What I learned on April 20th.....

[Nailhead]

All of us, (human beings, animals, plants), - all living organisms are one with our universe, not just spiritually, but physically as well. Our body is made from the same elements of this planet, clear evidence we are as much connected to this planet as is any tree blowing in the wind. Our consciousness is not of our own, but is rather the universe's attempt to be aware of itself. We are the living consciousness of the very same universe we have trouble explaining. Why else is the question, "What is the meaning of life?", considered the question of all questions? That is a question of the universe, through out natural instinct, but not of any one human individual.

But, because we have not yet evolved into intelligent enough creatures to handle the truth as it appears, we create fantastic fairy tales of things we cannot understand such as death, and afterlife. Only through higher education can we evolve ourselves to understand the world as it is, rather than as we prefer to see it. To find the the truth that there is no death, life is just a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves.

Oh yea, I also found out that even a shitload of California's highest quality medical marijuana won't make Spaceballs entertaining again.

Tell me your thoughts, and extra brownie points if you can figure who inspired this public service announcement
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[Stoner Shadow Wolf]

physical matter, and energies create our universe, this is something, i think, we can all agree on.

energies are like the invisible "hand of god", the source of our "intelligence", thoughts, and awareness, as well as the bonding force behind matter. Matter could not exist without some form of energy to hold it together and guide it to it's present form and interactivity, nor could we think or act without the electrical impulses that drive our brains and muscles.
now we have macroscopic and microscopic realities.

on the macroscopic end, we have universe(s), galaxies, Star Systems, Planetary systems, and planets.
then we have our POV, the world we live upon.
followed closely is Microscopic reality, Mollecules, Atoms, Tiny Electrical Charges.

now... what if, perhaps, the macroscopic and microscopic extremes are actually one and the same? or even moreover, perhaps they are the same, but the doorways to alternate realities, wherein every action has an infinite possible number of reactions, they could al exist alternatively.

WHAT IF the tiny electrical charges orbiting atoms are entire universes? the electrode is what our universe of galaxies looks like from far, far outside the universe?


Death? what is that? i have never experienced or observed an example of it!
nothing disappears, nothing ceaces to exist, so why do we call it death? it is not an end, but a new begining of change.

when a body stops functioning properly, we say it "dies", but nothing could be farther from the truth! The body is not dead! the electrical charges are still working overtime to cause decomposition! the energies that create(d) our thoughts might dispearse and live on in the quantum reality of which we have barely scratched the surface! energy does not disappear, it cannot disappear, nothing can simply disappear from physicis! It dispearses and becomes one with all.

Infinity.

[TurnyBright]

I've always thought that that world-view was bleak and depressing, with it's implication that I am something other than that which I identify as, and not only something other, but something vast and cosmically incomprehensible. Horrifying, really. It's also the only end I can ever seem to come to when I contemplate such things. So if I'm feeling paranoid and depressed it's usually because I've been pondering philosophy.

I suppose I like the idea that there is meaning and distinctness to my personal perceptual existence as opposed to the otherness, however illogical it might be.

[hazetwostep]

turny..

wow i really respect your post. i think many people feel as you do but are not aware enough or honest enough to admit that the basis of their world view is painted with colors of personal preference (ie- aversion to not retaining individuality of soul after "death").

i think there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. until we do have a complete understanding of our existence every perspective starts with a drop of "faith" per se. if believing what you do helps you and causes no harm to others (like you killing them if they don't agree with you), i say go for it! if nothing else that sense of meaning and purpose with simply better your chances of surviving "natural selection." studies have shown that those with a sense of greater purpose live longer... whether their purpose is truth or not makes no difference to its benefits.