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So I can call our existence as a collective under a whole lot of different names. The ones that I've thought of so far are Collective, All-Mind, One-Mind, Link, Continuum... the actual name doesn't really matter, but I should probably pick one. It's a picture in my head, not words.

I want to be very, very clear on this point: I do not want this to valorize human suffering.

We're here to learn and experience, and a lot of different kinds of experience have value, but that doesn't make privation or cruelty in any way okay. We need to do what we can to make this world give us the most meaningful experiences possible, for all of us.

We exist in this state as non-material, atemporal beings.

This is our true existence. Our material instantiation is a deliberate choice, but we don't choose what circumstances we're born into.

We instantiate over and over again (reincarnation). We come in a bit different each time, as a result of the blending process of the collective.

When we exist outside of this instantiation, we exist as individual but de-individuated beings. Parts of a whole exists, but thoughts and affect are shared, and together we form a collective.

My best metaphor is individuals are like it's lobes of a cumulus cloud -- real and individual, but existing blended together and with divisions drawn between them being somewhat arbitrary.

Second: we, our consciousnesses, are a temporary instantiation of beings much larger and less limited.

We instantiate into this material world because there's value in limitations such as perception of linear time and space, individuation, growth, temporariness. We're here to learn and have experiences.

So okay. Starting with the basics, the material world as we understand it is a small corner of all that exists. Concepts such as matter, physical space, and linear time are fake concepts that our physiology assumes and finds necessary to interpret the world.

This much I already knew.

Okay, so on Tuesday, Samhain, I mentioned that "a lot of theological and metaphysical puzzle pieces just fell into place for me." It hit me with an obviousness and clarity that I have only experienced once before. Calling it a revelation is not an overstatement.

I said then that I needed a bit of time before talking about it publicly.

I am certain that now is the right time. Thread below, behind the cut.

@masklayer friend!!!

Snow all day, and now a full moon tonight.

@noelle Probable bet is they both have freaky-ass teeth.

@noelle or am I thinking of anglerfish.

@noelle These have freaky-ass teeth, right?

Cool engineering/design feature of the day: smoke detectors in my house apparently have a little cam that physically stops you from mounting them unless they have a battery installed.

I'm rather impressed.

@Vann@glitch.social wow, that lit icon is... really, really, really good. Thank you.

@Vann@glitch.social I've added this too, now.

@vahnj gosh, pic?

@noelle This is a very, very good post.