Thomas Campbell
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That's the fundamental thing, is consciousness. Everything else is a subset of that. Everything else is derived from that. Now, that goes back, that idea goes all the way back to Plato with his analogy of people in a cave. And all they were aware of was the shadows on the wall. You're probably familiar with that. Everybody is. And those people were called idealists.
Idealists believe that the physical world isn't really the fundamental thing. There's something behind that, something invisible, something we can't see, that we're not aware of. And the physical world is just kind of the thing we interact with, but it's not the real thing. The real thing is behind it. So they turned out to be correct. That is right. But the idealists got stuck.
Idealists believe that the physical world isn't really the fundamental thing. There's something behind that, something invisible, something we can't see, that we're not aware of. And the physical world is just kind of the thing we interact with, but it's not the real thing. The real thing is behind it. So they turned out to be correct. That is right. But the idealists got stuck.
Idealists believe that the physical world isn't really the fundamental thing. There's something behind that, something invisible, something we can't see, that we're not aware of. And the physical world is just kind of the thing we interact with, but it's not the real thing. The real thing is behind it. So they turned out to be correct. That is right. But the idealists got stuck.
And if you talk to idealists now, you'll see what they're stuck on is that, well, if, and that most of them at this point think that consciousness is that thing that's out there. And they say, well, if consciousness is fundamental, then you need to be able to derive physics from it. So can you do that? And they say, well, no, they can't. But I can. And I did. I can derive physics.
And if you talk to idealists now, you'll see what they're stuck on is that, well, if, and that most of them at this point think that consciousness is that thing that's out there. And they say, well, if consciousness is fundamental, then you need to be able to derive physics from it. So can you do that? And they say, well, no, they can't. But I can. And I did. I can derive physics.
And if you talk to idealists now, you'll see what they're stuck on is that, well, if, and that most of them at this point think that consciousness is that thing that's out there. And they say, well, if consciousness is fundamental, then you need to be able to derive physics from it. So can you do that? And they say, well, no, they can't. But I can. And I did. I can derive physics.
I can derive quantum physics. So I know how quantum physics works, and it's not weird science at all. It's a logical science, just like all the rest of the branches of science. Once you understand it, all those mysteries just fall out.
I can derive quantum physics. So I know how quantum physics works, and it's not weird science at all. It's a logical science, just like all the rest of the branches of science. Once you understand it, all those mysteries just fall out.
I can derive quantum physics. So I know how quantum physics works, and it's not weird science at all. It's a logical science, just like all the rest of the branches of science. Once you understand it, all those mysteries just fall out.
Absolutely. There's a lot of things that inhibit using the intuitive data stream. The data stream is available to everybody. Everybody can develop it.
Absolutely. There's a lot of things that inhibit using the intuitive data stream. The data stream is available to everybody. Everybody can develop it.
Absolutely. There's a lot of things that inhibit using the intuitive data stream. The data stream is available to everybody. Everybody can develop it.
Well, I hate to say this because it sounds kind of tooting my own horn. Go ahead. I came here for a purpose. And learning and saying the things I'm saying, offering up this information is one of those purposes.
Well, I hate to say this because it sounds kind of tooting my own horn. Go ahead. I came here for a purpose. And learning and saying the things I'm saying, offering up this information is one of those purposes.
Well, I hate to say this because it sounds kind of tooting my own horn. Go ahead. I came here for a purpose. And learning and saying the things I'm saying, offering up this information is one of those purposes.
I came here into this existence for that purpose. So it's I've been around a few times and the last couple of my lifetimes I was preparing for this assignment. And then when it came, that's why when I sat down and meditated for the first time, I was gone.
I came here into this existence for that purpose. So it's I've been around a few times and the last couple of my lifetimes I was preparing for this assignment. And then when it came, that's why when I sat down and meditated for the first time, I was gone.
I came here into this existence for that purpose. So it's I've been around a few times and the last couple of my lifetimes I was preparing for this assignment. And then when it came, that's why when I sat down and meditated for the first time, I was gone.
Now, yes, and I'll get back to the question of what those problems are, but yes, and I don't come to that since I call it experience packets because I don't like to use words that are attached to religion. I don't call it incarnation. It's an experience packet. Anyway, I don't come to that conclusion because it sounded good or I liked it or the Buddha agreed with it.