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This thread begins the book,

*Experience Is Divinity: Matter As Metaphor*

By Michael Adzema

Starting with PART 1.

REALITY, HUMAN & OTHERWISE—BIOLOGICALLY CONSTITUTED REALITIES

and

SECTION ONE

CREATING WORLDS

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Chapter 1 is titled,

“Creating Worlds:

“Our Science, Too, Is Built on a Judeo-Christian Assumption of Humans Being “God’s Chosen Species””

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“*The Probabilities Are Enormous That There Are Unperceivable Beings, Unimaginable Realities, Unknown Ways of Perceiving...an Infinite Number of Worlds*”

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“*Our Knowledge Is Biologically Relative*

“The findings of research from neurophysiology & neuropsychology are that…”

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“…neural “firings” from external stimuli are routed through interior areas of the brain that deal with fundamental physiological processes *before* those “messages” find their way into the cortical areas where they are then interpreted.”

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“That is to say that the organism does not distinguish between pleasure & pain—to use one crude but useful example—until *later*.”

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“Thus, the pattern of neural firings created by any particular set of stimuli is “objectively” neutral until interpreted by an organism.”

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“This, of course, makes perfect sense. There is nothing *inherently* painful in a stimulus that is produced by something whose molecules are moving at such a speed & manner that one would measure its temperature at, say, 150 degrees Fahrenheit.”

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“One could easily imagine a species for which that particular vibrational rate would be within its tolerance range. The quality of pain is relative to the perceiving organism.”

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“Similarly, there is nothing inherently “pleasurable” in a caress—that is, the pattern of stimuli involving the moving of one particular organism’s skin against another’s...in a particular way.”

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“Those “particulars,” along with other aspects, are what go into defining *caress* by means of a complex communication among billions of neural cells & their components in a specific area of the brain: the cerebral cortex.”

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“One can conceive of some biological organisms who would interpret such touching as a dire threat. Again, the interpretations of external stimuli are relative to the biological makeup of the perceiver.”

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“Therefore, in a purely psychophysiological way, the world “out there” is not defined in & of itself. Rather, it is *purely* defined in the part of the person that stores cultural information—the cortex.”

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“*Our Knowledge Is Anthropocentric*

“But our examples emphasize that prior to any cultural interpretation, a “species” interpretation is made based upon the biological “hardware” of the organism.”

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“That is to say that these “vibrational rates” of molecules—using once more the example of temperature—are not in & of themselves even “stimuli” except that certain other neurons in other parts of the body, including “lower” parts of the brain,."

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“…[these “vibrational rates” of molecules are not in & of themselves even “stimuli” except that certain other neurons in other parts of the body] in a complex intercommunication once again, define them as such.”

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““Vibratory rates “out there” are *not* patterns of neural firings. & to suppose that there is, in some magical-mystical sort of way, a kind of authentic, exact replication of the “out there” by our particular sensory apparatus…”

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“…is not only to state more than is conceivably possible to be stated...and to reveal an adherence to a kind of “faith” that is more reminiscent of religion than true science...it is also indisputably anthropocentric.”

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“For even our thus limited sensory apparatus informs us of other sentient creatures whose sensory systems are different than our own, indeed, vastly different in some cases.”

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“Even among the species that we perceive as having the major five senses as we do, we observe differences: An eagle sees farther & better—certainly its world does not *look* like ours;”

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“…a dog hears a much wider range of auditory waves—certainly its world does not *sound* like ours. What then of species whose senses, as nearly as we can determine with our own, are vastly different or less in number than ours?”

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“What is the “world” of an earthworm like? What, that of an amoeba? Will the real world please stand up?”

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“*Our Knowledge Is Biased*

“Indeed, can we assume, in fairness, that our own senses are capable of perceiving all major aspects of “objective” reality, granting, even, if in limited or distorted fashion?”

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“It would be ridiculous to suppose that an earthworm or an amoeba...with apparently few, & more limited, senses...“knows” of the existence of our species in any ways other than, if anything, a series of obstacles,..”

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“…changes in pressure or temperature, or, well, whatever it is that comprises an earthworm’s or amoeba’s “worldview.””

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“Correspondingly, can we automatically assume that *our* particular number & set of senses, with their particular ranges, are the endpoint, the pinnacle of what is possible in terms of perceiving “world”?”

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“If a sixth, a seventh, an eighth, an *n*th number of “types” of senses were possible, how would we know of that possibility with our five? Would we not be in a situation analogous to that of the earthworm to us?”

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“& how would we know what would be perceived with those senses?”

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“Why would we bother to, how could we, even, measure the referents in the “out there” corresponding to such hypothetical senses in a way that they would somehow be included in our science?”

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“Why would we bother to, how could we, even, measure the referents in the “out there” corresponding to such hypothetical senses in a way that they would somehow be included in our science?”

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“Furthermore, keeping in mind that earthworm (who, we might assume for the sake of argument, perceives a *Homo sapiens* as something earthwormocentrically akin to pressure, an obstacle,..”

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“…or earthwormomolecular vibrations, in other words, earthworm hot-or-coldness), how would we know of the existence of other sentient beings—not to mention other even more unimaginable realities—"

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“…[how would we know of the existence of other sentient beings] —who or which could hypothetically be outside of the range and/or number of our *biologically unique* senses?”

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“Would we perceive their existence as human changes in pressure, sound, touch, smell, sight, taste? As atmospheric or environmental “ambiance” changes? As solar activity or astronomical phenomena?”

