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Old 20-06-2019, 05:43 AM
Shivani Devi Shivani Devi is offline
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From the perspective of one on the Spectrum... realising that this does not apply to ALL on the Spectrum...

From a Spiritual perspective, to be Autistic, means that the brain is unable to filter out any extraneous or trivial "rubbish" which conscious awareness does not require for the mere adherence to an unvaried, conditioned existence.

Thus, we are not limited within the confines of any existing paradigm, and are always overstimulated due to sensory or cognitive overload...which we often remedy through intense hyperfocus or hypervigilance.

When it comes to spiritual pursuits like meditation, this can be advantageous because one thought, one mental construct becomes no more important than the next one...and one would think the bombardment of sensory information and processing would be detrimental to meditation, however and rather, it becomes an "all or nothing" affair instead.

Yes, it is very difficult for us to stay grounded...or rather, staying grounded is no problem, but getting to the position whereby we can get grounded in the first place is, but once the focus is there, either in art and design, playing an instrument etc, we could happily do so for 8-12 hours without a break.

The spiritual significance of Autism, is that it is natural for us to see minute detail, to see patterns and to understand our surroundings in a way that many simply cannot...which causes no end of frustration for us when we get told that we are just "imagining it" when we know there is a difference between another's brain which limits perception and ours, which does not and is thus attributed to "imagination".

In this way, we sort of have a "head start" on the whole spirituality trip.
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