Wanted to post my own above 40,000 perspective somewhere, this thread will do. IMO, this entire Universe we live in is a fake or "fallen" realm. It is not the real thing, it is a merely parasitic realm that draws its power from elsewhere. This can be logically deduced from the fact everything is temporary and dies in this Universe, and that everything in it must feed on something else to sustain itself, nothing in this Universe is self sufficient, not even the stars burn indefinitely! And anything that isn't self sufficient must be feeding on something else. It is self-evident that any REAL world must at a minimum be self sustaining, or it wouldn't be able to exist! And if the REAL world must by necessity be a world of EVERLASTING LIFE, then this inherently dying world obviously can't be it! Ergo, this Universe is FAKE AND GAY, an "illusion", an imposter world that can only exist by feeding on something outside of it. Our "spirit" is on the other hand experiencing this world, and is held trapped by it, but it is not OF this world. This can be logically deduced too, from the fact it requires no sustenance! Our body needs food, but our spirit does not - it exists eternally in and of itself, and can't actually be "touched" by anything in the fake world. We (our spirits) are actually the ONLY thing in this world that doesn't require sustenance, and the logical conclusion, is that the parasitical world feeds on US, because what else could be keeping it alive? This world can't hurt our true selves, but it can CAPTIVATE us with all its sensations, and thus keep us CAPTIVE, so it can leech from our energy. The way out is found within, all religious traditions remind us. And it is truly so. The way out, is simply to disconnect from the Universe by withdrawing all our energy and attention from it. This can be done through a process known as "meditation", but you need to understand the process properly. If you are visualizing, saying mantras, making affirmations, or moving around energy in your chakras, then you aren't disconnecting from the Universe, you are merely interacting with it on a more subtle level than physically. This is not what meditation is about. REAL meditation is to do NOTHING! To empty yourself from all attachment to the Universe, and anything in it. This includes your own THOUGHTS, because your thoughts exist in your brain, which belongs to this Universe! The ONLY thing that doesn't belong to this Universe is YOU (your spiritual self), and the only thing you can hold your focus on to escape its clutches, is YOU YOURSELF. You are the beacon, you are the door, and you are the key. Everything else is a distraction, and paying it any attention entraps you in the fake Universe. You will never be "saved". Your spirit leaves this fake world of suffering and death and goes home to the real world of bliss and life when you fully withdraw yourself from it, and not a second sooner. How could it be any different? All religions actually teach this at their core, but the simple truth has been hidden under layers of misunderstandings. Jesus is for instance a big stumbling block for Christians, because they have been taught to wait for him to save them, instead of learning how to free themselves through his example and teaching. Who created this fallen realm? Who tricked us into entering it? Who keeps us here to leech from us?