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====5. Unity between the self and all external systems==== | ====5. Unity between the self and all external systems==== | ||
The fifth | The fifth of these five differing levels of intensity can be referred to as a "''state of unity between the self and the creation of all external systems''". It is defined as the experience of a loss of perceived boundaries between a person's identity and all external systems of behaviour. This includes not just the systems as they currently stand within the present moment but at each known point of their existence throughout all time lines past, present, and future as defined by the person's internally stored model of reality. | ||
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. | 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 as profound realizations. These are listed below and generally include but are not limited to: | ||
*A perspective which feels personally responsible for the 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 | *The religious or spiritual realization that the person's preconceived notions behind 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 now identically defined as that which is the all-encompassing, all-knowing, all-powerful creator, and sustainer of this universe (existence itself). | ||
*The religious or spiritual realization that the person's preconceived notions behind their concept of “god” or “god-hood” can now be felt | |||
==Analysis== | ==Analysis== |