related to http://listcultures.org/pipermail/p2presearch_listcultures.org/2009-May/0026... where I notice "What if that ethos was in fact the best way to experience the Primordial Unity?" and also "So, I reject any notion that reality is a pure construction of the human mind." It leads me to re-member these views http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_Shaivism excerpt : "descriptors denote a standpoint that *Cit* (consciousness) is the one reality. Matter is not separated from consciousness, but rather identical to it. There is no gap between God <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God> and the world. The world is not an illusion (as in Advaita Vedanta<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta>), rather the perception of duality is the illusion." which may possibly have a parallel with some of the points you seemed to put forward, even though I am also aware, from your email that you said, at that moment "I make no claims to metaphysical expertise and must remain agnostic in these matters."