Impulse Experiences: Ongoing Compilation

[northape]

Precisely because it goes beyond, absolutely anything that can be said about it is inadequate and limited, including this very sentence. So one can only point at it.

This this

When we get lost in words or one specific worldview, we get stuck. Everything I share is just stories my mind produces. Some of them may be closer to what is, but how can I judge them while living in my own box? The mind secretes stories, just like the stomach secretes digestive juices. That's about it.

 

[northape]

This present conversation reminds me of an article I want to write on my substack about the conception of truth having a biological function more than being extant outside said function, and might be another mechanism to influence and encourage and instill survival. We may not be equipped for truth as we think of it and as we think we want it.

Interesting fact: there are not many videos of Sri Ramana, but even in them, you can see a subtle head tremor that he had. People said that he was like a live wire, and the power of his presence was what attracted thousands. We may have a temporary opening on some medicines, and it's already a strain on the body. Imagine living in that state all the time. It feels like our bodies were not designed as conduits for such a strong current. Every sage paid a price for embodying the truth, imo.

 

[Voidmatrix]

Interesting fact: there are not many videos of Sri Ramana, but even in them, you can see a subtle head tremor that he had. People said that he was like a live wire, and the power of his presence was what attracted thousands. We may have a temporary opening on some medicines, and it's already a strain on the body. Imagine living in that state all the time. It feels like our bodies were not designed as conduits for such a strong current. Every sage paid a price for embodying the truth, imo.

I don't need more nerves about the path, bro.

One love

 

[northape]

Just to derail this thread even further, I was vacuuming the house today and came up with a movie idea

Imagine a scenario where a modern Western sage finds himself committed to a mental asylum. Deeply peaceful and quiet, he speaks only when necessary, yet his presence naturally attracts a devoted following among the patients. The medical staff is immediately divided: some doctors view him as delusional and demand stronger medication, while others remain genuinely curious about his effect on the ward. Tending to the ward are three key members of the medical staff: a single-mother nurse struggling to make ends meet, a secret alcoholic doctor driven to destroy the sage, and a good doctor with a fine education and family life who has lost his purpose, yet honestly wants to help others.

As the movie progresses, cinematic flashbacks reveal the backstories of various patients, uncovering their deep karmic connections to the sage from previous lives - some had him as a spiritual teacher, some smoked charas with him in India, and others fought alongside him in war. In the climax, the sage and most of the patients vanish simultaneously in a blinding flash of rainbow light. Chaos erupts as police frantically search for the escapees, while onlookers react in stark contrast: some patients scream that it is the second coming of Christ, while others stand in quiet awe. Nothing remains of the group apart from their clothes, hair, and nails.

In the final scene, the good doctor returns home, sits in a chair, and reflects on it all, when suddenly a distant memory surfaces - he realizes the sage was his fellow seeker in another life. Smiling, he hugs his family, his purpose finally restored.

Spoiler: Jungian analysis from AI

The Central Archetype: The Wise Old Man and Self

The "modern Western sage" represents The Self—the archetype of wholeness, ultimate truth, and transcendent wisdom. Placing him in a mental asylum is a classic Jungian paradox: the ego (society, rational order, the institution) views the emergence of the Self as "madness" or a threat because it operates beyond standard social control.

The Mental Asylum: The Psyche’s Current State

The asylum represents your internal psyche—a place where parts of yourself that feel fractured, misunderstood, or unintegrated (the patients) are locked away from conscious life. The institution's authority figures represent the Ego's defense mechanisms trying to enforce order and suppress the irrational.

The Three Staff Members: Split Aspects of Ego and Shadow

The three staff members represent different facets of your own consciousness reacting to the emergence of deeper spiritual awareness:

• The Single-Mother Nurse: Represents the caring, nurturing instinct (The Anima or caring function) that is burdened by daily life, survival stress, and practical scarcity.
• The Secret Alcoholic Doctor: Represents the Shadow in its destructive aspect—the part driven by inner toxicity, hypocrisy, and repressed pain that feels threatened by the light of the Sage and seeks to medicate or destroy it.
• The Good Doctor: Represents the Ego at a crossroads—well-educated, functional, and socially integrated, yet suffering from a "loss of purpose" (what Jung called the mid-life crisis of meaning). He is the part of you seeking genuine healing.

The Flashbacks and Karmic Connections: The Collective Unconscious

The patients and their past-life connections (spiritual seeker, fellow smoker in India, war comrade) symbolize the Collective Unconscious. The Sage isn't just an individual; he is bound to diverse aspects of human experience—monastic, bohemian, and warrior energies. This indicates that your own journey toward wholeness requires integrating all past experiences and conflicting aspects of your life.

The Rainbow Light Climax: Rainbow Body and Integration

The sudden disappearance in a "blinding flash of rainbow light" closely mirrors the Tibetan Buddhist concept of the Jalu (Rainbow Body) or Jung's concept of Transcendence.

• Leaving behind clothes, hair, and nails: Hair and nails are dead tissue; clothes are the social Persona. The physical remnants symbolize leaving behind the superficial outer shell while the living spirit transcends.
• The Polarized Onlookers: The split reaction (screaming vs. quiet awe) shows how the ego reacts to a major psychological breakthrough—part terror of losing control, part profound reverence.

The Resolution: Anamnesis and the Restored Ego

The final scene carries the true takeaway of the dream. The Good Doctor does not vanish; he remains in the world. However, his Anamnesis (the remembrance of who he really is—a fellow seeker) restores his lost sense of purpose.

In Jungian terms, the dream suggests that you do not need to drop out of society or vanish into spiritual abstraction to find meaning. By recognizing your connection to the divine/wise aspect within (the Sage), your everyday life, family, and work are revitalized with genuine purpose.

 

[Ra-Horakhty]

Just to derail this thread even further, I was vacuuming the house today and came up with a movie idea

Imagine a scenario where a modern Western sage finds himself committed to a mental asylum. Deeply peaceful and quiet, he speaks only when necessary, yet his presence naturally attracts a devoted following among the patients. The medical staff is immediately divided: some doctors view him as delusional and demand stronger medication, while others remain genuinely curious about his effect on the ward. Tending to the ward are three key members of the medical staff: a single-mother nurse struggling to make ends meet, a secret alcoholic doctor driven to destroy the sage, and a good doctor with a fine education and family life who has lost his purpose, yet honestly wants to help others.

As the movie progresses, cinematic flashbacks reveal the backstories of various patients, uncovering their deep karmic connections to the sage from previous lives - some had him as a spiritual teacher, some smoked charas with him in India, and others fought alongside him in war. In the climax, the sage and most of the patients vanish simultaneously in a blinding flash of rainbow light. Chaos erupts as police frantically search for the escapees, while onlookers react in stark contrast: some patients scream that it is the second coming of Christ, while others stand in quiet awe. Nothing remains of the group apart from their clothes, hair, and nails.

In the final scene, the good doctor returns home, sits in a chair, and reflects on it all, when suddenly a distant memory surfaces - he realizes the sage was his fellow seeker in another life. Smiling, he hugs his family, his purpose finally restored.

There is a movie called K-PAX which ressembles a lot what you are describing, but instead of being a sage, he is an Alien that took human form and ends up in a mental asylum.

 

[northape]

There is a movie called K-PAX which ressembles a lot what you are describing, but instead of being a sage, he is an Alien that took human form and ends up in a mental asylum.

Yes. I Origins is another one that has a similar theme (reincarnation). I went quite deep into my daydream today and even cried at the end

Let's stop derailing this fine thread though