The qualities of each one are different. Some make a very distinct shift. May be more head or more heart release. Many have a kind of ‘Huh? this is it??’ as it is so normal feeling. Some kind of slide into it. It’s not uncommon to have a period of uncertainty while the mind tries to grasp. It became clear for a friend of mine when he almost had a head-on collision on the highway and realized he didn’t react.

As on the Rogan post, I often mention the difference between experiencing and being. I had lots of experiences of /tastes and found this confusing as they met the minds ideas of it but were clearly not that. It’s the difference between smelling a strawberry and being all strawberries.

Seems to come down to the whole “Let go of trying to make it happen and it happens on its own” dealio.

The following Eckhart Tolle quote seems quite fitting here: “The secret to life is to die before you die and find there is no death.” You experience the ego-based separate self dying, only to find that there was no true death in the first place.

Out of curiosity, in your experience thus far, has it been more gradual or more distinct?

However, some people do experience it as a ‘death’. Certainly some aspects (beliefs/habits, etc) typically remain to be dissolved. But there can be a sense of it “popping”. Similarly, the deeper loss of identity that usually happens later has been described as a “BBQ”, even with smoke. (laughs)

Some people have a gradual process of dissolution. Others journeys are more marked by very distinct changes in reality. What was there before is now gone.

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Certainly though, our relationship with these things changes considerably during the process.

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