Ergo Sum

 I have a young acquaintance who suspects that we are living in a simulation. Well, in a way this is most certainly true. All that we know concerning reality are representations assembled by the brain from stimulation of sensory extensions. Our eyes, our ears, our fingertips, are antennae, and the body itself is simply an extremely sophisticated support system for a nodule of Awareness.

However it "is", is the way it has always been, and while knowing how "it is" doesn't change "how it is" our surmises do influence our behavior.

And this behavior in regard to "reality" is rather like a fish in a goldfish bowl. We have liberties of imagination. Imaginings will influence our scurryings but as for the bowl: as "it" was in the beginning, "it"is now and "it"ever shall be.

Sum, Ergo Cogito

Tulku

 For all the the years that I've jotted down these notes to my Self I have intentionally avoided subjects that were (in my view) subject to speculation. But it's been 20 years now and I see a valid reason to address subjects that might be subject to incredulity.

If you are not familiar with the term "Tulku" look it up. Consciousness is electrical and tissue dependent. Awareness is a field phenomenon and is conspicuously unregarded in psychological speculations. Well, the whole issue of transmigration sums up to "is the field phenomenon of Awareness capable of surviving the extinguishment of the tissue it has inhabited". Once Awareness is recognized as a field phenomenon this is not a great stretch, and if we understand what the Tulku club is about then we are in a position to realize that such beings are not confined to doctrinal affiliations and that all about us exists an ecosystem that transcends and infuses the molecular realm.

Once awake the Awareness enters an unexpected realm of subtle realities, which, though heralded in various religious lore, is not without its ecology and its economy.  

Credulity is the enemy of Self discovery.