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	<title>Comments on: The One and the Many in Community</title>
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	<description>...and your place in it.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Damian</title>
		<link>http://www.consideringtheuniverse.com/blog/the-one-and-the-many-in-community/#comment-664</link>
		<dc:creator>Damian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like the metaphor.  Everything you write makes sense.

BUT I think one point bears elaboration.  I think, at some level, you already know this, but I suspect, at another level, that you're afraid to embrace it fully or perhaps to share such "crazy" ideas with your complete readership.

You are not just &lt;i&gt;part&lt;/i&gt; of infinity; you are the &lt;i&gt;entirety&lt;/i&gt; of infinity.  You &lt;i&gt;are&lt;/i&gt; the hand, not just part of the hand or the puppet on the hand.  You are the puppet formally known as Emily, but you are also the puppet known as Damian, as well as every other puppet that consciousness can imagine.  And the puppets are merely dances of energy and light, not separate, material, guilt-deserving entities in the so-called world.  

I know you know what I'm talking about, at some level, because you experienced a taste of it the other night.  Most people would consider all of this insane.  But you and I know, deep down, that believing that there is any separation between you and not-you is what is really insane.  The &lt;i&gt;idea&lt;/i&gt; of realizing that the self as you know it is an illusion can be very scary, but the full &lt;i&gt;experience&lt;/i&gt; of this realization is the beginning of real aliveness.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like the metaphor.  Everything you write makes sense.</p>
<p>BUT I think one point bears elaboration.  I think, at some level, you already know this, but I suspect, at another level, that you&#8217;re afraid to embrace it fully or perhaps to share such &#8220;crazy&#8221; ideas with your complete readership.</p>
<p>You are not just <i>part</i> of infinity; you are the <i>entirety</i> of infinity.  You <i>are</i> the hand, not just part of the hand or the puppet on the hand.  You are the puppet formally known as Emily, but you are also the puppet known as Damian, as well as every other puppet that consciousness can imagine.  And the puppets are merely dances of energy and light, not separate, material, guilt-deserving entities in the so-called world.  </p>
<p>I know you know what I&#8217;m talking about, at some level, because you experienced a taste of it the other night.  Most people would consider all of this insane.  But you and I know, deep down, that believing that there is any separation between you and not-you is what is really insane.  The <i>idea</i> of realizing that the self as you know it is an illusion can be very scary, but the full <i>experience</i> of this realization is the beginning of real aliveness.</p>
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