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Originally posted by psycho81
The smell was of strong tobacco but because I smoke it didn't make any difference to me. I did wake up with what felt like a tight chest but as I say I do smoke so duno if that means anything.
Originally posted by psycho81
The laminate floor was like pine, Over by the pooltable ( Red Pooltable ) the floor was carpet ( Not sure of the color as my focus was on the table and the evil guy ) I noticed it was carpet because I was not slipping no more.
Originally posted by psycho81
The red pool table, now that's a good one. Red is the color of passion and emotion, anger & love.
As for the Balls on the table I guess the 16 including the cue ball. The evil guy was setting the table up with the triangle and a full rack. I was stood at the end of the pool table, Very close to the table as I remember thinking "This guy knows what we are talking about" The evil guy was worn looking unshaven and had heavy eyes. No image I can picture for his face but I could see the shadows of his heavy eyes just would be hard to describe anything else.
Originally posted by psycho81
The bar was behind me and the table in front of me with like a breakfast bar to the Left of me. Behind a half partition thing to the Right of me (Where the handrail I balanced my self on was) there was my friends sat at a table.
Originally posted by psycho81
None of the friends I were with I knew or could recognise. Infact I didn't recognise anyone, So I find that strange.
Originally posted by psycho81
Take it you have been beyond where I have been, Are you used to it now. Does it have an effect on your everyday life? Obviously you know you are aware but can you strengthen weak points in your life to help others. Sound like you can because you are doing a brilliant job of helping me understand.
Originally posted by psycho81
I have noticed today though my awareness better than normal. Anyway will have to speak tomorrow should be in bed by now Work in the morning
Ego
The way I use the word, ego refers to your objective, physical world identity. This includes your physical body as well as your mind. Your ego includes your name, your job, your home, your relationships, your personality, your habits, your favorite movie, your spiritual beliefs, and so on. The contents of your mind are part of your ego. Your ego is your human character and all its individual trappings in the physical universe.
It’s common practice to turn our egos into our identities. I might say, “I am Steve. I am a personal development writer. This is my article. Erin is my wife. I am a vegan.” I was taught that I’m a physical body in a physical universe. My physical brain gives rise to my thoughts, and my thoughts give me consciousness. I was also taught that every person I meet is an ego-centered being as well. They have their own brains, their own thoughts, and their own consciousnesses.
Maybe I believe I have a spirit too and that when my physical body dies, I’ll become that individual spirit, and I’ll retain some awareness of my previous life. That’s still ego identification.
Ego identification seems perfectly normal to most of us. It’s so much the default that we scarcely question it. But in many of my spiritual studies, I found that people we might consider enlightened did just that.
At first the idea that I could be more than my ego seemed nuts to me; at best it was wishful thinking. Of course I’m Steve. How could I be anything but Steve? Of course I’m my body and my mind. That’s just who I am. It’s right here in front of me. If I die and go to the afterlife, maybe I’ll become Steve-Spirit, but I’ll still be essentially Steve.
As I started questioning deeper, I began to realize that although I have an ego, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s my true identity. I wondered if it might be a mistake to identify myself with my ego, but what was the alternative?
Here are some of the questions I asked that got me wondering:
* Without the trappings of my ego, who am I? What’s left?
* If I lost my memory, would I still be me?
* If all the molecules in my body are replaced by new ones every couple years, then what does that say about my identity? At what point do those new molecules switch from being “not me” to “me?”
* Why do I assume that another person is any less me than my own body?
* Why the heck am I conscious? Why the heck am I even able to ask, “Why the heck am I conscious?”
* If my body dies, what happens to my consciousness? Am I the body or the consciousness?
* I can perceive many human bodies, but how many consciousnesses can I perceive? [Just one]
Yes, this is what I do in my spare time.
Answering these questions to my satisfaction was a most “enlightening” experience. It helped me see that my real identity simply couldn’t be my ego. There were too many holes in that theory.
I realized that I can’t be my ego because anything in my ego can change, and those changes wouldn’t cause me to cease to exist. I could alter my name, career, relationships, personality, habits, beliefs, physique, and so on, and I’d still be me. In fact, when I compare myself today with myself 10 years ago, I notice I don’t do the same work, eat the same foods, live in the same city, hang out with the same friends, or even think the same thoughts… but as far as I can tell, I’m still me. Source
Originally posted by Kappo
Hey,
Would any of you know what I'm talking about if I said, sometimes you get these thoughts in your head, and then the next second someone in the room says, word for word, what you were thinking? Is that just a coincedence? :0
[edit on 10/4/08 by Kappo]
Originally posted by psycho81
Yes Kappo I know what you mean, Me and my close friend do this all the time. It will be quiet then just as my friend speaks I come out with the same thing at the same time.
Not just once or twice but most of the night, We are kind of used to it now. He is Indian so he is pretty spiritual. Glad you picked up on it amazing eh?