Just a metaphor for Life I think, a more elegant form of "s_ _ t happens."Is "the universe" some kind of new, religiously neutral, politically correct substitute for "God"? Or is it something else entirely?
What is "the universe"?
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- Ozymandias
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Re: What is "the universe"?
"The universe is speaking to me" = "I feel connected to the world around me, and I am drawing meaning from the patterns of events around me". Or "The universe was teaching me a lesson" = "I have learned something about myself or the world from what I've seen occur around me".
And according to certain forms of philosophy, that's really all the universe may be. When I'm feeling particularly solipsistic, the universe is nothing more than a bunch of stuff that I see, some of which happens to be very clear to me, some of which happens to be distant. The universe could be something constantly rendering around me, only existing as far as I can see. Under that school of thought, the universe is nothing more than the very observation one "sees" it with. I think that is the type of thinking people use, in a subconscious way, when they personify the universe.
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Re: What is "the universe"?
The universe is infinitely special, and I love our planet (its position in the universe) which is the most direct reason for the existence of all life that exists here.
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Re: What is "the universe"?
...1a} metaphysical-1, mind/intellect/concepts ex concept of Universe, God, Mind, Space, Dogs Cats etc....
----------line-of-demarcations----------------------------------
....1b} macro-infinite non-occupied space, embraces the following,
....1c} finite, occupied space Universe{ God } aka Uni-V-erse.
........1c2} physical/energy{ spirit-2 } fermions, bosons and collection thereof---time/reality/frequency expressed as sine-wave topology ^v/\/\/]v^
.........1c3} gravity{ metaphysical-3/spirit-3 }---positive shaped geodesic arc of space, or so I speculate
..........1c4} dark energy { metaphysical-4 /spirit-4 } ----negative shaped geodesic arc of space, or so I speculate
None have ever offered any rational, logical, common sense to add to the above or invalidate the above. None ever will. imho
The truth exists for those who seek it, those who don't and those who scoff at it. imho
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Re: What is "the universe"?
That is to say, while it is impossible to know in a deeper sense if any answer is coming from a "higher" source, if the question would only apply to that particular person, then in a sense he is asking himself a question whose answer is found in his own subconscious.
The answer wouldn't necessarily apply to anyone else. Or. if it did apply in a more general sense, this might not be known to anyone in any case. This gets into belief issues. What is believed isn't often what actually is!
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