Cloud said:Folding Worm• said:Well, with your current belief systems, you are most certainly in for a surprise...
Good luck.
Trust me, I'm no athiest. The "spirit world" exists to an extent, but it is only an extension of our perception. To say that there are "spirits" or "souls" is to live in a world of duality. The shamans believe in "spirits", but shamans are far from enlightened. They are very competitive and even attack each other. There is a sense of elitism. No one is seperate from one another, there is only one energy, and one God, and we are it. There is only one energy.
It's all very well to speculate and theorize. When you come face to face with an alien intelligence that is undeniably and infinitely ancient, or god, or the oneness, it's difficult to make sense of. So we just accept.
You are correct to say that we are one energy, one god, oneness. It's just quite shocking when you are actually presented with this. Whether this is external or an internal projection, well, therein lies the conundrum.
His stoned ape theory may not be far off.