Conceptual Reality: The Illusion of Self and Existence

The mind's beliefs create an illusion of reality, but true existence is beyond thought and conceptual understanding.

### The Illusion of Reality: Understanding Conceptual Existence
* 🌍 "When you dissolve, the whole world dissolves because in a way **you are the world**; you embody the belief in the imagination that creates this **conceptual reality**."
* 🧠 This conceptual reality is believed in due to an **energetic sense throughout the body**, which makes it seem as if **you are your body** and that this existence is **solid and real**.
* 🔍 The notion of a world is learned from others, and when everyone around you **accepts it as truth**, it becomes difficult to **question its validity** or to consider that it might be a **fabricated belief**.
* 💭 The mind often generates excuses for maintaining this consensus reality, but the truth is that this mental construction is **unnecessary for the body to function**.
* 🌌 When the belief in this conceptual reality falls away, the body can act **more spontaneously**, free from the constraints of **future projections and expectations**.
* ⏳ Time, as understood through past and future, is revealed to be an **illusion**, and the realization that one's personal story **never truly happened** can be both **devastating and liberating**.
* 💫 As the self dissolves, a **lightness of being** emerges, leading to a state where life is experienced in **pure simplicity**, free from **burdens and attachments**.
* ✨ Ultimately, this understanding transcends thought, revealing a **foundational reality that is unnamable and unknowable**, existing **beyond the confines of mental interpretation**.

There is no world

Suzanne Non-duality

Dissolution of the World and the Nature of Reality

Dissolving the self dissolves the world because the self is the foundation of the perceived reality.

The energetic sense of being in the body makes the conceptual reality seem solid and real.

The belief in a world and its reality is learned, not inherent.

The mind creates questions and excuses to justify the perceived reality.

The body functions independently of the mental construction of reality.

Consequences of the Loss of Belief in Conceptual Reality

The loss of energetic belief in conceptual reality subtly changes bodily actions.

Actions become more spontaneous and sense-oriented.

The speaker describes a physical sensation and questions the nature of reality without the conceptual overlay.

The speaker expresses uncertainty about the nature of existence without the artificial knowing of what things are.

The speaker questions the reality of history and personal experiences.

The Nature of Memory and the Absence of a Personal Story

With the loss of the energetic sense of self, personal history and world history feel unreal.

Memories remain, but the narrative of a personal story is gone.

The collapse of the energetic belief system leads to the dissolution of time as a linear construct.

The loss of past, present, and future is initially devastating but ultimately liberating.

The State of Being After the Collapse of Self

The body, emptied of self, becomes full of life; a state of pure simplicity.

Fleeting reactions and thoughts arise but lack lasting significance.

Thoughts and movement hold no inherent value; there's an equality to all experiences.

The state is described as absolute stillness, unmoving and unchanging.

This state is beyond thought and understanding, unnamable, unknowable, and untouchable.