Welcome Guest Search | Active Topics | Members | Log In | Register

Programmed Reality » Programmed Reality » Philosophy » Self Awareness

Self Awareness Options
Previous Topic · Next Topic
mortimer
Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 3:11:44 PM

Rank: Newbie
Groups: Member

Joined: 3/27/2008
Posts: 9
Points: 27
Location: Dunfermline, UK
I'm reading Jim's book just now and am enjoying much of the speculation over self awareness.

I'm interested in Jim's response (and the response of other forum members) about the following hypothesis:

The universe is an organism/program with the purpose of running through sequences/scenarios in order to learn about itself further or keep itself amused in the vastness of nothing. With that intention, every aspect of itself - even at the microcosmic level - possesses some level of consciousness. The more complex the system, the more self aware. That feeling of being and existence that each of us feels is the self awareness of the universe itself. The personality is merely an avatar for the universal consciousness to experience itself subjectively from different angles and perspectives. The reason the universe is expanding is because the system is running through more sequences and becoming more complex.

Just something that's been playing on my mind for a while.
media underground
Back to top
 
stendec
Posted: Saturday, April 19, 2008 3:51:51 AM

Rank: Advanced Member
Groups: Member

Joined: 4/11/2008
Posts: 55
Points: 68
Location: UK
Interesting ideas.

I wonder if perhaps some - and I stress some - of religious-spiritual experiences are when an individual briefly "tap into" this broader consciousness?

Have you ever had moments when you feel a sense of "wholeness" and unity with everything, and that somehow all knowledge is just within reach? I'm sure this must be a feeling that the mystics strive to achieve at all times, and unfortunately it was all-too-brief when I felt it.

I have thought that if God exists, we are created so that God might experience the subjective awareness that is mentioned in your post. An all-knowing god cannot know "all possible things" unless it creates subjective minds, and such inventions could be a way of gaining even greater insight into everything (a kind of "110% awareness", if you like).
Back to top
 
Users browsing this topic
Guest

Programmed Reality » Programmed Reality » Philosophy » Self Awareness


Forum Jump
You cannot post new topics in this forum.
You cannot reply to topics in this forum.
You cannot delete your posts in this forum.
You cannot edit your posts in this forum.
You cannot create polls in this forum.
You cannot vote in polls in this forum.

Main Forum RSS : RSS

Universe Solved Theme Created by Jim Elvidge (Universe Solved)
Powered by Yet Another Forum.net version 1.9.1.2 (NET v2.0) - 9/27/2007
Copyright © 2003-2006 Yet Another Forum.net. All rights reserved.
This page was generated in 0.659 seconds.