The fact (or appearance) of the universe is really strange if you think about it. Have you ever thought about existence and why there is something and not nothing? Science says that first there was nothing, then there was the big bang, and here we are...doesn't that strike you as, well, interesting?
Our regular everyday lives work out just fine. We work, play, eat, live, die. Everything is normal. That is life. However, the minute we step outside of the ordinary and look at really big things, or really small things, uh-oh. Poof, things get really weird. Problems arise.
The universe is expanding. Where is it expanding to? What's outside of the universe, and what's outside of that? If that isn't enough, things are even more problematical in the sub-atomic level. Particles don't appear like they do in our "real" world. They exist as probability waves. You can't pin them down. Read a good book on quantum physics and you will want to become a mystic like many of the early discovers' of the field.
But why bother? Most of us have enough problems just living. We have to act as if the universe made sense. To survive we let ourselves be shaped by what psychologist Charles Tart calls "consensus consciousness." Reality, which if we really thought about it, is too strange for us. So, our consciousness gets formed by our culture and we live our lives...but at a great expense. We miss out on the mystery of this incredibly strange and interesting universe. We live our lives playing with illusions. Holistic perspective gets at the heart of the illusion, stepping back to see what is really there...strange or not.
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. " Albert Einstein
In future blogs I hope to open the door to seeing reality from a holistic perspective.
Our regular everyday lives work out just fine. We work, play, eat, live, die. Everything is normal. That is life. However, the minute we step outside of the ordinary and look at really big things, or really small things, uh-oh. Poof, things get really weird. Problems arise.
The universe is expanding. Where is it expanding to? What's outside of the universe, and what's outside of that? If that isn't enough, things are even more problematical in the sub-atomic level. Particles don't appear like they do in our "real" world. They exist as probability waves. You can't pin them down. Read a good book on quantum physics and you will want to become a mystic like many of the early discovers' of the field.
But why bother? Most of us have enough problems just living. We have to act as if the universe made sense. To survive we let ourselves be shaped by what psychologist Charles Tart calls "consensus consciousness." Reality, which if we really thought about it, is too strange for us. So, our consciousness gets formed by our culture and we live our lives...but at a great expense. We miss out on the mystery of this incredibly strange and interesting universe. We live our lives playing with illusions. Holistic perspective gets at the heart of the illusion, stepping back to see what is really there...strange or not.
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. " Albert Einstein
In future blogs I hope to open the door to seeing reality from a holistic perspective.
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