The universe is strange place, and as science progresses, our understanding of how it works changes year by year. It seems like whenever we have a solid foundation of scientific knowledge about our world, another theory or finding destroys what we thought we knew.
For example, thinking back to school, your psychics teacher may have told you that a 'quark' was the smallest fundamental particle in the universe. However, for anyone with an interest in science and the confusing world of quantum physics, you'll know that this this could very well not be the case. Thanks a lot string theory!
It's a current belief that as we go smaller and smaller into the particles that make up this reality, we find that on a subatomic level, every piece of matter is made up of vibrational waves of energy. As physics clearly tells us, energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred.
So if everything in the universe is made up of energy, then what does this tell us about the nature of our existence?
Well, if energy can't be created or destroyed, then that means nothing in our observable universe can be created or destroyed, even ourselves. But how can that be possible? Nothing is eternal, humans die and physical objects eventually decay. When we die, we are gone, we longer exist, however the basic laws of physics go against this.
With this in mind, we can hypothesis that everything that exists within our universe, has always been here, and nothing new is ever added to it. Neither, is anything removed from it.
Think about it, all life is energy. When we die, our bodies decay and rot, we are eaten by other animals to keep them alive and reproducing. When them animals die, their bodies decay and the cycle goes on.
Nothing ever ceases to exist, it is simply impossible. Rather, like physics tells us, everything that matter makes up, is just transferred into another form. Birth, growth and decay, it's the cycle of life. This is the bigger picture we are all a part of, everything is one and connected, just in different, transferring and interchangeable forms.
This bigger picture, or cycle, is what I like to think most, if not all religions were getting at when they spoke of a 'God.' This ultimate truth of everything being one part of a larger picture, is God. The very
essence of everything in our existence, not some almighty creator.
It may be that many of the holy scriptures, such as bible, were using metaphors to describe this truth of oneness. However, humans misconstrued this stories and took them too literally, envisioning a creator or all seeing deity.
In an early Christian scripture, it was said that 'Jesus' quoted this, as an explanation of where God is...
"I am the light which is over all things"
"I am all"
"From me came forth, and to me all attained"
"Split a piece of wood, I am there"
"Lift up the stone, and I am there"
If one was to take this quote literally, you would bring forth the assumption that our creator 'God,' is everywhere at once. However, I feel that the word God itself has grown shallow and meaningless throughout time.
As stated, if you dismiss all preconceptions of the word God, and take it as this cycle, or bigger picture I'm speaking of, the quote resonates with this theory. It tells us of an overall essence of all life and things, that is everything and everywhere at once. Not a conscious being, rather a unity of everything.
It's worth saying now, that thinking for yourself is one of the most valuable skills you can have. You can take what you've read here however you want, but please don;t form your opinions based on a single book, belief system or blog post. Look at every side of the coin from every perspective, and form your own truth. Because most of the time, you'll find a deeper truth, hidden within what you once thought was the ultimate truth.
For example, thinking back to school, your psychics teacher may have told you that a 'quark' was the smallest fundamental particle in the universe. However, for anyone with an interest in science and the confusing world of quantum physics, you'll know that this this could very well not be the case. Thanks a lot string theory!
It's a current belief that as we go smaller and smaller into the particles that make up this reality, we find that on a subatomic level, every piece of matter is made up of vibrational waves of energy. As physics clearly tells us, energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred.
So if everything in the universe is made up of energy, then what does this tell us about the nature of our existence?
Well, if energy can't be created or destroyed, then that means nothing in our observable universe can be created or destroyed, even ourselves. But how can that be possible? Nothing is eternal, humans die and physical objects eventually decay. When we die, we are gone, we longer exist, however the basic laws of physics go against this.
With this in mind, we can hypothesis that everything that exists within our universe, has always been here, and nothing new is ever added to it. Neither, is anything removed from it.
Think about it, all life is energy. When we die, our bodies decay and rot, we are eaten by other animals to keep them alive and reproducing. When them animals die, their bodies decay and the cycle goes on.
Nothing ever ceases to exist, it is simply impossible. Rather, like physics tells us, everything that matter makes up, is just transferred into another form. Birth, growth and decay, it's the cycle of life. This is the bigger picture we are all a part of, everything is one and connected, just in different, transferring and interchangeable forms.
This bigger picture, or cycle, is what I like to think most, if not all religions were getting at when they spoke of a 'God.' This ultimate truth of everything being one part of a larger picture, is God. The very
It may be that many of the holy scriptures, such as bible, were using metaphors to describe this truth of oneness. However, humans misconstrued this stories and took them too literally, envisioning a creator or all seeing deity.
In an early Christian scripture, it was said that 'Jesus' quoted this, as an explanation of where God is...
"I am the light which is over all things"
"I am all"
"From me came forth, and to me all attained"
"Split a piece of wood, I am there"
"Lift up the stone, and I am there"
If one was to take this quote literally, you would bring forth the assumption that our creator 'God,' is everywhere at once. However, I feel that the word God itself has grown shallow and meaningless throughout time.
As stated, if you dismiss all preconceptions of the word God, and take it as this cycle, or bigger picture I'm speaking of, the quote resonates with this theory. It tells us of an overall essence of all life and things, that is everything and everywhere at once. Not a conscious being, rather a unity of everything.
It's worth saying now, that thinking for yourself is one of the most valuable skills you can have. You can take what you've read here however you want, but please don;t form your opinions based on a single book, belief system or blog post. Look at every side of the coin from every perspective, and form your own truth. Because most of the time, you'll find a deeper truth, hidden within what you once thought was the ultimate truth.
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