It is only your persistent grasp of the "illusion of time" that "lovingly" tricks you into believing that you are not already there.
That goes for all of you...uh...me.
Even, most especially, questforthequest.
So I am already here.
There is my theater role called "Martin", who has a nationality, a life plan, family, interests, a curriculum vitae, knowledge, memories of collected life experiences, "what I think about myself", what others think about me, reputation, persona.
Who I really am, I am aware of my theater role called "Martin".
I could say that I used to be in the Spirit World, preselected a life plan, incarnated, was born, and now I am here on Planet Earth in this physical world.
But,
in reality, I haven't moved.
A little allegory:
I switch on my computer, run "World of War**aft", select an avatar, and the avatar then joins the virtual world "World of War**aft".
Now, I can get so focused on the game that I almost forget, that I am only in a room sitting on a chair in front of my desk and observe a computer screen. and type on the keyboard and move the mouse and click the mouse buttons.
It can happen that I amost feel that I am the character in the "World of War**aft" game.Also, what I can do, is to be aware that I am sitting on my desk and observe a computer screen and at the same time be aware of my surrounding environment and of my spiritual reality.
This allegory transfered to the "real world":
I can live my life totally focused on my life experience
so completely focused on "what happens", almost hypnotized, that I temporarily forget about "who I really am" and I even become afraid of "nothing".
AND
I can live my life while at the same time be aware of Who I really am.
I can live my life focused on "nothing" or "Spirit".
I can live my life focused on "here and now".
I can live my life both focused on "nothing" AND my life experience.
nothing + something = everything.
Does that make sense?
is this too much subjunctive or conjunctive?
I live in a friendly universe.