> > John believes the latter: > > > "The paradox of consciousness is that it takes a highly developed sentient > being to understand that it is the basis of creation of the universe." > > > Sam spends a lot of time on whether "Something can come out of nothing"...or > "can consciousness emerge from unconscious complexity" > > Heck, who knows?  So, in my curiosity, I googled the question and lo and > behold, the topic of multiverses. I did attempt to read the 4 Levels of > Multiverses from Max and his wonky website.  > > This may have been posted before, but here it is again.  It is a cosmologist > who explains multiverses as the soap bubble theory with umbilical cords that > could give a scientific way to explain both the Christian God and Buddhist > nirvana philosophies, for example. I think I may have grasped this concept. > > http://liberatedmind.com/2009/10/can-something-come-from-nothing/ > > But now I have forgotten...what is consciousness and how does it relate to > the universe or multiverse?Â
Denise, The multiverse can apply to all the various possibilities that apply to your life. There are various universes that you can inhabit. For example, there is a different universe which applies for the timeline relating to your choices. That is, there is a universe in which you are married. And, there is also another universe in which you are not married. The paradox is that during your lifetime you have a choice as to which universe you choose to manifest or live in. In other words, there is a universe that exists next to you in which Elvis Presley is still alive. And, there is also another universe next to you in which the Nazis won the WWII and we are all now speaking German and have the swastika as our national logo. Furthermore, our consciousness can fathom the probability that our multiverse can continue on forever. But at the cusp of infinity, another multiverse could exist which we cannot contact or verify with our telescope. Hence, we can only speculate that this neighboring multiuniverse could only exist as pure potential floating in the Unified Field of all possibilities. So, there you have it...the whole extent of Consciousness. > > > ________________________________ > From: tartbrain <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:08 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Mystery of Consciousness > > > Â > > > --- In [email protected], "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > The paradox of consciousness is that it takes a highly developed sentient > > being to understand that it is the basis of creation of the universe. As > > such, this same being can understand that consciousness is different in > > various level of existence. For example, a dog has consciousness that is > > less developed than humans. But a dog's consciousness is higher than that > > of a tree. > > Consciousness is Consciousness. It does not develop. It does not become. > > > > > Similarly, the tree has a higher level of consiousness than that of a rock. > > This continuum follows through the minutest particles in the universe. At > > the most profound level, one can see that there must be a a consciousness > > that created space and time and that started the evolution of matter from > > the quarks to human beings. > > > > If you graph the energy output of the universe from the beginning to the > > end, you will see that the energy was at the infinite level at the time of > > the Big Bang. This is the paradox that scientists do not accept or > > understand since their equations break down at the instant of creation. > > > > Conversely, it appears now that the energy output of the universe will > > continue to dissipate ad infinitum. In other words, the universe started > > from infinity and will end in infinity. > > > > But throughout all of this cosmic lifecycle, Consiousness exists and will > > continue to do so forever in the Unified Field. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > <anartaxius@> wrote: > > > > > > Sam Harris has published two blog posts on consciousness in the past > > > couple of weeks. > > > > > > http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-mystery-of-consciousness/ > > > > > > http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-mystery-of-consciousness-ii/ > > > > > > As consciousness is occasionally a subject entertained on this forum, > > > perhaps these essays will interest someone. > > > > > >
