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I'm pretty sure death is like an eternal nothingness/everything where ya don't feel nuthin', 'cept ya feel everything. Everything and nothing @ the same time, and you don't feel any passing of time.
Keep in mind this is all my
personal philosophy and to take it with a grain of salt. You don't have to believe
it. I believe it, but you don't have to believe it; it's just there for the
taking. It's good suggestions. Maybe it's true, and maybe it isn't. Maybe you
can take home an idea or two, but it is all mine. I came up with it myself. I
believe it.
So, resuming: life is 30 years, 40 years, 70 years, 1 year, 100 years. You decide. Maybe it could be anything like that. You get the drift. Basically, a regular, standard human life, or a turtle life, if you are a turtle, or a cat's life, if you are a cat. So, anyway, say you live 100 years. Okay, that's your life. How long does eternity last? I would say approximately 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years. That is, a 1 with MANY (MANY) zeros after it. You get my drift. In other words, it's finite; it's a finite number. How do I get that? I think it's finite 'cause I think it goes around in circles. Time does. Time goes around in circles, and a circle has a finite circumference. If time is like the circumference of a circle, then time is finite. Every moment comes around. We will eventually come right back around to where we are right now. And we will see this moment again an infinite number of times, because the wheel never stops spinning. Motion is an ever present reality (that's why we all have déjà vu moments). This is where it gets more and more interesting. Basically: do you believe in 'determinism'? Determinism is the philosophy that says that whatever I do, or whatever you do, is all planned ahead of time- before-hand- before we even get the chance to make up our minds about what we are going to do or say? No? Doesn't sound realistic? Yes, however. In a certain sense, it is true. It is true, and it does apply. However, we also have free will. How can this be, you may ask? How can one reconcile the two? Well, whatever is possible already exists in God's cards (it is predetermined), yet we get to choose which path, out of all possible paths, we will take. We get to choose from the paths that have already been pre-determined.
So, therefore, actually, time is more like a globe than a wheel. It does go around and around, and yet we also get the choice of turning left or right or just going straight (going straight would be like takin' the 'divine' path, as according to Proverbs ('turn neither to the left nor to the right')). We get to make our own decisions about which way we will take, whether it be left, right, or straight-forward. This moment has already been in existence forever. It has been here forever, for all time. Every possibility has. So, we are navigating the globe. To be more precise, we are navigating one county on the massive globe. We are basically navigating the county from the one side to the other. We can't really turn 180° or even 90° around. 45° is probably about the maximum turning radius. We're on a bicycle. Time, the forward thrust of the bike, has some momentum, carries us along, and we can't stop, although we can turn to the left and or to the right, to take the best possible path, and avoid accidents. We are just trying to make it from one end of the county to the other and have the most interesting ride, and bring the most fruits to the scenes we pass, as in a parade. I just realized this, but it's actually like we're all in a marathon together; we are all riding our bikes together in the marathon, riding in the same direction, turning left & right as the basic road leads and guides us. It's not a race, because we're all going at our own speeds, anyway. The trick in a race is to simply go at your own most efficient pace. Comparisons are odious, said Shakespeare. Don't compare or compete, and no one can compete with you, said Lao Tzu. I said don't compare or contrast.
Determinism
reconciled with free will: everything on the path is already on the path before
you even get there or before you even see it. However, NNW is Minneapolis,
while dead N is St. Paul, so if you're headin' in a roughly northerly
direction, then you decide which city you end up arriving at. In this analogy,
the cities on the map are just events in your life.
The map
represents the whole planet, which represents all time: all time: the presence
of all possibilities. We travel through life in this way. As I said, our task is
essentially to make it from one end to the other of a single county (a single lifetime).
Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, we are all
provincial in nature. We will never know what it will be like to live in 5,000
A.D. or, what it was like to live 5,000 B.C. We are confined to the 21st
century. We may read histories of the 1800s or predictions about
what the 24th century, say, might be like, but we will never ever get to
experience those times first-hand. We know only our own time, and, soon, after we
have begun the race at the one end, we die at the other; it's just a county on
the globe. The county is not a distance in space, but in time. Just as in most
cases we'll never know what the rest of the planet looks like before us or
behind us, we'll also never know what other times are like, in the past or in
the future.
