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    Tommy McNally "I still disagree that anything exits the body in those experiences, but I accept that we may just be using different language to describe extremely subtle states." Well said.
    From 2006 Forum posts of John Tan
    Thusness:From a conventional point of view, it is. If we feel, see, hear and think in terms of ‘entity’, then it seems that there is a ‘self’ leaving the body. This is because all along, we experience all phenomenon appearances as ‘solid things’ existing independently. Such conventional mode of comprehending our meditative experiences masked the true character of these experiences.
    If we treat consciousness to be an atomic-like-particle residing in our body somewhere, then we are making it as a self too. Do not do that. The true character of Consciousness is not a thing, it does not enter, leave, reside within or outside the body. Clear Luminosity is bonded by karmic propensities, causes and conditions. There is no need for a place ‘within’. Yes, there is a ‘mental phenomenon’ arising but the sensation of ‘entering’ and ‘leaving’ is the result of associating it with a ‘self’. Just like it is illusionary to see a ‘self’ succeeding from moment to moment, an ‘entrance’ and ‘exit’ is equally illusionary.
    Mystical experiences are extremely crucial during the journey of enlightenment. Do not discard them unwisely but assign them correct places. These experiences loosen karmic bonds that latent deep down in our consciousness where it is almost impossible to break through ordinary means. It is an essential condition for the awakening of penetrating insight. The main different between non Buddhist and Buddhist practitioners is that transcendental and mystical experiences are not molded into a ‘self’ but correctly understood and purified with the wisdom of emptiness. This applies true to the Luminous Clarity Knowingness that is non-dual, it is not wrongly personified into Brahman. In perfect clarity, there are no praises for radiance bright, only the Dharma is in sight. The wisdom of emptiness is so deep and profound that even if one has entered the realm of non-dual, he/she will still not be able to grasp its essence in full. This is the wisdom of the Blessed One. The second level of Presence. Smile
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    Thusness:
    Interesting site...
    In most religions and mystical path, the dissolving of the 'Self' is necessary for the experience of the divine. The 'self' is always experienced as the ultimate block that prevents one from experiencing the transcendental. Glimpses of the beyond arise when we are able to go beyond labels and concepts.
    I respect her experience but would just like to add some comments:
    On the experience of “AMness”:
    The key when the ‘I’ drops away lies in “fusing into everything”. Without this experience, it is still resting in “I AM”, there is no breakthrough. Even with the experience of “fusing into all things”, it remains as a stage having an entry and exit point. To experience pathless that is without entry and exit point is where the doctrine of anatta and emptiness steps in.
    On the unchanging self:
    "It is strange that when people want to know their real self, they start looking at relative bunches of ever changing concepts. Reality is that which underlies relativity. Reality is unchanging.
    We must ask ourselves: “What is the only unchanging reality of our life? What is the only phenomenon that has never changed since we were born?”
    The answer can readily be experienced when we close our eyes and go introspective. It is our sense of BEING. Our I AM-ness. Everybody can always experience the sense that they exist. That inner sense never changes and is there if we are happy, angry, sad, drunk,- whatever. Further, it cannot be localized within any part of the body. It is limitless and experienced by everyone the same way. It is infinite REALITY!"
    When observing moment to moment changes, it is almost natural to conclude this way. There must be an unchanging observer observing change is a logical deduction. It is the result of the lightning flash changes, logical deduction and memories that create the impression of an unchanging entity. There is continuity, but continuity with an unchanging entity is not necessary.
    On feeling lightness and experiencing ‘astral traveling’:
    "My own experience is that the density of the body seems to change. Years ago I experienced the phenomena of ‘astral traveling.’ During this experience you have the feeling of leaving the coarser body and floating. At some stage you have to return to the body, and the feeling is not very pleasant. You are going from a feeling of freedom and ‘lightness’ back into what feels like cold, dense, clay. This ‘clay’ is the collective emotions, experiences, and holding of the body. After some AMness has fallen away, the body feels lighter and less dense. You just keep feeling lighter and freer."
    The “density” and “lightness” is the weight of “losing her identification with certain aspect of the self”. The power of this “identification” cannot be underestimated.
    Next is her experience of ‘astral traveling’, if she is in a stage of absorption and then out of a sudden awareness, the eyes of awareness may allow her to witness something that is altogether different from the physical place but this does not necessary mean that ‘consciousness’ has left and re-enter the body. Consciousness is propelled by causes and conditions. According to her conditions of absorption and clarity, just IS.
