An idea i have been exploring for a while is the possibility that god is dreaming, and that we are all part of it. Mystics that strayed into pantheism, if there were any on this board would have input. I hope to hear from pagans and buddhists as well. Christians, well, you guys are only into faith, which doesn't allow for much independant exploration, but your comments are welcome all the same. Atheists?
Here is a quote of something that i found interesting:
God dreamed in the warm dark silence. All that was, all that would be, all that could be passed before Him. Abstract, crystalline, and beautiful, the equations of space and time unfolded like roses unfurling petals into the arms of infinity. On a blue white globe golden frogs lived and died within the watery pool of an orchid. In the vision of his dream, God beheld all of creation and saw that it was Good. God sighed. It was time. Screaming and gasping for air, God died and a baby was born.
Several aspects of what we call reality are kind of freaky, imo. First the huge amount of vast empty space (per our perceptive abilities) in outer space. This void is constantly growing as all systems are accelerating away from each other.
Second, is the huge amount of space in inner space, i.e. the space within atoms, between the different layers of orbiting electrons, and the nucleus. Of course there is always electromagnetism, but what is that, really?
Thirdly, is is the emptiness of individuals. I'm not talking about the emptiness people may feel because of lack of love or relationships or poverty. I mean the inner emptiness one realises when he/she starts meditating.
In meditation, the realisation comes that we are not our beliefs, or feelings, or thoughts. Although most people identify w them, and so believe that they are those, we cannot be those. The reason we are not those things is because what we are is the one that observes. As that which we are observes a feeling that is a reaction to a body stimulus or an external stimulus, we fuse w that feeling. Feelings come and they go, but we don't. We remain, at least for a number of yrs. A meditator is able to create a slight distance from feelings and thoughts. In this detatched state, the inner void can be detected.
By now you may think that several atoms in my right temporal lobe got overly excited and fused. So, if everything is real, why is there so much space?
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