What is pure intent?

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@claudiu

Do you really consider what you are describing here to be the same as what’s reported on the Various Descriptions of PCEs page, for example? Emphases added:

It took me a bit to read all of it:

RICHARD: I remember the first time I experienced being the senses only during a PCE. There was no identity as ‘I’ thinking or ‘me’ feeling … simply this body ambling across a grassy field in the early-morning light. A million dew-drenched spider-webs danced a sparkling delight over the verdant vista and a question that had been running for some weeks became experientially answered: without the senses I would not know that I exist as this flesh and blood body. And further to this: I was the senses and the senses were me. With this came an awareness of being conscious – apperception – rather than ‘I’ being aware of ‘me’ being conscious.

I’m unable to write so well unfortunately. I’ve shared in the past it took me a while to understand what people meant by “being the senses”. Overall I can relate to this description but I’m unsure I fully understand what Richard meant, for example, with the last sentence.

DEVIKA: In my first peak experience (PCE), I saw the perfection with my bodily senses, as this body. The cloud of ‘human’ superstition was momentarily lifted; no Authority, no Power, no Love and no Faith was playing a role in this perfection … for there was no need for them. There was no lack, no want, no desires, no longing whatsoever. I saw that they only belonged inside ‘me’, as a psychological entity, and ‘my’ world-view. Nothing was wrong anywhere in this physical, earthly perfection. All what had ever been thwarting this wondrous purity, were ‘my’ ‘human’ misconceptions and prejudices. I saw instantly that I, as this body, was actually meant to live like this all the time … like all people could. This perfection of the universe itself has never ordained that human life should be playing an exceptional role of imperfection and ignominy. There is no outside to perfection. This whole planet is perfectly situated in this infinite universe which is characteristically propelled to the best it can grow into.

You can certainly say that I oversimplified my description of what a PCE entails. There’s nothing in this text that a person not familiar with the actualism lingo would be unable to comprehend. The first part you highlighted is how I experience it too, but it is a matter of perception, is it not? We both know that physically our bodies “will not live like this all the time” (what I mean is that they age).

RESPONDENT NO. 00K: I had a few glimpses today of some interesting and amazing things about the actual world. I was listening to music and tried to activate delight, soon the music wasn’t happening in ‘my’ head but was out there in the world, what followed after was that the music was still happening outside of me but there was no more inside/outside, it felt totally intimate. Then it got better and better, I started contemplating and soon I was experiencing the stillness that Richard speaks of. The music was actually happening now, but it was totally still as in coming from nowhere and going nowhere and I was the experience of it.

The experience of stillness was actually very profound and gave this security that I can’t explain very well. Also shortly before that I had a quick glimpse of infinity and it was very thrilling to the point that I pulled back, my whole body was tingling. Anyway the things just kinda kept unfolding and soon the best part presented itself. It actually was like a nice surprise or a gift or something, I saw what the actual world is like and that it is a perfect, benevolent place. This melted away any resentment I had at that moment. Also whereas before all these ideas of perfection etc were more intellectual now they were seen like no joke its actually perfect!

• “trying to active delight” is not something I do but it may not be relevant here, as it is prior to the PCE.
• “soon the music wasn’t happening in ‘my’ head but was out there in the world […] there was no more inside/outside”, I have read this one before but can’t say I would describe my experience this way. It’s easier for me to explain this with the sense of sight. The way I’ve come to realize it is the senses are crucial but the brain does its job too. That’s why you can: see something; close your eyes and visualize something; dream with visual images when you are asleep. Your brain can provide the visualization without relying on the sense of sight. Once I started paying attention to it I started seeing “sight” in a completely different way.
• The end matches my experience, now that I understand what people mean with “benevolent”.