    But then everyone has their own experiences. Just my 2 cents. Smile
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    (12:37 AM) Thusness: if u practice soul travel it is always different
    (12:37 AM) AEN: btw ppl like buddha boy... the way he practise only leads to jhana isnt it
    (12:37 AM) Thusness: but u will still get tired.
    (12:37 AM) AEN: oic
    (12:38 AM) AEN: btw wats soul travel for
    (12:38 AM) AEN: isit astral projection? wat is it used for
    (12:38 AM) Thusness: i c it as a form of remote viewing. 🙂
    (12:38 AM) AEN: oic
    (12:38 AM) Thusness: coz to me consciousness is non local.
    (12:38 AM) AEN: icic
    (12:38 AM) AEN: then they use it for wat.. haha
    (12:38 AM) AEN: communicate with other beings?
    (12:38 AM) Thusness: i don't like to tok about non locality.
    (12:39 AM) Thusness: told u liao.

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    Soh Wei Yu how does John Tan define non-locality? very interesting that he doesn't like to talk about it. Is it because it's more like supernormal power than insight?
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      Session Start: Tuesday, April 17, 2007
      (11:14 PM) AEN: btw wat u think about the supernatural topic (someone trained in shamatha asking for advice on development of siddhis/powers)
      (11:14 PM) AEN: lol
      (11:16 PM) Thusness: i wish i can discuss with him but he is not the person for me to discuss. 🙂
      (11:16 PM) AEN: huh why
      (11:16 PM) Thusness: anyway unless i am an irresponsible person, i will not discuss such thing in public forum.
      (11:17 PM) AEN: oic
      (11:17 PM) AEN: why is he not for u to discuss
      (11:17 PM) Thusness: though i would very much like to.
      (11:17 PM) AEN: icic
      (11:18 PM) Thusness: infact i have been looking for someone that have perfected non-duality to writing something about non locality, i have told u b4.
      (11:18 PM) AEN: oic
      (11:18 PM) AEN: so wat r u saying.. u wan to discuss supernatural powers and non locality with someone?
      (11:18 PM) AEN: as in someone non dual
      (11:19 PM) Thusness: someone that has deep experience in non duality. 🙂
      (11:19 PM) AEN: icic.. so tats why u don wan to discuss with the forum guy? cos he's not non dual yet?
      (11:19 PM) Thusness: i do not wish to tok to ppl in samatha meditation.
      (11:19 PM) AEN: why
      (11:20 PM) Thusness: and only when i know the person is already enlightened. 🙂
      (11:20 PM) Thusness: otherwise there is no point.
      (11:21 PM) Thusness: and i do not want ppl to misinterpret the nature of these experiences.
      (11:21 PM) Thusness: i also do not like ppl to bullshit about these experiences.
      (11:21 PM) Thusness: and also do not like ppl to make fun of these experiences.
      (11:21 PM) Thusness: lol
      (11:21 PM) AEN: what u mean by bullshit and make fun
      (11:21 PM) Thusness: i might leave something b4 my i die.
      (11:21 PM) AEN: leave what?
      (11:22 PM) Thusness: my experiences and how to get access to it after non-duality.
      (11:22 PM) AEN: oic wat sort of experiences?
      (11:22 PM) Thusness: u r not enlightened yet. 😛
      (11:22 PM) AEN: about supernatural powers? lol
      (11:23 PM) Thusness: yeah. 🙂
      (11:23 PM) Thusness: ur mind is not stable yet.
      (11:23 PM) AEN: oic btw wats the uses of supernatural powers.. how can supernatural power help one and others
      (11:24 PM) AEN: my mind not stable means?
      (11:25 PM) Thusness: with ur current state of mind, u will not be able to correctly absorb in whatever aspect.
      (11:26 PM) Thusness: whatever that is necessary are already stated in sutras
      (11:26 PM) Thusness: there is really no point bringing it out to discuss.
      (11:26 PM) Thusness: what one experiences for me is to break the perceptual bond that prevent us from knowing some subtle aspects of our mind.
      (11:27 PM) Thusness: that is too difficult to break by merely just accepting things.
      (11:28 PM) Thusness: the way to access to paranormal experiences differs.
      (11:28 PM) AEN: icic..
      (11:28 PM) Thusness: however for one that has stabilize non dual path, it is the natural progression to experience something non-local
      (11:28 PM) Thusness: some non-local aspect of our nature.
