Life, The Universe And You
by
Virgil H. Castleberry
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Life, The Universe And You
Copyright © 2011 by Virgil H. Castleberry
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Contents
Forward
Introduction
In The Beginning
From The Smallest To The Largest
Connecting With The Self
Asking For What We Really Want
Creating Our Own World
Putting Our Survival First
Thriving In A World Of Illusions
Connecting With Others
Building On Our Connections
Happy And Free
Mysticism Explained
Building A Better Society
Moving Into The Future
Afterword
Forward
While my past writing has mostly focused on our current society, and methods of creating freedom within it, this work focuses on the maturation of the human species. This requires that we know who we are, where we came from, and have some sort of an idea on where we are going. We learn this by understanding how we are connected to everything else in our existence.
This work will not teach you anything that you don’t already know; it is designed to nudge you into remembering a more innocent time, both individually and as a species, while connecting that knowledge to a more full understanding, and hopefully mature the understanding that you have choices, and as you make those choices so your life and society will change.
Life is a matter of perception; take control of yours!
VHC, Southwest Georgia, USA
December 29, 2011
Introduction
The goal of this book is to change the civilizations of the world; this is my personal goal, and has been for quite some time.
While some may see changing the world as some great undertaking, I believe that to change one human being will create ripples, the results of which we may never know.
What I do know is that every person who gains an understanding of who they are and where they live will, by the act of knowing, change their life, and affect the lives of those around them.
With that goal firmly in mind I have set out to state how I see Life, the Universe and You.
In The Beginning
In the beginning there was nothing; somewhere, in the matrix of all that is, energy erupted from a zero point and the Universe expanded from that. It really wasn’t a big bang, but more like the fertilization of an egg, and in such a manner, and in a short amount of what we deem as time, the Universe expanded outward within the underlying matrix. By way of explanation, this underlying matrix, or universal continuum, does not operate by the laws of “space, time and energy” that our Universe provides, as the Universe is only a small part of the matrix, and does not encompass all that the matrix is.
This Universe is structured in a particular way, with a structure that we can only postulate, but may well be “super strings” or something even more exotic; the importance of this is that the structure of this Universe allows for all that is in it. This is similar to our DNA; we have certain parts, and are structured in specific ways due to the “blueprint” provided by our DNA. So it is with the fundamental design of the Universe.
Our Universe is structured with three of what I call “dimensions” though they are better thought of as “interactive continuums”. These are space, time and energy. The fundamental continuum is energy, which operates in only one direction: forward, as in decay, and eventual entropy. Time is the next “level” of the Universe, and this continuum operates in two directions, that being horizontal, as in thinking about the future, or remembering the past, from a particular point. The third continuum is space, which has three motions that we are designed to use, those being horizontally forward and back, horizontally side to side, and vertically up and down. To state this simply, energy appears as a point, time as a line, and space as a box. This is the way this Universe works, due to its “DNA”; it cannot work any other way, and other universes may operate in completely different ways, based on their “DNA”. This does not preclude directions that are at “right angles” to known directions; we simply do not operate in those directions, usually referred to by esoteric names, and defined in “String Theory”.
These three continuums interact with each other in a large portion of the Universe, though admittedly they are different in some areas, but more on that in a moment. In our area of the Universe, these three continuums interact with each other, though with some “loss”, thereby creating a finite amount of uncertainty, or chaos. Say you wish to take an airplane from one city to another; you can choose to expend more energy for a shorter time, less energy for a longer time, or you can choose to go a shorter distance thereby using less time and energy. This seems to be so simple as to make you wonder why the long explanation! The importance here is that this applies across the part of Universal Wave that we can inhabit, to all things whether too small to find, or so large as to be incomprehensible.
