The Most Accurate Description of Consciousness

That is a much better description. I could see consciousness being water. ignorance as dark matter is pretty good. but dying stars that won't let go. I know of no dying stars that won't let go. To my knowledge galaxies do not collide with other galaxies, they merge into each other. Still I feel like you may be getting close to the mark when describing consciousness as water. I have been in holes i had to claw my way out of and became a better person for it as well. There are a few major times I had existential crisis. I'm always trying to find a balance between being adaptive to survive in this world, and not being a boring zombie, or just not myself. It is always a struggle. I have become a perhaps a hero upon my own world. I am far from being a god. and there is no guarantee of success. I have a limited control of myself. I keep the monster inside in check. I can recognize my shadow. Still I have made mistakes, and I will continue to do so. I think I am an I or a Will. I think I exist and the universal consciousness (or whatever you want to call it) both exist. They are really two sides of the same coin. If there really wasn't and "I" or "will" for that matter than they would be useless words. Hell, all words would be useless, and there would be no point in communication at all. We would all just be one being. It's like how matter is both a wave and a particle. Consciousness is both universal and individual, It is fire and water. water being the I, and fire being the will, it is the play of light and shadow. That is why I went with the light metaphor. the universe is a light. and we are like like refracted light, translucent. Mental hurricanes, mental enemas, it is good to have experiences that clear our baggage. Just be careful of the being your own god thing. I know I have made the mistake of having an experience that felt (i don't like using this word but..) like I was getting close to my own divinity. But later I got the divinity I felt tied in way too much with my ego, which can lead to self righteousness. It is really hard to tell when you made that mistake. It is a hard trap to get out of when it is an ego trap that says you are beyond ego. When you think, "I am enlightened", means you are not enlightened. I speak solely from my experiences. Actually I wouldn't want to be enlightened my whole life. I wouldn't want to stay as one universal mind. It would get boring. For those reason I like to view myself a hero in my own world. just trying to claw my way out. This is just one of the better images I give myself sometime. everything is fluid, like water. everything is always changing. "Instead of clearing his own heart the zealot tries to clear the world." R13; Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces I learned from my mistakes, and I am pulling myself out of an elaborate trap I made for myself. But I am the most sane human being to ever exist the voices inside my head said that I am the most sane, and all I have to do is listen to them. Which bring me back to Joseph Campbell, "As you proceed through life, following your own path, birds will [crap] on you. Don't bother to brush it off. Getting a comedic view of your situation gives you spiritual distance. Having a sense of humor saves you." Way to go Debate,org! censorship, I can't even fu*king say the word sh*t! Saturn comes back around.