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NiGGy
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is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

#1271443 - 02/02/03 02:44 PM (23 years, 7 months ago)

Is there some way you can live in a world your imagination makes....Through meditation or something...A world your mind creates, like a crazy world your imagination can think of...to experience it. hmm

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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

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#1271454 - 02/02/03 02:49 PM (23 years, 7 months ago)

all possibilities exsist within this reality......

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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

[Re: NiGGy]
#1271497 - 02/02/03 03:05 PM (23 years, 7 months ago)

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Edited by TheHateCamel (12/05/07 07:36 PM)

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NiGGy
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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

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#1271525 - 02/02/03 03:23 PM (23 years, 7 months ago)

I don't know where to start...

For meditation I sit there and focus on my breathing and try to silence my thoughts..

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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

[Re: NiGGy]
#1271719 - 02/02/03 04:29 PM (23 years, 7 months ago)

of course man, one could even argue were all doing that right now. but i know what your meaning. it all depends on your powers of visualisation. its entirely possible to create and imaginary world that is as real as the everyday one. a simple example is the 'happy place' meditation. basically you lie down, breath deeply (usually you would do a whole muscle relazation process) then once you are fully relaxed you imagine yourself in a 'safe place' a happy place where you feel comfortable. you try to see it, hear it, smell the smells, taste the tastes. in other words you mentally fill in all the composite aspects of reality. at first this might be very vague but with time the place will come quicker, more ocncretely more clearly. I use this often when lieing in bed trying to fall asleep its very relaxing. My 'happy place' is a lush patch of green grass surrounded by dank smelly marijuana plants. In front of this is a fountain of clear water. With time you can leave your initial spot and explore further, expanding the area in your head. I have st of down a dirt path, walked to a seashore and meditated there (meditation within meditation :smile:

:smile:

) i have taked another path thru a lush green woods, or into a bamboo building that is home to a wise old man who grows bonsai trees. ive had conversations with him. I first tried this in a meditation or relaxation course at school and have done it semi frequently since then. i believe the possibilities are endless (i like to mentally smoke the dope) anyways, try it out, i dont know if my description fo the process was very thurough but look around and youll find lots of info. enjoy

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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

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#1271768 - 02/02/03 04:44 PM (23 years, 7 months ago)

Meditation is beyond explaniation for me. Once I enter the meditative mind state I feel as if my mind has stretched out across the universe, and my body is but a speck, and the longer i meditate the farther out my conciousness spreads. I feel no need to create in the voidness of conciousness, because in that voidness is the very essence of creation, being.

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The_Clash_UK
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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

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#1272143 - 02/02/03 07:46 PM (23 years, 7 months ago)

any tips for mediation brother?

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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

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#1272243 - 02/02/03 08:28 PM (23 years, 7 months ago)

for sure, it's called the world of psychedelia. although most psychedelics simply enhance the meditative state.

as for the meditation thing, just be here now. all other thoughts and preoccupations are meaningless. everything flows in harmony in mother nature as is; you don't need to *do* anything at all. i think that's the irony of meditation.

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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

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#1272257 - 02/02/03 08:32 PM (23 years, 7 months ago)

This is a theory of which some believe reality is.

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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

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#1272392 - 02/02/03 10:17 PM (23 years, 7 months ago)

like some poeple already pointed out - i think the task is to live in a world that isn't created by the mind - we fool ourselves so many times with our fucked up thoughts ... the world is how we see it ... my quest: i try not to see it like i sometimes do ...

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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

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#1273804 - 02/03/03 09:09 AM (23 years, 7 months ago)

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This is a theory of which some believe reality is.

Me too! Were all walking around on a planet called earth. Located in my minds eye!

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#1274424 - 02/03/03 12:08 PM (23 years, 7 months ago)

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as for the meditation thing, just be here now

I couldn't have said it better myself. In meditation, do not try to achieve any state of mind, for in doing so, you will fail miserably. Just be, thats all their is to it. Bring in the world through your nose, and let it out through your mouth. Try sitting in the Zazen position, legs crossed, hand at the belly button, back straight, chin down, push your diaphragm downwards, and breathe.

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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

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#1275796 - 02/03/03 07:35 PM (23 years, 7 months ago)

what a proposteroud idea!
are you saying that reality may be an illusion created by our minds?

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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

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#1277315 - 02/04/03 07:52 AM (23 years, 7 months ago)

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of course man, one could even argue were all doing that right now. but i know what your meaning. it all depends on your powers of visualisation. its entirely possible to create and imaginary world that is as real as the everyday one. a simple example is the 'happy place' meditation. basically you lie down, breath deeply (usually you would do a whole muscle relazation process) then once you are fully relaxed you imagine yourself in a 'safe place' a happy place where you feel comfortable. you try to see it, hear it, smell the smells, taste the tastes. in other words you mentally fill in all the composite aspects of reality. at first this might be very vague but with time the place will come quicker, more ocncretely more clearly. I use this often when lieing in bed trying to fall asleep its very relaxing. My 'happy place' is a lush patch of green grass surrounded by dank smelly marijuana plants. In front of this is a fountain of clear water. With time you can leave your initial spot and explore further, expanding the area in your head. I have st of down a dirt path, walked to a seashore and meditated there (meditation within meditation ) i have taked another path thru a lush green woods, or into a bamboo building that is home to a wise old man who grows bonsai trees. ive had conversations with him. I first tried this in a meditation or relaxation course at school and have done it semi frequently since then. i believe the possibilities are endless (i like to mentally smoke the dope) anyways, try it out, i dont know if my description fo the process was very thurough but look around and youll find lots of info. enjoy

Sounds like someone was watching the Happy Gilmore reruns on USA.
:grin:

:grin:

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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

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#1277343 - 02/04/03 08:01 AM (23 years, 7 months ago)

happy gilmore? lol, isnt that the movie about the hockey player who goes into golf? i missed the connection i guess... :tongue:

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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

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#1279032 - 02/04/03 03:47 PM (23 years, 7 months ago)

The 'Happy Place' he was told to got to by Chubbs (?), his coach.

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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

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#1283547 - 02/06/03 02:46 AM (23 years, 7 months ago)

did you ever see a Beautiful Mind? He lived in a make-believe world. Altho he was also insane.... but to answer your question. yes it is possible.

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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

[Re: NiGGy]
#1283549 - 02/06/03 02:47 AM (23 years, 7 months ago)

My ex lived in her own reality, she didn't even need to meditate to make it happen.

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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

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#1283798 - 02/06/03 04:35 AM (23 years, 7 months ago)

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This is a theory of which some believe reality is.

That's what I believe-the universe would not exist without consciousness to percieve it.I've been through so many altered states of mind,I think there is no one true reality.

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Re: is it possible to live in a world your mind creates?

[Re: monoamine]
#1284219 - 02/06/03 06:59 AM (23 years, 7 months ago)

interesting..I often wonder if Truth is static( I think thats the right word :grin:

:grin:

) or relative
a tree falls in the forest... etc.

Ask the most important question..WHY?
without awareness where is why?

Edited by shaggy101 (02/06/03 06:59 AM)

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