Personal experience makes our perception different (I think that's where ya at with that?), but haven't we all experienced having the exact same thought as another at the exact same time? Those times when the two just look at each other their minds saying the same thing (did that just happen 😀) without saying a word? Had to go there, and true, apple says breakfast rn lol. Gm Deepti

@Erhard H. Sure. The growth in knowledge is invaluable to me, I've really had the questions within that wouldn't let me be until they had answers. I get ya tho, I think your talking about the difference between "knowing" and "KNOWING", intimate knowledge (?). Knowing things in a way that there's no difference between myself and "truth", "I am the truth" lol, cheesy I know but I think you understand for lack of better wording. It may sound bad but I've been through so many phases and ups and downs losing everything many times over and it all come to say to me that it has to be that way and everything was meant to be. I've done time twice and one long stint in county, and in each scenario there were visions, studying, burring myself into the growth. An example would be the time (1995) that I woke in the most profound peace!! A peace that I've only come close to in these past 5 years, I understand now at least. I was scared to move but had to pee lol. I didn't want to lose that state, I wanted that to be permanent but knew better. Anyways as I headed to the relief station on the wall was a vision of a multi armed Hindi Goddess 😳, for real bro! In silence there was communication coming to me, said "your alright, everything is alright and nothing is wrong." The kicker is the I had zero knowledge of Hindu!!! I was taught they worship rats and cows. There's no way that that vision come from my own knowledge base, no possible way! So I had my last stint from 2019- 2022 during the COVID epidemic, lots of quarantine and I could never convey just how much religious material I accumulated, just boxes full of the best books and courses on almost all of the great religions. I joined the theosophical society ( paid from my little bitty food account) which gave me full access to the Olcott library. They'd send whatever books I wanted and I'd just return them. They gave me crash courses on different aspects all at the same time, then also joined the Siddha prison project. That became my main (or cornerstone) learning and practice. So each day there was hatha yoga (the stretching), then I'd do some pranayama (the breathing), then forcing that serpent (Kundalini) with the bandas, then finally on the meditation mat (my bed most times). There were days that I'd repeat this entire routine repeatedly all day, and for days almost around the clock. I'm one who dives into what I do. I live it/ breath it! I could never convey just how intense and the time spent on it!! When I came home I was at 3000 hours of meditation and now I stopped counting after 13,000 hours. In that first year was the confirmation from the last vision that every single thing in my entire life was to take me there, those exact moments and conditions. I hope I've answered and inspired ya with all that. Meditating on so many versions of it which of course comes with Buddhist metta (love cultivation) in a very violent prison was hardcore! I had to use the Yogi non ego to be whatever "ego" is needed for the moment. No one knew I'd meditate on growing more and more love for them because my actions had to match violence for violence and the "no harm" rule would have gotten me beaten on the daily. There's so much more but maybe that'll do for now 💙. Thanks for wanting to know!

Right on friend 💙

O' Nahko. I haven't known many who's heard of em'. Right on 👍

Awesome 👍 thanks for the share

Seekers are everywhere but so few in number it seems. There's nothing near where I am that has a spiritual community besides the religious ones. Hope to read more of your journey as I share also