The essence of your awareness field definitely goes on after death. It goes through death, it goes into non-physical states for a time, and then eventually is pulled back and it reincarnates.

The mind of the child is not formed. We are shown that this is life, this is the world.

Consciously join with and become part of the power that is in everything around you.

I read a great deal, avoided the comapny of the children in school who seemed superfical, and fell in love with nature.

Self-realization is not the awareness that this world is a dream, that's a part of self-realization.

Countless forms make up this network. In this world, there are few of us.

A lot of people trash their subtle physical body with psychedelic drugs. While they do certainly give you experiences in altered levels of attention, you pay a price for it. They definitely screw up the subtle physical. Hatha Yoga can be good for that.