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A radical reconceptualisation of the nature of the Universe, what it means to have a mind, and the nature of the relationship between a perceiving entity and the world that it inhabits. Excerpts: 'The Universe as a whole is not a living entity, and it is not pervaded with consciousness or psyche/mind. Yet, the Universe is not a mechanism that is constituted out of 'matter'. The entire Universe is pervaded with, and is fundamentally constituted by, feeling. You are a speck of thought/awareness, and the Universe is your feeling body.' 'What it is to be a feeling is to feel, and a feeling doesn't feel itself, it feels that which is not itself, and thereby becomes itself.' 'There is a general rule: every feeling in the Universal Feeling Body is increasingly affected by, and determined by, that which it is increasingly associated with.' 'A speck of thought/awareness is a 'qualityless window' through which the feelings of the Universal Feeling Body appear, and through which the moulded Universe of boundaries and distinct objects is both created and viewed.' 'What usually gives rise to the conception that a speck of thought/awareness has an animal body is that this body stays a constant travelling companion through a changing kaleidoscope of background scenes.' 'Whether a particular segment of the Universe appears to be moving, and how it appears to be moving, or whether it appears to be not moving, is dependent on the structured nature of a particular visual sensing. There is no other way of making sense of the apparent non-movement of that which is moving.' 'When one beholds the Universal Feeling Body as a whole one will be aware that certain bits of it stand out, protrude, as if they were torches illuminating a vast sea of darkness.' 'A body within the body. A human head, torso, arms, and legs, moving through the Un