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====7. Identifying with all known "external" systems==== | ====7. Identifying with all known "external" systems==== | ||
The seventh of these differing levels of identity can be referred to as a "''identifying with all known "external" systems''." It is defined as the experience of a loss of perceived boundaries between a person's identity and all external systems of behavior. This includes not just the systems as they currently stand within the present moment but at each known point of their existence throughout all timelines as defined by the person's internally stored model of reality. It can also include imaginary, hypothetical, and fictional systems or concepts. | The seventh of these differing levels of identity can be referred to as a "''identifying with all known "external" systems''." It is defined as the experience of a loss of perceived boundaries between a person's identity and all known external systems of behavior. This includes not just the systems as they currently stand within the present moment but at each known point of their existence throughout all timelines as defined by the person's internally stored model of reality. It can also include imaginary, hypothetical, and fictional systems or concepts. | ||
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 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 conclusions of a religious and metaphysical nature often begin to manifest themselves as profound realizations. These are described and listed below: | ||
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*'''[http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/04/13/474071268/how-lsd-makes-your-brain-one-with-the-universe How LSD Makes Your Brain One With The Universe (NPR.org)]''' | *'''[http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/04/13/474071268/how-lsd-makes-your-brain-one-with-the-universe How LSD Makes Your Brain One With The Universe (NPR.org)]''' | ||
*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fajfkO_X0l0 Sam Harris: The self is an illusion]''' | *'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fajfkO_X0l0 Sam Harris: The self is an illusion]''' | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Unity and interconnectedness]] | *[[Unity and interconnectedness]] | ||