Hi Everyone,
Today we will explore the theory of matter with som basic logics and common sense.
Spoiler alert: It wont survive!
At this very moment. What is your experience?
If all of your senses are working, you are probably experiencing sound, smell, taste, vision and some kinetic experiences. Maybe butt-against-sofa or strained-arm-holding-phone.
What more? There is maybe some emotions and thoughts... probably...a lot of thoughts.
Well, that is pretty much it. That is what we can say about our experience this moment.
And not only that. – That is all that ANYONE can say about any given moment.
If some beings have more or less amounts of sensory experiences, they can add to that previous list of labels.
But that wont change the fact that All we ever know is one stream of experience.
We can apparently divide and label that experience however our minds pleases to. But that doesn't change the fact that we only truly experience:
A pure stream of lable-less experience.
Now check for your self.
– Isn't that all that is going on? Really, check. Now.
So, having this very simple and factual foundation, we can know for sure that Anything we conclude or derive from this stream of experience, is by nature a Theory.
I hope this part is clear. Otherwise, don't waste your time to continue ;)
So, by now we are all in the same boat. We all seem to be experiencing:
- Being aware of a ever changing stream of experiences.
- Nothing else. (important point) ;)
Since our minds seem slightly uncomfortable with not understanding the source of life, they kind of have to make up some pseudo understanding. So we have all these funny theories/philosophies that we look at life through.
Here is a few popular ones:
Matter theory says:
– Somehow suddenly there was matter..shhh!. And that through evolution explains why you are having your current experience and existence. And yeah... consciousness? yes, matter creates that...and eh..., at the same time consciousness is needed for matter to have any aspects...ehm...hmm.
oh, and the fact that we haven't even found any matter yet? ...ehm..maybe we will someday? Stop asking please.
Go to your work!
Matrix/simulation says:
–We are all being feed all our experience through a computer simulation. And the ones who created the simulation? ehm...i don't know. Maybe they know? ask them... stop asking and have your mind kind of blown please.
Popular Christianity/Islam/Judaism etc says:
– Somehow suddenly there was a god somewhere. And he(?) makes you experience this current stream of experiences for some reason. Yes, in some ways similar to the matter theory. Thats why they like to fight so much :D
and so on...
We could make up endless more equally clever theories now.
lets make one:
Banana theory:
there is a giant unknowable banana that makes everything just the way it is.
(That one is almost more difficult to argue against than the more popular and ancient ones :D )
So, back to the point!
What they all have in common is that they are THEORIES. They are all ideas, and are mentally arrived at from thinking about ...pretty much the experience that you are having now.
Another thing they have in common is that they are all quite un-satisfactory. Most theories (except the banana) have experiences they fail to explain, even within their own playground.
Thats probably why many people tend to make a personal cocktail of theories that they slightly upgrade as they go along.
Why the hell am I stating all this?
Because I teach meditation and have seen these belief systems seems to be cause of more suffering than joy in most people. Everyone is constantly trying to explain everything through their belief system. And thats a huge struggle for the little monkey mind!
And while a imagined explanation might give some comfort and sense if safety, in the long run, it will create friction and anxiety, because the simple fact that it is not true. No belief is.
Life does not need to explain it self to your limited thinking capacity.
Any theory you look at light through, will therefor make life seem like less than it truly is.
I would suggest anyone to put away your theories and go for a simple walk.
Walk while not knowing who you are, and where you are.
Not knowing why or how anything exist.
See what happens.
See if it is that is not more true than what you normally believe.
Please post your experiences!
Love you all!
/ Navid
