The Phaneron Resider

PHANERON: Reality as filtered by sensory input.  RESIDER: One who is present or inherent in something.

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Hey, fellow Tumblr followers... I decided it’s time to share this:

I haven’t posted very much on this Tumblr account because this is not the main platform that I plan on using.  I’ve been working on an important project for the past few months and I’ve been putting most of my energy into that.  I know that many social media followers expect a constant and consistent flow of posts from the same account, but I’ve been working at my own pace.  In the future, I will have a constant and consistent flow of posts to share on other social media accounts.  For now, I will continue working on what I was working on.

If you’ve been interested in any of the information I’ve shared, then you’ll be pleased to know that within the next few months, something more consistent and reliable will be available for you.

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Friendly reminder:

You are the awareness that resides within a subjective reality, which has been filtered by sensory input.  All sensations are a filter of the reality you exist within.  Therefore, you never experience the absolute truth.  But because you are comprised of this reality’s fundamental components, you are still inherently in tune with the truth.

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When most of us were growing up, we were taught that only “good” people deserve love.  Anything determined to be “bad” had to be suppressed or denied.  As a result, we became extremely fractured beings.  Many of us decided to identify with anything “positive” or “good” so that we could preserve our sense of self-worth and maintain our deserving of love.  We unconsciously decided to push our shadow away.  That shadow eventually pushes itself back to the surface because it won’t be able to stand the ignorance for too long. When we acknowledge that “good” and “bad” are subjective, we become more inclined to observe our sensations neutrally.  As a result of that, these sensations have less power over us.  We can take the driver’s seat when we allow our sensations to exist as they are and when we give each sensation the love and affection it requires.

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This reality I inhabit is essentially a fractal; it’s self-similar on all scales.  Various layers of my mind all coexist with one another on multiple levels of existence.  An emotion can manifest internally and externally in the same moment of time.  All of my sensations are multidimensional and they are congruent with my environment.

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Through the art of mindful observation, we become aware of the fact that sensory experiences are alive. We can observe their growth, peak, and decay in a variable amount of time.  It’s like watching the life cycle of a plant unfold within our mind.  The nature of our sensory experiences is a microcosmic reflection of our external reality.

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Intuition doesn’t discriminate between pleasant or unpleasant experiences.  It is instant knowing; it’s a mixture of sensations that correlate to the truth.  The truth does not have any biases towards the quality of your sensory experiences.

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What no one wants to hear about the L.O.A.

Law of Attraction advocates will tell you that all you need to do is adjust your frequency and focus positively in order to get whatever you want.  I am here to tell everyone that this is not the total truth of reality.  This system is far more complicated than it initially seems.

Although positive thoughts and emotions DO increase the likelihood of positive external experiences, they are not the only variables involved in this process.  Although our internal and external realities are reflections of each other, the mirroring/manifestation process is not solely dependent on what you are thinking or feeling.

There are many variables involved in the process of manifestation.  I typically call them “Factors of Magnetism.”  This list is not totally definitive and all of these variables are interrelated.

1. Primary Focus - what you focus on every day

2. Level of Resistance - how much you fight the flow in the present moment

3. Level of Allowing - how much you release resistance to the flow

4. Level of Love - how compassionate and caring you are for your internal and external realities

5. Memories - the quality of your past experiences and your perception of them

6. Beliefs - the ingrained ideologies that you’ve formed in regards to your internal and external realities

7. Level of Presence - how mindful you are of your current present moment

8. Perception - your subjective, filtered viewpoint of your internal and external realities

9. External Reality - the outside circumstances surrounding you

10. Action - the reality-altering decisions you make

Just from examining this list, you can see how complicated manifestation is.  Your external reality is a reflection of your internal world, but because your internal world is so complex, there are many different components to this process.  When we take into account all of these variables, we can acknowledge that certain experiences will continue to manifest regardless of the thoughts or emotions we try to focus on. In a way, this list is relieving because it gives us some leeway in life.  We cannot totally blame ourselves for everything we create.  Some people even advocate for the idea that we are designed to manifest certain experiences in order to expand our awareness and perspective of life.  We may not have total say in what we are “creating.” I am not a fan of the “create your own reality” notion, not because I totally disagree with the fact that we are creators, but because it sells the false ideology that you can have whatever you want and that if you don’t, you are somehow doing something wrong.  So many factors are involved in the art of manifestation.  It’s hard to keep track of them all.  Some people may succesfully manifest something and attribute it to variables that are not as influential as they think.  Someone may think that their positive thoughts were the only reason they got what they want, when in truth it was a conglomeration of many variables, such as the actions they took, their perception, their beliefs, and their past experiences. There’s actually way more involved than this!  I wrote something about this a while ago and you can find it here:

https://phaneronresider.wordpress.com/2018/01/14/manifestation-hypothesis-how-and-why-you-craft-your-life/

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Quite possibly the most difficult balance to achieve....

