I believe the universe is a living thing, but we shouldn't treat it with kid gloves just because it is living. For all our sentience, we know little because we still don't understand that our minds connect to the universe's mind either through a mass of monads or through a perfect chemical, which as the right chemical structure or sequence to connect to the universe's mind. That is how i explain ghosts and past life experiences.
Ghost's because, think about it, the person's mind (the universe's mind) that won't let go of it's experiences and that is the only reason minds could exist after death. When the universe replays the events in it's mind, the person replays the events as well even if he or she is dead.
Past life experiences, Lets think about this one, a person is born so it occupies some space in the universe's mind. Let's say it overlaps a space occupied by some dead peoples. So they see the dead peoples life experiences. and thus I have explained it. it is sorta like a buffer bleed for a computer system.
This explaines psychics too.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
meaning of life
I believe the meaning of existence not just life itself is recursive with in the question itself.
Decartes said to think is to be. You must think of your particular meaning of existence and follow it.
Everything has a meaning of existence some less sentient beings like dogs and cats who warn their owners of a potential fire or of a potential disaster know their meanings in the purest sense. sentience clogs meaning with doubt on one side and megalomania on the other side. When you are sentient you have chooses, and you can choose to be a hero or a villain. freedom of will came with sentience because dogs and cats don't have the sentience to ignore an on coming disaster. Their flee instinct kicks in and the panic.
Decartes said to think is to be. You must think of your particular meaning of existence and follow it.
Everything has a meaning of existence some less sentient beings like dogs and cats who warn their owners of a potential fire or of a potential disaster know their meanings in the purest sense. sentience clogs meaning with doubt on one side and megalomania on the other side. When you are sentient you have chooses, and you can choose to be a hero or a villain. freedom of will came with sentience because dogs and cats don't have the sentience to ignore an on coming disaster. Their flee instinct kicks in and the panic.
heaven and hell
They sound like mystical places out of a fairy tale that is exactly how i classify them. Humans can't survive in a purely placid place, they would become mere husks. We need chaos to evolve, and hell, well their is a debate even between Christians, on one side is the Christians who believe that hell is a just going through the rest of eternity with out knowing the existence of god i.e. spending eternity in the absence of god. On the second side is the Christians that believe in fire, brimstone and torture. Both sound absolutely splendid. On the former i can be for eternity without knowing that god exists like that is a punishment for an atheist. The latter well in the words of johnny cash, rest his essence, you only know you are alive through pain and a million years of being tortured i would believe i would grow numb to the torture or i would come to enjoy it.
god and such
It is well known that i am atheist but i can know where the ones who believe in god are coming from being in the bible belt helps a lot.
Most of the Christians try to argue with me by stating that "What happened to cause the creation of this universe if god doesn't exist?" I say "We don't know that yet! Science is still trying to figure that out, but let me post a question to you where did your god come from?" "He was here," they usually answer. Well then the universe was here but in a dormant phase. a catalyst occurred some scientist hypothesis that another universe popped like a balloon, which sent a shock wave through the multi-verse's skin and that blew up our universe (like a balloon). Also if you state god is the universe then we are all god and to worship god is to worship ourselves and that is pompous selfish and self-adsorbed.
The bible is very peculiar in that in the old testament god acts like a child who just had their toys taken away punishing those who didn't worship him is child-like. The new testament god seems to have risen to adult hood, since in the new testament god realizes that the people who don't believe in him will be spending an eternity in hell and that is punishment enough, which if god was a child 5000 years ago and an adult 2000 years ago that means he will die by the 6000 century.
Most of the Christians try to argue with me by stating that "What happened to cause the creation of this universe if god doesn't exist?" I say "We don't know that yet! Science is still trying to figure that out, but let me post a question to you where did your god come from?" "He was here," they usually answer. Well then the universe was here but in a dormant phase. a catalyst occurred some scientist hypothesis that another universe popped like a balloon, which sent a shock wave through the multi-verse's skin and that blew up our universe (like a balloon). Also if you state god is the universe then we are all god and to worship god is to worship ourselves and that is pompous selfish and self-adsorbed.
The bible is very peculiar in that in the old testament god acts like a child who just had their toys taken away punishing those who didn't worship him is child-like. The new testament god seems to have risen to adult hood, since in the new testament god realizes that the people who don't believe in him will be spending an eternity in hell and that is punishment enough, which if god was a child 5000 years ago and an adult 2000 years ago that means he will die by the 6000 century.
aliens and a comment
In a universe with billion to the billionth power of stars. Of course i believe in aliens. the aliens might be an advanced species but they are not superior to nor inferior to any creature (planet, animal, or nonliving matter) of this planet they aliens are just more evolved then the creatures of this planet.
