Peter and Paul: CHAOS

Many, many years ago, people had it easy. Whatever they did not understand they assigned to supernatural powers, ultimately blaming God for their boons as well as misfortunes. The shear diversity of the Phenomenal Reality was more than a primitive mind could accept. There had to be a God who created it all, who sustained it, who got rid of it when its time was up. Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva served this purpose, each tending to their assigned tasks.

(We'll ignore the 2000 Egyptian deities, surely, they must have been kidding?)

Then the Greeks came into the picture. They upted the Hindu Divine Triune to the Olympian dozen, not counting Hades who was relegated to remain in the underworld.

At least the Greeks had the temerity to admit that, before the order came to our reality, there was only Chaos. They were really close in their theory of "chaos", but... reverted to divine intervention. Such is human nature.

So close, and yet so far.

Back to square one, again..

Eventually the Greek philosopher Pythagoras used the term cosmos, which had many meanings. From "emptiness, vast void, chasm, to abyss," yet... beyond all these the terms, cosmos also meant Order of the Universe. We don't know if he was talking about the Potential or the Phenomenal Universe.

And then, in 19th century, a Prussian geographer, explorer, and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt resurrected the use of the meaning to the ancient Greeks, influencing the modern perception of the universe as an single entity.

Better, closer, but still no cake!

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Finally, a century later, came Albert Einstein who declared not only that all, (i.e.: the whole Phenomenal Universe), is energy but that what we perceive with our senses is an illusion.

Back to square one, or, perhaps even further back?

Not really.

The conclusion I drew from all of the above is that the original creative energy is invisible. Furthermore, being invisible, it might well be omnipresent. This is supported by observations by our telescopes which reach out for several billions of light-years to detect the "illusion" of the infinite Phenomenal Universe. Thus, the creation must have taken place at inordinate distances from us in all directions, which further supports the thesis that this Creative Energy must have been, and assuredly is, Omnipresent. Hence, we are surrounded by on all sides and within the:

Indestructible Omnipresent Energy of Creative Consciousness.

Why Consciousness?

Because whatever impelled the Original Creative Energy to such inordinate, in fact seemingly infinite, diversity and beauty, could not have happened by accident. Had it done so, we would have persisted in ongoing chaos, deprived of all beauty and order to this day.

Yet, as the Greek would say, for all that was, is, will be, or could be, to exist everywhere simultaneously, surely, they must be a state of unholy chaos. And, only through It's manifestation in our Phenomenal Universe order can be introduced to the degree and beauty which we now experience.

And it is best to accept that the Potential is neither good nor bad. It is everything. What makes good or bad is what we do with it, though the intent of the Potential appears to be, always, to enhance the Phenomenal Universe with endless diversity.

I rest my case.

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My Inquiry into the Nature of Being, began with a few tentative steps, in my collections of essays Beyond Religion. They represent the journey I took (and continue to travel) to today's blog. While my concepts have hopefully developed, what cheers me up is that both, the Phenomenal Universe and all Individualizations of it (including my Higher Self) are both, indestructible, and hence, immortal. I promise you that a few million years from now, my blog will give you a much better understanding of the Universe that, for now, is stranger than we can even imagine.

Yet, this will never stop me from trying to fathom its mysteries.

You are welcome to join me on my trip.

Only beware. On my trek we all choose our directions.

That's the Law.

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It was a long journey to reach my present conclusions.

Below, the first steps I traveled.

BEYOND RELIGION