Is Human Instrumentation Really Such a Bad Idea?

Most religions talk about “unity with God” as being an end goal, or a preferred state at the least. Disunity causes misunderstanding, discrimination, suffering.

I’ve been in similar states before on psychedelics and spiritual experiences. There was nothing and I mean nothing. No vision or sound or sensation. No concept of time. No concepts of anything really. No thought.

It’s hard to say how it felt in retrospect. It doesn’t translate over too well. But I would probably choose that state as permanence if I could (or if it was possible). Why didn’t Shinji?