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thank you apophis. i really appreciate your response, although admittedly, i will have to chew on it a bit to fully digest what i think you have presented here. i am showing my ignorance here but in the spirit of becoming more aware of my awareness that is awareness experiencing itself as me, when you say " they are all awareness experiencing," ultimately, who or what awareness is experiencing? when you say " it's a mixture of them and i, we are one," what is it that we are one of? are we manifestations of an ultimate being's awareness that act like singular pictures but are, in fact, connected and together make up a theme or experience, much like the process of our own brain activity? and finally, is there any real purpose, at least on my awareness level, to know any of this? when i say "real", i mean does it matter. if i am just a manifestation of awareness experiencing itself, then what, if any, need do i have to 'know' about something of which i really have no control over. awareness will continue its experience whether i am a 'knowing' participant or not, right? is there some benefit that the ultimate awareness receives if i participate in the process? and, if so, then might others, such as yourself, who are more aware of the process, be beneficial in obtaining the experiences awareness through me wants to experience?

i know i have asked a lot of questions, but you offered such an illuminating insight, i wasn't sure what to do with it all. thank you again for opening up a whole new can of worms for the awareness that is experiencing itself as me. very exciting to know that my awareness, expressed as you, is very smart!

- skyboy