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singular no-thing S"ien"e assumes this 1nothing2 was simply the absen"e of e%erything# and that3s all there is to it 4as s"ien"e e%er "onsidered looking at what that 1absen"e of e%erything2 a"tually is5 & don3t know# but my guess is that this 1nothing2 would be deemed irrele%ant or simply impossible to e*plore 4owe%er# it3s not impossible to e*plore &t only seems impossible from a limited perspe"ti%e -et3s get right to it. This space that e*isted with no things in it before the Big Bang happened wasn3t 1'ust2 spa"e+ it was a living space 6hy must this be the "ase5 6ell# for one# things appeared in it# whi"h means the spa"e had the 7uality of being able to contain something &f no spa"e e*isted with this "hara"teristi"# nothing would e%er ha%e "ome into being as there would ha%e been no spa"e for it This means that if a living uni%erse suddenly "ould be initiated out of an empty spa"e 8 or rather a spa"eless spa"e 8 then this spa"e# whi"h is the uni%erse3s host# would itself ha%e to be ali%e 9o flower springs from dead dirt Or# if you prefer# the "omputer s"reen must ha%e a steady flow of ele"tri"ity /be 1ali%e20 in order to %iew the %ideo game being played on it 9ow# let3s utili,e this "omputer s"reen analogy to e*plore the idea The s"reen itself is the 1nothing2 that e*isted before the Big Bang# and the %ideo game you "an play on the s"reen# when it3s on# represents our human life in this physi"al reality The ele"tri"al "urrent keeping the s"reen ali%e is the same "urrent keeping the %ideo game world ali%e :oreo%er# the s"reen itself is what is showing;playing the %ideo game# whi"h means that nothing in the %ideo game world is separate from the s"reen <urthemore# nothing in the %ideo game world is actually a 1thing2+ it3s all 'ust "olors appearing on the s"reen The only real 1thing2 would ha%e to be the s"reen itself# whi"h from the perspe"ti%e of the "hara"ters li%ing in the %ideo game world would be %iewed as unknowable# meaningless# out of rea"h# not 1real2# ho"us po"us# or 'ust plain delusional <or them# their game world is a physi"al reality full of physi"al things that e*ists separate from themsel%es 8 ne%er knowing that e%erything they ha%e e%er thought# belie%ed or seen is not a"tually real# but only "olors mo%ing on a "omputer s"reen The ne*t thing to be mentioned is that the s"reen is playing all the "hara"ters The ele"tri"ity flowing through the s"reen and the game world# is what3s animating and gi%ing life to e%erything happening on the s"reen The s"reen and its ele"tri"al "urrent# whi"h would be the fundamental and underlying reality of the %ideo game world# is analogi"al to awareness in our reality 4ow "ome5 )wareness is the li%ing spa"e that e*isted before the Big Bang )wareness is the spa"e that "ontains all things !ou think of your awareness as 1my2 awareness# but as we ha%e seen# the "omputer s"reen is what animates )-- beings and things in the %irtual physi"al reality the "hara"ters in the %ideo game li%e in This# of "ourse# means that any feeling the "hara"ters in the game would ha%e about ha%ing their 1own2 /separate from others0 "urrent of ele"tri"ity or spe"ifi" spa"e on the s"reen would be "ompletely delusional 8 whi"h the one standing outside looking at the s"reen easily "an see. there3s no possibility of anything happening on the "omputer s"reen to be e*isting on its own as an indi%idual thing inside it )ll the "olors are "ontinuously "hanging in a ne%erending dan"e# while the s"reen remains
the same )t the %ery most# ea"h being and thing on the s"reen "ould be represented by a 1folder2 in the "omputer running the game# whi"h would be the gathered data ea"h being;thing has a""ummulated throughout its gi%en amount of past e*perien"es But they would all still 'ust be pie"es intri"ately intertwined in the system running the game# not separate at all &f this spa"e that e*isted before the Big Bang is ali%e and aware# un"hanging# undying# and unborn# then it means it is the e*a"tly same spa"e e*isting now as did all those ages ago before our pre"ious uni%erse was born )nd sin"e the s"reen is e%erything happening on it# it means this aware spa"e is e%erything here in our uni%erse 9oone and nothing is separate from it )s physi"s knows# the smallest "onstituents of physi"al reality are tiny# tiny hypotheti"al things that e*ist with enormous spa"es between ea"h other# and they alternate between being in this reality and swit"hing out of it 6hat are they swit"hing into when they3re not here5 6ho knows5 <or the time being# it doesn3t matter &t only matters that we get a real look