[Atmotteenrift]

i am personally trying to grasp the distinction between the car and driver. i see a vast difference between the two. the driver doesn't have metal part, hinges, wheels, pistons, spark plugs, etc. the car would only know and define the driver by some 'odd occurrence' (ignition switch) that makes its 'heart' beat. it defines the driver by purely indirect inference based entirely on the actions of its car parts. then, when the driver steps out, the driver wasn't privy to all the feelings and experiences the car went through on the journey because the driver is something different than a car altogether.

when i try to grasp this, i come to the conclusion that when the spirit 'floats' away, it isn't a 'consciousness bubble' but more of a 'painting' of electrical impulses, or imprints of past/present/future.

i can only share with you from my perspective but perhaps it might help. confusion can arise until a person totally embraces that the driver [higher self] is not the car and is simply utilizing the car [physical body] to further its own growth through experiencing in the physical. a further refinement could possibly be necessary in some cases to get "over the hump" in having the "eyes" opened to the possibilities. such a refinement would have to encompass the acknowledgement that you are an energetic physical being that has no ability to directly experience a physical event. that in reality you could perhaps, as a visionary tool only, envision yourself as an intelligent magnetic energy. as a magnetic energy you could "reach" out and influence things but you would have no ability to partake in an event through physical touch, smell, taste, vision or hearing. to do so would require you to use some other method other than direct interaction. such a method would be to use a physical body. the physical is designed so that all of the inputs from the "physical senses" and the "emotional system" is converted into electrical signals. electrical currents or signals create magnetic fields. the higher self being in this scenario being a magnetic energy, the magnetic fields generated by the electrical signals would produce an interaction or effects within the higher self transferring the results of the "experiencing of the event" to the higher self. the body, nor the car in the analogy, defines you at all. it is merely reflective of my preferences for this lifetime only. the body i chose for this lifetime is representative of what my preferences were for the vehicle i would use for this contract nothing more. it is not directly representative of my higher self at all. imagine a blob of swirling colors about the size of a beach ball that is more intelligent than any physical body on the planet and you will have my vision of me. i could go into all cans of images and analogies of how i have come to know what i am but that's what it took for me. it is up to you to find what it is that will lead you to a similar place. all that any of us other-selves can do is provide you some markers and sign posts from our paths that will provide input to cause you to explore and investigate until you arrive at your own place.

do not allow yourself to get too hung up on the analogies any of us find helpful. take only from those analogies what you find that which helps make things clearer avoid, if you can, the tendency to try to see it completely as others might. somewhere in your personal search you will find the "keys" that will help you to grasp knowledge necessary to see clearly what you are. once you arrive at that point you will be more able to see it as others might see it. i have found it helpful to use "sticking points" as subjects for meditation/contemplation during which i take the elements giving me problems and turn them every way i can. this often leads me to new "revelations" that were hidden to me before.

good hunting and may you be extremely successful in your seeking.

asa