We are all the same.
This generalization, though failing to capture the massive complexity of human life is in essence true. We seem to think, particularly when in a bad mood, that everything that we experience is unique to us and us alone. I hate to break it to you but just about everything you feel has been felt before a million times over. But don't get me wrong, this doesn't diminish the feeling, not in the least. Just know that everyone generally thinks along the lines of a few basic processes. Some are analytical and methodical; others are free-spirited and careless (without a care that is). There are dozens of these styles of thought, however there are billions of us, not to mention those who have died.
However, though in experiencing all these same feelings we are the same, no two people are completely alike. Families tend to be closer in thought processes. They tend to think as much alike as they look alike. It's genetics. I hate to disappoint you, I know it's not fair (you can't change it), your core abilities were determined genetically pre-birth and there's nothing you can do about it.
When looking at the big picture, everything is interconnected and methodical. There was a beginning and there will be an end of us. But, how can we speculate the beginning or end of the universe, it is extraneous of us. That's like trying to understand calculus by only taking the tests. You may get a few small points but you won't get the whole picture without meeting someone that already knows the whole picture. In a sense, you will not understand the beginning or end of the universe, or the earth, or anything extraneous of your lifetime without first meeting something that is extraneous of it. You have a better understanding of your dog's life, as you were there when it was born and you were there when it died. It is fully comprehendible. However, you may have been there for your sister's birth but (let's say) she outlives you. You will not truly be able to comprehend her death. And to the nth degree with larger things: The galaxy was here well before you and will be here well after you, changing very little in essence while you were therein. We understand very, very little about it.
We tend not to understand these "great mysteries" that we didn't live first without, then with, and without again. We are not able to fully understand the impact they had on us or on our surroundings. We can theorize but we can never fully understand. We can possibly prove that the universe started (in the sense that we were born too) but we will not be able to fully comprehend what that means or what it entails.
The human mind can only comprehend from what it has experienced. True, in a life, it experiences a lot, a whole lot, but questions like the origin of life, God, and the universe will forever remain mysteries even if we dis/prove their origins. We will not be able to comprehend them even without the information given to us by a higher leveled power. We are all the same. No one comprehends on a higher level than another. Some comprehend the human level better than others, but that's it.
But what does that matter in our lives? In the grand scheme of things we are predetermined to a certain path. There is no escaping that. However, because we don't exist on that level of existence (we are individual people, not the universe personified), it is irrelevant. We cannot comprehend our own predestination. To us, life is new every day. We have free will; we make our own choices.
What is life outside the zoo for a chimp? Nothing. They can't comprehend it.
What is life for a veal calf outside of it's pen? Nothing. They can't comprehend it.
They don't long for the outside world if born in a zoo or farm, they know nothing else. We do and in saying that they desire freedom, we are conveying our level of comprehension on them, which is not feasible.
What is our life and death? Nothing. We cannot comprehend it.
Why else would we each deep down inside think that despite all of history's proof otherwise, that we're the ones that are going to be the first one to live forever?
What is God? Nothing. We cannot comprehend it.
I believe that God is a manifestation of the human consciousness trying to give itself in death, because it is not possible in life, a way to understand all that they presently don't . God, in death therefore must reveal all secrets to us.
And that's how I explain the unexplainable.
This generalization, though failing to capture the massive complexity of human life is in essence true. We seem to think, particularly when in a bad mood, that everything that we experience is unique to us and us alone. I hate to break it to you but just about everything you feel has been felt before a million times over. But don't get me wrong, this doesn't diminish the feeling, not in the least. Just know that everyone generally thinks along the lines of a few basic processes. Some are analytical and methodical; others are free-spirited and careless (without a care that is). There are dozens of these styles of thought, however there are billions of us, not to mention those who have died.
However, though in experiencing all these same feelings we are the same, no two people are completely alike. Families tend to be closer in thought processes. They tend to think as much alike as they look alike. It's genetics. I hate to disappoint you, I know it's not fair (you can't change it), your core abilities were determined genetically pre-birth and there's nothing you can do about it.
When looking at the big picture, everything is interconnected and methodical. There was a beginning and there will be an end of us. But, how can we speculate the beginning or end of the universe, it is extraneous of us. That's like trying to understand calculus by only taking the tests. You may get a few small points but you won't get the whole picture without meeting someone that already knows the whole picture. In a sense, you will not understand the beginning or end of the universe, or the earth, or anything extraneous of your lifetime without first meeting something that is extraneous of it. You have a better understanding of your dog's life, as you were there when it was born and you were there when it died. It is fully comprehendible. However, you may have been there for your sister's birth but (let's say) she outlives you. You will not truly be able to comprehend her death. And to the nth degree with larger things: The galaxy was here well before you and will be here well after you, changing very little in essence while you were therein. We understand very, very little about it.
We tend not to understand these "great mysteries" that we didn't live first without, then with, and without again. We are not able to fully understand the impact they had on us or on our surroundings. We can theorize but we can never fully understand. We can possibly prove that the universe started (in the sense that we were born too) but we will not be able to fully comprehend what that means or what it entails.
The human mind can only comprehend from what it has experienced. True, in a life, it experiences a lot, a whole lot, but questions like the origin of life, God, and the universe will forever remain mysteries even if we dis/prove their origins. We will not be able to comprehend them even without the information given to us by a higher leveled power. We are all the same. No one comprehends on a higher level than another. Some comprehend the human level better than others, but that's it.
But what does that matter in our lives? In the grand scheme of things we are predetermined to a certain path. There is no escaping that. However, because we don't exist on that level of existence (we are individual people, not the universe personified), it is irrelevant. We cannot comprehend our own predestination. To us, life is new every day. We have free will; we make our own choices.
What is life outside the zoo for a chimp? Nothing. They can't comprehend it.
What is life for a veal calf outside of it's pen? Nothing. They can't comprehend it.
They don't long for the outside world if born in a zoo or farm, they know nothing else. We do and in saying that they desire freedom, we are conveying our level of comprehension on them, which is not feasible.
What is our life and death? Nothing. We cannot comprehend it.
Why else would we each deep down inside think that despite all of history's proof otherwise, that we're the ones that are going to be the first one to live forever?
What is God? Nothing. We cannot comprehend it.
I believe that God is a manifestation of the human consciousness trying to give itself in death, because it is not possible in life, a way to understand all that they presently don't . God, in death therefore must reveal all secrets to us.
And that's how I explain the unexplainable.
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