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Originally posted by TravelerintheDark
reply to post by letthereaderunderstand
I hope you won't mind if I offer an explanation I've found to make sense to me personally.
Dark, quiet and alone, the mind turns outward to the ether to fill the sensory void. This is what we call imagination. No more or less real because of what it is. This is the essence of magic as humankind has understood it. Intense emotional, physical or spiritual moments gather ethereal energy, the residue of which some are more apt to sense than others. This is psychic phenomenon as humankind has understood it. No more or less mystical than we want it to be.
[edit on 9-10-2008 by TravelerintheDark]
Originally posted by letthereaderunderstand
I again thank you for your thoughts.
Originally posted by TravelerintheDark
Originally posted by letthereaderunderstand
I again thank you for your thoughts.
You're welcome, and thank you.
I'm sorry that my explanation doesn't ring 'true'. But, as I said, the idea is no more or less mystical than we want it to be, whether we call it magic or physics.
But if the invisible and subjective are irrelevant, as per the OP, no thought has any real value at all, does it? Considering that thought is both invisible and subjective. Isn't it unfortunate then that there is only room enough for one 'fact-based' eternity? I always expected eternity to encompass both the known and unknown, the facts as well as the interpretations, since it is after all eternal. How can eternity be eternal if it doesn't encompass everything? And then am I, and all that I convey, not a part of that eternity?
But that's why I prefer to approach the cloud of fireflies rather than proclaim it from a distance. Because up close, beyond the labels of words is where I find god; a truth that is both eternal and of my making. In this way, I never know a lie as I'm never disappointed with what I find.
Best wishes.
Originally posted by letthereaderunderstand
Traveler, thank you, I never said it didn't ring true.
I say we need to be thinking at all levels in perspective.
Originally posted by LastOutfiniteVoiceEternal
A short introduction. The Eternal One is Energy. Energy can neither be created or destroyed, ergo it is eternal. There is only enough time and space for one eternity to exist, thus the Eternal One is the physical energy that is existence.
True science (knowledge) originates from the OBJECTIVE, not the invisible subjective
The word told from an Eternally invisible deity can not be trusted because it is invisible and thus it Eternally will not be objectively observed or tested. Such a deity can not be omnipresent if it is not within and a part of the creation.
Henceforth, any sentient creature deluded by the lies of the Eternally invisible deity becomes unbalanced and overpowered by the illusional subjective nature of reality that which can lead to symptoms of delusion and denial and can not be reached reasonably or truthfully within the lines of objective observation nor reached through purely objective reason and logic.
This is only for those who truly wish to experience what I will explain as the Nirvana of Heaven right now, for reasons of simplicity and comprehension. Those that understand that we are already in the Eternal Prison that we have mislabeled as the afterlife and resting place of our individual eternal soul, experiencing the nirvana of heaven and the sorrows of hell, it is our choice right now which things we wish to manifest for the future of our world, our children, and for our own individual lives; the eternal Nirvana of heaven, or the eternal sorrows of hell?
The Nirvana of Heaven can not co-exist with nor can it cause the sorrows of hell, it will always be absolutely one or the other.
Originally posted by TravelerintheDark
But if the invisible and subjective are irrelevant, as per the OP, no thought has any real value at all, does it?
Considering that thought is both invisible and subjective.
Isn't it unfortunate then that there is only room enough for one 'fact-based' eternity?
I always expected eternity to encompass both the known and unknown, the facts as well as the interpretations, since it is after all eternal.
How can eternity be eternal if it doesn't encompass everything? And then am I, and all that I convey, not a part of that eternity?
I never know a lie as I'm never disappointed with what I find.
Best wishes.
Originally posted by TravelerintheDark
Perhaps one of us is missing the point. What I'm saying, as simply as possible, is that you seem to be espousing the idea that nothing matters without visible, objective form, yet you project this through invisible, subjective thought. I see this as a conflict of interest.
