Hmm, I have no idea if I know what you three are talking about, but for me -
First, I recognize that everything is connected and that there are many, many layers of "Truth." I really got into analyzing this deeply somewhere between 12 and 19 years old. Then I just accepted it and shoved it to the back of my mind, because I can't deal with all those stupid layers of Truth. I'd be permanently unable to make decisions if I pay too much attention to it. If I feel like going there, I like to read philosophy / spiritual stuff / cultural critiques, etc., from many different points of view.
(Edit: Ok, no, not 100% true. I do manage several layers of Truth quite well, I just don't acknowledge all of them at the same time.)
I was going to post earlier that I often feel overwhelmed and put "blinders" on. I very very selectively let things through. If I were to go somewhere, completely open and noticing everything around me, I think I would just experience sensory overload. I experience this even in a grocery store. I used to go on walks on a nature trail and that is the only place I could be "open".
That is for real world sensory experiences. For subjects I am ruminating over (or just learning for the first time), I also sometimes feel overwhelmed. I imagine a giant puzzle in my head... all the pieces are made up of all these different things that I know about or understand and I can
see that all of these things are connected - It is like....the puzzle is a giant map, and suddenly all the connecting roads become illuminated and I can see how everything goes together.
Sometimes I can't quite decipher what I'm looking at - I just know I've made some new connections. Other times, that road suddenly jumps up at me and OH MY GOD I get so excited when that happens. It is like the amazing feeling I get when I hit a perfect, extremely complicated run while singing, or like the first time I read in English or Spanish and really read it and understood (yes, I still remember how it felt when I "unlocked" reading in English.)
Anyway, that is my mental world lol
