Like many (most?) of you, I was struck by the original post JR put up on Reddit and I reached out when he mentioned to DM him for the link as he was heading off the site. The original post just seemed to make so much sense to me, tying together many things I had been realizing and studying at the same time. It just clicked.
I can't say that I am, consciously, an experiencer. What I can say is that, starting in November or December, many things I had been exposed to before, but which I had not understood, just suddenly made sense. Like the connection between certain insights of ancient mystics and current understandings of quantum physics. And I found myself inexorably drawn to pursuing more information and knowledge about "The Phenomenon." When new posts come out here, I consume them ravenously, like I can't acquire the new information quickly enough.
I have become aware of a certain feeling inside, like a swelling or a dizziness, that comes upon me when I am learning something new and of particular importance, and I receive it as a sign that I am on the right track or doing the right thing. This has been especially prevalent when I am exploring ideas about how consciousness/universal mind/soul-field/GCS/"spirit" is the fundamental reality from which all else springs, and ideas about how we are One, serving a purpose of learning and helping. (It happened to me right then, as I typed those words.)
Even allowing these kinds of thoughts is foreign to me--I have spent almost 50 years being a "skeptical" (meaning, closed-minded) materialist who resisted strong emotions and anything that could not be measured physically--but I've been through serious suffering in the past five years and I think it opened up something in me. I regard JR's message(s) as having the undeniable ring of truth--whatever name we give to the source, the moral of the story is unassailably wise.
Anyway, long-time-listener, first-time-caller, so to speak. I've been reading since the beginning without registering, but a couple of nights ago I woke bolt upright in bed and thought "oh, here we go, the time is going to be 3:33 am," and sure enough, there it was on the clock. So here I am!
Hello All--
Like many (most?) of you, I was struck by the original post JR put up on Reddit and I reached out when he mentioned to DM him for the link as he was heading off the site. The original post just seemed to make so much sense to me, tying together many things I had been realizing and studying at the same time. It just clicked.
I can't say that I am, consciously, an experiencer. What I can say is that, starting in November or December, many things I had been exposed to before, but which I had not understood, just suddenly made sense. Like the connection between certain insights of ancient mystics and current understandings of quantum physics. And I found myself inexorably drawn to pursuing more information and knowledge about "The Phenomenon." When new posts come out here, I consume them ravenously, like I can't acquire the new information quickly enough.
I have become aware of a certain feeling inside, like a swelling or a dizziness, that comes upon me when I am learning something new and of particular importance, and I receive it as a sign that I am on the right track or doing the right thing. This has been especially prevalent when I am exploring ideas about how consciousness/universal mind/soul-field/GCS/"spirit" is the fundamental reality from which all else springs, and ideas about how we are One, serving a purpose of learning and helping. (It happened to me right then, as I typed those words.)
Even allowing these kinds of thoughts is foreign to me--I have spent almost 50 years being a "skeptical" (meaning, closed-minded) materialist who resisted strong emotions and anything that could not be measured physically--but I've been through serious suffering in the past five years and I think it opened up something in me. I regard JR's message(s) as having the undeniable ring of truth--whatever name we give to the source, the moral of the story is unassailably wise.
Anyway, long-time-listener, first-time-caller, so to speak. I've been reading since the beginning without registering, but a couple of nights ago I woke bolt upright in bed and thought "oh, here we go, the time is going to be 3:33 am," and sure enough, there it was on the clock. So here I am!
Peace--