Hi Phillip, Ha! I like that, really good at hiding, but even better at leaving clues. Thank heavens :) It is fun, this game of hide-and-seek. Well, it's everything. Still, I can imagine pure consciousness wanting to take form to play other games, too. Like, "I'll race you to the finish line... oh yeah, the finish line is the next galaxy... no transporting devices allowed!" or "Let's create anything and everything!"... or, let's just enjoy being human on this planet of wonders. I don't know, maybe I'm missing something with this line of thinking. More thoughts welcome... Peace and Freedom back!

Sharon, For once this Philip (one "l") isn't going to scribe for miles at a time. Just going to say that I've sometimes droven myself nuts with all this paradox and seeming contradictions -- to the point of despair. Lately, something in me is finally accepting the paradoxes. So the answer seems, yes, no, maybe - lol. Or as you and the other Phillip (two "l") put it so succinctly, it's gotta be a game on some level. Otherwise it really makes no loving sense if one dares to dive into some of the manifestations. One of my favorite quotations is: "Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm." ~ Henry Miller Miller was a bit cynical, but it's the last sentence that ties the ribbon for me. That said, can it become so (i.e. form without illusion)? Dunno, sister. But then maybe the whole thing with all of its shades of drama is a kind of miracle. Or at least that in truth, none of the dramatic content of this seeming illusion can or will ever change the Essence of... Who We All Iz - Really. But then, whudahell do I really know :o) ~ Philip

sharon, " where pure consciousness chooses to remember itself upon taking the many forms it takes " is known as enlightened embodiment . . we can either cultivate it in this lifetime & allow delusion to dissolve into Knowledge & return no more - or once Remembrance is permanently established, choose to re-embody & return once more to participate in the Grand Delusion of forms, but this time with Full Awareness ( somewhat analagous to an actor.choosing a part in The Play but with Infinite Fulfillment & Harmony Ever Present . .

Hi Sherri, Yes, this idea that pure consciousness/god is in bliss before form, but then also at some point in some sense that I am unable to explain is aware of the concept of 'alone'. Maybe pure consciousness isn't bothered by that awareness so much, it just begins doing something about it. And maybe the game of hide-and-seek is the best way to feel a real union with itself... Dunno, but I do know, or at least feel deeply, that you and I are not alone. We have each other. We can experience union, physically, emotionally, intellectually, or spiritually. It may be fleeting, we may not feel that union every second, but it is always there, and we always come back to it, you and I. Love, Sharon :)

Happy New Year, Tim! "by simply and consistently seeking pure conciousness and being fully present in as many moments as possible, we walk by fewer opportunities to light up and lift the whole world to a bettter place." ...and...spend more time just enjoying the ride, expressing ourselves, loving, creating... being here now embracing the simplicity of it IT IS SO SIMPLE! Love, Sharon :)

Hi Carolyn! And your comment conjures in me feelings of immense gratitude that I am coming back to the memory of myself at somewhere around half your Great Aunt's age :) Thank you. Love, Sharon

sharon, it would look like Sat Yuga : ) : ) : ) . . Heaven on earth . . ( let's intend it ! )

Hi derek, so at one point, form knew itself or remembered. then at some other point form forgets. then at some other point form remembers again, and so on, and so on... ? but form is pure consciousness manifest. so, maybe what I mean to ask is... couldn't pure consciousness choose to become forms that always remember who/what he/she/it is? it would just be a game with a totally different experience than the one we are having. it wouldn't be hide and seek. we wouldn't always be trying to remember who we are. we could spend our time as form doing countless other things. whadya think? Shar so cool to hear from you!

Hey derek, "To know pure consciousness is to experience the beauty of the green leaves against the blue sky the sparkle of snow or the light that dances across the waves or the compassion felt between two people without words or questions. " you have described heaven on earth peace and love, share

derek, sometimes heaven feels like hell much love, share