I think we were all given the basic choice by God in the beginning: where and when do you want to initiate? We have made our decision, and now, this time & place is set for us. I am Slade, I will be Slade, I have been Slade forever, I will always be Slade. I was born in Moore, Oklahoma, in I would say about October, 1982. My 'birthday' is June 13th, 1983. That is like my cosmic permanent identifying coordinate point. My parents will always be my parents, I will always be me. Everything else is like shifting changeable plates. I get the opportunity to make this as good- as good- as good as I can, though I don't know how good a job I am doing, but that is beside the point for now. On the other hand, I get infinite opportunities- unending opportunities- ceaseless, unending opportunities- to get this right! If BUDDHA is to be believed, we will eventually reach permanent heaven. It will be like we're fixed in heaven, situated perfectly forever, when we get it right at last- when we finally get it all perfect. Perfection is the goal.
The good
thing about all that time in eternity between lives (lives: metaphysical
reincarnations/new beginnings), is that you don't feel it as the massive length
of time that it is; you don't even really exist, as you; you
return to GOD consciousness. You have just a little bit of God in you right now.
WE are like
the LIGHT OF GOD. WE are. We are not our bodies; our bodies are
not us. Our bodies are merely temporary implements. Your body is
like a simple presence. It's solid, it exists. It's granted. It will be here no matter what. It will always be here as long as you
exist.
But You are
not WE, and WE are God. I am not God and I am not WE. God is US and WE are God.
I had an
idea that our bodies are like mirrors that catch every bit of light that comes
into them, and reflect it back faithfully, as long as they remain reflective.
When corruption takes over, however, it no longer reflects light. When
corruption takes over completely, it no longer reflects any
light. So, we reflect the same light that is present in the environment, for
now, but one day, we will become so over-wrought with corruption, we'll cease to reflect any of the light in the atmosphere. Obviously, however,
it doesn't really matter to the light; the light will shine no matter what. It will
shine whether it has a mirror, or not. It just shines.
When the
mirror fades over with corruption, it will be out of the game for the rest of (this cycle of) time, for all (this cycle of) eternity! It takes the passage of (1 cycle of) eternity to realign the conditions
for your birth; it is like your cosmic coordination. But the good thing is, as
I said earlier: we don't feel that eternity as a long time, at all! In fact, we
don't feel it as ANY time.
Eternity is by definition the absence of time, or, the absence of any awareness of time passing to one's consciousness: the lack of consciousness of time. To one 'experiencing' eternity, everything is completely still, with no motion, no change, with no contrasts or distinctions, nothing to look forward to, and nothing to remember. No up or down, left or right, black or white, better or worse, before or after. No higher or lower, hotter or colder, inside or outside, or anywhere other than here.
I think that
heaven is the composite of everything you have ever felt in your life. Whether
it's high or it's low, it's still heaven, and what may be one man's heaven may be
another man's hell. I think during eternity, we basically just 'hold a note.' The note
could be higher or lower, purer, or more distorted, cleaner or dirtier. The purer and higher and cleaner the
note, the better.
Life is like an opportunity to set your note up as pure, high, and clean as you can. In each life, you get the chance to set your note purer and purer, higher and higher, cleaner and cleaner until eventually, you set the note so pure, high, and clean the note will LOCK itself into a groove where it cannot be corrupted. It is set in heaven forever, and at that point, you are incorruptible. In addition to raising and purifying this note (which basically corresponds to the state of your awareness), you are also expanding it. Your end goal is to become so massively aware, that your awareness encompasses the entire universe.....................................
It may sound crazy right now, but you just wait! It could happen one day! Who are you to doubt? I can't conceive of everything that's goin' on in this 1 cell of my body, let alone this room, let alone this whole county, or this whole state, or these whole United States, or this whole globe, or this whole Solar System, or this whole Milky Way Galaxy, or this whole Andromeda Strain, or this whole Neck of the Universe, whatever it's called, let alone in the UNIVERSE! But maybe one day.
I think we
go through life figuring this thing out.
I am still
taking my time.
I still have
a long way to go.
Obviously, I
have a long, long way to go. I am not even near the finish line! In fact
I'm probably way closer to just having heard the starting gun than I am
to finishing the race! It's a big joke. I'll get there eventually. I 've got to
be patient; there's nothing to do but be patient. Mi' as well not rush
things; there's no point in it. We mi' as well just enjoy the ride. Here we go.
READY
GO!
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