What is reality and how do I fit into it?

[crystal_ascension]

I am curious as to whether anyone else has the same (or similar) perception of reality as I do. I believe there is simply consciousness, outside of time and space. It never came into being, as there is no beginning or end. It just is. It is us. It is an artist, and like all artists, wants to create better and more beautiful things. But in order to know it's own preferences, and thus create its masterpiece, it needs contrast (light and dark, good and evil), and it needs to experience itself from all possible perspectives. In order for this to work, it needs to fragment, and while fragmented, to forget (by design) it's infinite nature. If we knew who we really were, could we, divinity incarnate, ever truly know the sorrow, monotony, and frustration of the human experience? And without the contrast our suffering provides, how could we truly know joy? If a child is raised in a padded room, coddled, kept full, and never allowed a moment of discomfort, sure, it doesn't suffer, but where is the joy, satisfaction and beauty in that? So "we" embarked on this fantastic adventure, that is all experience. We were never right or wrong, no good, no evil, simply consciousness (or God, source, the universe or whatever your current illusory individual self feels compelled to label it), experiencing itself. And because we wanted the experience to be a genuine one, we gave our fragments free will. We knew that this would lead to much suffering, but also great joy and even greater discovery. We knew that, being divinity incarnate, eventually our creation would figure it all out, realize just how very silly and counterproductive war, greed and unkindness are, and create a paradise. That we would return to a state of unity, and remember our divine nature, but also honour and celebrate the individuals we have become. I believe collectively, we are waking up, reclaiming our divinity and true power (not power "over" anyone, as we are all One, but the power to create and experience anything we imagine). At the end of this strange and magnificent "trip", I foresee one big, collective "WHOA!!!" What do you think?

[branjo]

I think that was very well put, on the whole I agree with it, but I don't think we are anywhere near the end of this trip my friend, I think its just about to start, there may be a few hurdles to jump but these are nothing to worry about.

People are just afraid of not knowing whats next, its plain to see that people are losing their minds and we are becoming more an more polarized on things that really shouldn't concern us, its a reflex action in our defensive nature to turn away from the things we can't understand or explain, but there is a true need to face our fears without doubt.

I don't believe that "dark" is a force, I believe it is only the lack of "light", evil only manifests without out good around, good is light and darkness can never overcome light. All we feel is abandonment when we cannot see light, but even literally we can only see a tiny glimpse in the spectrum of light, so even when we think we are in the dark, we are still surrounded by light that we cannot see with our eyes alone. Our fear is what manifests things in our perceived darkness that were not there before, fear is an illusion and out of illusion can come anything that fear can imagine, but its still simply an illusion.

Maybe its how all beings get when forced with the choice of whether to live, or die. Just like little birds perched on the edges of the nests they grew up in and knew nothing else, its a scary thought for all to decide between knowing you are a bird, and having the courage to fly like one.

By your post its obvious, you fit into reality quite well. :)