Tek said:I sort of look at things in a Platonist perspective. Our physical world is but a shadow world of the divine realm, or the world of thoughts and ideas. As such, which is more real: the thought, or the thing? Put another way, what came first in our 3D space, the thought or the thing? Take a beloved cartoon character like Mickey Mouse. We think in our cause and effect 3D earth space that a guy, Walt Disney, had a great idea one day and created Mickey Mouse, however psychedelics provide a different way to interpret the creative process. If we assume the realm we enter on psychedelics to be Plato's theorized divine realm of thoughts, and if this realm is as infinate as it seems to be, then every idea already exists in the timeless sea of eternity, including Mickey Mouse. In other words, Micky Mouse was not Walt Disney's creation per se, merely Walt Disney was a channel or way for the concept of Mickey Mouse to become manifest in this world of 3D space, you dig? Mickey might exist independently of Walt Disney in another parallel Earth or an alien system entirely. Indeed perhaps every thought is alive in some strange sense, as in everything god (used loosely here) thinks has a life as god is a divine creator of all things. This theory offers a partial understanding why things like cartoon elves exist as independent, seemingly self-aware entities in hyperspace.
I hope that all made sense and was applicable.
That's awesome! I've always seen it that way too. Great analogy with Micky Mouse. It's crazy to think of all the possible forms of awareness there are, and so many possible ways to perceive that awareness.:shock:
) This is the main reason I started this thread... to find ways of proving this phenomenon is real and not a hallucination.