Oneness

Joseph P. Kauffman
For example, it seems to you that you are reading these
words on a computer screen or a piece of paper, but is this
true? In reality, signals of light are being picked up by your
eyes, and sent along the optic nerve to the back of your
brain where vision takes place. Really, what you are seeing
“out here” is a projection of what is “in here”—a projection
of what the nerves inside of your head are doing.
The same is true for any of your senses—sight, sound,
touch, taste, smell—your body is just picking up vibrations
from the Universe and using these vibrations to form a
sense of experience. At the root of all this experience is
you, the awareness that turns these vibrations into an
experience. However you choose to perceive reality is how
you will experience it. Your experience is your creation.
But if you are awareness, and the entire universe is just
a projection of awareness, what does that mean for other
people? What does that mean for my friends, and family?
For my dog, or for my plants? Don’t they have an
awareness of their own? Would they be a part of this
projection called reality? Or would they be a part of the
projector: consciousness?
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