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“As change in mood state, or thought pattern? Or hypothalamic or metabolic or heart or respiratory rate change? As nuemenon, “aura,” Words of God, Music of the Spheres?...”

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“Indeed, as leprechauns, ghosts, or elves? Or perhaps as forcible elements in dreams? Inspirational thought or feeling? Poltergeists, angels, “allies,” aliens, psychic phenomena?”

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“*Our Knowledge Is Limited*

“Then again, would we even perceive this other or these other “species” of beings and/or unimaginable realities at all?”

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“Would they be totally out of the domain of detection by anything within our experience—whether sensory, cognitive, affective, intuitive, hallucinative?”

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“The point is that we have no, absolutely no, way of knowing what is *real*ly real, what it “all” *real*-ly *looks* like unless we anthropocentrically assume that we are “God’s chosen species,” the summit of creation..."

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“…& [unless we anthropocentrically assume that we are] magically endowed with a one-in-a-half billion (that is, approximately the number of other known species) uniquely correct number of sensations & accuracy of perception.”

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“We have no way of knowing even whether or not we are in the same “space” at the same “time” (the quotation marks bc these are sensorily determined in our species’s unique biological way) as other unperceivable beings, even *sentient* ones...”

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“…though with what senses, again, we do not know.”

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“*There Are an Infinite Number of Worlds*

“It should be supremely clear by now, esp among those of us with a transcultural or anthropological familiarity, wherein we are made distinctly aware of the truth-shrouding nature of ethnocentrism,..”

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“…[It should be supremely clear by now] that any serious attempt at discerning truth is not compatible with *any* variety of self-serving, self-aggrandizing, or egocentric agenda.”

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“Thus, it is just as essential to throw off the overweening species-centric intellectual baggage of our Judeo-Christian tradition...which posits “man” as the ruler over nature & as the summit of created species...”

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“…[it is just as essential to throw off the overweening species-centric intellectual baggage of our Judeo-Christian tradition] as it is essential to strive to drop our ethnocentric blinders.”

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“Indeed, making this attempt to view from a neutral, Archimedean, nonanthropocentric “window,” it follows logically that the probabilities are enormous that there are, in fact, other, unperceivable beings, unknown & unimaginable realities,..”

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“…[it follows logically that the probabilities are enormous that there are, in fact,] other & different senses...and, yes, as one new physics proposition puts it, an infinite number of “worlds.””

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This has been the entire Ch 1 of my book,

*Experience Is Divinity: Matter As Metaphor*

which is

a pantheistic perspective on Reality & Nature that asserts logically & in line with quantum physics that the basic unit of Existence is Experience.

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“Experience, shared, is the nature of Existence & the grand total of minds in the Universe is 1. As quantum physicist, Erwin Schrödinger phased it, ““The total number of minds in the universe is one.”

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Schrödinger phased it, “The total number of minds in the universe is one. In fact, consciousness is a singularity phasing within all beings.”

That one Mind, or singularity, in all of Existence can only be what we refer to as "God" or "Divinity."

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& since we are all aspects of that one Mind or Divinity & our participation in that Divinity is the fractal of experience we call our life, then our very experience is our Divinity & the combined total of all Experience, all of that One Mind,..

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…[our very experience is our Divinity & the combined total of all Experience, all of that One Mind,] is God, or Divinity. Thus, Experience Is Divinity.

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and Experience, indeed…as our experiences in the experiential modalities & spirituality in general show…our very experience is indeed our Divine guiding self.

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That our very experience is Divinity, is Experience, has profound implications for spiritual growth, psychotherapy, philosophy, quantum, & metaphysics.

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The book, *Experience Is Divinity*, shows how in our coming into being as individuals of the species human, we repressed our innate connection with Divinity.”

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This repression of our innate connection with Divinity was done as part of the Game of humanness, wherein God (gods, Divinity) becomes less than Itself to set off the glorious ad-venture of Existence. Of Experience.

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This book rests on the latest findings of research into nonordinary states. It is informed by the research of Stanislav Grof, of the author & his wife’s own nonordinary experiences, of quantum physics, & of primal & other experiential modalities.

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Ch 1 is titled,

“Creating Worlds:

“Our Science, Too, Is Built on a Judeo-Christian Assumption of Humans Being “God’s Chosen Species””

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The complete book is available online at the links

you can read the book, which is posted on the blog, or you can follow the directions there & download a free copy of *Experience Is Divinity: Matter As Metaphor*.

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This is the completed document for *Experience Is Divinity: Matter As Metaphor*

It is a pdf file, & it looks exactly as the book looks.

To read and/or download a copy, click link:

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If you like & agree with these ideas & want more attention & thought brought to them, feel free to download the book & pass it around, as you wish; use it to spread these ideas.

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It is time now for humans to regain the primal legacy of belongingness in Divinity & Nature, which we lost when we put ourselves up as the crown of creation & at the peak of some evolutionary pyramid, with “dominion” over all the rest.

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& please send any comments/reviews of the book to me at

[e-mail]

The idea being I might be able to use your comments in describing it in my own sharing on social media.

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Finally, if what you prefer are paperback or ebook/Kindle versions, you may acquire them at the links below.

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Up next,

in *Experience Is Divinity:

"Matter As Metaphor*

by Michael Adzema

is Ch 2, titled,

“We Can’t Know What We Can’t Know but We Cannot Unknow What We Are:

"Our Reality Is Species Determined & the Relativity of Science”

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