"Wouldn't this also mean you don't believe in aliens...assuming that the aliens would be an advanced species? If I may quote you "...i can not fathom as thing of this universe to be superior or inferior to me." If God exists it could be argued that God would not be of this universe. Another thing I would have to draw from your writing is that you could not kill an insect or pest because that would be a thing of this universe and therefore would be equal to you. It seems that there are things that are superior and inferior to others. We make laws based around the premise that all (wo)men are equal. But isn't that out of necessity? None of us are perfect and as enlightened people we would understand this. We also understand that our judgment is not always correct. So we have to have a system that treats all equally. But in nature superior and inferior exists in the form the for food chain. The lion eats the gazelle because the lion is superior to the gazelle. But this does not mean we should make laws to prop up a false system of superiority and inferiority. (I bring up the law because many people cannot separate the idea of right and wrong from legislation) But if you were a perfect being with a perfect sense of justice and you looked down at us you would see who was superior and inferior. The problem is that we do not have a perfect sense of judgment. Isn't that what the study of ethics is all about? Trying to align your morals with those that are perfect? But even that involves accepting that there is something superior. So back to the original subject...it seems obvious that superior and inferior exists. If it doesn't and all things are equal, it certainly seems to put people in a terrible conundrum when it comes to how they treat animals and insects. It would seem the only lifestyle to measure up to your original definition is that of an ascetic...and maybe not even then."-gilbert
You speak of superiority and inferiority in the basis of food chain and i speak of it based on the atomic structure of things. we are all based on atoms so we are all equivalent as such. How could "we as inferior beings," as you stated, "to god" ever interpret the meaning of god's "word." i happen to think like an ascetic. it is true that animals eat other animals if that is your bases for superiority and inferiority then it is not a solid bases b/c animals do evolve. 2.5 million years ago by your definition we were inferior to many predators of this planet. Now we are superior to all.
We don't make laws that state all (wo)men are equal, only america has done this and then they don't follow their own rules. Going back 200 years, were all human beings treated equally was a black man equal to a white man back 200 years ago. was an asian man in California treated the same as a white man back 100 years ago. If you want to say that America does follow their all (wo)men are created equal phrase in their constitution then why can't gays marry in the majority of states. i am not stating an argument for or against their marriage. Gays are people to and last time I checked people were both men and women and that falls under the phrase all (wo)men were created equal (and there forth should be treated equally.)
My basis of self worth is not based on the acquisition of material goods, it is based on my definition of equality, since i am not higher or lower than anything else in this universe. I do not perceive arrogance or generate ignorance of the truth of this universe. I do not have an ego and i am not pompous when it comes to dealing with other people or things b/c i do not perceive myself as a superior to anyone or anything. I only pass judgement on those who immediately pass judgement on me.
My basis of equality is only based within the confines of this universe because it is the only thing that I truly do know directly being that i am part of this universe I can not fathom anything outside of this universe.
"Wouldn't this also mean you don't believe in aliens...assuming that the aliens would be an advanced species? If I may quote you "...i can not fathom as thing of this universe to be superior or inferior to me." If God exists it could be argued that God would not be of this universe. Another thing I would have to draw from your writing is that you could not kill an insect or pest because that would be a thing of this universe and therefore would be equal to you. It seems that there are things that are superior and inferior to others. We make laws based around the premise that all (wo)men are equal. But isn't that out of necessity? None of us are perfect and as enlightened people we would understand this. We also understand that our judgment is not always correct. So we have to have a system that treats all equally. But in nature superior and inferior exists in the form the for food chain. The lion eats the gazelle because the lion is superior to the gazelle. But this does not mean we should make laws to prop up a false system of superiority and inferiority. (I bring up the law because many people cannot separate the idea of right and wrong from legislation) But if you were a perfect being with a perfect sense of justice and you looked down at us you would see who was superior and inferior. The problem is that we do not have a perfect sense of judgment. Isn't that what the study of ethics is all about? Trying to align your morals with those that are perfect? But even that involves accepting that there is something superior. So back to the original subject...it seems obvious that superior and inferior exists. If it doesn't and all things are equal, it certainly seems to put people in a terrible conundrum when it comes to how they treat animals and insects. It would seem the only lifestyle to measure up to your original definition is that of an ascetic...and maybe not even then."-gilbert
You speak of superiority and inferiority in the basis of food chain and i speak of it based on the atomic structure of things. we are all based on atoms so we are all equivalent as such. How could "we as inferior beings," as you stated, "to god" ever interpret the meaning of god's "word." i happen to think like an ascetic. it is true that animals eat other animals if that is your bases for superiority and inferiority then it is not a solid bases b/c animals do evolve. 2.5 million years ago by your definition we were inferior to many predators of this planet. Now we are superior to all.
We don't make laws that state all (wo)men are equal, only america has done this and then they don't follow their own rules. Going back 200 years, were all human beings treated equally was a black man equal to a white man back 200 years ago. was an asian man in California treated the same as a white man back 100 years ago. If you want to say that America does follow their all (wo)men are created equal phrase in their constitution then why can't gays marry in the majority of states. i am not stating an argument for or against their marriage. Gays are people to and last time I checked people were both men and women and that falls under the phrase all (wo)men were created equal (and there forth should be treated equally.)
My basis of self worth is not based on the acquisition of material goods, it is based on my definition of equality, since i am not higher or lower than anything else in this universe. I do not perceive arrogance or generate ignorance of the truth of this universe. I do not have an ego and i am not pompous when it comes to dealing with other people or things b/c i do not perceive myself as a superior to anyone or anything. I only pass judgement on those who immediately pass judgement on me.
My basis of equality is only based within the confines of this universe because it is the only thing that I truly do know directly being that i am part of this universe I can not fathom anything outside of this universe.
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