An object is a part of the universe meaning a part of your full identity. You are different than the object but ultimately not separate from it the way arms and legs are different but not separate from the body. When you are tripping and the interfering ego is finally out of your way, then you can become aware of that connection between you and an object, that the object is a part of you and that you are a part of the object. A person and an object are a part of each other because they both have the same full identity, which is the entire universe. It's like the person is an arm, the object is a leg and the entire universe is the body.

So, to say that an object has a consciousness is not absurd because you have a consciousness and you and the object are part of the same thing, which could be called the super consciousness of ultimate reality. Similarly, you can think and feel and in it's own way, so can an object. With LSD, you can be in touch with all of this and when you look at an object, it's moving, alive and can have a personality, but it's not an independent personality. The behavior and personality of the object depends upon your personality and how you're feeling at the time.

If someone else is tripping with you and looking at the same object at the same time, then the object can take on 2 personalities at the same time. You can see the object relating to your personality and the other person can see the object relating to their personality or if the two people tripping together are thinking and feeling the same thing, which is very possible, they can both see the same thing or the object can relate to their united personality. The object has no ax to grind. It's your friend. It's a part of you.

If you are a little uptight and look at an object, then the object might also look uptight which will make you more uptight and who needs all of that? If you're feeling good and smiling, the object may seem to be smiling back. If you're making a funny face, it may seem like the object is responding with a funny face of its own. The object is becoming your entertaining friend.

If there is music on and we will get to music soon, but if the music is on, the object may seem to be moving and dancing according to the rhythm of the music. Every object in view can be doing that. If everything is connected, are the dancing objects the music? Is the music you? Are you the dancing objects? These are silly word games. Don't get hung up in them. Just enjoy the show and flip out all you want over it.

It can be said that objects are significant and meaningful because they are a part of you but that's not giving the object the credit it deserves as being significant, meaningful and beautiful in itself. If you ask why an object will be seen as so very meaningful in itself, then this is another case in which words can't go any further. When you take LSD, you will know what it means to say that a pencil is meaningful far beyond just being something to write with.

In analyzing visual changes, all that has been discussed so far are changes in how objects are seen, without any mention of the dimension of color. There has also been nothing yet about visual changes in how you see other people, the great outdoors when you're outside or any other visual changes such as wild depth perception "distortions". One can have great emotional reactions to changes in visual perception and we'll get to it all later.