RE: Nondualism vs Dualism
April 24, 2019 at 5:04 pm
(This post was last modified: April 24, 2019 at 5:07 pm by Won2blv.)
(April 17, 2019 at 4:50 pm)Thoreauvian Wrote:(April 17, 2019 at 3:12 pm)Won2blv Wrote: I believe that in our pre-existence (pre-bigbang) we existed as 1 solid entity built upon two perfectly symbiotic states of matter. I believe this entity held consciousness and consciously killed itself in order for more creation to spring forth. I also believe that we have the history of our making from the big bang until present written in our DNA.
I base that belief [on] personal conscious experience
Um, I base the rejection of your belief on my personal conscious experience.
So where do you plan to go from here?
Thats fine with me. Its just a narrative of creation that I know some humans crave to know. Its hard to share spiritual experiences with heavily skeptical thinkers. Sometimes those militant skeptics forget that personal experience and perspective are relative to the individual user. Just because I saw these things with my eyes closed doesn't mean I didn't really see them. In fact they have just given me more faith that consciousness has existed since the beginning of time.
(April 17, 2019 at 7:49 pm)Lemon Curry Wrote:(April 16, 2019 at 10:22 pm)Won2blv Wrote: I believe that in our pre-existence (pre-bigbang) we existed as 1 solid entity built upon two perfectly symbiotic states of matter. I believe this entity held consciousness and consciously killed itself in order for more creation to spring forth. I also believe that we have the history of our making from the big bang until present written in our DNA.
Even if you think I'm full of shit, I'm curious what y'all believe concerning dualism vs nondualism. I say both
Big bang, AFAIK, covers the expansion of the Universe from a singularity through to its large-scale evolution.
Strictly speaking, time only began at the formation of the singularity. Therefore, to use the term 'pre-big bang' is invalid and has no meaning.
In addition, before time began, space did not exist. Therefore, the pre-big bang matter of which you speak cannot have existed because the space required to contain the matter didn't exist.
Penrose, relatively recently, argued that time, pre-big bang, did indeed exist since the mathematics allows for this. However, he also argues that time differences, pre-big bang, didn't exist. Just when I had all my ducks in a line too.
Man, that was some trip you went on.
I ask this in earnest, if matter cannot be created or destroyed, then was all matter created in one single event post-big bang?