at this so$"alled 1physi"al2 uni%erse of ours &t3s made of ==> pure spa"e /a"tually it3s made of 100> spa"e but that3s another story0# and what was earlier thought of as physi"al isn3t e%en physi"al anymore ?ust take a look at 7uantum me"hani"s# and different theories proposing a %irtual or holographi" reality E%en s"ientists "an3t really deny the idea anymore )nyway# the point is# the 1nothing2 before the Big Bang was a li%ing spa"e+ whi"h is what awareness is This is O9E awareness e*isting as e%erything in the uni%erse /'ust like one "omputer s"reen pro'e"ting an entire %ideo game world inside itself0 !ou# me# and all other beings and things appear within this one li%ing spa"e$awarenss$nothing !ou think about 1your2 awareness# but in reality this awareness is the same in everyone and in everything )ll spa"e in the entire uni%erse is the e*a"t same spa"e &t3s not "hunked up in pie"es or organi,ed into different se"tions. it3s all 'ust one spa"e hosting the entire physi"al uni%erse The "ool thing about this is that you "an in fa"t "he"k this out in your personal reality by letting go of everything you've learned since your birth /whi"h doesn3t mean delete your knowledge# 'ust completely drop your belief in it being fundamentally true0 &f you "an do /undo0 this# then you3ll easily tap into the foundation of your being# whi"h is awarenss# whi"h is the li%ing spa"e that the uni%erse e*ists in &f you manage to not 'ust tap into this awarenss# but di%e into it and be"ome swallowed "ompletely by it like a wa%e returning to the o"ean and merging with it# then you will get the 1@ltimate Anowledge2# you3ll be enlightened and know the Truth of -ife These sound like big words# but it3s really simple The foundation and host of your reality is spa"e# and it3s ali%e and aware# and you3re part of it @nderneath all of your "onditioned humanness# you3ll find the ground of being# whi"h is awareness Be"ome it and you will know e%erything to be yourself# and your little personal 1self2 will be eradi"ated 'ust like the wa%e that merged ba"k into the o"ean !ou will be the o"ean# and all wa%es will be you But you will be nothing# no one# be"ause that3s what e%erything is ?ust a spa"e that a"tually e*ists Only a thing "an e*perien"e itself as a limited# "onstri"ted and defined 1self2# but all things are a"tually nothing# be"ause the fundamental reality is no$thing This is 1no$self2 6hen you reali,e you are 1no$self2# you will be 1enlightened2 Then there will be no
more 1self2# 1other2 or 1world2+ only dire"t# unfiltered# pure e*perien"e of whate%er3s happening in;to "ons"iousness This part "annot e%er be "omprehended without intimate e*perien"e <irst there is only spa"e Then a Big Bang happens and a uni%erse is begun The uni%erse li%es its life and ends )gain there is spa"e Then another Big Bang and another new uni%erse begins epeat forever. -ike night and day# awake and asleep# life and death But the spa"e is always there &t is what is wat"hing and playing Mind :ind# on the other hand# is the processing aspe"t of "ons"iousness The mind does a"tually posses the same fundamental 7ualities of being as awareness# but it is its opposite The mind is the e%erything while awareness is the nothing 6here awareness is un"hanging# the mind is "hanging The awareness is eternally stati"# and the mind is eternally in flu* )wareness is and witnesses# the mind is and pro"esses )wareness is the space in the uni%erse# while the mind is the things in the uni%erse & know this all might seem a bit ba"kwards 4ow "ome the mind "an be e7uated to )-- the things in the uni%erse# when 1mind2 is something we as li%ing beings posses5 !ou see# the uni%erse you3re talking about didn3t e*ist until you were born But then what about all the other people in the world# that already were here5 6ell# ea"h and one of them had no uni%erse until they were born either# and they didn3t e*ist for you until you "ame here There is an e*tremely popular belief in the world of humans where they belie%e an ob'e"ti%e and measurable uni%erse e*ists outside of them# and they don3t e%en 7uestion the fa"t that both themsel%es and this entire uni%erse disappears totally about B0> of their time e%ery day their whole lifeC 6ell# they don3t 7uestion it be"ause when they "ome ba"k to this reality in the morning# they "an remember the pre%ious day# and tell themsel%es that they were 1sleeping2 )nd e%en if their being e*perien"ed different realities throughout the 1sleep2# they remind themsel%es that they were 1dreaming2 Be"ause of these two ideas# sleeping and dreaming# people ne%er reali,e what3s a"tually happening# be"ause