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The Figure 8 Analogy: An Analogy on Life, Death, the Dream-State and the symbolism intertwined within the human experience….8~O We~human beings~are not moving in the motion of a straight line towards death (for instance the numerical straight line of say 1-89), instead we are moving in the motion of a figure 8…..When we awake from sleep we come full circle to when fall back asleep -represented by the bottom half of the figure 8, and when we enter the dreamstate we come full circle to when we awake from the dreamstate -represented by the top half of the figure 8… …Upon death the figure 8 of life untwines, but it’s not the body untwining from the mind that this represents, but rather two states ~of mind~ untwining to form a larger state of mind (8-0)……As the Awake State is really a state “of Mind” with our body's physical reality consciously intertwined, and our Dream State is also a state “of mind” with our body's physical reality subconsciously intertwined. Therefore; upon death, the Figure 8 of Life and our two primary states of existence (The Awake State and the Dream State) untwine to form a larger, more whole state of mind……A state that has all the potentialities of the Dreamworld (flying, telepathy, levitation, psychokinesis, etc) combined with all the actualities of the Awake world (nature, form, familial and Earthly bonds, etc). This I refer to as the transitional part of the Figure 8 Analogy. While conceiving The Figure 8 Analogy I realized life and death must be perceived - from one point of view - as separate entities (the transitional analogy(8-0), but must also be perceived - from another point of view - as inseparable entities(the symbolic analogy) -both of which are ultimately linked by the DreamState… The Symbolic Analogy consists of the untwined figure 8 of life/ the circle of “Death” abstractly overlapping the circle of life/The Earth() with the overlapping area representing the DreamState (like the common area in a Venn Diagram) and implies that the Dream State is just as much a part of life as is of death (by which semi-explains precognitive dreams, prodromal dreams, "visitations" by deceased relatives, etc, for the Dream State has a foothold in both this Life and the next) and is based on the premise that “While our body sleeps our Dream State ~symbolically~ represents the state that awaits upon our body's ultimate rest.. In other words; while we are lying down and sleeping/dreaming, this natural process symbolizes where we go when we're ultimately lying down/dead ~to a place “like”our dreamstate...A state ‘of mind’ with our body's intended physical form and Earthly bonds eternally engrained+intertwined.