Is the Universe Conscious? (page 14)

still thinking

Seing as you are doing a 'what if' thread here and telling me to think for myself I hope you will accept this thought of mine and not insist I prove it, or start wheeling on the bearded magician.

I shall...and I am very grateful for your thoughts. I hadn't even considered the possibility of consciousness evolving after death. To be honest, I can't quite get my head around that either.

I am not trying to prove of disprove anything with this thread. Well...not to anyone else. Just throwing ideas around and seeing where they land.

*I do like the bearded magician though... *

ballistic

This all just goes to prove how little we do know. As humans, we don't know the true nature of conciousness or the existence of the universe in which we live.

flamegrilled

Just picking up on Terry's point from pg 1:

I use the word UNIVERSE to mean absolutely EVERYTHING which "exists". Others do NOT.
In religious discussions, for example, people tell me that God is...OUTSIDE...of the Universe.
This, of course, has absolutely no meaning for me. Wouldn't "everything" also INCLUDE God???

Fair enough, but in that case surely it is necessary to have another word to describe that portion of the universe to which we have potential access in an observable sense. If dimensions exist that would remain outside of our scope of knowledge no matter how much scientific progress we made, would that still constitute part of our universe? If so then don't we need another word to encapsulate everything that we could ever be consciously aware of?

Or if the multiverse truly exists would you object to talking about "other universes" on the basis that the singular term universe must by definition already encompass them? If so then we would surely need another term to describe that part to which we ourselves have any reference.

Just a thought.

still thinking

3 min video.... Our place in the universe???? If it WAS conscious, imagine what it would be thinking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WfGMYdalClU

still thinking

Awarebeing...I'm halfway through that first video...the bit where he is talking about Sirius B slowing down the earths rotation a second a day for two weeks. Sorry, but I'm going to wheel out the bearded man... Is there some evidence for this? I'm going to google Sirius B just because I think it is interesting.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap000611.html

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_468.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius

mind blown

The universe, lives, breaths, exists, just as everything else seen and unseen. Conscious in it's "own form" of consciousness.

still thinking

Here is an interesting discussion on another forum about Sirius B slowing the earths rotation.....I know it may only me that is interested in this...LOL But for anyone else that may be...

http://scienceforums.com/topic/19570-sirius-research-group-claims-about-earths-precession/

still thinking

Just finished watching this video on Ted talks...Not stricktly about consciousness...but it does bring it into question, along with the certainty of scienctific 'dogma' (as he puts it).

Thought I'd share it here for those that might be interested on the topic of consciousness, the universe, and evolutionary changes.

I'd also love to hear any feedback from those that take the time to watch it. Do you think he raises any valid points?

video is 18mins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHUaNAxsTg

Narcissistic Supply

Yes i like Eckert Tolle's stuff. Another good one along those lines is Pema Chodrin. She really tripped my mind at one point, years ago. Great exercises none the less.

still thinking

Thanks Narcissistic Supply, I'll have a look for that. I could do with some mind tripping

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