5 Dimensional Nick wrote:semi along this subject-line, i read something really deep the other day from some guru. he said that although scientists, and indeed most people, consider the basic building blocks of the universe to be space and time etc. that the real fundamental "stuff" of the universe is consciousness.
really changed my perception of such a philosophical question.
deep i thought.
Perhaps space and time, are mere human mind derived names for phenomenon that's linguistically intangible. Math can get you closer, but still far from the cake.
I picked something up from "a universe from nothing" by lawrence m krauss, about how nothing, does not exist. On a quantum level things are just random. Space and time are merely observational descriptors/tools we use to make sense of our reality.
When in fact, what may be the case, is consciousness/universal being, is just another name for the quantum flux, the random appearance/destruction of exotic quanta/particles. Mabey thats the stuff that keeps the cosmic engine running. The input that prevents the universe from ending in a fizzle rather than gravitational condensation, and another big bang.
Do space and time really exist outside of the human mind? Does consciousness in the way most define it exist outside of the mind? Or are we just trying to find some kind of fundamental order, in a, while structured and organized system, inherently prone to change due to this quantum flux that serves as an eternal input of the force that pushes evolution and novelty to thrive.
Like an equilibrium settled at unknown durations of time ago, where theres the perfect balance to not have complete chaos, non-existence, or complete order/structure, the last eventually leading to either a cold death of the universe (imho unlikely), or another big bang like event caused by condensation of energy (matter) to such a level that gravity can no longer hold it together, and the energy gets released in a spectacular show of cosmic re-incarnation.
"let those who have talked to the elves, find each other and band together" -TMK
In a society in which nearly everybody is dominated by somebody else's mind or by a disembodied mind, it becomes increasingly difficult to learn the truth about the activities of governments and corporations, about the quality or value of products, or about the health of one's own place and economy.
In such a society, also, our private economies will depend less upon the private ownership of real, usable property, and more upon property that is institutional and abstract, beyond individual control, such as money, insurance policies, certificates of deposit, stocks, etc. And as our private economies become more abstract, the mutual, free helps and pleasures of family and community life will be supplanted by a kind of displaced citizenship and by commerce with impersonal and self-interested suppliers...
The great enemy of freedom is the alignment of political power with wealth. This alignment destroys the commonwealth - that is, the natural wealth of localities and the local economies of household, neighborhood, and community - and so destroys democracy, of which the commonwealth is the foundation and practical means.” - Wendell Berry