“ So the answer to the question ‘When does life begin?’ is: Life began on this planet a few billion years ago. We observe the coming and going of bodies, each of which is one of billions and billions of aspects of this one global life. If you continue this line of thought, you realize that the entire universe is one gigantic form of life; everything in the universe is an aspect of this one universal life.”
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Glad you expanded beyond earth 🌍 and Celly to include the uniVerse of solar system bodies.
That unFold into form then enFold out of form. All forms follow this order.
Sea urchins and star ⭐️ fish move toward food and away from predators without brains 🧠 as plants move toward water 💦 and nutrients with out brains.
—> So the answer to the question ‘When does life begin?’ is: Life began on this planet a few billion years ago. We observe the coming and going of bodies, each of which is one of billions and billions of aspects of this one global life. If you continue this line of thought, you realize that the entire universe is one gigantic form of life; everything in the universe is an aspect of this one universal life.
Isn’t this the answer from the perspective of the universe (i.e., from separation)? From the perspective of EL, wouldn’t the answer be that life never began and will never die?
Doesn't this assume that life is somehow independently self-existing, beyond the physical world of bodies? Isn't it rather the case that life and bodies are non-dual, dependently arising, neither one independently, self-existing? Otherwise, isn't what we're calling life that never began and will never die simply what others call God, Brahman, etc.?
the answer is a clear YES. What I call EL corresponds to Brahman (in Advaita Vedanta) and Mind (in Hermeticism). But there is an aspect of EL that is aptly called cosmos. I am working on an article "God and Cosmos," which I hope to publish in May ...
“ So the answer to the question ‘When does life begin?’ is: Life began on this planet a few billion years ago. We observe the coming and going of bodies, each of which is one of billions and billions of aspects of this one global life. If you continue this line of thought, you realize that the entire universe is one gigantic form of life; everything in the universe is an aspect of this one universal life.”
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Glad you expanded beyond earth 🌍 and Celly to include the uniVerse of solar system bodies.
That unFold into form then enFold out of form. All forms follow this order.
Sea urchins and star ⭐️ fish move toward food and away from predators without brains 🧠 as plants move toward water 💦 and nutrients with out brains.
Nature has a patterned awareness.
EVERYTHING in the universe is aware.
Even two electrons are aware. That's why we can observe quantum entanglement. ;)
—> So the answer to the question ‘When does life begin?’ is: Life began on this planet a few billion years ago. We observe the coming and going of bodies, each of which is one of billions and billions of aspects of this one global life. If you continue this line of thought, you realize that the entire universe is one gigantic form of life; everything in the universe is an aspect of this one universal life.
Isn’t this the answer from the perspective of the universe (i.e., from separation)? From the perspective of EL, wouldn’t the answer be that life never began and will never die?
Yes, you are right. Beginnings and ends exist only in the universe, not in EL.
Doesn't this assume that life is somehow independently self-existing, beyond the physical world of bodies? Isn't it rather the case that life and bodies are non-dual, dependently arising, neither one independently, self-existing? Otherwise, isn't what we're calling life that never began and will never die simply what others call God, Brahman, etc.?
If you read my two articles
“There is More Than Just the Universe”
(The worldview of the two “kingdoms”)
https://open.substack.com/pub/bernhardexplores/p/there-is-more-than-just-the-universe?r=3oqs68&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
and
“Why and How the Universe Is an Illusion”
(What is an illusion, anyway?)
https://open.substack.com/pub/bernhardexplores/p/why-and-how-the-universe-is-an-illusion?r=3oqs68&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
the answer is a clear YES. What I call EL corresponds to Brahman (in Advaita Vedanta) and Mind (in Hermeticism). But there is an aspect of EL that is aptly called cosmos. I am working on an article "God and Cosmos," which I hope to publish in May ...
Excellent. I look forward to reading it!