      (11:29 PM) Thusness: to understand our nature.
      (11:29 PM) Thusness: what good is there really to discuss the non local aspect of it besides that?
      (11:29 PM) Thusness: i do not like to call it supernatural power.
      (11:29 PM) AEN: oic..
      (11:30 PM) Thusness: u can c that i seldom call it so.
      (11:30 PM) Thusness: i call it non local aspects of our nature.
      (11:30 PM) AEN: icic
      (11:30 PM) Thusness: as it is part of our nature.
      (11:30 PM) Thusness: in line with emptiness.
      (11:30 PM) Thusness: i do not like to deviate from the profound teachings of emptiness.
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      (11:30 PM) AEN: oic..
      (11:31 PM) Thusness: of our nature. 🙂
      (11:31 PM) AEN: icic
      (11:31 PM) Thusness: that is why i also do not wish to discuss with anyone that is on concentration.
      (11:31 PM) Thusness: coz it is not about wisdom and our nature.
      (11:32 PM) AEN: btw theres difference rite between someone who gain those powers from concentration, and those who become enlightened and those so called powers actually arise from prajna?
      (11:32 PM) Thusness: if u want to know, know what is our nature and practice.
      (11:32 PM) AEN: icic
      (11:32 PM) Thusness: i do not know, i have not discussed with them. 🙂
      (11:36 PM) Thusness: first is the realisation.
      (11:36 PM) AEN: what u mean
      (11:36 PM) Thusness: u must realise what is meant by non duality.
      (11:36 PM) Thusness: what is no-self
      (11:36 PM) Thusness: realisation.
      (11:37 PM) AEN: icic
      (11:37 PM) Thusness: like longchen
      (11:37 PM) Thusness: experience it.
      (11:37 PM) Thusness: then ur dualistic thought will continue to confuse u.
      (11:37 PM) Thusness: it is not easy to overcome
      (11:37 PM) Thusness: until it has sunk so deep into ur consciousness
      (11:37 PM) AEN: icic..
      (11:38 PM) Thusness: that one day ur realisation and action become one...
      (11:38 PM) Thusness: somehow u 'see' the pathless path towards non dual at every moment.
      (11:39 PM) Thusness: but due to attachments, the experience of non duality through wisdom will not be thorough.
      (11:39 PM) Thusness: so u must practice the other 5 paramitas
      (11:39 PM) AEN: icic..
      (11:40 PM) Thusness: then non dual in action can become one....to clear other forms of attachments and to further experience our boundless nature.
      (11:40 PM) Thusness: but some of these bonds can be cleared if one is able to have non local experiences.
      (11:40 PM) AEN: oic..
      (11:41 PM) Thusness: certain attachments will subside due to these experiences.
      (11:41 PM) Thusness: but the practice of the other 5 parimatas are more thorough.
      (11:41 PM) Thusness: non local aspects of our nature if without sufficient wisdom will have side effects.
      (11:42 PM) AEN: icic..
      (11:42 PM) AEN: what side effects
      (11:42 PM) AEN: 5 paramitas how does it help
      (11:42 PM) AEN: in non attachment?
      (11:42 PM) Thusness: to me side effects is always creating perceptual bond on other aspects.
      (11:42 PM) Thusness: u eliminate one and u add 3.
      (11:42 PM) Thusness: 🙂
      (11:42 PM) AEN: oic...
      (11:43 PM) Thusness: if non local aspects is experienced and u unknowingly add to our ego other form of bonds, then it is quite difficult to break.
      (11:44 PM) Thusness: coz it was caused by non local experiences.
      (11:44 PM) AEN: icic..
      (11:44 PM) AEN: u mean like being identified/attached to having supernatural powers?
      (11:45 PM) Thusness: one of them.
      (11:45 PM) Thusness: or u may visit other realms and get attached?
      (11:45 PM) Thusness: or u may contact spirits and be attached and dwell with them...
      (11:45 PM) AEN: icic..
      (11:45 PM) Thusness: u do not know... when u dwell...
      (11:46 PM) Thusness: u may sink into deeper illusion into the realm that u have created without knowing
      (11:46 PM) AEN: oic..
      (11:46 PM) Thusness: it is not just a matter of ego. 🙂
      (11:47 PM) AEN: yea teacher chen said
      (11:47 PM) Thusness: it is our wisdom and clarity have not penetrated to the depth of seeing through these states.
