Infinity and Paradox

The transition from physical consciousness to a non-physical state begins with profound instability, because the mind is accustomed to being anchored by the physical body and its relationship to gravity. When the consciousness begins to separate from the material plane, it experiences a phantom sense of weight or direction. This happens because the human psyche is so programmed by the laws of physics that it cannot imagine existing without a sense of down or a specific orientation. Even when the self no longer possesses physical mass, the mind creates an artificial sense of gravity to maintain a familiar framework for its existence.

As this transition progresses, the mind can experience intrusive sensations, such as the feeling of an object approaching the body, for example. This is a manifestation of the self-preservation instinct. Even as the boundary between thought and physical reality begins to blur, the subconscious continues to react to symbolic imagery as if it were a physical threat. This suggests that the primal urge to protect the self remains active even when the self is no longer in a purely physical environment.

Also relevant is addressing the common phenomenon of a blackout or a gap in memory during these experiences. This is not a cessation of existence, but rather a technical limitation of human memory. I believe the ego simply cannot record or process the high-speed transition between different states of being, leading to a blank space where the experience was too intense for the brain to categorize.

The most complex part of this experience is the state of simultaneous dual occupancy, where a person feels present in both their physical body and an ethereal or astral form at the same time. This challenges the standard definition of identity. If a person can be in two places at once, the self can no longer be defined as a single point in space. Instead, the individual becomes a field of awareness that spans multiple locations. The darkness sometimes reported during this state, I explain it not as a lack of light, but as a sensory overload. The mind receives so much redundant information from two different perspectives that the sensory apparatus effectively shuts down, creating a perceived void.

In conclusion, these experiences reveal that human consciousness is not a fixed entity confined within a biological frame, but a flexible medium that bridges different levels of reality. The moments of silence and darkness described are not signs of non-existence, but are instead the only way for the mind to accommodate a sense of self that has “outgrown” the narrow boundary of the human body.

By moving beyond the singular perspective of physical life, the individual discovers that their true nature is a vast field of presence rather than a localized object, suggesting that the ultimate reality of the self is far more expansive than our daily senses can perceive.

If we accept that the self is a field rather than a point, it really changes how we view the transition between these states. Instead of moving from A to B, you are simply expanding the bandwidth of your awareness until the physical hardware can no longer translate the signal. It suggests that our biological form acts more like a filter or a limiter than a container.

This perspective definitely helps bridge the gap between the subjective experience of the astral projection and the logical requirements of physics.