HOW LIFE IS EXPERIENCED UNTIL YOU ARE FREE
- John McIntosh
- Jul 26
- 2 min read
JOHN MCINTOSH

What most called ‘life’ or ‘reality’ is a projection emanating from the ‘beliefs’ that are contained within the body-mind-identity … most call ‘me’. This ‘me’ entity is an illusory construct made-up out of the ‘conditioning [attachments, expectations and identifications] that one came into this so-called reality ‘with’. This entity is actually a ‘mask’ that hides one’s True Reality and the environment in which it navigates IS that belief-projection.
If one experiences a so-called ‘Near Death Experience [NDE]’, what shows up on what most refer to as ‘the other side’ … is ‘also a product of these same beliefs. And … the same applies when the body is departed from in again … what most call ‘death’. For example, if one was programmed through a specific religious belief system then this ‘other side’ would seem to ‘validate’ those beliefs [programs] … like a Jesus or an Angel figure appearing and guiding.
It’s ALL made up. There ‘is’ only ONE SELF ‘appearing’ as many and the fact that most believe-in many of these appearances as ‘separate’ entities does NOT make them real since ‘separation is NOT a possibility. When spirituality or even religion says: “We are ONE” … it does NOT mean that the person’s called ‘me’ are somehow ‘connected’ … that the body-mind-entity is connected ‘to’ others or even other things from a grain of sand to a universe. The ‘appearances’ are NOT connected … the ONE SELF sleeping [in most cases] behind the mask of these appearances IS this ONE-ness – unbroken and unbounded in any way.
Reality is Emptiness-Nothingness … with infinite potential and that potential ‘shows up’ temporarily’ AS these projections. This is how the ONE SELF experiences IT SELF … for most, while IT sleeps to the AWARENESS ‘of’ IT SELF. When FREE … fully AWARE of Its True Nature Living IN the projections but not OF them.
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Dear John, I’ve been sitting with this post for a while and stewing in it. I am confused and struggling to understand how and why “the appearances are NOT connected”. This feels very solipsistic, especially when we are all connected (We are One, All is One). Does this mean that relationships of any kind are futile? Where is the LOVE in the lack of connection that this philosophy speaks of?