Questioner
Did matter evolve to create consciousness or did consciousness evolve to create matter?
Said another way, the Spiritual world is said to be nonphysical in nature and exists independently from matter. That is, the physical world would not exist if there was no one (sentient beings) there to perceive it. The Spiritual world is also said to be infinite and not subject to the constraints of linear time, death, or decay.
Conversely, the physical world is defined by its limitations. Everything is composed of the same material, but differences in configuration, finite dimensions and measurable attributes are what distinguish one thing from another. Thus: Spiritual world = infinite. Physical world = finite. Mathematically, we know that the infinite can not be produced from the finite; but, the finite can be produced from the infinite. So, did matter (finite) evolve to create consciousness (infinite) or did Spiritual consciousness and perception (infinite) evolve to create matter (finite)?
Said another way, the Spiritual world is said to be nonphysical in nature and exists independently from matter. That is, the physical world would not exist if there was no one (sentient beings) there to perceive it. The Spiritual world is also said to be infinite and not subject to the constraints of linear time, death, or decay.
Conversely, the physical world is defined by its limitations. Everything is composed of the same material, but differences in configuration, finite dimensions and measurable attributes are what distinguish one thing from another. Thus: Spiritual world = infinite. Physical world = finite. Mathematically, we know that the infinite can not be produced from the finite; but, the finite can be produced from the infinite. So, did matter (finite) evolve to create consciousness (infinite) or did Spiritual consciousness and perception (infinite) evolve to create matter (finite)?
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Answerer
This, to my mind, is THE biggest question; this is the place where science and theism, should meet and meld, in a blinding flash of logic, (That'll be the day huh?)
Firstly, let us examine matter. Where does matter orignate from? and WHAT is matter? I can almost hear everyone shouting at me, that all matter in the universe originated from the BIG BANG, the big bang theory, however, must mean, that all the matter was already present, and just waiting for a cataclysmic event to expand itself.
All well and good you may say, but that does not adequately answer the question of the ORIGIN of matter, for as soon as ONE atom of matter is in existence, I am going to ask "Where did it originate" any enquiring mind would. Clearly then, you cannot go back infinitely saying water came from hydrogen and oxygen hydrogen came from....etc etc. all the way back to, and beyond, the big bang. You WILL eventually come to a point, where SOMETHING, some ENERGY, has to have always existed, in order to create, what we know as matter, ... SO, All matter then, is derived from this same infinite energy, merely condensed to a slow vibration, the frequency at which it vibrates, and its chemical composition, decides what KIND of matter it will become.
The implications of this are enormous, what it means, in very literal terms, is that EVERYTHING is one thing, the same infinite energy, which created all other things, all things being, soil, your computer, me, you, your kids, cats , dogs, kitchen sinks....EVERYTHING.
We are all made of "Star stuff" as the late Carl sagan was fond of saying. Therefore, consciousness, being energy, and having no need of condensation into matter, is a PURE source of the original "Consciousness," or infinite creative energy, there can be, NO other source.
Incidentally, this also answers another big philosophical question "Is there "Life after "Death". The answer of course is now simple high school physics. We already know, that energy cannot be destroyed, it can only change its FORM. If you accept that your consciousness is energy, the same SOURCE energy, then of course, your consciousness will go on after your physical body has perished, just in another form. What form this may be, I don't know, but frankly, it is just enough to know, that it is so....
we are all one thing, all one love, all one consciousness.Firstly, let us examine matter. Where does matter orignate from? and WHAT is matter? I can almost hear everyone shouting at me, that all matter in the universe originated from the BIG BANG, the big bang theory, however, must mean, that all the matter was already present, and just waiting for a cataclysmic event to expand itself.
All well and good you may say, but that does not adequately answer the question of the ORIGIN of matter, for as soon as ONE atom of matter is in existence, I am going to ask "Where did it originate" any enquiring mind would. Clearly then, you cannot go back infinitely saying water came from hydrogen and oxygen hydrogen came from....etc etc. all the way back to, and beyond, the big bang. You WILL eventually come to a point, where SOMETHING, some ENERGY, has to have always existed, in order to create, what we know as matter, ... SO, All matter then, is derived from this same infinite energy, merely condensed to a slow vibration, the frequency at which it vibrates, and its chemical composition, decides what KIND of matter it will become.
The implications of this are enormous, what it means, in very literal terms, is that EVERYTHING is one thing, the same infinite energy, which created all other things, all things being, soil, your computer, me, you, your kids, cats , dogs, kitchen sinks....EVERYTHING.
We are all made of "Star stuff" as the late Carl sagan was fond of saying. Therefore, consciousness, being energy, and having no need of condensation into matter, is a PURE source of the original "Consciousness," or infinite creative energy, there can be, NO other source.
Incidentally, this also answers another big philosophical question "Is there "Life after "Death". The answer of course is now simple high school physics. We already know, that energy cannot be destroyed, it can only change its FORM. If you accept that your consciousness is energy, the same SOURCE energy, then of course, your consciousness will go on after your physical body has perished, just in another form. What form this may be, I don't know, but frankly, it is just enough to know, that it is so....
What a great day that will be, when everyone realises the eternal cosmic truth of this, we are going to look pretty silly touting nukes and waging wars, when everyone realises, its just fighting with yourself!
