Perhaps we can indulge in a little day dream and some fantasy? Let us assume that when we came in to this life at birth we had no past(not knocking reincarnation) and all we knew were impressions whilst in the womb and as we did not have any reasoning yet or logic to figure it out nor anything to compare it with, we then because of repetition and rote only know this world view. Of course we gather other experiences from family, friends and relatives.
As we live on and depending whether our parents and environment permit it we may have an esquiring broad mind or a sheltered enclosed mind, either way the beliefs become one's reality and yet they are only learned behavior patterns. One could ask before birth where were you and what programme of reality was there that formed the cell sequence before the fetus?
This then begs the question; did you come from God, did you come from the matrix that informs particles to atoms, atoms to molecules and hey presto here you are in the womb? Perhaps that God implies this mystical procedure. To me there has to be an informing principle an intelligence at work here, that to me is the Intelligence that formed the Universe perhaps it lives in the invisible realm of the quantum field and all this maybe the same. Maybe it is the God Principle / informing Intelligence / quantum weirdness until the weirdness the interactions and exchanges at the particle / wave phenomena are given an intelligent command now aptly named intentionality.
If one subscribes to intentionality then at the Particle / Cosmic principle that is the only reality or at least the basic reality the rest is man made life styles and cultural indoctrination. This then can be elaborated; should the Universal Mind intentionalise then that is also just a mind thing even if it manifests a Universe and so its creativity as we see from the Cosmos is constantly changing and evolving and as we have seen on Earth with Mammoth to elephant and so on. So is there such a thing as reality? Bearing in mind everything including the computer, book or chair is made of atoms which in themselves are 99.99% space / empty, although in that emptiness there is a lot of activity.
Carrying on with the narrative let us even include reincarnation which like the seasons is repetitive, as yet not accurately discern-able seasons, cycles and rhythms because they are out of the realm of physics, yet according to some philosophies and Buddhism there are in the dimension of Karma. This is to come back and finish off unfinished business because it is on the wheel of repetition that one can break the chain.
Why should the chain be broken?; Taking an analogy. Had the Mammoth not given way to the elephant then evolution would just continue until Earth will have spent its time and began to crumble and all life extinguished.
Why should the chain be broken?; Taking an analogy. Had the Mammoth not given way to the elephant then evolution would just continue until Earth will have spent its time and began to crumble and all life extinguished.
Examining human life might be that we can draw similarities. If we continually hold the same views rigidly 'I was born a Mammoth my family are and were and my children will be' that becomes fixed and the world of Mammoth-dom will go on forever----however a shake up, a catastrophe of, and excuse the pun Mammoth proportions could also break the chain and so yesterdays reality probably through disaster forces us to adapt and improvise and so a new reality emerges. BUT is it reality? One could say all realities are temporary, expedient and transient-----begging the question if all these are kind of long or short duration 'realities' then all realties have a common denominator----they are not real, they are mind fabrications.
They appear to be real because we believe them and the more we believe them the more compounded ingrained and solid they become, we become GOD to our belief system by giving them Life through continuity.
Since we have perpetuated our own destiny by believing we are really real, perhaps knowing we are facing our demise and departure at some time, this then challenges our belief of an everlasting 'me'. But this me is a set of beliefs which have been doggedly pursued and cherished because it affords us safety and security------but does it? At the back of the mind is the thought the great stalker of Life can tap one on the shoulder and say come with me.
To know one can come back and rejoin the old life by reincarnating is a safety net however a rotten life may not be ones choice if that was the experience. To say we go back to God, The Kingdom of Heaven, Nirvana or any other belief may also be a safety net. We can perpetuate these ideas but they also maybe temporary illusions and transits in order to making one feel secure.
So basically if one is stripped of ones beliefs ------what is one then?
ALIVE.
SHACK
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Caught in the net of conditioning (Shack)
You are what your beliefs are, big, small or indifferent
for sure they will die with you if you allow too. (Shack)
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