specific object which you are interacting with | *Becoming one with a specific object which you are interacting with | ||
*Becoming one with a specific person which you interacting with. (particularly common if engaging in sexual or romantic activities) | *Becoming one with a specific person which you interacting with. (particularly common if engaging in sexual or romantic activities) | ||
*Becoming one with the entirety of your physical body | *Becoming one with the entirety of your physical body | ||
*Becoming one with large crowds of people. (particularly common at raves and music festivals) | *Becoming one with large crowds of people. (particularly common at raves and music festivals) | ||
*Becoming one with the external environment but not the people within it | *Becoming one 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. | ||
====Unity between the self and all perceivable external systems==== | ====Unity between the self and all perceivable external systems==== | ||
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This is felt to be the result of a person’s central sense of self becoming attributed to not just the internal narrative of the ego, but in equal measure, to the body itself and everything around it with which it is physically connected to through the senses. Once this sensation is in place, it creates the undeniable perspective that you are the external environment experiencing itself through the specific point within it that this body’s physical sensory awareness and conscious thought happens to currently reside in. | This is felt to be the result of a person’s central sense of self becoming attributed to not just the internal narrative of the ego, but in equal measure, to the body itself and everything around it with which it is physically connected to through the senses. Once this sensation is in place, it creates the undeniable perspective that you are the external environment experiencing itself through the specific point within it that this body’s physical sensory awareness and conscious thought happens to currently reside in. | ||
It's at this level that a key component of the unity experience becomes an extremely noticeable factor. Once a | It's at this level that a key component of the unity experience becomes an extremely noticeable factor. Once a person's sense of self has become attributed to the entirety of their surroundings, this new perspective completely changes how it feels to physically interact with what was previously felt to be an external environment. For example, when physically interacting with an object in everyday life it feels very simply that you are a central agent organizing the world around itself. However, whilst undergoing a state of unity with the currently perceivable environment, interacting with an external object consistently feel as if the system as a whole is autonomously organizing itself and that you are no longer a central agent operating the process of interaction. Instead the process suddenly feels completely decentralized and mutual across itself as the environment begins to autonomously, mechanically and harmoniously respond to itself to perform the predetermined function of the particular interaction. | ||
====Unity between the self and all external systems==== | AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA====Unity between the self and all external systems==== | ||
The fourth of these five differing levels of intensity can be referred to as a "''state of unity between the self and all external systems''". It is defined as the experience of a loss of perceived boundaries between a person's sense of self, the perceivable external environment, and all which they know to exist outside of this through their internally stored model of reality. This feels as if your sense of self has become attributed to not just the external environment but all of humanity, nature, and the universe as it presently stands in its complete entirety. The experience of this is generally described by people as “''becoming one with the universe''”. | The fourth of these five differing levels of intensity can be referred to as a "''state of unity between the self and all external systems''". It is defined as the experience of a loss of perceived boundaries between a person's sense of self, the perceivable external environment, and all which they know to exist outside of this through their internally stored model of reality. This feels as if your sense of self has become attributed to not just the external environment but all of humanity, nature, and the universe as it presently stands in its complete entirety. The experience of this is generally described by people as “''becoming one with the universe''”. | ||