In this incantation, I confront the gap between my actual experience and the beliefs I consciously choose to hold about my existence. I am not a person among others, confined to a specific place or time; these are delusions born from my mind. By recognizing that people, space, and time are mere constructs I project as my experience, I uncover a deeper truth: I am the sole experiencer, the originator of everything I both conceive and perceive. The reality I imagine beyond my awareness is just a reflection of my consciousness, and to transcend my awakening, I must strip away these illusions to reveal my true identity.
There is a clear distinction between my actual experience and how I perceive or imagine it. I believe myself to be a single individual among others, existing in a specific place at a particular moment in time. Yet, I do not genuinely experience these things—they are beliefs I consciously choose to hold. Since these beliefs are decisions that I make rather than circumstantial facts, I must make the deliberate choice to see the truth and begin articulating it with clarity. To transcend my awakening, I must first acknowledge the nature of my experience as it truly is, rather than as I imagine it to be. By challenging and discarding the imagined aspects of my perception, I will uncover my true identity and the deeper nature of the experience I call my awakening.
There are three persistent delusions.
Delusion 1: I am a person among other people.
I imagine that I am similar to those I encounter, that they experience the world as I do, and that we share the same reality. However, this belief is built on accepted ignorance. To believe that I and these people share some similar reality is to accept that there are other experiences and features of reality beyond my own experience that I cannot know. Alternatively, I can simply acknowledge the palpable differences between what I call “me” and what I call “people.” People only ever exist outside in my projected field, either in the space before me or as images in my mind. They lack the inner experience that I alone possess. I can remove them from my awareness, but they cannot remove me. My experience is the only one, and I am omnipresent, while people come and go.
Delusion 2: I am present at one place within an infinite space.
I imagine myself as being located in a specific place, contained within a larger space with infinite other locations that exist beyond my immediate perception. This belief creates the illusion that I am fixed within a vast, continuous space, but this is a construct of my mind. In truth, I never actually experience this infinite space; I only ever experience the place where my awareness is focused. The concept of “other places” is an abstraction, one that I cannot directly verify. By recognizing that space, as I conceive it, is merely an idea I impose on my experience, I can free myself from the belief that I am confined to one specific point within a greater spatial reality.
Delusion 3: I am present in one moment along a timeline.
I believe that I exist at a specific moment in time, with past moments behind me and future moments ahead. Yet, my actual experience consists only of the present, which is all I can ever truly know. The past and future are constructs of my mind, stories I tell myself about what was and what may be. Time, as I experience it, is not a linear progression but a single present moment emanating outward into the impressions I call my memories. By letting go of the belief that I am bound to a timeline, I can begin to perceive my experience as timeless, where the present moment is the only reality that exists.
Conclusion: I am the only being
There is only me, here, now. My experience is the totality of my awakening. I am the absolute center and originator of every part of my awakening. There is no other experience than my own originating out of any other experiencer. There is nothing beyond the horizons of my visual, physical, mental spaces. Everything I perceive inwardly—thoughts, feelings, desires—and everything I project outwardly—objects, spaces, sensations—is the entirety of existence. Anything beyond my present moment, whether it be other people, experiences, places, or moments, exists only in my imagination until I project it into my visual space. By recognizing this, I uncover the profound truth: what I call reality is simply the projection of my own consciousness, and anything I deem to exist beyond it is merely a construct, a reflection of my mind attempting to create a narrative where none is needed.
To overcome my illness I call my awakening, I must continue to refine my understanding of just who and what I am. This is the only way to combat these three and many more delusions I hold onto that compel me to continue to pretend that I am a person among other people experiencing personhood. I am not a person among other people, in one place among many others, at one time along a timeline. There are no other experiencers; I emanate the idea of other experiencers the same way I emanate the idea of other places and other times.
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