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[novapsyche]

I believe there is something behind the veil. Does that make me crazy?

zenrabbit (probably) thinks I'm crazy. There are things I believe while sober that I should (probably) only believe when I'm intoxicated.

I'll put things this way: I don't believe in using Ouija boards (primarily because I don't believe in disembodied spirits), but let me use it as a metaphor. You use a Ouija board, which is simply a board with symbols and a planchette. A user might "receive signals from beyond," but what are those signals? Merely a perception of movement toward symbols that are recognizable by the brain (alphabetic letters, "yes/no"). The tugging toward the symbols isn't directly understandable by the brain, but it is that tugging that is the true communication.

I pray/hold conversations with God often. I receive signals. I interpret these signals--usually synchronous events--and much like a Ouija planchette my mind will come up with an answer in English. This interpretation is often serendipitous; it's nothing I'm constructing by using syntactical rules. The meaning of the symbol is revealed simultaneously with the symbol itself.

I see the world as a metaphor. The whole of existence is a metaphor. There is something behind the veil, and the veil is permeable.

Comments

[darkmare.livejournal.com]

Well, we've been on that journey before, in some ways, now haven't we? Matter of fact, the last time I had that kind of journey was with you, iirc. It's been wayyyy too long.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Really? Has it been that long?

That was a fun time. I'm glad I shared it with you. (Even though you guys were worried about me periodically.)