Now, why are the interactions between these three continuums different in different parts of the Universe? And why is this important to us as humans? First, it is important because we must understand that our Universe is a complete entity unto itself, and we are a part of that entity, just as fingers are a part of us, and we do not want fingers growing out of our ears, but prefer to have them on our hands. So it is with the Universe; it prefers to have humans in a particular place, and the place that they are is the place that has been prepared for that type of life. This does not indicate “god”, but instead indicates that we exist as, and where, we do, because this place is conducive to our life form, and the DNA of the Universe contained beings in the blueprint, just as it included stars, black holes, and anything else that exists, has existed, or will exist!
Going back to the first question of different parts, we need to know why this place is the place for humans. This place is not a place in space, or even in time; it is a place in energy, that one-dimensional continuum. The best way to picture this is a way I have explained in other writings: compare this energy “wave” to a radio signal.
At the beginning of the energy wave that is our Universe there is an extremely strong and perfect signal, just like at a radio transmitter antenna. At the end of our Universe the signal has completely dissipated, like being out of range of a radio station. If you are right at the antenna the signal will burn out your radio, and if you are too far away the signal has become too chaotic for use, and even further away the signal ceases to exist. So it is with our Universe; we cannot exist where the signal is perfect, nor can we exist where the signal is complete chaos. We exist where the signal is less than perfect, but still “strong” enough for what we call “the laws of physics” to apply, as long as they allow for a certain amount of uncertainty, or chaos.
Were we to move much closer to the antenna we would lose all randomness and cease to exist, or at least cease to exist as we are, as there would be no variables. If we were to move too far from the energy source the chaos would overrun us, and we could not live due to the environment not operating by the rules that ourselves need.
To state this concept in another way, we can say that the Universe exists in energy form from an energy creation zero point to a point of complete entropy that we may call the Omega point. At the creation point the Universe is total energy, meaning that there is no space; at the Omega point there is no energy, only space. Between those two points, energy and space interact, creating an environment in which we can exist; time is the mathematical product of the interaction between energy and space. It may be that our Universe is simply a Very Large magnetic bottle, in which Dark Energy and Light Energy balance each other and the interaction results in the creation of photons. Again, in other words, the balance between the Dark and Light Energies releases a fundamental energy that has zero mass (due to the balance) but does have momentum, due to the “push” given it at creation; as an aside this leads one to believe that the Universe will not collapse back on itself, but will continue to expand with the creation of vacuum fluctuations until either both Dark and Light Energy combinations fail (entropy), or the “magnetic bottle” ruptures and both types of energy spread back through the matrix and possibly recombine.
Many people will have a hard time understanding the concepts of the energy, time, and space continuum; this is typically because they view the entire Universe, including their existence, in narrow terms of space and time. Attempting to apply their conditioned responses in which they view one dimensional energy points in a three dimensional space leads them to an incorrect assumption that the “distance” from the Creation Point to the Omega Point can be measured in space. This is not true; where you are on the Universe’s energy wave is determined not by distance from a point, but by the quantity (number of) and quality (duration) of vacuum fluctuations in your vicinity; infinite energy creation at the Creation Point, and zero energy creation at the Omega Point. Where we exist there is a limited number of vacuum fluctuations; if there were more we would “burn up” and if there were less, we would not have the energy to exist. If you find you are having problems with these concepts, you will need to “unlearn” what you thought you knew of the way the Universe exists; most of what you were taught in basic schooling is Newtonian Physics, which is correct, as far as it goes, but falls far short in explaining anything outside of the “center area” where we exist, or our point on the wave.
While all of this on its own seems to be nothing more than a boring exercise in theory, this is quite important; all that we hope to be and accomplish is based on our understanding of the world around us, and how we fit into it. This will then give us the understanding of ourselves.
We are, in fact, a three part being; you may choose to call this “soul”, “mind”, and “body”, but I prefer to think of these parts of myself the same as I do the Universe: energy (life force, emotion, and instinct), time (mind and thoughts relative to action), and space (body).
Our life force, or soul if you prefer, is energy and moves toward entropy. Our minds operate in the realm of time; everything we think is designed to change the consequences of the past, our present circumstances, or affect our future in some way. Time is the synthesis of energy and space, and can be used by us creative beings to direct our use of energy and space. Our bodies operate in space, moving around and doing different things.
