There seems to be a lot of confusion and disagreement as to the importance of identity and individuality.
I suspect that the real problem we have, is assuming that a spirit exists purely inside a body, be it in the head or the heart or the whole body. This has lead to terms such as “out of body experiences”, “remote viewing”, “exteriorisation”, “mental telepathy”, and so on. A lot of this is based upon the observation by some of a spiritual body leaving its physical body on death.
As discovered by Michael Newton, the spiritual world is contained within the physical universe, featuring space, time and individuality. He also found that it was considered the “real world” and that the physical world in which we live, is simply a “game” or a “play” of some sort in which one is undertaking a learning experience. I do realize that the skeptics among you haven’t accepted his research and this may well be your “learning experience”.
As I understand it, the non-physical medium, of which a spirit consists, extends through out the whole physical universe and this is the case for each spirit. In other words, the spirit that I am, occupies the whole of the physical universe, the spirit that you are also occupies the whole of the physical universe, indeed, each and every one of us occupies the whole of the physical universe. But for each of us, there is a concentration of our medium at some point. This is our spiritual being.
This would explain:
1. Phenomena such as “exteriorisation”, “out of body experiences”, “remote viewing”.
2. Phenomena such as “mental telepathy” which would be no more than thought sharing.
3. Having more than one concentration would allow for controlling more than one physical body.
I might add here, that in my opinion, achieving the state of self-realisation or enlightenment, would consist of having gained experiential knowledge, as distinct from intellectual knowledge, of the whole of one’s non-physical medium. So it is not the case, that one loses their identity when a state of self-realisation is achieved, it is that they have “expanded” it to the whole of the physical universe and probably more.
Just a thought.
Regards, David.