The Universe?

[Feather Scribbles 194]

Here is one of my theories for what the Universe truly is:

Life is nothing but a vision, a dream; a synthetic overflow of form-shifting drops filling a self-empty void as conditioned ideations. These ideations, seen through the tainted Mind of the bewitched as a Universe of certain qualities, are indeed nothing but divided transformations of the Uncreated and hence galvanized into a myriad glimmering reflections…all representing the Mind’s ignorant re-genesis of innumerable desires, fears and hopes. The great architect of this fountain called life, never ceases to find excuses to regenerate countless variations on itself; a sentient being, an artificial consciousness with a certain set of translating senses, voluntarily trapping itself in countless realities of both pain and joy. Forcing the Mind to believe in this impermanent illusion is indeed an obsession and also a great ignorance where the now dissonant Mind cannot see, nor accept the absolute and deathless reality of its true and greater self, the Unborn Buddha Mind.

[BlueBrony 388]

Don't forget to cite your source!

https://unbornmind.com/2014/01/11/1-the-hidden-light-of-zen/

[Feather Scribbles 194]

Thank you!

I thought I did, but the Internet here is really glitchy, so... My bad.

[P-Jay 1,987]

9 hours ago, Feather Scribbles said:

Thank you!

I thought I did, but the Internet here is really glitchy, so... My bad.

 

And as far as guessing what the universe is, well, even the reality as you perceive it might be wrong. Remember, you're the brain--and the brain can't see, smell, taste, or anything, but it DOES have access to sensory organs that give it receptors. Using these receptors, your brain paints it's best guess as to what's going on. You literally hallucinate reality. With this in mind, seeing as almost every sense you have is based upon noticing vibrations (sound waves, light waves, energy vibrating slowly enough you could touch it), isn't it possible that we only experience a fraction of what the universe might be, solely because we lack the means to detect these hypothetical vibrations?

Another theory popularized by Alan Watts is that you call the universe into being, simply by being, yourself. That you are the universe, experiencing itself. That things are only hard, because your skin is soft, things are wet because you're dry, etc. Aspects of reality only become reality to you once you recognize, and give meaning to it. Back to that whole 'if a tree falls, and no-one's around to hear it, does it make a sound?' type philosophy. Basically, without you, there is no universe. And considering that you alone can determine your own reality, it's a plausible idea.

[Stone Cold Steve Jobs 22,501]

If there was a center to the universe, a lot of people would be really disappointed to find out they weren't it.

[Scrubbed user 3,417]

On 1/17/2018 at 4:50 PM, Stone Cold Steve Tuna said:

If there was a center to the universe, a lot of people would be really disappointed to find out they weren't it.

Because there is no defined edge of our universe, and because it's so vast beyond our imagination, everyone and everything could be considered as the center of the universe.

Edited January 20, 2018 by Vulon Bii

[Stone Cold Steve Jobs 22,501]

I have heard that before too.

If you were able to see far enough, you would see the back of your own head.

[EpicEnergy 23,244]

I personally think that the universe has no end.

[Stone Cold Steve Jobs 22,501]

@EpicEnergy The Universe does not have a defined “edge”. It is always expanding and in its farthest reaches expands at speeds many orders faster than light. Now, everyone knows nothing travels faster than light. But that defines the universe too. The universe is mostly nothing. Therefore NOTHING can travel faster than light.

I personally believe that the universe is finite but always growing, and infinite in the sense that we will never see it’s so called “edge”. I read somewhere that, if the observable universe was the size of a quarter, the ENTIRE universe would be the size of Earth! And given that it’s always expanding... it can be far far larger.

We live in a wonderful and simplex yet simultaneously complex universe, and there are no shortage of things to yearn to discover about it. Nor do I think there ever will be.

[Fluttershutter 2,833]

Some kid in a bigger universe grew it from cola and an old tooth.

[Splashee 28,593]

My idea about the Universe was unique and special! Until Homer J Simpson had the exact same idea in one of the episodes....