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      (7:16 PM) AEN: eckhart tolle's depth of experience is there?
      (7:16 PM) John: I hope the next book has what i want. 🙂
      (7:16 PM) AEN: oic wat u want
      (7:17 PM) John: eckhart tolle's yes. But i think not to Toni's level. That is my opinion. Toni's is almost mirror bright. But I just cannot understand certain thing.
      (7:18 PM) AEN: oic..
      (7:18 PM) AEN: cannot understand wat
      (7:18 PM) John: about emptiness, there is something not there.
      (7:18 PM) John: initially i thought it should be a natural progression.
      (7:20 PM) AEN: as in?
      (7:22 PM) AEN: u there?
      (7:23 PM) John: toking to my dad and wife. 😛
      (7:23 PM) AEN: oic
      (7:35 PM) John: you taken ur dinner?
      (7:42 PM) AEN: yea
      (7:43 PM) John: i hope to grab the new book when it arrives in Singapore.
      (7:43 PM) AEN: oic ya me too
      (7:56 PM) AEN: there?
      (8:20 PM) You have just sent a Nudge!
      (8:26 PM) John: just finished eating. 🙂
      (8:27 PM) AEN: oic okie
      (8:27 PM) AEN: so wat u mean about the emptiness
      (8:29 PM) John: many ppl can only write until the level what toni wrote.... I am looking for some non locality experiences.
      (8:31 PM) AEN: back
      (8:32 PM) AEN: wat do u mean by non locality experiences
      (8:32 PM) AEN: and why is it that many ppl can only write until wat toni wrote?
      (8:35 PM) John: zen masters have that level of clarity. As for lay, seldom do i see ppl having that clarity. It is therefore difficult for people to write about anything after he/she
      reaches that level of clarity. Unfortunately, real zen masters doesn't speak much. 🙂
      (8:35 PM) John: when u listen, the sound is out there....how far can we hear?
      (8:36 PM) AEN: as in physical distant?
      (8:36 PM) John: yes
      (8:37 PM) AEN: dunnu leh need measurement.. haha.. on the relative level
      (8:37 PM) John: lol
      (8:37 PM) John: wait for the books to be out lah...
      (8:37 PM) AEN: huh??
      (8:39 PM) AEN: so u mean toni packer didnt spoke of non locality
      (8:39 PM) John: i do not know. Dunno she experience or not. 😛
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      (8:39 PM) AEN:
      4. Non-locality
      Indra's Net shoots holes in the assumption or imputation of a solid and fixed universe 'out there'. The capacity of one jewel to reflect the light of another jewel from the other edge of
      infinity is something that is difficult for the linear mind, rational mind to comprehend. The fact that all nodes are simply reflections indicates that there is no particular single source
      point from where it all arises.
      (8:39 PM) AEN: so have u read any books that spoke about non locality
      (8:40 PM) John: this is interesting...
      (8:40 PM) AEN: avatamasaka sutra.
      (8:40 PM) AEN: and indra's net
      (8:44 PM) John: have u watched superman?
      (8:44 PM) AEN: yea
      (8:45 PM) John: there is a part where he raise above the earth atmosphere and listen....he hears all...
      (8:45 PM) John: i like that part.
      (8:45 PM) John: 🙂
      (8:45 PM) AEN: oic..
      (8:45 PM) AEN: how come
      (8:45 PM) John: just like lah...
      (8:45 PM) AEN: oic
      (8:45 PM) AEN: hahaha
      (8:46 PM) AEN: like guan yin 😛
      (8:46 PM) John: yes. 🙂
      (8:46 PM) AEN: my shi fu said something like... which i didnt quite understand... when u practise until certain level, in another universe, when a flower blossom u will know
      (8:46 PM) AEN: cant remember isit exactly it
      (8:46 PM) AEN: i tink not referring to supernatural powers
      (8:47 PM) John: ur shi fu is who?
      (8:47 PM) AEN: ven shen kai
      (8:47 PM) John: sheng kai?
      (8:47 PM) John: okie.
      (8:47 PM) AEN: teacher chen is his dharma successor in charge of transmitting some important dharmas
      (8:48 PM) John: ic...then li zhu teacher?
      (8:48 PM) AEN: yup
      (8:48 PM) AEN: oh
      (8:48 PM) AEN: local teacher
      (8:48 PM) John: so when u say shi fu, u r normally referring to ven sheng kai?
