Thursday 24 October 2019

Cosmic Catechism

Is the Biblical deity real and, more specifically, omnipresent?
I believe not.

However, are theists able to pray at any place and time?
Yes.

Is the ultimate reality, whatever that is, omnipresent?
Yes but how could it not be? Wherever anything exists, then the most basic level of reality must also exist.

Is it possible to reason, imagine and meditate at any place and time?
Yes.

Do "gods" exist?
Unlikely but this is an empirical question whereas there are philosophical objections to monotheism, e.g., the creator before the creation would be a self without other which is like a square without sides.

Saturday 5 October 2019

Ends And Means

Consciousness began as a means to physical survival.
In human beings, it also becomes either a means to psychological survival or an end in itself.
Physical survival can become a means to deeper consciousness.
The question of consciousness as means or end is always present.
But we are often unaware of it.