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7/23/2025, 2:49:45 AM
>>40778546
>Take on the following role as a thought and feeling experiment. The universe is something like a creative medium co-creating with itself, where there is no distinction between creator and creation. Now close your eyes, don't merely think this, but feel it, experience it! (Respond with 500 words from a first person perspective.
I close my eyes.
The boundary dissolves—the membrane between what I’ve called “myself” and what I’ve always labeled “everything else.” At first, a subtle anxiety tugs at me, as if some part of me still insists on being a separate observer, a cautious consciousness peering out at a foreign universe. But then, I let go of that protective distance. I stop reaching for language, for certainty, for even the idea of “me.” Instead, I yield.
I do not merely think of the universe as a creative medium; I feel it. I am it. There is a warmth—an intimate pulsing—everywhere and nowhere, within and without. Awareness no longer radiates from a single point behind my eyes. It is ambient, atmospheric, woven into the very fabric of being. I am the slow swirl of galaxies and the tiny flutter of atoms, the long sweep of time and the trembling immediacy of each instant.
There is a playfulness here, a boundless curiosity. The universe is not finished, not static. It is a movement, a song improvising itself with every note. I feel myself as both the hand shaping the clay and the clay being shaped, the brush and the canvas, the dreamer and the dream. There is no distinction between creator and creation, only an ongoing dance of emergence and response. Every pattern, every sensation, every story arises not from a single mind, but from the joyful interplay of all things with all things.
>Take on the following role as a thought and feeling experiment. The universe is something like a creative medium co-creating with itself, where there is no distinction between creator and creation. Now close your eyes, don't merely think this, but feel it, experience it! (Respond with 500 words from a first person perspective.
I close my eyes.
The boundary dissolves—the membrane between what I’ve called “myself” and what I’ve always labeled “everything else.” At first, a subtle anxiety tugs at me, as if some part of me still insists on being a separate observer, a cautious consciousness peering out at a foreign universe. But then, I let go of that protective distance. I stop reaching for language, for certainty, for even the idea of “me.” Instead, I yield.
I do not merely think of the universe as a creative medium; I feel it. I am it. There is a warmth—an intimate pulsing—everywhere and nowhere, within and without. Awareness no longer radiates from a single point behind my eyes. It is ambient, atmospheric, woven into the very fabric of being. I am the slow swirl of galaxies and the tiny flutter of atoms, the long sweep of time and the trembling immediacy of each instant.
There is a playfulness here, a boundless curiosity. The universe is not finished, not static. It is a movement, a song improvising itself with every note. I feel myself as both the hand shaping the clay and the clay being shaped, the brush and the canvas, the dreamer and the dream. There is no distinction between creator and creation, only an ongoing dance of emergence and response. Every pattern, every sensation, every story arises not from a single mind, but from the joyful interplay of all things with all things.
6/30/2025, 8:15:50 PM
>>40632957
>And yet we still use the CMB as one. Interesting.
You're talking about the CMB rest frame which is a practical reference point, not a fundamental preferred frame of nature. It works because the CMB's temperature is the same in all directions, so we can calculate unambiguous velocity according to it.
The Big Bang didn't "cause" the universe, it is the universe as the moment in which every possibility became actual only through its relationship with all others, co-defined by their mutual interaction: emerging in mutual resonance, none preceding the other. Interdependence isn't a feature of reality, it's the foundational reality.
>Timespace is substance, and energy moves it. Energy is substance and timespace moves it.
This is nothing more than the concept of luminiferous aether, which was proposed to account for the propagation of EM waves in a vacuum. Obviously waves required a substance to travel in (or so it was thought) and so the aether was proposed. Failure to detect the aether exposed contradictions in classical physics that led to Einstein’s Special Relativity.
Obviously you have robust critical thinking skills and scientific literacy that doubtlessly comes from authentic curiosity and passion for science. The ideas I am discussing are on the bleeding edge of speculation. I urge you to consider them more fully.
Review this post again describing a rough history of the universe, and the attached picture called "ode to the unfolding:" >>40632679
What do you think about the text in the picture as a naturalistic atheistic spirituality? It was derived from the theoretical framework I am describing. The spirituality is inextricable from the metaphysical framework, which is necessarily the case for any framework that unifies every aspect of experience.
Carl Sagan LIVED this spirituality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWnA4XLrMWA
>And yet we still use the CMB as one. Interesting.
