05-14-2022, 03:01 PM
(05-06-2022, 02:26 AM)Atma Wrote: Have you ever started to wake up, and just for a moment you don't know who you are? You're just pure consciousness, without a body? Totally untethered from ego, basically. And then it starts to feel uncomfortable, so you "will" yourself back into your body, and your STREAM of consciousness returns.
So, what are you, then, without that stream of memories and ideas that comprise your ego? Like, who are you when you can't remember who you are?
I was thinking about this. What if one time you found yourself in that state of pre-waking, where you're conscious but without ego, as stated above, and you start to get uncomfortable, so you do as you always do, and you "will" yourself back ... but nothing happens, and you just... stay like that... forever?
What if THAT is the afterlife? Just pure consciousness, exactly as it is when you can't remember who you are. No body. No physical. No time. Just consciousness. Forever.
If you knew that was the afterlife, what would you do differently while here in the flesh, as an ego? What would you choose to take into your consciousness? How would you deal with dreaming?
I would probably try to build up my imagination; totally work on becoming conscious AS a subconscious being; work on lucid dreaming and astral projection. But mostly I would go to great lengths to keep my thoughts totally pure, so that when I become nothing but pure consciousness, I will have hopefully mitigated any kind of negativity that would come along for the ride. I can see where meditating would help. And religion. As a reminder. Stay on top of it, man. I would stay on top of that shit. Keep it absolutely righteous and pure. My inner life, that is. I'm trying to do that now. It's not easy.
Two dangers to know and always remember is pain and breath. If you hold your breath and forget to breathe you will be dead. If you forget how to breathe you will be dead. If you ignore any pain you feel in the future you might become a cripple.
