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Do not read if offended by human imagination as this will appear heretical to religious people, and perhaps nonsensical to everyone else As far as I can perceive this universe began the moment I was born and became self aware An unknown infinity of time had passed by, up to that point, all the way back to the Big Bang or whatever caused it, but I have absolutely no concept of this whatsoever, Simply because I did not exist, until I was born in other words you could, argue that I was dead. Ok so I’ve lived my life here on earth and passed away Right I’m dead again, and the second I die another infinity of time will go by instantaneously, right to the end of this universe and beyond, But again I will have absolutely no concept of this, Why, because I’m dead Now it appears I’ve been dead twice, as I explained above, which brings an inescapable consequence, I may also have lived twice, perhaps a multitude of times, through cause and causality. Time does not exist outside of our life, hence without our lives, there can be nothing to be aware of, but we already know from our life, that there is something but this can only be experienced whilst we’re alive, We can of course live through other peoples death, but not our own, which also means, we cannot experience anything after we die. and cannot be aware when we’re dead, just like before we where born. So we always seem alive, from our point of view, “we’re immortal by our very own perception” I mean let’s face it, if we lived for eternity the only escape from this endless pointless scenario would be a permanent death, But what if the slate is wiped clean by our death, and we live again oblivious of our previous life, infinity would become bearable, and overcome permanence. Both are part and package of the same parcel and they must coexist to close the perpetual loop Hence overcoming infinity and permanence depends on death, and vice versa, So what started the Big Bang Its entirely possible there was a supreme entity, in a cosmos that preceded our one A God, that got so overwhelmed by endlessness decided to finish everything off once and for all, by collapsing and squeezing every existing particle in it’s cosmos out of existence, But the task proved to be just beyond its power, it was almost at the point of squeezing infinity and everything into nothingness, when it died under the mammoth strain of the task, causing everything to rebound uncontrollably, into what we call the (Big Bang) which kick started this universe, and we’re all a consequence of that cataclysmic moment It’s possible another supreme entity is right now evolving through our intelligence and technology and one day will again attain omnipotence which will also incur an inevitable infinite existence, but again will try destroy everything in desperation to escape infinities endlessness Perhaps with the same failed result as its predecessors so it’s possible we’ll keep doing this ‘life thing’ over and over perhaps differently, perhaps almost the same, but will remain oblivious to previous cycles, Except for them persistent curious echoes, that for some reason never go away deaths oblivion may indeed be our saviour from infinity By David Kavanagh

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Date: 12/19/2021 2:47:00 PM
I’m glad you directed me here, David. This all makes perfect sense to me. Some might say we should buy some goats and start a coven, but when they’ve put as much thought into their ‘faith’ as you have into your contemplations maybe they’ll have earned the right to judge. A marvellous write. Terry
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David Kavanagh
Date: 12/19/2021 3:07:00 PM
Thanks Terry, My real point is, this simple line (we’re immortal by our very own perception), I had to write this extrapolation of thought to explain what I mean by that line, did I write this to comfort myself from death, I don’t think so, I honestly believe when contemplating the meaning of life, it’s as near as I can get to a satisfactory conclusion, hope I didn’t mess with your mind, cheers David
Date: 12/9/2021 7:38:00 AM
An incredibly deep , complex and we'll thiugh out piece . Cycle's and Echoes that concept I really do like David it resonates.
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 12/9/2021 12:18:00 PM
Haven't we just indeed David And I totally get and understand that from and after reading your poem. It's like you said previously in one of your comments Funny how people seem to get it when you are trying to be cryptic and it doesn't need explaining. Yet a piece like this does
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David Kavanagh
Date: 12/9/2021 8:18:00 AM
We’ve got to try make some sense of an apparently senseless universe Christopher, the very fact that there is something I think negates death, otherwise there would be nothing at all, you simply cannot have reality without life, that’s my point I think, cheers David
Date: 5/18/2021 4:42:00 AM
Death, and we've been told that people suffer. But, we are associated with our mortality. Yet biocentrism, the modern philosophy of all, is the very opposite of that view. Amazingly, through life and consciousness, you can make science a lot easier to understand. The properties of matter and space, and time depend on the observer. It is now evident that the laws, energies, and constants of the universe tend to be precisely calibrated for creation. Great subject David
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David Kavanagh
Date: 5/18/2021 5:50:00 AM
Heya Lasaad I didn’t expect any responses for this one, but no subject it seems is out of bounds for you, a totally open minded man, I have read Robert Lanzas, beyond biocentrism, and it resonates with my own personal beliefs about creation and reality, and I agree it’s all down to the observers awareness without which the universe is pointless, and meaningless, cheers David

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