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This journey then, is nothing more, yet nothing less than a period of acclimating to a new way of seeing, a time of transition and revelation as it gradually comes upon "that" which remains when there is no self. This is not a journey for those who expect love and bliss, rather, it is for the hardy who have been tried by fire and have come to rest in a tough, immovable trust in "that" which lies beyond the known, beyond the self, beyond union and even beyond love and trust itself.
If you want to know what a finished puzzle will look like, does it make more sense to look at the picture on the box first, or just start smashing pieces together according to an ever-changing image in your head? When we try to solve the dreamstate puzzle – or any sub-section thereof – without looking at the box, it can never be more than a jumbled mess, but when we look at the box first, the pieces will fall into place the only way they can. That’s the difference between bottom-up and top-down thinking. Work downward from clarity and reason and a complete picture emerges. Work upward from emotion, belief and biographical baggage, and you’ll never know what the hell you’re working toward, or why.
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