Thank you for those quotes, they describe perfectly what I was getting at. The last quote (below) also touches on something I wanted to write about - the enormity/totality of ‘my’ extinction. Specifically in this quote it is clear that the correspondent can’t quite grasp that there is no ‘entity’ of any description inside the flesh and blood body called Richard to “CREATE thoughts” or “have free will” etc :
So I have been drawn lately to contemplate the enormity/totality of ‘my’ extinction, I have been getting glimpses of what it entails. That not only am ‘I’ erased in ‘my’ totality but it is also the end of the species known as ‘humanity’ - it is the end of all of that. So the totality/finality of ‘my’ extinction is indeed enormous, not a shred of ‘me’ to be found anywhere in the universe.
And whenever ‘I’ get a glimpse of this, it is exactly what ‘I’ want, it pulls ‘me’ forward, it is the most perfect destiny - for exactly that to happen.
Kuba: Hi Vineeto,
Thank you for those quotes, they describe perfectly what I was getting at. The last quote (below) also touches on something I wanted to write about – the enormity/ totality of ‘my’ extinction. Specifically in this quote it is clear that the correspondent can’t quite grasp that there is no ‘entity’ of any description inside the flesh and blood body called Richard to “CREATE thoughts” or “have free will” etc :
• [Co-Respondent]: ‘You think you have free will?
• [Richard]: ‘No.
• [Co-Respondent]: ‘What determines your actions?
• [Richard]: ‘The situation and the circumstances in the world of people, things and events.
• [Co-Respondent]: ‘Your thoughts – right?
• [Richard]: ‘Not necessarily … mostly ‘automatic pilot’ operates via habituation. Something new to experience requires thought … reflecting, comparing, evaluating, considering and then implementing. Altogether a rather delightful episodic event.
• [Co-Respondent]: ‘Do you control your thoughts?
• [Richard]: ‘This brain thinks thoughts perfectly without any ‘I’ or ‘me’ in there stuffing things up.
• [Co-Respondent]: ‘Where do they come from?
• [Richard]: ‘Are not thoughts neuronal activity betwixt the synapses? An electro-chemical process? As such they come from the calorific energy of foodstuffs plus oxygen from the air breathed.
• [Co-Respondent]: ‘Can you CREATE thoughts?
• [Richard]: ‘This brain thinks thoughts all of its own accord … easily, simply and fluently. It is altogether a marvellous occurrence’. (Richard, List C, No. 2a, 13 Mar 2000a) from (Sundry, FAQ69a, What is Will?).
So I have been drawn lately to contemplate the enormity/ totality of ‘my’ extinction, I have been getting glimpses of what it entails. That not only am ‘I’ erased in ‘my’ totality but it is also the end of the species known as ‘humanity’ – it is the end of all of that. So the totality/ finality of ‘my’ extinction is indeed enormous, not a shred of ‘me’ to be found anywhere in the universe.
And whenever ‘I’ get a glimpse of this, it is exactly what ‘I’ want, it pulls ‘me’ forward, it is the most perfect destiny – for exactly that to happen. (link)
Hi Kuba,
While it is fun to “contemplate the enormity/ totality of ‘my’ extinction”, the details of what happens and what happens after, will always remain unbelievable and unimaginable to ‘you’. What you can do is enjoy the “glimpse of this” enormity in wide-eyed wonder, knowing that it will deliver you to “the most perfect destiny”.
Here is how ‘Vineeto’ described this period in the Direct Route –
“I experienced an ever-increasing pull to move forward into what I clearly and unambiguously recognized as my destiny – an irrevocable freedom from the human condition. It set in motion a process that was to undo all of my remaining bonds to humanity, my residue of inhibitions, my last hesitations and any and all lingering doubts. Having finally arrived at being out-from-control, living the ‘beer’ rather then being the ‘doer’, filled me with a previously unknown confidence and certainty that ‘my’ redemption was indeed nigh.” (Actualvineeto, Claudiu2, 29 Oct 2024)
Because of the utmost certainty of knowing that ‘she’ was moving closer to ‘her’ destiny, it was a time full of delightment, wonderment and marvelling. Here is how I described it to you in June 2025 –
“For instance I remember that day we set off on the journey to our summer holidays in the remote rainforest wilderness, a two-day journey along the main river towards the long and winding tree-framed Bungawalbin Creek, ‘Vineeto’ was sitting on the bow deck while Peter was steering, and her heart was singing all the way because ‘she’ knew with utmost confidence that sometime during those 4-6 weeks of holiday “it” would happen, and every mile travelled brought ‘her’ closer to ‘her’ destiny. It was a glorious day and a wondrous journey, full of joyous anticipation. … And “it” did happen!” (link)
I am confident you will have a wonderful time at the convivium gathering.