EXCERPT POST 27:
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Originally Posted by Michael K.
Then a voice deep within me resonated and said that "before this universe was born" I AM!
I then realized realized that I was in a placeless place before this universe
was thought into being, There was no light, no darkness, no thing whatsoever
only the awareness of my being and looking out into NO THING NESS.
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The third of the four Buddhist supramundane jhanas (absorptions) is indeed nothingness.
P.S. I've been so occupied lately with helping a friend who was recently discharged from the hospital that I missed the e-mail notification that there was another post to this thread. Pardon the delay in responding.