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This is no philosophical statement, but a most intense experience that massively widens all our concepts how this world functions.
If this radical expansion of reality exhausts us, we may at will return to lower stages to 'catch our breath'. Yet after some time we become familiar with this expanded perception and consciously shift to STAGE 9 again.
Difficult Communication Though we would like to, we are unable to communicate our expanded awareness to others.
We directly experience what is identical in them and us. We actually PERCEIVE that we are ONE with them. Yet 'these other parts of us' - those below STAGE 9 - remain focused on differences. They cannot understand our experience, because they only want to see what fits into their (limiting) ideas.
We only can inspire them to start their own expansion of awareness.
Vibrant Sleep From STAGE 9 onwards sleep and tiredness diminish. This brings the entirely new experience of 'vibrant sleep'.
Vibrant sleep is a lucid wakefulness of our mind while our body stays in a state of deep rest. The experience is agreeable.
In the beginning we might mistake it for sleeplessness since we do not feel the accustomed oblivion of dream or deep sleep and our consciousness does not blank out of our body.
Yet in the morning we feel totally rested though we were alert all during the time this state lasted. Vibrant sleep usually happens while we rest at night.