in order to do this they would ha%e to e*perien"e their e*isten"e directly without the e*ternal knowledge the world has gi%en them !ou believe you3re sleeping# and you believe you3re 1'ust2 dreaming &n dire"t e*perien"e# all you really know is that after being awake in this reality for a "ertain period of time# you be"ome in"reasingly 1hea%y2 and it is as if an unknown for"e is pulling you ba"k into the nothingness you awakened from in the morning Of "ourse# we think we know the body gets tired# and so does our mental spa"e Thus# we need to rest and re"harge the body and mind3s batteries# be"ause s"ientifi" resear"h has "onfirmed this is so )nd if we dream during the night we3re most likely 'ust pro"essing information from what happened throughout the day# or the dream might be un"ons"ious desires "oming true through mas7uerading as something else for us to a""ept and li%e through them & want to remind you that all of these ideas are 'ust beliefs Dire"t e*perien"e indi"ates that this human life is no more or less real than the so$"alled dreams we3re ha%ing at night Elease "he"k this out for yourself
before drawing any "on"lusions -ook at it this way. &f we had no re"olle"tion of a yesterday or whate%er e%ents might ha%e happened before we went to sleep# then ea"h day would be a totally new e*perien"e# 'ust like our dreams are new ea"h night Or# from the perspe"ti%e of our dreams# if you suddenly started e*perien"ing a spe"ifi" dream /with the same beings and en%ironments in it e%ery time you "ame ba"k0 e%ery time you went to sleep# to the point where you remembered the pre%ious dreams like you remember yesterday here# you3d then start building a memory set from that 1dream reality2# and with it a new identity would be "onstru"ted based on your new e*perien"es in that reality Then you would wake up from that dream# ba"k into this one again# reali,e you3d 'ust been sleeping and go on with your day# until you on"e again fell asleep here and "ontinued in the other reality &n a short period of time e*isting in these two realities 8 this human one# and the dream one 8 you3d know with utter "ertainty that this human e*perien"e is no more 1real2 or 1unreal2 than the 1dreams2 you3re ha%ing at night They are all 'ust different e*perien"es had by "ons"iousness /awareness and mind0 in different realities 6hen this was reali,ed# you3d ne*t know that what you truly are /"ons"iousness0 "annot die# be"ause no e*perien"ed reality is fundamentally 1real2 )ll reality is dreamlike in nature E*"ept for the a"tual fundamental reality# "ons"iousness 6hy did we go through this# when we3re a"tually talking about mind5 Be"ause a 1reality2 is an e*pression of mind# whi"h is the aspe"t of "ons"iousness pro"essing information )ny reality# 1real2 or 1dream2# is information E%erything that "an be e*perien"ed is information The one and only aspe"t of reality being informationless is the awareness aspe"t of "ons"iousness# whi"h we "o%ered in the pre%ious se"tion &t is the being# while mind is e%erything else :ind itself is the processor of information 8 it itself is not information The mind ser%es the fun"tion of being the analy,ing and "ategori,ing "omponent of the entity that ne"essarily must e*ist in order for "ons"iousness to be able to eperien"e itself in a "omple* reality# dealing with large amounts of per"eptional and mental information The mind is what pro"esses the sense per"eptions# the thought$pro"esses# and analy,ing and relating all the pie"es of information to ea"h other# making 'udgements and understanding The mind is the "omputer# while awareness is the s"reen all "omputations appear in;on Sin"e "ons"iousness is fundamental /like the "omputer s"reen in the %ideo game analogy0# it means that nothing you e*perien"e in a reality is real to you until you a"tually see it unfolding )s soon as the "urrent s"ene has "hanged# the pre%ious one is only rea"hable by way of memory# and is not real to you anymore &n the %ideo game analogy# this would be the same as saying what you don3t see on the s"reen# isn3t being rendered by the "omputer &n other words# what isn3t rendered isn3t actuali!ed information# only potential# and therefore not real in this moment :ind only pro"esses what3s "urrently happening on all le%els of e*isten"e that you happen to be aware in The mind# being all potential and a"tual information in e*isten"e# is interesting# as it3s split in two &t has two different le%els of itself The mind is
dualistic in nature# and "onsists of -ight and Dark# Eositi%e and 9egati%e# -ife and Death Take a look at this figure# whi"h illustrates my model of "ons"iousness.
