The Nature of Realities

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Evening. I hope everyone is doing well

I finished a 'book' I was working on a while back. Its quite a long, difficult read - 27 pages of .pdf. It covers eternity, infinity, mystery, consciousness, destiny, perfection. Stuff like, what the ultimate purpose of all life ought to be.

Here is the summary...

• Even if we could know everything about reality we could never be certain that we know
everything. Other parts of reality may not be possible to detect.
• Reality is eternal. It is the nature of reality that whatever exists has always existed in one form
or another.
• It is impossible for anything to come into existence because things cannot pop into existence
out of nothing, from nowhere, and for no reason.
• It is impossible for anything to stop existing because things cannot pop out of existence for no
reason, into nothing, and to nowhere.
• Reality is infinite. All fundamental matter and energy that exists must exist in infinite quantity
because the conditions that allow something to exist cannot be limited to a particular part of
space.
• The quantum world could be infinitely deep in that there would always be smaller particles
occupying deeper levels. Likewise, there could be larger and larger particles at higher levels.
• In a way it doesn't make sense that reality exists, nor that reality is the way it is. On the other
hand it is the nature of reality that whatever exists should exist, and that it should have the
nature that is has. Otherwise it wouldn't exist, or it would have a different nature.
• It is a mystery as to whether reality is an open system, closed systems, or both.
• It is unknown whether or not the laws of physics are the same in every part of reality.
• Time is a useful idea that helps us measure the changes in reality. On the flip side if time is
thought of as a force of physics then this could only be accurate if it is the only force of physics
which causes change.
• The fastest speed that is attainable in reality is the limit to how quickly living beings - of one
kind or another - can affect other parts of reality.
• Consciousness is to a great degree a mystery.
• We can say that at the very least the potential for consciousness exists, existed before we were
born, and will continue to exist after our death.
• In order for free will to exist consciousness and free will have to be a 'law' of physics. Choices
can only be truly free if there is no deterministic mechanism behind that choice.
• The purpose of life should be to make reality perfect or optimal. If that is achieved then the
purpose should be to maintain perfection. If that is also achieved then all the work would be
done and the only thing left to do would be to play.
• All the available resources of reality should be used in the most effective way possible, with an
ideal balance between the quantity of life and the quality of life.
• If all matter and energy has the potential for consciousness then it may be ethical to create an
eternal cycle where consciousness is disassembled and used in the making of life-supporting
machinery - such as virtual reality machines - while matter and energy that is not conscious is
assembled into conscious beings.
• The ultimate reality where our true minds are should be morally perfect, entirely free of evil.
• A line may have to be drawn as to the extent to which beings could choose to endure suffering
and evil in virtual worlds, and the extent to which they could inflict suffering and evil unto
others.


If you do end up reading it I hope you'll get a lot out of it.

All the best!

 

[George-ananda]

Interesting. Where did these ideas come from?

 

[Aupmanyav]

1a. It is impossible for anything to come into existence because things cannot pop into existence
out of nothing, from nowhere, and for no reason.
1b. It is impossible for anything to stop existing because things cannot pop out of existence for no reason, into nothing, and to nowhere.
2. Reality is infinite. All fundamental matter and energy that exists must exist in infinite quantity because the conditions that allow something to exist cannot be limited to a particular part of space.
3. The quantum world could be infinitely deep in that there would always be smaller particles occupying deeper levels. Likewise, there could be larger and larger particles at higher levels.
4. In a way it doesn't make sense that reality exists, nor that reality is the way it is. On the other hand it is the nature of reality that whatever exists should exist, and that it should have the nature that is has. Otherwise it wouldn't exist, or it would have a different nature.
5. It is a mystery as to whether reality is an open system, closed systems, or both.
6. It is unknown whether or not the laws of physics are the same in every part of reality.
7.Time is a useful idea that helps us measure the changes in reality. On the flip side if time is thought of as a force of physics then this could only be accurate if it is the only force of physics which causes change.
8. The fastest speed that is attainable in reality is the limit to how quickly living beings - of one kind or another - can affect other parts of reality.
9. Consciousness is to a great degree a mystery.
10. We can say that at the very least the potential for consciousness exists, existed before we were born, and will continue to exist after our death.
11. In order for free will to exist consciousness and free will have to be a 'law' of physics. Choices can only be truly free if there is no deterministic mechanism behind that choice.
12. The purpose of life should be to make reality perfect or optimal. If that is achieved then the purpose should be to maintain perfection. If that is also achieved then all the work would be done and the only thing left to do would be to play.
13. All the available resources of reality should be used in the most effective way possible, with an ideal balance between the quantity of life and the quality of life.
14. If all matter and energy has the potential for consciousness then it may be ethical to create an eternal cycle where consciousness is disassembled and used in the making of life-supporting machinery - such as virtual reality machines - while matter and energy that is not conscious is assembled into conscious beings.
15. The ultimate reality where our true minds are should be morally perfect, entirely free of evil.
16. A line may have to be drawn as to the extent to which beings could choose to endure suffering and evil in virtual worlds, and the extent to which they could inflict suffering and evil unto others.

1. That is a dated view. Things can pop out of nothing and go back to nothing.
2. We do not know if the space is infinite or curves on itself, in which case limited.
3. That is your guess. Any thing smaller than quarks?
4. Reality may not be worried about your disagreement.
5. Perhaps that is right thing to say at the moment.
6. That too is correct.
7. Agree. Time is one of the unknowns.
8. Why limit this to living beings?
9. Consciousness is a chemical and electrical phenomenon.
10. Human consciousness is limited to our lives.
11. There is no free-will. All actions are conditional.
12. Define your view of perfection. Normally perfectionists are an unhappy lot. I was one and suffered because of it.
13. Agree. We are wasting too much and harming many.
14. I do not know what you mean.
15. That is not reality. That is our desire for perfection. Will hardly ever be so.
16. If that is in our hands, why not erase evil for all times everywhere? That is what God could do but did not.

 

[BSM1]

Although this seems very thoughtful and erudite, unfortunately it is all relative and subjective. You haven't really objectively defined reality or evil. One person's reality could be another person's trip to Disney World; one person's evil could be simply another person's ham sandwich. Even though this would make an interesting discussion in some cerebral bar it boils down to no one knows (or truly can know) anymore than the next person.