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intrptr
I simply meant the Universe has always been here. It had no "beginning" and it will never "end". Thats what infinity means.
You are looking at it from the third dimension.
There is no "time". Man invented that.
That happens "all the time" (to put it in your terms).
Its an ongoing process.
As far as I know, the concept of "forever" has not been redefined to mean 13.4 Billion years (the current scientifically defined age of the Universe).
Bleeeeep
reply to post by Serdgiam
If you like, don't think of God, just say mind. Then choice is before the matter that is manifested as a representation of choice.
I do not see the universe to be infinite. "All that is," yes, most certainly. But, not the physical universe.
If the universe started 13.4 billion years ago, at what point along that time line did planets start to form into spherical shapes. Yes, it is an ongoing process, but in this "thought experiment" it had to start somewhere. Along the same lines, when did matter gain the ability to flabbledeefloo and swim against the tidal forces bringing it back to the source?
Serdgiam
reply to post by Unity_99
Thanks unity!
Now, do you feel all matter is imbued with the same spiritual ability? If not, then when did the different patterns manifest? If so, then how are there vastly different "abilities" amongst different collections of matter?
The creature does not choose.
“The field is the sole governing agency of the particle.”
Albert Einstein.
D1ss1dent
reply to post by Itisnowagain
The creature does not choose.
“The field is the sole governing agency of the particle.”
Albert Einstein.
There's the field (prakriti - everything that is perceived e.g.: the mind, etc. -, incorrectly translated as nature by westerners) but there's also the purusha (within everyone), the pure, immutable, direct knower and master of the field...