The balance between the part of you that craves change and the part of you that craves acceptance.  Our greatest potentials vibrate on the cusp between allowance and resistance.

This is the true essence of manifestation.  We cannot exclusively fight our present moment experiences, but we cannot become a slave to them either.

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As above, so below; as within, so without; my internal and external realities are reflections of each other.  The universe is self-similar across all scales.

- The Principle of Correspondence

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Belief = Crux of Consciousness

Our cognitive and emotional well-being is strongly linked to our particular trust and confidence in ideas that may or may not even be an actual representation of the absolute truth of reality.

The story you tell yourself about your internal and external realities strongly affects your thoughts and emotions.  Beliefs may not even have words associated with them, especially if they were formed at an early age.  

Beliefs operate both consciously and unconsciously.  We can adhere to beliefs that we are either not aware of or have absolutely no words for.

Our ability to transcend our own resistance and reduce our suffering in this world relies a lot on our ability to transcend our own beliefs and question them with loving acceptance.  When we acknowledge that our perception is limited and that we can never experience the absolute truth, we release our attachment to beliefs that do not serve our well-being.  Instead, we can choose to be mindful of our sensory experiences and follow our natural intuitive guidance towards modes of perception (ways of perceiving the world) that benefit us.

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Ode to the Brain! by Symphony of Science

mp3: http://symphonyofscience.com "Ode to the Brain" is the ninth episode in the Symphony of Science music video series. Through the powerful words of scient...

A relevant tune

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Because we are all amalgamations of different vibrations, none of us resonate with the exact same things.  For example, some pieces of advice can be inspiring and beneficial, but they may also be detrimental and upsetting to others.  Everyone’s own unique perspective is valid; different frequencies align with different things.  My reality is different than everyone else’s reality, even though, at a fundamental level, we are all experiencing the same reality.

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We all create each other’s lives; our realities are co-created.  Because we’re all connected, our actions impact each other, even in subtle ways.  You have a lot of power in creating your own life, but other people play a huge role in this creation process.  That is why interpersonal effectiveness is so important: our connections with other living beings will influence the possibilities available to us.

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What Does It Mean to Have Visions During Meditation?

Some people report having visions during meditation. Having a “vision” is defined as experiencing something out of the ordinary that wouldn’t be real in the normal state of things, but that seems very real to us when it occurs. One of the characteristics of a “vision” is that others can’t see it. By definition, a

I experience this commonly when I’m feeling sleepy but maintain my wakefulness by sitting in an upright position and paying attention to the present moment.

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For every sensory experience you have, there is a virtually limitless number of angles that it can be witnessed from.  There’s a virtually limitless number of ways that we can filter our sensory experiences.

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When I choose to focus on something, I become unconscious of many other things.  Because awareness is limited, I cannot see everything at once.  Consciousness is selective and exclusive.  The more I focus on something, the less focused I am on other things.  This common phenomenon, when occurring in excess, is known as tunnel vision.  By becoming selectively aware of a narrow area of detail, I effectively become unconscious of many other details that may be important or relevant.  If I am not spreading my awareness and expanding it into other areas, I may miss out on something important.  This explains why tunnel vision can often be so crippling; it makes us see a very narrow and excessively limited image of this reality.

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Some people say, “A person’s looks don’t matter!  It’s not about what’s on the outside... it’s about what’s on the inside.”  These people value mind over body; they believe that your overall value is determined by the quality of your mind rather than your body.  

I am willing to disagree with this mindset.  Whether or not you are valuing a person’s looks or their personality, you are still making erroneous judgements about their overall value.  Inevitably, we’re going to make judgments no matter what, but our attachment to these judgements and our engagement with them has a huge impact on how we interact with our external reality.

Maybe it doesn’t matter what’s on the outside or inside.  Maybe a person’s overall value isn’t totally determined by the judgements and observations we place on them.  Maybe a person’s value isn’t determined by the quality of their body or their mind.  Maybe our preconceptions of “value” and “worth” aren’t even based on actual facts.