A third student ties imagination to the desire of finite lives to transcend into higher realms or consciousness.
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Higher consciousness
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...are limited, we want to transcend to higher, higher realms or higher consciousness. We, that's why we imagine."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...are limited, we want to transcend to higher, higher realms or higher consciousness. We, that's why we imagine."
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Jiang says prophets and mystics can see future events but not their timelines because higher consciousness does not perceive time and space the way ordinary human life does.
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"...are limited, we want to transcend to higher, higher realms or higher consciousness. We, that's why we imagine."
"...But they don't really know the timeline. Because remember, in the higher consciousness, there's no time and space, right? So something that could happen..."
"...also, that is not necessarily just a positive. A sense of higher consciousness that this higher consciousness can lend itself towards evil use or..."
"...individuals because, you know, we all have a connection to the higher consciousness, to the monad. It's for us to embrace this consciousness and..."
"...that we are always interconnected. We are always connected with a higher consciousness. He also believes in the idea of reincarnation. But his argument..."
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