Michele Pasin / Quotes

Siamo l'immaginazione di noi stessi

" Tutta la materia è semplicemente energia condensata a lenta vibrazione ... Noi siamo tutti un'unica Coscienza che ha esperienza di sé soggettivamente ... La morte non esiste ... La vita è solo un sogno ... E noi siamo l'immaginazione di noi stessi..." ( Bill Hicks)

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#consciousness #universe #death #dreams

Waking perception is dreamlike

“The nature and phenomenology of hallucinations can be explained more fruitfully within a framework that accepts that, similarly to hallucinations and dream…

Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart) #hallucinations #dreams #perception #consciousness

LSD reveals consciousness as part of the universe

Hofmann thought LSD could do is allow us to become aware of the ontologically objective existence of consciousness as part of the universe.

Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart) #psychedelics #consciousness #ontology #universe

Panpsychism: consciousness is everywhere

Pan-psychism is the view that consciousness is everywhere. This view is seldom stated explicitly, but it is implicit in several authors particularly among the…

Mind: A Brief Introduction (John R. Searle) #consciousness #mystery #universe

Standing apart as the pure witness

Again I found a luminously clear reflection of what had happened in Nisargadatta Maharaj. Consciousness coming apart from its identification with matter plays…

The Acid Diaries (Christopher Gray) #nondualism #consciousness #meditation #death #fear

The culture-wide denial of death

When my mind cleared I was sitting quietly, leaning up against the beech trunk, thinking about death. Gurdjieff used to speak of two higher “centers” in us, a…

The Acid Diaries (Christopher Gray) #death #freedom #consciousness #culture

A dream is the place where a wish and a fear meet

In my room, I lay down to sleep. The move to the slum would give me time: it was a hard solution to the visa problem, but a practical one. I felt relieved and…

Shantaram (gregory David Roberts) #sleep #dreams #room #slums #night