[yossarian]

well, its not personal so much as borrowed from as much stuff as I can get my mind around. but here goes:

I like the idea that we are emantions of a higher mind coming thru succesive layers of our reality: light/energy/matter/organisms/ etc. with consciousness being the ground from which this emerges. This consciousness/ground of being does not have intelligence or direction per se,. we wake up in this life forgetting that we are always in touch with this emptiness/consciousness and mistake the forest for the trees.

buddhism and physics do in fact share some similar "descriptions" of reality. of course discussions like this are always accused of being pseudo-science, which I agree with on a strictly mathematical level, but of course that is ignoring the subjective/mental realm level entirely. It seems efforts to tie these thoughts together are often ignored, but that is more the fault of the scientific paradigm imo.

anyhow, buddhists talk of emptiness creating form and along that line of thinking I had a thought, not that I know what I am talking about, but it could make sense when viewed like so:

matter has more space (emptiness) than actual hard/solid matter, the emptiness itself is everywhere and forms borders around all matter. emptiness is actually more whole or connected to itself than matter is.

so matter is the actual "illusion", and emptiness the true "root" or manipulator of form, with consciousness being the method/intersection in which emptiness experiences itself in all its forms. we are the higher mind seeing/experiencing emantions of ourselves.

we think we're watching tv, but in fact we are looking in the mirror, and the "we" watching is in fact emptiness, playing a game of cat and mouse.

purely speculation on my part, feel free to improve upon that idea or destroy it with some math equation.

[yossarian]

what, no one likes nothing?

[mkirkpatrick]

Originally Posted by yossarian what, no one likes nothing?

Hello and welcome yossarian,do you mean nothing,or no-thing,there is a difference
The way of the Buddha is a most noble and excellent way,and one that I try and follow.

You are right,there is more space than solidness,and even solidness is full of emptyness?


regards michael.

[yossarian]

Originally Posted by mkirkpatrick Hello and welcome yossarian,do you mean nothing,or no-thing,there is a difference The way of the Buddha is a most noble and excellent way,and one that I try and follow. You are right,there is more space than solidness,and even solidness is full of emptyness? regards michael.

well, thats the thing! lol

I have a physics question, is there actually areas where nothing exists?

and what is the difference between no-thing and nothing.

[yossarian]

Originally Posted by mkirkpatrick Hello and welcome yossarian,do you mean nothing,or no-thing,there is a difference The way of the Buddha is a most noble and excellent way,and one that I try and follow. You are right,there is more space than solidness,and even solidness is full of emptyness? regards michael.

Hi Michael,

well, thats the thing! I am unsure. lol

I have a physics question, is there actually areas where nothing exists?

and what is the difference between no-thing and nothing?

thanks so much, this place rules.

[mkirkpatrick]

Originally Posted by yossarian well, thats the thing! lol I have a physics question, is there actually areas where nothing exists? and what is the difference between no-thing and nothing.

Nothing=empty,blank,void,absense of a thing.

No-thing=All-thing,everything,One-without-another.The All thing-that is everything-period!

Of course this is a personal thing?


regards michael.

[yossarian]

Originally Posted by mkirkpatrick Nothing=empty,blank,void,absense of a thing. No-thing=All-thing,everything,One-without-another.The All thing-that is everything-period! Of course this is a personal thing? regards michael.

there is no denying nothing!

[mkirkpatrick]

Originally Posted by yossarian there is no denying nothing!

Absolutely so!Nothing is the interest you recieve from a non-existent bank account!



regards michael.