>>40735828
>why do I want enlightenment, exactly?
this is a unique perspective, but I'll give it to you anyway
you get a trip around the universe spanning a stupendous amount of lifetimes
master nan huaijin indicated in his enlightenment series that one needs to somehow get around the end of this journey, the way to do it is the enlightenment process
for if this torus is indeed the shape of the universe, it would make sense that you kinda need to avoid that giant trash compactor that is the perpetually ongoing big bang in the middle
so you more or less need to be able to surpass the tether otherwise you get recycled, which doesnt sound like it preserves your soul's identity

>>40726219
>Then what caused the big bang? It couldn't just happen from nothing, there had to be something to cause it.
in reality, the big bang is a perpetual habbening, its right here in the middle of this small scale representation of the universe

>>40559604
per my reading of stuff, this is perhaps interesting
Master Nan, Huaijin seemed to indicate in one of his enlightenment series (he has a few titles with enlightenment in the title) that one gets a trip around the universe that spans many, many lifetimes, and you have to sidestep the very end...and the way you do that sidestepping is the enlightenment process.
I hypothesize that the universe is a giant torus, this means the big bang is a perpetual happening in the middle
so more or less, you take a trip around the block and hope you can reach enlightenment so as to sidestep going back into the big bang at the end of your trip.
if string theory is to be believed, bringing your energy high enough should detach your baryonic matter from the spacetime membrane of the universe