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Journal Entry: Sun Jan 6, 2008, 11:39 PM
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So this evening I was tearing down the highway in the dark to a meeting I didn't want to go to, in a foul mood. A song comes on--I impulsively decide to test the limits of my new stereo sytem by cranking the volume as loud as the old eardrums could stand it. It was "Cities in Dust" by Siouxsie. The music is loud enough that my heart thumps in my throat to the drum beat, and I suddenly realize that for a moment on this completely unlit two lane highway I drive daily that I don't know exactly where I am. I could be honestly anywhere, anyone, going to do anything. Lost in the music I realize that only the force of will inside this body keeps "it" all together--personality, the universe itself, who knows? The "it" is infinitely malleable, and only the memories of previous perceptions keep it in recognizeable form. The moments stretch, the feeling fades as the terrain changes and I get nearer to light, and with it memory. I "know" where I'm going--for now.

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you are doing better than me then.
you were totally in the moment, completely present

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That's the zone we are all hoping for. Nice!
Stay away from that peyote cactus, Ms. J777.
Teach me. I need "it".

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Absolutely, man--I don't want to yack in my new car....:D

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That's the problem--even this account is so utterly pale in comparison to the experience itself. The words really and truly just don't even get there, so how can I pass it on to someone else? Even after a lifetime of seeking and being open to such experiences, this moment just finally came upon me, at a time when I wasn't even looking for such a thing. Of course from what I've read, that's when such things usually happen--when you're not actively trying for them.

The closest I'd come previously were times once again when I'd fully experience music in dancing to the point of trance--if you were going to look for some such revelation, that's where I'd start. Try dancing in the dark for a very long time, uninterrupted, and allow your mind to get lost in the music...

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I thought I'd had present moments before, but they were nothing like this--this was presence of perception, without presence of personality, or something like that. Definitely a "rabbit hole" type of experience. The words I've used to try to convey it are pretty inadequate, as I think all attempts at describing such personal revelations usually are.

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How so?

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Dunno how practical it would be to maintain for any length of time, though. I think it perhaps is useful primarily as a cosmic kick in the consciousness to remind us that nothing really is beyond us...

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