      (8:48 PM) AEN: yea
      (8:48 PM) AEN: hahaha
      (8:48 PM) John: ic. 🙂
      (8:48 PM) AEN: truthz maybe call 'shi gong'
      (8:48 PM) AEN: cos different side
      (8:49 PM) AEN: bcos li zhu lao shi is not chu jia
      (8:49 PM) John: ic
      (9:02 PM) AEN: "guan yin's practise is 'er gen yuan tong', whatever world has sentient beings calling for him, he will hear and save them. therefore if we are to attain buddhahood in this
      world, even if there is a flower blossoming in another universe, we will know immediately, then we will attain budhahood'
      (9:02 PM) AEN: i tink he mention about flower blossoming in another universe somewhere else too
      (9:03 PM) AEN: in the 'kai shi lu' series
      (9:03 PM) John: ic. You are very resourceful. 🙂
      (9:04 PM) AEN: haha cos i just listen to this again recently
      (9:04 PM) AEN: so i remember
      (9:04 PM) John: ic
      (9:08 PM) AEN: guan yin can listen cos he can access 'the ocean of self-nature'
      (9:08 PM) AEN: is it some kind of supernatural power?
      (9:09 PM) John: this might be possible through deep clarity....it relates to clearing of fetters.
      (9:09 PM) AEN: oic
      (9:09 PM) John: but like i said, not for u to delve into it now. 😛
      (9:09 PM) AEN: hahaha
      (9:09 PM) AEN: ok
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      (9:44 PM) AEN: still there?
      (9:44 PM) AEN: so how is nonlocality experienced as
      (9:57 PM) You have just sent a Nudge!
      (11:19 PM) John: might be like superman. 🙂
      (11:22 PM) AEN: har?
      (11:22 PM) AEN: hahaha
      (11:22 PM) AEN: as in really can hear very far? lol
      (11:23 PM) John: what is emptiness?
      (11:24 PM) AEN: empty of inherent existence (3 dharma seals), dependant arising?
      (11:25 PM) John: how does consciousness arise?
      (11:25 PM) AEN: conditioned arising
      (11:25 PM) AEN: /dependant arising
      (11:25 PM) John: and how does condition arise?
      (11:25 PM) AEN: hmm like net of indra metaphor?
      (11:26 PM) John: dunno...just arise. 😛
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      John Tan commentary on Lankavatara Sutra, 2007:
      When we look at Buddhism, Buddhism is very consistent. Why do I say that Buddhism is very consistent? Not because I like Buddhism. You see, a person saying that I have experienced Presence, and I AM the Eternal Witness, I AM God, I AM all powerful and I AM the First Cause, and yet, they see a dualistic world. This is in total conflict; this has totally no logic at all. Because, you see, in Buddhism when we talk about Non-Duality, we are saying something like the Dependent Origination. Because of This, That Is. This arises, That arises. This ceases, That ceases. We look at the entire formation, there is no “Who?” Where is the “Who?” When we ask “Where?”, there is no “Where?”. When we ask “When?”, there is no “When?” It can be 10 million miles away. It can be in another planet. The teaching is consistent. It does not require a “Who”, a “Where”, a “When”. Condition arises, it is there. It is not stored in any place, or anywhere. This is the teaching. The entire teaching is consistent when it comes to the practise. They didn’t say Concentration can lead to Insight. They tell you, Vipashyana Meditation can lead to Insight of what Reality is all about. It does not teach that there is a Self. The Buddha taught the three dharma seals: there is No-Self. So the teaching is consistent in terms of philosophy, in terms of meditation practice, and in terms of the truths that is being preached.
      And also in terms of spiritual powers. When I say something like Clairvoyance... I can see, not bounded by distance. I can hear, not bounded by distance. How come? Why? If we were to take other religions, they can’t explain. But if you were to take Buddhism, Buddha had never told you, has never taught, something of an Ego, something of a Where, something of a When. It is not bounded by Time and Space at all in the entire philosophy. Never has he taught anything like that. And therefore, when we talk about spiritual powers, it is consistent. It is knowing without the need for a Space and Time, not bounded by Space and Time, because the entire teaching is so. And what is being said about this? It is the Nature. This is your nature. Reality is like that, it is so. Therefore, when we understand the teachings, we understand that yes, it is not right to be attached, therefore we cannot say we want to seek spiritual powers, like Nub. But we have to understand, this is our Nature, this is our Reality. Because the teaching has never contradicted itself. If you want to know about your reality, you have to practise. That is the teaching. And the practise has always been telling you to observe these 3 universal characteristics. So when we see the link between the practise, the philosophy, even something spiritual and something that is not scientific. This is important.