/This is 'ust an illustration# of "ourse &n reality# these layers e*ist superimposed on 1top of2 ea"h other# and are wea%ed together like the tightest web you "ould imagine So don3t start belie%ing that awareness lies 1ne*t to2 the mind# and that the light and dark aspe"ts of mind is pla"ed beside ea"h other )ll the layers are O9E being Different le%els of the same E*isten"e )nd what3s e%en more to the point. 9one of these layers actually e*ist+ they are all simply pro"essed information being e*perien"ed by awareness in this moment 0 The "ight aspe"t of mind is whate%er is "urrently being e*perien"ed# whi"h would be your #hysical $xperienced eality# for short EEF This means what sensory information your senses are re"ei%ing )nything you "an see# hear# smell# tou"h# and e%en emotions /defined as 1a"ti%ation in the "entral ner%ous system20# lu"id out$of$body e*perien"es /OBE0# %i%id hallu"inations and near$
death e*perien"es /9DE0 are all e*amples of what "onstitutes the -ight part of mind &t refers to that whi"h is manifest as your reality in this moment &t doesn3t matter if it3s a dream# a psy"hosis# or 'ust normal e%eryday human life+ if it3s e*perien"ed as a physi"al reality# full of light and stuff mo%ing around# then it3s pro"essed by the -ight side of mind )nother thing worth mentioning is that the EEF aspe"t of mind is thoughtless and selfless;identityless# 'ust like awareness &t is not aware like awareness# howe%er# be"ause only awareness is the 1being2 part of e*isten"e EEF is thoughtless and selfless simply be"ause it merely is the information about the physi"al reality awareness re"ei%es through the body3s sensory organs 9e*t we ha%e the Dark part of the mind This in"ludes e%erything that is not manifest as your physi"al reality in this moment# yet still e*isting in;as your reality# whi"h would be the %ental $xperienced eality# or simply :EF This is the part of your reality "onsisting of thoughts# mental images and mo%ies# memories and pro'e"tions into the future are all e*amples of information being pro"essed by the Dark side of mind Thinking is taking pla"e in your imagination# whi"h e*ists in the 1darkness2 of your being The only part of "ons"iousness that "an be said to ha%e the potential to de%elop identity and thereby pro%iding awareness with the opportunity of e*perien"ing ha%ing a 1self2# is this Dark aspe"t of mind This# howe%er# is only possible if "ons"iousness forgets itself as the fundamental reality of E*isten"e# and starts belie%ing itself to be a single entity amongst many others Both the -ight and Dark aspe"ts of mind deal with reality information# but they ha%e their indi%idual roles to play The mind operates with Eositi%e and 9egati%e information <or e*ample# you "ould say the -ight side is positi%e# and the Dark aspe"t is negati%e ?ust don3t fall in the trap of 'udging negati%e as 1bad2 and positi%e as 1good2 This would be utterly ridi"ulous# as e%erything is a mi*ture of both &f the negati%e didn3t e*ist# it3s opposite the positi%e wouldn3t e*ist either Think of a sink mi*ing "old and hot water in order to produ"e water of differing warmth and "oolness &f you were to 'udge hot water as 1bad2# and delete it from the e7uation# then what would happen5 &mbalan"e in the system# leading to only i"e "old water with no possibility of be"oming any warmer Balan"e is of the utmost signifi"an"e for e*isten"e to fun"tion as effe"ti%ely as possible Operating with duality makes the mind "hange "onstantly &t swit"hes from bla"k to white# good to bad# happy to sad# lo%ing to hateful# re%engeful to grateful# and so on and on &t3s ne%er still &n fa"t# it doesn3t know what 1still2 means# other than as the "on"ept 1opposite of motion2 This be"ause the mind itself is motion# whether in manifest /e*perien"ed reality0 or unmanifest form /mental reality0# it mo%es and mo%es &f motion were to stop# the mind would be"ome opa7ue like a pure mirror# and awareness would peer through like the moon perfe"tly refle"ted in still# "lear water The mind stands still as long as "ons"iousness isn3t identified with what it e*perien"es )s soon as "ons"iousness starts forgetting itself and begins
