Sunday, August 30, 2009

How we manipulates ourselves !!!

Universe, God, Existence and Mentality (Off course human)


I believe there is the Universe, which is composed of all the things in the Universe.
The Universe however is not the mere juxtaposition of all the things. Why is that?
Well because there is one feature all the things of the Universe share: that is "being", or "existence". Indeed, "to be" is the one and only feature all the things of the Universe share.
It is a tautology to say: all the things that exist, exist. However, it is nonetheless true. Existing, or being, is obviously the foundation to everything.
To me, the fact of being represents the infinite both in time and space.
In other words, "being" is the only thing that is not subject to time and space. All the things of the Universe are subject to time and space. But before all that they have to "be"!
Which is why I think it is justified to say that there is a major conceptual (and maybe practical) distinction between "being" on the one hand / and the things of the Universe on the other hand.
The Universe is a substance which comprises all things. Yet all the things of the Universe do not form this substance. The Substance/ Universe is composed of: the things of the Substance + the Substance itself! And in my view, the substance itself is nothing else than "being", existence.

So you may ask: what's my religion then?

Well I wouldn't be against calling either the whole Universe of "the fact of being" God, because to my human eyes it is indeed a miracle that things exist (and that I'm here to see it).
Also, since the Substance/the Universe is not subject to time, I think that everything has happened, is happening, and will happen. So everything is written, but not in the sense that it was written before. It's just that for the Universe, there is no time. The Universe just is. "Is" is the Universe.
So no transcendental God, or a God that is sensible to moral concerns etc. Just a Universe/God that is in a certain way, that takes specific forms and shapes, that has laws for its things. And go Science, since science is study of God.
To conclude, I'd like to say two things:

- The question that truly marvels me, given my beliefs: why is the Universe like it is and not different?

- My view is very close to that of an agnostic or an atheist. But I truly believe most atheists make a mistake when they think that the things of the Universe are not connected (because they sometimes see two things which do not share any feature). But they forget that they are connected at least by the fact of "being"! And that's just beautiful and can be the object of religious faith. A pure, non social marvel at the Universe and the existence of "existence"!

Finally.............so confusing. really exhausted while writing.

Prafulla  

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