[ExI] Lem, solaris & PSI

ablainey at aol.com ablainey at aol.com
Sat Jan 5 02:32:28 UTC 2013


Odd that you posted this. Must I assume it was from some googlepath wandering from the mention of Lem in Ander's post to my thread about "1"?
Here is the "bake your noodle" bit, call the comfy wagon to take me to a comfy white room. 
I had a powerful lucid dream a few decades ago of a luminous blue world floating in space. A place suspended in the abyss and where I traveled unbound by shape or form.
I drifted through the pale energetic clouds of  plasma and sparks interacting with the energy. It had consciousness which I shared as we melded through one another. Not a single entity per se, instead incalculable number of  minds each distinct yet each partly merging into a singular whole. Like clouds of energy passing through each other, each with separate will and mind but all an inseparable part of the whole. As I drifted I can only describe encounters of myself with these others as a "cool embrace" A coolness that was felt through to the core like the comforting heat of a warm hug. The same comforting envelopment yet the exact opposite thermal sensation. At the same time a willing sharing of minds, consciousness, knowledge and wisdom. Accompanying these discrete and constant and what I can only describe as selfless platonic-loving encounters there was a constant awareness of the whole entity created by the mass. There was a sense of safety, belonging, understanding of everything and above all a sense of home.
It was something of a profound life changing experience. Which came from nowhere, wasn't prompted by any exposure to fiction or deep theological thought the night before or even a large quantity of cheese. It just happened and I awoke stunned by it.

Some years later I was channel hopping and came across a film about to start that I hadn't seen. It was Solaris. I instantly recognised the visuals of the world as that I had seen in the dream. While this was the remake and the plot is somewhat deviant from Lem's vision, It was without doubt the same single energetic super entity comprised of multiple beings that I had experienced. I later watched the original film and while both have the essence of the place, they are obvious cinematic interpretations.

I have always believed that we do share some level of single consciousness which is exhibited now and again in PSI. Although we appear to be exceptionally bad at utilising any such ability. The way I have rationalised it is that my dream, Lem's vision and various other similar accounts are probably the basis for the religious "oneness" or God. In my case It could perhaps easily be explained away by some kind of hypoxic episode during sleep???
Whatever the cause, It was truly profound. Looking back that was a point where I found a certain calmness in my self that had been missing.
 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tomasz Rola <rtomek at ceti.pl> Sent: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 22:55


Howdy,

>From this page [ http://english.lem.pl/home/news ] a quote:

"The Puzzle" 

Vice Magazine published the first English translation of Lem's "Zagadka" 
("The Puzzle"); this story is illustrated by Sophia Foster-Dimino, the 
co-author of the Lem-Doodle. The full text of "The Puzzle" is available 
here. [ http://www.vice.com/read/a-puzzle-0000320-v19n9 ]

(There is an ad below the robot, so if you don't want to buy Solaris, 
don't look there - or maybe look there, whatever)

Regards,
Tomasz Rola



 
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