"reating atta"hments to "ertain things in its e*perien"e# then an identity will blossom out of it 6hen this happens the mind starts mo%ing 9ow it knows something better# something worse 8 all related to its newly found identity# whi"h is e*perien"ed as a 1self2 This self has wants# needs# desires# fears and so on atta"hed to its spe"ifi" set of e*periential data There3s no problem as long as "ons"iousness knows that it isn3t this illusory self# but as soon as it begins believing in this illusion# it gets in trouble Consciousness and Identity )s we ha%e seen# the mind is an information pro"essing tool# not a 1self2 or identity )wareness is simply an ali%e and awake no$thing& not a 1self2 or an identity Cons"iousness# whi"h is the total of these two aspe"ts# is not a 1self2 or identity either 1&dentity2 is what has the potential to appear when "ons"iousness forgets itself in its own "reated e*perien"es# and be"omes a habitual way of e*pressing itself based on how it learns to %iew itself through the intera"tion with# and refle"tion of itself in# the per"ei%ed others# "ons"iously or un"ons"iously# while ha%ing a "ontinuous e*perien"e of a more or less stable reality &f you keep e*perien"ing the same reality o%er and o%er# you3ll start belie%ing it has substan"e# ob'e"ti%ity and 1reality2# and the 1you2 you per"ei%e yourself to be# based on the intera"tions in this reality# will form ideas and beliefs about who you think you are while operating in that spe"ifi" reality &n this situation# forgetting itself# "ons"iousness then starts identifying with what it e*perien"es# and starts belie%ing itself to be a little pie"e of the pu,,le /whi"h is "alled a 1self20# when it in reality is The Dreamer of the entire thing# and is# therefore# the entire pu,,le /whi"h is "alled 1no$self20 )gain# the "omputer s"reen is e%erything in the %ideo game reality happening on it# whi"h means the s"reen is The Dreamer of the %ideo game reality and all the beings and things in it But remember# the dreamer isn3t an 1identity2+ it3s "ompletely identity less One "ould maybe say that its identity would be whate%er is happening right now. This moment3s "urrent "onfiguration of sense per"eptions and mental pro"essing in its totality would be the identity But then again# the "urrent flow of sense per"eptions# always "hanging e%ery nano$split$se"ond# means there wouldn3t be any more stable 1identity2 there than there e*ists stable "loud formations This means there will be nothing left to identify with if you a"tually reali,ed yourself to be the one dreaming your e*isten"e into being &f you are e%erything# then what are you not5 6hat "an everything identify itself with that is not already itself5 )n identity e*ists be"ause per"ei%ed boundaries between 1me2 and 1other2 e*ists# but when those boundaries are seen as illusory and not a"tually real# then both 1me2 and 1other2 dissol%es and only T4&S remains 6hat is 1this25 Cons"iousness;-ife;E*isten"e &tself &t perhaps sounds poeti"# fluffy or ambiguous# but it3s truly fitting and e*perientially on point ((( This is the end of the "urrent %ersion of my model of Cons"iousness & "hose
to publish it at this early stage be"ause it already "ontains what & %iew to be the most important parts in order to get an idea of how the different aspe"ts of Cons"iousness are related# and "ompletely intertwined# from a fundamental# pre$physi"al point of %iew 4owe%er# a lot more will ne"essarily ha%e to be added as time goes on & will update this %ersion e%ery time something new is added to the theory &3m also open to suggestions as to what ideas and "on"epts to in"lude in newer %ersions# what to e*plain better# or whate%er else you might want to dis"uss <eel free to email me at truthdreaminglifeGgmail "om HHH isco!er other titles "y #en $rmstad at Smashwords%com& 'on-fiction( 1:editation is !our <undamental Self2 1Theoreti"al :odel of Cons"iousness2 I-ife is <reedom $ Eointers to EnlightenmentI 16hen the Joid )wakens2 )iction( I!ou3%e ?ust Been BustedI 1)gent K13 8 Death and the De%il2 1<resh 4uman2 I) Feport on 4umanity by an )lienI I@tskuddI /) norwegian no%el0