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      Sim Pern Chong's article from 2008, taken from http://awakeningtoreality.blogspot.com/.../non-solidity...
      (Post last updated: 15th June 2008)
      The non-solidity of existence
      This article describes a spiritual insight. It may be quite hard to understand.
      The things that we experience are registered by all the sense organs. The eye sight registers vision, the ears register sound, the body registers sensations. These perception, sensations and experiences are not happening in some places. They are the experience of the arising of certain conditions. There is no solidity and physicality in the actual experience.
      What we experienced is not universal and common to all. Here's an example to illustrate that: We know that as human beings, we see in term of colours. Some animals are however colour-blind, thus they see differently from us. But none of us, is really seeing the truth nature directly. The senses of different species of sentient beings experience things differently. So who is seeing the real image of an object? None.
      Likewise, the various planes of existence are due to different conditions arising. In certain types of meditation, one is said to be able to access these planes of existence. This is because they are not specific locations. They are mental states and are thus non-localised. In these meditations, our consciousness changes and 'aligned' more with these other states or planes of existence.
      All the planes of existence are simultaneously manifesting, but because our senses are human-based conditioned arisings, we only see the human world and other beings that shared 'similar' resonating arising conditions. But nevertheless, the other planes of existences are not elsewhere in some other places.
      What we think of as places are really just consciousness and there is no solidity whatsoever. Even our touch sense is just that. The touch sense gives an impression of feeling something that is physical and three-dimensional. But there is really no solid self-existing object there. Instead, it is simply the sensation that gives the impression of physical solidity and form.
      OK, that all I can think of and write about this topic. I will revise and improve this article where the need arises.
      For your necessary ponderance. Thank you for reading.
      These articles are parts of a series of spiritual realisation articles .
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      Thusness/Passerby's comment on a related/largely similar post by Longchen in the forum:
      Originally posted by longchen:
      Hi Friend,
      Just my understanding only. For discussion sake. Also, I find this topic very interesting.
      What appears to us are registered by all the sense organs. The eye sight sees some thing, the ears hear something, etc ,etc. There are not happening in some place. They are the arising of certain conditions.
      To illustrate that what we experience is not standardised, we know that human beings see in term of colour range. Some animals are colour-blind. so they see differently. But none of us, is seeing the truth nature directly. The senses of different species of sentient beings experience things differently.
      Likewise, the 31 planes of existence are due to different conditions arising. In the jhana meditation, one is said to be able to access these planes of existence. This is because they are not specific locations. They are mental states. In the jhanas, our consciousness changes and 'aligned' more with these other states or planes of existence.
      All the planes of existence are simultaneously manifesting, but because our senses are human-based conditioned arisings, we only see the human world and other beings that shared 'similar' resonating arising conditions. But nevertheless, the other planes of existences are not elsewhere in some other places.
      What we think of as places are really just consciousness. .. no solidity whatsoever. Even our touch sense is just that. It gives an impression of feeling something 3D with textures and so on so forth. But there is no solid self-existing object there... it is simply the sensation that gives the impression of solidity.
      Hi Longchen,
      I can see the synchronization of emptiness view into your non-dual experiences --. Integrating view, practice and experience. This is the essence of our emptiness nature and right understanding of non-dual experience in Buddhism that is different from Advaita Vedanta teaching. This is also the understanding of why Everything is the One Reality incorporating causes, conditions and luminosity of our Empty nature as One and inseparable. Everything as the One Reality should never be understood from a dualistic/inherent standpoint.
      This also explains the nature of 'supernatural power' like clairvoyance and seeing things far away, etc.
      Indeed! You can see the how the view, practice and experience leading to the understanding of non-locality in terms of views, practices and experience.
      Stage 6. The nature of Presence is Empty
      Not only is there no ‘who’ in pristine awareness, there is no ‘where’ and ‘when’. This is its nature.
      When there is this, that is.
      With the arising of this, that arises.
      When this is not, neither is that.
      With the cessation of this, that ceases.
      -- the principle of conditionality
      The self-luminous awareness from beginning-less time has never been separated and cannot be separated from its conditions. They are not two -- This is, That is. Along with the conditions, Luminosity shines without a center and arises without a place. No where to be found. This is the emptiness nature of Presence.
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