One:: I am assuming that since consciousness and the physical exchange energy,
they must have serious commonalities, such as having the same ground or one
being the ground of the other.
Does this assumption seem reasonable?
Two:: The expansion of space itself seems to be accelerating due to a not
understood cause called dark energy at the moment.
My impression is that the acceleration in the expansion of space is orderly to
the point of seeming coordinated over a few billion light years.
Does that in fact fit the astronomical data?
Three:: The bending of space involves more stretching on the outside of the
curve than one the inside of a curve, which gravitational lensing involves
galaxies as well as smaller bodies. The bending seems to be orderly to the
point of seeming coordinated across on the order of as much as 100,000 light
years.
Does this in fact fit the astronomical data?
Four:: If the above processes are in fact orderly, how could that happen?
Five:: To be able to expand and bend, space must have an adequately low level
of stiffness.
Does this seem true?
Six:: If space isn't stiff enough, it couldn't coordinate itself by a process
of or in space over the great distances noted above. If space were too stiff,
it couldn't expand and bend to begin with.
Is there a level of space which could explain the orderliness over great
distances of the expansion and bending of space? If so, the analysis ends here.
If not, see below.
Seven:: The quantum theory of consciousness holds that the effects propagate
faster than the speed of light. If that is true, then the quantum processes
transcend the aspect of space which involves the speed of light.
Does that seem reasonable?
Eight:: A transcendent process propagating faster than the speed of light
might be able to coordinate the expansion and bending of space even when space
could not coordinate its own expansion and bending over the long distances
discussed above.
Does this seem like a reasonable possibility?
Nine:: Such a quantum process is the only explanation I can see at the moment,
which tends to confirm it, but something new might be discovered in the future.
Does that seem to be reasonable?
Ten: If the same quantum processes are involved with consciousness, which
involves the Buddha-nature, and also involves the expansion and bending of
space over long distances, then there is a deep connection between the
Buddha-nature and the expansion and bending of space over long distances.
Does that logical step seem reasonable?
Jim
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