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Okay, this is an odd one :)
I think I've mentioned here before that several years ago, during a set of neuro-biological experiences I label (for linguistic only purposes) "kundalini awakening", that I had an experience that I spontaneously described to myself in my own head as a "download", and which subjectively altered my perception/way of thinking/knowledge quite significantly. After those experiences, I started noticing other people were also using this word "download" to describe an experience within a variety of "altered experiences" from kundalini awakening, psychedelic use to NDEs etc
I have been fascinated ever since, but don't really know what to make of it or how to look into what this phenomena really is any further (any ideas anyone?!).
I was very recently talking with an internet friend of mine who is going through some major "awakenings" and "shifts" of their own and I had mentioned this "download" episode to them in context of another issue. A few days ago they emailed to me a link to an Adyashanti video where he shares his own experience of "awakening", and he also mentions the "download" experience.....I was totally blown away when I heard this clip!:
Funnily enough, this same poster emailed me yesterday saying they had heard the same word "download" used again by the respected Sufi Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee to describe an experience he had, but I cannot find the exact excerpt yet.....there is many, many hours of audio it could be in!
One point & one question:
Point: For any scientific, rational, or just curious people, I can assure you SOME sort of experience is happening here (and by this I specifically mean the "kundalini" thing, without the use of any drugs for eg, and often entirely spontaneously to people who have no idea what's happening, pretty much like me!) that science & biology currently absolutely has no understanding of. It is an experience that many, many different & diverse people have with striking similarities, and it is very, very weird. But people can investigate that for themselves should they be interested!
Question:
If anyone is aware of ANY other reference to the word or similar type experience as the "download", in any kind of format, book, blog, video etc, can they please post it here?
Cheers!
I think I've mentioned here before that several years ago, during a set of neuro-biological experiences I label (for linguistic only purposes) "kundalini awakening", that I had an experience that I spontaneously described to myself in my own head as a "download", and which subjectively altered my perception/way of thinking/knowledge quite significantly. After those experiences, I started noticing other people were also using this word "download" to describe an experience within a variety of "altered experiences" from kundalini awakening, psychedelic use to NDEs etc
I have been fascinated ever since, but don't really know what to make of it or how to look into what this phenomena really is any further (any ideas anyone?!).
I was very recently talking with an internet friend of mine who is going through some major "awakenings" and "shifts" of their own and I had mentioned this "download" episode to them in context of another issue. A few days ago they emailed to me a link to an Adyashanti video where he shares his own experience of "awakening", and he also mentions the "download" experience.....I was totally blown away when I heard this clip!:
Funnily enough, this same poster emailed me yesterday saying they had heard the same word "download" used again by the respected Sufi Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee to describe an experience he had, but I cannot find the exact excerpt yet.....there is many, many hours of audio it could be in!
One point & one question:
Point: For any scientific, rational, or just curious people, I can assure you SOME sort of experience is happening here (and by this I specifically mean the "kundalini" thing, without the use of any drugs for eg, and often entirely spontaneously to people who have no idea what's happening, pretty much like me!) that science & biology currently absolutely has no understanding of. It is an experience that many, many different & diverse people have with striking similarities, and it is very, very weird. But people can investigate that for themselves should they be interested!
Question:
If anyone is aware of ANY other reference to the word or similar type experience as the "download", in any kind of format, book, blog, video etc, can they please post it here?
Cheers!