By Unified Experience, I mean that we don't have the same experiences. What I've experienced in life is quite different than what a woman in Afghanistan will experience, as an example.
I mentioned that common themes will emerge between us all. This is what the teachings of Buddhism addresses. Common good, common suffering, and all that. But experience is individual, as is observation, as is contemplation. Buddha warned against losing sight of "the masses" as one seeks one's enlightenment. He suggested keeping aware of others despite your own unique experience and path.
So don't misunderstand what I meant about Unified Experience. I simply meant that we don't experience the same lives. It's impossible to.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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