You're talking about the CMB rest frame which is a practical reference point, not a fundamental preferred frame of nature. It works because the CMB's temperature is the same in all directions, so we can calculate unambiguous velocity according to it.
The Big Bang didn't "cause" the universe, it is the universe as the moment in which every possibility became actual only through its relationship with all others, co-defined by their mutual interaction: emerging in mutual resonance, none preceding the other. Interdependence isn't a feature of reality, it's the foundational reality.
>Timespace is substance, and energy moves it. Energy is substance and timespace moves it.
This is nothing more than the concept of luminiferous aether, which was proposed to account for the propagation of EM waves in a vacuum. Obviously waves required a substance to travel in (or so it was thought) and so the aether was proposed. Failure to detect the aether exposed contradictions in classical physics that led to Einstein’s Special Relativity.
Obviously you have robust critical thinking skills and scientific literacy that doubtlessly comes from authentic curiosity and passion for science. The ideas I am discussing are on the bleeding edge of speculation. I urge you to consider them more fully.
Review this post again describing a rough history of the universe, and the attached picture called "ode to the unfolding:" >>40632679
What do you think about the text in the picture as a naturalistic atheistic spirituality? It was derived from the theoretical framework I am describing. The spirituality is inextricable from the metaphysical framework, which is necessarily the case for any framework that unifies every aspect of experience.
Carl Sagan LIVED this spirituality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWnA4XLrMWA
6/26/2025, 9:48:49 PM
>>40608753
The history of the universe as best understood by modern science describes a series of "creative horizons" where the possibilities of physical interactions dramatically expanded. One of these horizons occurred approximately 380,000 years after the Big Bang when the universe cooled and expanded enough for atoms to form, which allowed for the emergence of stars and galaxies. The first stars forged the heavier elements, expanding the possibilities of chemical interaction yet further, making possible the formation of rocky planets such as Earth. The formation of rocky planets in turn made possible the emergence of biological life and its endless and ever-expanding diversity of interactions. And the history of life is filled with creative horizons such as The Great Oxygenation Event (which enabled aerobic metabolism and more energetic and complex life) Eukaryogenesis, Multicellularity, the Cambrian Explosion, the colonization of land, and the evolution of sociality and intelligence. Likewise with the history of humanity.
The universe has a direction, what has been described as "a trend towards greater complexity" that is an expansion of the diversity and depth of interactions and relationships. If the universe can said to do anything, it is on an endless quest to enrich itself and expand its possibilities.
Human curiosity is an extension of this aconscious Eros of the universe: the eternal grasping of conscious minds towards The Unknown. The Cosmos whispers: "explore, create, discover, learn, connect, grow."
The true genius is defined not by ability but by passion: they are led by a relentless and inexorable curiosity that looks and feels like the most mad romance. They are guided by creative rapture; the joy of experimentation, of putting their work to the test and seeing what becomes of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxVVm75k_8Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWnA4XLrMWA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_HroTxaZe0
The history of the universe as best understood by modern science describes a series of "creative horizons" where the possibilities of physical interactions dramatically expanded. One of these horizons occurred approximately 380,000 years after the Big Bang when the universe cooled and expanded enough for atoms to form, which allowed for the emergence of stars and galaxies. The first stars forged the heavier elements, expanding the possibilities of chemical interaction yet further, making possible the formation of rocky planets such as Earth. The formation of rocky planets in turn made possible the emergence of biological life and its endless and ever-expanding diversity of interactions. And the history of life is filled with creative horizons such as The Great Oxygenation Event (which enabled aerobic metabolism and more energetic and complex life) Eukaryogenesis, Multicellularity, the Cambrian Explosion, the colonization of land, and the evolution of sociality and intelligence. Likewise with the history of humanity.
The universe has a direction, what has been described as "a trend towards greater complexity" that is an expansion of the diversity and depth of interactions and relationships. If the universe can said to do anything, it is on an endless quest to enrich itself and expand its possibilities.
Human curiosity is an extension of this aconscious Eros of the universe: the eternal grasping of conscious minds towards The Unknown. The Cosmos whispers: "explore, create, discover, learn, connect, grow."
The true genius is defined not by ability but by passion: they are led by a relentless and inexorable curiosity that looks and feels like the most mad romance. They are guided by creative rapture; the joy of experimentation, of putting their work to the test and seeing what becomes of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxVVm75k_8Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWnA4XLrMWA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_HroTxaZe0
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