If I'm mistaken, perhaps you could take a different approach to simplifying what you mean.
Unless you can provide something equally concrete and inflexible to illustrate exactly everything that falls in and out of that foundation, it is a meaningless assertion.
Again, if I'm misinterpreting, perhaps a simpler explanation would be beneficial to both of us.
Originally posted by LastOutfiniteVoiceEternal
You can not imagine something that is eternally invisible.
Originally posted by TravelerintheDark
And so I ask, what can be a lie that pertains to the existence of anything?
Certainly, I could lie by telling you my skin is purple, but that only illustrates my point. Lies can only be told about states of existence, not existence itself.
To illustrate conversely, I could say that Bigfoot exists. It isn't a lie, merely a supposition without proof, one that might never be proven.
If I say that Bigfoot exists in the Pacific Northwest, this could be proven a lie as it claims not only existence, but the state of existence in a specific space and time.
My point being that lies, falsehoods and illusions exist only through the narrowing of definitions. Until we can see the whole universe, we can never know the whole truth, but only the pieces of it we experience.
Originally posted by TravelerintheDark
And so I ask, what can be a lie that pertains to the existence of anything?
Originally posted by LastOutfiniteVoiceEternalReligion: To say that the Eternal One is invisible and can not be known, to say that we have eternal souls when there is only time and space for one eternity that we all share. Those are some lies, some big ones to start off with.
Originally posted by TravelerintheDarkCertainly, I could lie by telling you my skin is purple, but that only illustrates my point. Lies can only be told about states of existence, not existence itself.
Originally posted by LastOutfiniteVoiceEternalHow can you separate and differentiate between these two? Are they not co-dependent? If you truly do not have purple skin and you are telling me that you do and you know and are ergo aware of what color purple is and what color your skin is, then you are lying about existence itself and you are now existence lying about itself.
Originally posted by TravelerintheDarkTo illustrate conversely, I could say that Bigfoot exists. It isn't a lie, merely a supposition without proof, one that might never be proven.
Originally posted by LastOutfiniteVoiceEternalYes, it is a lie. If there is no proof to provide that bigfoots exist or don't exist, then by default we don't say that they do exist. So, by saying that bigfoots exist you are now lying.
Originally posted by TravelerintheDark
The lie is in the state of existence, whether it can be known or not; whether they are eternal or not. There is no question of existence.
Again, the lie is in the state of existence. That is that my skin exists colored purple. That doesn't mean I don't have skin, so, no, they are not co-dependent or inter-dependent.
You assume you understand my definition of Bigfoot, and by that reasoning, it does not exist. Suppose I were to say large, hairy mammals with big feet exist? That certainly fits the broad description of Bigfoot, as well as some other things. Is it not true?
Lacking proof of existence does not prove non-existence. And by all reasoning something will either exist or not. Those are the only choices. There is no lie either way, only a lack of knowledge/evidence.
My point in all of this is that you proclaim infinity by defining it. That is an impossibility.
Infinity is outside your grasp and mine because it will always not only include what we know, but everything we don't, and therefore always defy definition.
Now, I submit that all of this is smoke simply because we live within a definition called reality. A finite slice of infinity. But that doesn't preclude the existence of anything, only whether or not we can know it physically. Myself, I prefer to remember that as it keeps me humble in my travels.
Originally posted by LastOutfiniteVoiceEternal
Seems like you just defined it quite well. So, tell me, why is it that you are allowed to define it and I am not? I am banished to impossibilities by you whereas the second after you do so you turn around and attempt to do what you just told me that I can not. Hmmm... hm.... hm... watch yourself.
Originally posted by TravelerintheDark
I didn't deny you permission, or disallow you, to define reality.
My point in all of this is that you proclaim infinity by defining it. That is an impossibility. Infinity is outside your grasp and mine because it will always not only include what we know, but everything we don't, and therefore always defy definition. If you shut out even one possibility you attempt to limit infinity. Again, it simply can't be done.