[Ham] I don't see it this way. Appearances are experienced dimensionally (because
of man's space/time mode of awareness), and we call the whole procress "existence". That events are experienced in sequence and distributed in space is a function of organic sensibility. We intellectualize this perspective as the knowledge of our reality. But even the physicists have determined that the critical density (mass) of interstellar space equates to less than one hydrogen atom per cubic meter, which means that physical existence is almost entirely a void -- empty space, nothingness. [Krimel] Once more time with feeling: empty space IS empty space. It is that which is not-other than empty space. Empty space IS NOT nothing. Empty space IS not not-other than nothing. Within the spatial void ex nihilo nihil fit happens all the time spontaneously. The Big Bang can easily be conceived as an uncaused first cause that is neither absolute nor undifferentiated. It is the instant of the birth of spacetime. While the Big Bang is a "theory." It is supported by lots of evidence. It does accord with the universe as it is currently understood. It does make verifiable predications about future states. It serves all of the functions of your "Essence" without the quasi-religious overtones. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
