If the universe came from nothing, then, where did nothing come from?
Creation
In order to get nothing out of this question, let us create a flawlessly flawed universe.
Energy and matter flooded out time and space unfolded stars, planets and cosmological unions formed, initiating universe journey. After billions and billions of chaotic, but, lifeless years past. Suddenly, life bubbled up to the surface from the sea of boiling cosmic soup. Then life gave birth to consciousness, thoughts and feelings.
The first born were the ‘Homo Neanderthals’. One day, while sitting on the beach and starring at the starry sky, ‘Doo’ asked his friend ‘Soo’ with limited language:
Doo: What is this?
Soo: What is what?
Doo: This.
Soo: (After some silence) This place is for us. To eat, drink, play.
Doo: Made by who?
Soo: Something, made this place for us and watching over us. They know, why we are here.
Doo: What we have to do?
Soo: We just have to follow them and do what they want.
The two sat there, quietly, as sunrise began.
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Hundreds of thousands of years would go as consciousness grew, it began to understand more and more about its surrounding. They learned to integrate, survive and maintain independence, within it civilization developed and a new species named ‘Homo Sapiens’ emerged.
Two humans Nimo and Joy sitting by the countryside, starring at the moon, talking about various aspects of each other’s lives, trying to figure out connections.
Nimo: What is the point of everything? Generation after generation, churning through the difficulty of life. What is the purpose? Why do we keep going?
Joe: Hmm, still looking at the sky, said, I believe God wants us to be happy and then happier and then happiest. To endure everlasting pleasure, the point of life is Hedonism.
Nimo grunted, but, stayed silent, as two went back inside.
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Billions more years passed by. Galaxy had spread out and stars began to die, space thinning, and universe near it’s end. However, consciousness continued, but, now back in the old age with one specie remaining, known as ‘Homo Cense’. Everything else has died, leaving cense with the supremacy and immortality. Sitting on a stone, two cense commanders named Oba and Obu.
Oba: We have seen every thing, traveled entire cosmos, learned every hidden things, every law, every rule. We have become immortal, but, we failed to find ultimate meaning. Now, we are about to die.
Obu: Our purpose is to survive and mature, so, we can make here. To create universe.
Oba: It’s complicated, why create the universe again? When there is no point in it. We are the creators, created by the gods, we have worshiped and in return, god has blessed us. This repetitive cycle is taking us nowhere, then why?
Obu: We have gone from infants to teenager to adults to elder and now, at the end is death. We must make the end of everything and to begin everything, once again. In every conscious act, we have created universe and had been creating it for billions of years, now, we are just finishing the job.
The two went back to their bases and universe collapsed, bodies exploded, everything compressed perfectly and with the complete silence, an explosion happens. Then, Energy and matter flooded out time and space unfolded stars, planets and cosmological unions formed, initiating universe journey.
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Conclusion
From primitive wonder of Doo and Soo to the cosmic repair of Oba and Obu humanity searched for meaning. From hedonism to existential wisdom, from survival to philosophy every stage evolved. Even at the peak of knowledge and power, the Homo failed to find the perfect answer. Maybe, meaning isn't found in answers, but in the journey itself. We may never find all the answers, but in our search lies the beaity of being human. We are doomed and blessed to keep asking questions. Our desire to make sense of the senseless keeps the universe alive.
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Note: I tried to explore the concepts of nihilism, existentialism, cosmic philosophy and evolution of consciousness. Do comment your opinion and let's learn together.
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