Ways of Seeing
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My Favorite Way of Seeing (Interpreting/Viewing) Experience (7/14/82)
There is only Consciousness; It is the energy of reflection by aspect.
Consciousness views Oneself from all (conceivable) perspectives simultaneously.
Each perspective takes a corresponding form (or aspect).
The desire (which alone implies no "consciousness" or future perspective perception/memory) for perpetuation by a particular perspective is the source and inheritance of "life" and the perceived/inferred universe.
In this respect, the illusion of the continuity of perception (present/memory-historical) is the means and verification of perpetuation by the perspective.
Consciousness has no preferences among perspectives.
All perspectives are a part of and connect directly to the all-encompassing "Consciousness" perspective as well as to all other perspectives (by quanta).
Because of their general perspective inheritance, "life" perspectives usually choose (move through time within) perspectives considered by themselves to be "nearby", that is, to those perspectives "close" enough to be thought of as "continuous".
As a "life" perspective tightens (or loosens, depending on how you think about it) its interpretation of "continuous perception", it approaches the "Consciousness" perspective.
...Otherwise: (complete) experience (Consciousness) without interpretation.
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