A being at the “antenna” of the Universe could only operate in the energy mode, and a being at the chaotic fringe could only operate in the space mode; only those in the middle can operate in the time mode.
Here is what is important to know: Everything in the Universe operates in the same way, and all things are connected through these three continuums! We occupy a vital place in the Universe’s structure and being, and we manipulate space, time and energy in ways that affect the smallest particle to the largest mass. We are the intelligent butterflies of the “Universal Butterfly Effect”!
The Universe, and everything in it, is alive, and operating on the same principles, and worthy of our respect.
From The Smallest To The Largest
As we just discussed, everything in the Universe is connected to everything else, through their shared use of space, time and energy. Now, consider this: an electron is an electron no matter where it is in the Universe; the same also applies to more complex combinations. A hydrogen atom is a hydrogen atom, and a human being is a human being, no matter where they are in the Universe; until something happens that separates the parts, a thing remains a thing.
Also, as we previously discussed, a human being too close to the source, or antenna, of the Universe would lose the randomness that makes us possible, as this is the point of absolute order; likewise, a human being at the chaotic end of the wave known as our Universe would cease to exist in our current form as what we call the “laws of physics” would begin to break down, ending in complete randomness, or chaos.
Before reading on, make sure that it is clear in your mind that this source and destination of the Universe are not located in space or time; you cannot travel to these places, as they are the beginning and end of energy only, and space and time are not a part of the equation. Keeping this in mind, let’s move on.
We humans have a tendency to accept that things that are smaller than us, up to slightly larger than us, can be compatible with our life form; in other words we have no problem accepting that a single celled organism is alive, and we have no problem accepting that an elephant or a whale is alive.
What we do have a problem with is anything that is so large, or for that matter so small, that its life cannot be defined on our terms. If a planet sized being drifted up toward earth and spoke to us, we would have to accept that it is alive; the question I pose is why would a planet sized being want to talk to us? Do we spend time talking to bacteria and protozoa that is around us? No, we don’t even notice their existence unless they begin to do us harm! We may see a colony of some organisms clouding the water, but we never think to speak to these tiny life forms and tell them that we will share the water with them if they will stay in one area and let us drink from another; we simply ignore or eradicate them, depending on our needs and dispositions; this could well be how other intelligences see us.
It is almost impossible for us to determine, let alone define, intelligence that is different from our own, yet recognizing life is simple; life is anything that has energy, and energy is the essence of life. This means that all things, from the smallest to the largest are alive. When we stop attempting to compare everything to ourselves, based on the concept that we are the pinnacle of life, we can realize that life exists in many forms that are not the same as ours.
We accept that a one-celled organism is alive because we can define its motivations: to survive and thrive. We also accept that a whale is alive for the same reasons. However, what we are doing is defining life as those energetic masses that have motivations and resources similar to our own. Some other energetic mass that does not present the same motivations is usually discounted as not being alive.
This concept that only those things we can compare to ourselves are alive is patently false; all things that contain energy are alive in some manner, even if that life seems to have no correlations to our form of life.
We accept that we are made of cells, and each cell is alive. I believe that the molecules, atoms, and particles that make up the cells are also alive. It is the energy in these particles that allows us to have energy; each particle is a group of living sub-atomic particles, each atom is a group of living particles, each molecule is a mixture of living atoms, each cell is an amalgam of living molecules, and each person is a conglomeration of living cells. There is no point, up or down the scale, where life ceases to exist.
When looked at in this fashion the question of what is alive becomes meaningless; everything is alive.
Atoms and molecules may combine into some form other than cells, and result in planets, stars, and a million other things; each is alive because the basis of the mass is living particles.
Life is an energy force that imbues everything in the Universe; life is the most basic force that exists, as it is energy in its purest form. Everything in our Universe is composed of the same elemental particles that provide this life energy.