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I agree it's misleading to say "I am the creator of my reality." It's fashionable in certain spiritualist circles to say this. Just because I am the p...

Yes, I'm familiar with this idea of non-dualism; one way of expressing it might be that when "I" look at "something" it is really the universe looking...

I agree that it is somewhat absurd (a bit of a leap of faith) to believe that consciousness came from non-consciousness. You seem to be also saying th...

I guess it's kind of trendy to say "I am the creator of my reality," but I agree that the wording is a bit disagreeable! It's true to say that the onl...

Michael, This reminds me of the idea that I am the creator of my own reality, and this universe I create has to be consistent, etc., etc.; isn't that ...

Good stuff, but the issue I may have with consciousness being primary is that the physical universe came first; a lifeless universe. Then life appeare...

I tried reading Heidegger's Metaphysics many years ago. It was tough going, and there was some conjecture that he was a Nazi, so I didn't get very far...

It's kind of like that, or feeling amazed that this world exists at all! Or being astounded, that you exist at all.

Aleksander, I guess by "being blown away," I mean feeling amazed that this world exists at all. Feeling astounded that I am an aware being, and that s...