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February 16th, 2009 by Sean The Spirit Is Not Special

(More ramblings)

There is a certain special property to the unknown. When we don’t know something, our imagination is free to fill in the details. Like a magic trick: when we see an amazing illusion, the fact that it fools us has a special feel. But once we learn the actual trick behind it - usually something very simple - that feeling is lost. It’s no longer special. It’s just a stupid trick.

As a culture, we don’t know what happens when we die. A lot of us have beliefs, but because the concept of death is irreversible by definition… there is no certainty. As a result, death holds a very unique place in our minds. It is inherently unknown, and therefore inherently special.

There are ways to study death without actually dieing, though. Out of body experiences might be related in some way (I believe that they are, but to be fair, I haven’t proven it). But there’s another way to study death. Study reality itself. If we learn something about reality, then we can apply it to death, even though we can’t study death directly.

The more I deconstruct myself, the more I realize that so many things are contained only in mind. For example: time. Is time etched into reality itself? Does reality know that it is 11:47am? No. “11:47am” is a result of mind. It was a system built by humans after noticing the frequency between night and day, and the seasonal changes, etc. If I go to Mars, then our human system of time is completely useless. Reality doesn’t care about time - only mind does.

Recently, I’ve discovered that “sacred”, “greater meaning”, “purpose”, “divine”, etc… is contained only in mind. Reality doesn’t care about what an event means to you. Remove the mind, and the meaning is removed.

Death is also a product of only-mind. Reality follows the conservation of energy: nothing is created or destroyed. What does this mean?

It means that we’ve circumvented the need to study death. Is there life after death? The question doesn’t make sense. Or rather, if I’m forced to answer, then the answer I come up with is:

If there is life after death, then ok. If there isn’t, then ok.

What’s so special about the spirit anyways?

Posted in Note to Self, Philosophy | 15 Comments »

February 5th, 2009 by Sean Conceptualization

Steve Pavlina wrote an article on the 11:11 phenomenon.

Overall, I liked it. I like the message, and I found myself nodding a lot during the article.

However :-). There is still a glaring problem. It’s not a problem with Steve or anything, it’s a problem with this reality I see. Maybe those who read this can share their thoughts.

Steve’s answer to 11:11 is that it’s basically a way to break down belief systems, and open people up to new understandings of reality. Ok, I get it, sounds good. The problem I have is this idea of “achievement”. All throughout New Age and New New Age beliefs, is this idea of expanding your consciousness, gaining a better understanding, becoming a better person, etc. It’s about progress. It’s about moving up the ladder of awareness.

But hidden in that notion, is that where you currently are now is incorrect. You hold incorrect ideas, and need to upgrade them with more correct ideas. For example, from Steve’s perspective, an incorrect belief might be that reality is objective. A more correct belief is that reality is subjective, and this subjectiveness creates an illusion of objectivity. Therefore, it’s better to hold the refined “subjective” belief, instead of the normal “objective” one.

We can pick any idea, really. For example, if you believe that Zeus throws lightning from the sky, then I would disagree. A more correct belief would be the current scientific understanding of lightning (electrons, charge, etc).

Where I run into a problem is: how can I say that one belief is better than another? How can I say one belief is more correct?

If I reject an idea, then I reject reality, because that idea has been created in reality. If our purpose is to upgrade our beliefs ad nauseam, then that assumes we aren’t a part of reality, but instead floating outside of it, choosing which ideas to keep, and which to discard. Our reality is one - therefore, our (incorrect) beliefs have arisen from this reality, and reside inside this reality.

If I reject a belief as false, then I reject that reality has given rise to the belief. In order to accept reality, I must accept that the belief’s existence is correct.

However, if I accept that a belief’s existence is correct, then there is no reason to strive to upgrade my beliefs! Progress is therefore an illusion!

How can I say that progress is an illusion, though? Wouldn’t it be better for everyone to be fed, than have people starve to death? If I reject progress, then I must accept both equally.

Consciousness and beliefs exist inside of reality. Therefore, I must accept their existence in order to accept reality. If reality says that it’s legal to hold an incorrect belief, then I have no authority to strive for correct beliefs. This idea of “striving” or “progress” is part of the mind - it is not part of reality. Therefore, I must accept morally disgusting events - like starvation. The only saving grace is to reject starvation from a human stand point - not a reality one. So it is the human mind that strives for progress (however that individual human defines that word). The human mind is what tells me starvation is bad, and that we need to strive. Reality couldn’t care less, either way. Strive, don’t strive… succeed, fail… 4 million years of humanity, 11 billion years of floating gas clouds… it’s all the same to reality.

Conceptualization is the error. “Progress” is the act of favoring one illusion over another. Not only is the mind the source of all illusion, it can create only illusion. QED.

Posted in Philosophy, Personal Development, Belief Systems | 16 Comments »

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